Naga Kartheek Kothapalli

About Naga Kartheek Kothapalli

Senior Machine Learning Engineer with 13+ years of experience delivering AI/ML solutions across domains including Generative AI, NLP, LLMs, and Scientific Machine Learning. Currently at Microsoft, I work on building and optimizing ML systems for scale and impact—ranging from predictive modeling to foundation models and distributed training pipelines (DDP on Azure ML).My expertise spans across the ML lifecycle—from research and prototyping to production deployment. I\'ve implemented cutting-edge architectures like Fourier Neural Operators to accelerate PDE simulations (99%+ latency reduction), and contributed to initiatives involving agentic AI, model interpretability, and ML system design.I thrive in cross-functional environments where data science, engineering, and product strategy converge. Always eager to solve high-impact problems, collaborate on scalable systems, and drive innovation at the intersection of ML and real-world value.

Experience

1. Senior Data Scientist

   Microsoft

   Sep 2024 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Replaced 6-hour PDE simulations with FNO-based Scientific deep learning surrogate delivering <1 minute latency (99%+ improvement); trained using Distributed Data Parallel (DDP) on Azure ML.• Achieved <1% loss on 3D pressure/saturation field reconstruction using only 100 simulated scenarios.• Drove team-wide agentic AI training; created reusable LLM pipelines using LangGraph for data scientists.• Top-3 Finalist, Microsoft Hackathon – LLM-powered employee upskilling CoPilot using RAG & Agentic AI.• Led Microsoft OSS contribution for GPU-accelerated credit risk modeling using RAPIDS and LightGBM.

Education

• IIIT Hyderabad

  Bachelor's Degree, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2007 — 2011

• International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore

  Executive Post Graduate Programme, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

• International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)

  Bachelor's

• Harvard Business School Online

  Other; CORe Credential of Readiness

  2021 — 2021

• SRSMPL (B) High School, Tenali, Andhra Pradesh

  High School

  1993 — 2005

• Narayana

  High School, Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry

  2005 — 2007

Skills

• Data Science
• Data Structures
• Capital Markets
• Linear Algebra
• Linear Regression
• Algorithms
• Logistic Regression
• Neural Networks
• C++
• Commodity Markets
• Python
• Mysql
• Data Analysis
• Financial Markets
• Probability Theory
• Octave
• Technical Analysis
• Matlab
• Javascript
• Fundamental Analysis
• C
• Machine Learning
• Bloomberg
• Java
• Sql
• Core Java
• Linux
• Commodity