Gayathri Seshadri

About Gayathri Seshadri

I am an engineering leader with over 13 years of experience building and scaling distributed systems, with a growing focus on AI infrastructure and production-grade LLM systems.My work has centered on designing reliable, high-performance systems that operate at scale—ensuring availability, efficiency, and maintainability in complex environments. I am particularly interested in the challenges of taking AI from experimentation to production, including system reliability, latency, cost optimization, and observability.As organizations increasingly adopt AI, I focus on bridging the gap between model capabilities and real-world system constraints—helping teams build AI systems that are not only intelligent, but also scalable and dependable.I actively share insights on: • Designing and scaling LLM-based systems • Trade-offs in AI system architecture • Reliability and observability in AI pipelines • Engineering leadership in AI-driven environmentsI am also passionate about mentoring engineers and building high-performing teams that can deliver complex systems effectively.

Experience

1. Software Engineer 2

   Starbucks

   Nov 2023 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

Education

• St.Joseph's

  10th Grade

  2004 — 2009

• Sri Venkateswara College

  Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Science

  2008 — 2013

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  Master of Science (MS), Computer Science

  2013 — 2015

Skills

• Web Applications
• Css
• Jsp
• Databases
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Javaserver Faces (Jsf)
• Jsf
• Html
• Interwoven Teamsite
• C
• Programming
• Microsoft Office
• Hadoop
• Web Development
• C++
• Javascript
• Microsoft Word
• Team Leadership
• Javaserver Pages (Jsp)
• Bootstrap
• Java
• Teamwork
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Photoshop
• Xml
• Windows
• Eclipse
• Sql
• Php
• Linux
• Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
• Mysql
• Scala
• Drupal Html