Resume | Surendira Balaji Natarajan

Education

Aug 2025 – May 2027: MS, Computer Science, University of Southern California
Distributed Systems, Algorithms and Data Structures, Database Management, Web Development, System Design, Machine Learning, Agentic AI Development
Nov 2020 – May 2024: BE, Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University · GPA 9.04 / 10.0

Languages: Python, Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, C++, SQL, Swift, HTML/CSS
ML & Fine-tuning: PyTorch, Hugging Face, SFT, GRPO, VLMs / VLM agents, LLM evaluation, CoreML
LLM Apps & Agents: OpenAI APIs, LangChain, LangGraph, RAG, Qdrant, prompt engineering, agentic workflows
Backend & Web: Spring Boot, FastAPI, Node.js, REST, GraphQL, Angular, React
Data: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, SQLite, JPA
Cloud & DevOps: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Jenkins, CI/CD, Git, Linux, Grafana
Testing: JUnit, Mockito, Jasmine, Karma, Vitest

Jul 2024 – Jul 2025: Software Analyst, Citi
Java / Spring Boot microservices: 1,000+ deal records daily; 8+ REST APIs on PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
Front-end operations console (Angular, React): load time −32%, FCP −17%; led Angular 14 → 18 migration (50+ breaking changes).
Scheduling service orchestrating 20+ batch workflows; Jenkins CI/CD throughput +26%; 85%+ unit-test coverage.

Under review, ICLR 2027: GameBoyWorlds (co-author): 500 multimodal tasks across 10 games for VLM agents; up to 22% task-success gain from curiosity-driven exploration.
Open source: Simple Mailer: embeddable npm package for bulk email; six-state fault-tolerant dispatch; 1,000+ recipient pilot.
LLM fine-tuning: Mini-LLM Puzzle Solver: 3B LLaMA fine-tuned with SFT + GRPO; more than doubled perfect-solve rate.
Agents: Multi-Agent Monitoring: Monitor, Diagnosis, Remediation agents with human-in-the-loop gates; 50+ services.
RAG: Real-Time Financial Analysis Pipeline: streaming + RAG Q&A on AWS with Qdrant.
Full-stack: Stock Portfolio App (20+ APIs, ECS deploys) · Employee Task Dashboard (15+ endpoints, 80%+ coverage).