Hi, I’m Ankita Sethi
Software engineer focused on backend systems, LLMs, and real-world ML products.
About
I’m a Software Engineer who operates across backend systems, data engineering, and applied AI with a bias toward building things that actually work in the real world, not just in notebooks. My background spans scalable API design, ETL pipelines and LLM-powered applications, and I've shipped production systems across startups, enterprise environments, and university research labs.
Most recently I've been working as a founding engineer at a stealth AI startup, designing backend architecture and embedding pipelines for an image-processing and product discovery platform from scratch. Before that, I spent time at Stony Brook University as both a researcher and Teaching Assistant, building AI-powered accessibility tools for visually impaired users and supporting 170+ students across Data Structures and Computing Ethics courses.
My industry foundation came from Accenture, where I engineered large-scale data pipelines, automated extraction across 2M+ unstructured records using NLP classifiers, and was recognized on the Wall of Fame with an early promotion through the TechLeap fast-track program within my first year.
I believe the best engineers never stop being learners. New concepts don't slow me down they pull me forward. That curiosity has taken me from data engineering into NLP, RAG systems, vector search and computer vision. I've also led a 500-person technical event as an ACM organizer, mentored engineers and students, and served as Secretary of my university's CS Graduate Student Organization because building strong communities matters as much as building strong systems.
Outside of work, I enjoy perfecting espresso, creating food videos and sketching UI ideas while relaxing with music.
SKILLS
Languages
Python • SQL • Java • C/C++ • JavaScript
AI / Machine Learning
LLMs • LangChain • Transformers • PyTorch • OpenCV • RAG • Vector Embeddings
Backend & APIs
FastAPI • Django • Node.js • GraphQL • REST APIs • SQLAlchemy
Databases & Data
PostgreSQL • Snowflake • Redis • ETL Pipelines • Data Modeling • Tableau
Cloud & DevOps
AWS • Docker • CI/CD • Jenkins • Linux • Git
Frontend
React • TypeScript • JavaScript • HTML • CSS • D3.js
Projects
Member-Aware Question Answering System
Python • Django • Gemini AI • REST API • Render
View Details →Multi-Agent Approach for Detecting Hallucination in LLMs
Python • NER • Hugging Face
View Details →Smart Energy Assistant for Smart Homes
Python • ARIMA • GPT-4
View Details →Global Happiness and Sustainability Analytics
React.js • D3.js • GCP
View Details →Reddit Community Behavioral and Trend Analysis
TensorFlow • BERT • LSTM
View Details →Object Recognition for Assisting the Visually Impaired
TensorFlow • OpenCV • Audio
View Details →Security Vulnerability Analysis in PyPI Packages
Python • Bandit • Security
View Details →EV Charging Demand Forecasting
Python • Time Series Forecasting • Scikit-learn • LightGBM • TPOT
View Details →Interactive Visualization of Global YouTube Statistics
React • D3.js • Data Visualization • JavaScript • HTML • CSS
View Details →Experience
Software Engineer (Founding Engineer)
Stealth AI Startup| Feb 2026 – Present
Building an AI-powered product discovery platform with FastAPI, vector embeddings, and image similarity search.
View Details →Graduate Research Assistant - Software Engineer
Stony Brook University | Jul 2025 – Present
Advancing accessibility systems with Gemini 2.5 and NVDA for multimodal web comprehension.
View Details →Graduate Research Assistant
Stony Brook University | Aug 2024 – May 2025
Developed NVDA–Gemini accessibility pipeline using Django and LangChain.
View Details →Graduate Teaching Assistant
Stony Brook University | Jan 2024 – Aug 2024
Led labs and mentored 80+ students in Java and algorithmic design.
View Details →Data Engineer
Accenture | Jun 2021 – Aug 2023
Built ETL pipelines and a Python–SQL chatbot for automated ticket analytics.
View Details →Education
Stony Brook University – SUNY
MS in Computer Science (Aug 2023 – May 2025)
Relevant Courses: Data Science, Visualization, AI/ML, Algorithms, Smart Energy Systems
View Details →GITAM University
B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering (Jun 2017 – Jun 2021)
Relevant Courses: DBMS, AI, ML, Probability & Statistics, Cloud Computing
View Details →Blogs
Contact
Let’s Connect
Open to backend, AI, and data-focused roles. I enjoy building systems that actually work in production.
Location: Santa Clara, CA