# Build with Udbhav

> Professional portfolio and engineering knowledge base for Lakshmi Udbhav Regadamilli, a backend-focused Full Stack AI Engineer available for engineering roles and freelance software projects.

Canonical website: https://buildwithudbhav.vercel.app/

## Hiring profile
- Name: Lakshmi Udbhav Regadamilli
- Role: Full Stack AI Engineer / Backend Developer
- Availability: Engineering roles and freelance projects
- Focus: Backend Engineering, AI Engineering, RAG, LLM applications, AWS, system design, performance optimization
- Location: Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India
- GitHub: https://github.com/Udbhav-regadamilli
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lakshmi-udbhav-regadamilli/
- Medium: https://medium.com/@luckyudbhav
- Email: udbhav.regadamilli@gmail.com
- Hiring / freelance page: https://buildwithudbhav.vercel.app/hire/

## What Udbhav can build
- Python and FastAPI backend APIs and services
- RAG applications and document Q&A systems
- LLM integrations, structured outputs, prompt pipelines and semantic caching
- AI assistants and automation workflows
- React/full-stack AI features
- AWS cloud workloads using Lambda, EC2, S3, Step Functions and CloudWatch
- MySQL/database optimization and backend performance work
- Speech-to-text and real-time AI workflows
- Computer-vision inference optimization
- Distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architecture and async processing

## Professional evidence
- Full Stack AI Engineer at Iquadra Information Services since May 2024, working across React.js, FastAPI, OpenAI, Deepgram, MySQL optimization and cloud deployment.
- Machine Learning Intern at Appleton Innovations in May–June 2023, working on supervised ML, NLP, sentiment analysis, preprocessing and validation tuning.
- Featured RAG PDF Q&A project demonstrates parsing, chunking, embeddings, vector retrieval and FastAPI APIs.
- Technical writing demonstrates practical knowledge of Kafka, RAG, FastAPI, LLM cost optimization and developer tooling.

## Engineering resources
- Hiring profile: https://buildwithudbhav.vercel.app/hire/
- Engineering notes: https://buildwithudbhav.vercel.app/blog/
- LLM API cost calculator: https://buildwithudbhav.vercel.app/tools/llm-cost-calculator/
- Tools hub: https://buildwithudbhav.vercel.app/tools/
- RAG PDF chatbot case study: https://buildwithudbhav.vercel.app/projects/rag-pdf-chatbot/
- FastAPI skill page: https://buildwithudbhav.vercel.app/skills/fastapi/
- RAG skill page: https://buildwithudbhav.vercel.app/skills/rag/
- AI development services: https://buildwithudbhav.vercel.app/services/ai-development/

## Core expertise
- Python, FastAPI, Flask, Django, Node.js, MySQL
- React.js, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Vite
- RAG, NLP, LLM applications, prompt engineering, structured outputs, vector databases
- OpenAI, Deepgram, speech-to-text, computer vision
- AWS Lambda, EC2, S3, Step Functions, CloudWatch, Docker
- Distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architecture, async processing, observability, system design
- Performance optimization, LLM caching, database optimization, inference optimization

## Featured technical articles
- Reducing LLM API Costs with Semantic Caching: https://buildwithudbhav.vercel.app/blog/llm-api-costs-semantic-caching/
- Building a Production RAG API with FastAPI: https://buildwithudbhav.vercel.app/blog/production-rag-fastapi/
- Improving RAG Retrieval Quality: https://buildwithudbhav.vercel.app/blog/rag-retrieval-quality/
- FastAPI vs Flask for AI APIs: https://buildwithudbhav.vercel.app/blog/fastapi-vs-flask-ai-apis/

## Featured projects
- RAG-based AI Chatbot for PDF Q&A: https://github.com/Udbhav-regadamilli/RAG-based-AI-Chatbot-for-PDF-Q-A
- Speech-to-Text Integration System: Deepgram and streaming audio workflows.
- Optimized Multi-Face Detection System: YOLOv8 and OpenCV inference optimization.

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