Mahesh Chukka
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Generative AI Engineer and Engineering Manager with 11+ years of software engineering experience, including 2 years hands-on in production AI and LLM systems. Holds an M.S. in Interactive Intelligence from Georgia Institute of Technology. Deep expertise in LLM orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), multi-agent pipelines, prompt engineering, and NLP - deployed at JP Morgan Chase scale. Proven leader with experience managing engineering teams, defining technical strategy, and bridging AI research to production in regulated, large-scale environments. AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner | GCP Associate Cloud Engineer.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Generative AI Engineer
JP Morgan Chase
Atlanta, GA
03.2025 - Current
- Architected GenAI-powered NLP pipelines to process large-scale customer support transcripts, extracting sentiment patterns, frustration signals, and recurring failure themes at production scale.
- Designed and evaluated LLM-based pipelines for multi-class conversation classification and abstractive summarization, enabling automated extraction of actionable business themes for support training programs.
- Integrated AI insight layers into internal analytics dashboards; collaborated with data science and platform teams to define evaluation frameworks ensuring reliability and quality before production deployment.
Lead Software Engineer & Engineering Manager - AI Platform
JP Morgan Chase
Atlanta, GA
02.2023 - 03.2025
- Managed and mentored engineering teams delivering AI-driven personalization and ML feature systems across Chase Mobile's highest-traffic surfaces (50M+ downloads), setting technical direction and engineering standards.
- Built scalable experimentation infrastructure - A/B testing frameworks, Split.io integrations, progressive release pipelines - enabling rapid ML model rollout to millions of daily active users.
- Partnered with data science teams to operationalize ML model outputs into production, navigating compliance and reliability requirements in a large-scale financial services environment.
- Led software development teams to implement scalable solutions across banking applications.
Senior Engineer - Data-Driven Platform
Carvana
Atlanta, GA
04.2022 - 02.2023
- Built data-driven product experiences for a 1M+ user platform; resolved critical production stability issues and improved system reliability across high-traffic user flows.
Principal Engineer & Chapter Lead - Enterprise Platform
Backbase
Atlanta, GA
06.2019 - 03.2022
- Led and mentored a distributed team of 12 engineers as Chapter Lead, establishing engineering standards and cultivating a high-performance delivery culture across multiple enterprise client engagements.
- Architected enterprise-grade financial platform applications, serving as senior technical advisor to translate complex business requirements into scalable, compliant platform architecture.
Senior Engineer - GreenSky & The Home Depot
Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
02.2014 - 05.2019
- Led financial platform feature development at GreenSky; built enterprise data pipelines, operational dashboards, and offline-first data systems at The Home Depot supporting supply chain operations.
- Led cross-functional teams to design and implement engineering solutions for complex projects.
- Streamlined project workflows, enhancing efficiency and reducing turnaround times for deliverables.
- Developed and executed testing protocols to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
- Mentored junior engineers, fostering skill development and knowledge sharing within teams.
Education
M.S. - Interactive Intelligence (AI/ML)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA01-2025
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Anantapur, India05-2010
Skills
Generative AI & LLM Systems
Prompt Engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Multi-Agent Systems, Chain-of-Thought Reasoning, LLM Evaluation, Fine-tuning
Machine Learning & Data Science
Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Sentiment Analysis, Text Classification, Summarization, Predictive Modeling, Feature Engineering, Model Evaluation, Neural Networks, Pattern Recognition
Frameworks & Libraries
PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, LangChain
LLM Platforms & APIs
OpenAI API, Anthropic API, Google Gemini
Programming Languages
Python, JavaScript, Kotlin, Java
Leadership & Engineering Practices
Engineering Management, Team Mentorship, Technical Strategy, Cross-functional Collaboration, Agile
Certification
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- GCP Associate Cloud Engineer
Ai Ml Projects
- Clarity Lens, Multi-pass AI reasoning agent analyzing text/URLs via structured extraction, emotional language detection, persuasive technique identification, and confidence scoring. Pipeline: extraction → analysis → challenge → finalization., Python, Anthropic API, PostgreSQL, Vercel
- Decision Tree AI, Multi-agent decision-support system with formal schema, constraint-controlled simulation, assumption tracking, and variable-adjusted scenario modeling., Python, OpenAI API
- Explain This, LLM document intelligence system using chunking and map-reduce summarization for long-document analysis; outputs summaries, glossaries, and risk assessments., Python, OpenAI API
- Model Map, Concept graph generator producing JSON-structured knowledge maps with misconception detection, contradiction testing, and coverage scoring., React Flow, PostgreSQL
Core Competencies
Prompt Engineering, RAG, Multi-Agent Systems, LLM Evaluation, Fine-tuning, Chain-of-Thought Reasoning, Sentiment Analysis, Text Classification, Summarization, Model Evaluation, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, OpenAI API, Anthropic API, Google Gemini, LangChain, Data Pipelines, Vector Databases, ETL, PostgreSQL, Docker, AWS, GCP, REST APIs, CI/CD, Engineering Management, Team Mentorship, Technical Strategy, Cross-functional Collaboration, Agile, Python, JavaScript, Kotlin, Java (prior)
Timeline
Generative AI Engineer
JP Morgan Chase
03.2025 - Current
Lead Software Engineer & Engineering Manager - AI Platform
JP Morgan Chase
02.2023 - 03.2025
Senior Engineer - Data-Driven Platform
Carvana
04.2022 - 02.2023
Principal Engineer & Chapter Lead - Enterprise Platform
Backbase
06.2019 - 03.2022
Senior Engineer - GreenSky & The Home Depot
Atlanta
02.2014 - 05.2019
M.S. - Interactive Intelligence (AI/ML)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University