Milan Panda

Software Engineer with experience designing and scaling backend systems and distributed applications across cloud environments. Strong in Python, TypeScript, and AWS, with ownership of end-to-end systems including API design, data modeling, infrastructure, and deployment pipelines. Experienced in building retrieval-augmented (RAG) systems, focusing on low-latency architectures, reliability, and maintainable system design.

Software Engineer at Adapts AI (2024-03 – Present)

Software Engineer at Adapts AI

• Owned and scaled core backend systems powering primary product workflows, designing APIs and services optimized for reliability and low-latency performance.
• Built an end-to-end retrieval-augmented (RAG) pipeline handling ingestion, retrieval orchestration, and response generation for production workloads.
• Developed backend services in Python with well-defined API contracts, ensuring consistency and maintainability across services.
• Designed real-time systems enabling interactive chat workflows with streaming responses.
• Implemented secure authentication and session management using NextAuth and token-based access patterns.
• Designed and deployed serverless architectures using AWS Lambda and API Gateway, improving scalability and operational efficiency.
• Modeled and optimized data storage in DynamoDB, designing access patterns for low-latency and high-throughput workloads.
• Built and maintained infrastructure using AWS CDK, owning CI/CD pipelines and multi-stage deployments.

Framework Engineer (Software Developer) at Quantiphi (2022-09 – 2023-11)

Framework Engineer at Quantiphi

• Improved performance and maintainability of React-based applications by optimizing rendering and state management patterns.
• Conducted code reviews and enforced engineering standards, reducing regressions and improving code quality.
• Refactored state management architecture using Redux to improve scalability and developer experience.
• Built analytics dashboards using Looker and Tableau on Google Cloud Platform for data-driven decision making.

B.Tech in Computer Science – Punjab Technical University (2018 – 2022)