Sree Lakshmi Addepalli
Senior Software Engineer @ Yahoo | AI @ Courant Mathematical Institute, New York University
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
7+ Years Experience
Github
Professional Summary
As a Senior Software Engineer at Yahoo, I have 7+ years of experience in building and deploying Cloud-Native Big Data Platforms and Gen AI Applications. I am passionate about solving complex problems and delivering innovative solutions that impact millions and billions of users.
My core competencies include Large Language Models (LLM), Generative AI, Distributed Systems, and Cloud Infrastructure. I am looking for senior software engineering positions (IC4) in backend engineering, distributed systems, or machine learning, where I can apply my skills and expertise to tackle challenging problems and work at scale.
I am interested in the intersection of Math, Computer Science, and Responsible AI, and I strive to learn new technologies and frameworks. I value collaboration, innovation, and customer satisfaction, and I aim to build cool stuff that makes a difference.
Core Competencies & Skills
Large Language Models
Building and deploying GEN AI applications at scale
Cloud Infrastructure
Multi-cloud native platforms and distributed systems
Big Data Platforms
Scalable computing solutions impacting billions of users
Software Development
Infrastructure technologies and software development
Languages
English
Telugu
Hindi
Current Role
Yahoo — Senior Software Development Engineer
October 2022 - Present (3 years 4 months) | New York, New York
Multi-Cloud Big Data Platforms
Building Multi-Cloud-Native Big Data Platforms and bringing scalable computing to a whole new level, impacting millions of users globally.
AI Innovation Megathon 2023
Involved in addressing AI business megathon challenge for Yahoo Search and Shopping using Generative AI in 2023.
AI Agents for Customer Service
Worked on AI agents for Customer Service and Resolution for incidents at Innovation Day Q1 2025.
Award-Winning Cost Intelligence
Built an AI agent + MCP-driven cost intelligence layer for Airflow that provides cloud cost visibility and optimization recommendations to reduce pipeline spend. Won "Coolest Learning Award" at Central Tech Innovation Day Q4 2025.

Received sponsorship for Grace Hopper Conference 2024 in Philadelphia and Airflow Summit Conference 2025 in Seattle.
Financial Services Experience
1
Credit Suisse
Software Engineer
May 2022 - Sept 2022
New York, United States
  • Worked on Quant Dev Risk Data Calculation platform (EDA)
  • Collaborated with London quant team for cross-functional product requirements
2
Millennium
Software Engineer
July 2020 - May 2022
New York, United States
  • Distributed Systems and Cloud Infrastructure.
  • Nearly 2 years building scalable financial technology solutions.
3
Millennium Internship
Software Engineer Intern
June 2019 - Aug 2019
Greater NYC Area
  • Built firm-wide cloud solution framework (S3Sync) enabling automatic archival and content-based search
  • 1 out of 40 interns selected across top CS colleges in the US
  • Received full-time offer from this highly selective program
NYU Courant Institute Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant
May 2019 - May 2020 (1 year 1 month)
Graduate Course: CSCI-GA.3033-005: Big Data Application Development (Scala, Spark) under Prof Suzanne McIntosh.
As TA, I assisted with day-to-day projects, including evaluating graduate student assignments and projects, providing ongoing support to key faculty members and related instructional staff. I served as a key go-to for technical issues surrounding the online forum.
Graduate Student Assistant (Webmaster)
January 2019 - August 2019
Webmaster at NYU Linguistics Department, Graduate School of Arts and Science. Work involved updating website events, courses, and website functionalities.
Diebold Nixdorf — Early Career
Mumbai Area, India | 2 Years Total
Software Engineer I
July 2016 - September 2017 (1 year 3 months)
  • Contributed as Developer for Xpression product, solving defects and tasks for desktop client in Xpression 5.0 SP1
  • Innovated automation of Developer Workbench configuration process — received Prize Money and Certificate of Appreciation
  • Developed automated E-mail communication solution for HR Department using mail merging
  • Implemented 'Complaint Analyzer' using Java for analyzing customer trends at banks
  • Built 'Inventory Management Application' using C# and MSSQL
Software Engineer II
October 2017 - June 2018 (9 months)
  • Single-handedly managed successful build and upgrade of CI/CD pipeline
  • Enabled automated construction of "Dynamic Insights", accelerating deployments to Microsoft Azure Cloud
  • Zero cost overruns and zero safety incidents
  • Used Git, Docker, MSBuild, NodeJs, SonarQube, Selenium, and Gradle
  • Integrated automation frameworks for smoke and regression testing
Internships & Training Experience
IIM Lucknow — Data Science Intern
January 2018 | Remote internship under Professor Dr. Sameer Mathur. Analyzed Harvard Business case studies using R, correlations, t-tests, chi-square tests. Built sales strategy using BigMart Sales Data with Random Forest and Linear Regression.
Jio — Multiple Internships
2013-2015 (3 summers). Data Engineer Intern: Built interactive dashboards using SAP Business Objects for 4G services. Software Engineer: Developed web applications using Java Server Faces and Richfaces. Trained in Java, MySQL, JDBC, Socket Programming.
Coursera — Teaching Assistant
June-July 2017 | Mentor for 'AngularJS' course. Solved doubts of course takers, graded peer assignments, sparked discussions and facilitated group learning through problem solving.
Education & Certifications
Apeejay School (CBSE)
2000 - 2010
Pace Junior Science College
HSC, Science
2010 - 2012
University of Mumbai
B.E. Computer Engineering
2012 - 2016
NYU Courant Institute
M.S. Computer Science
2018 - 2020
Certifications
Generative AI Fundamentals
Introduction to Responsible AI
Introduction to Image Generation
Udacity CS344: Intro to Parallel Programming with Nvidia
Machine Learning Foundations: A Case Study Approach
Honors, Publications & Contact
Honors & Awards
01
Coolest Learning Award — Central Tech Innovation Day Q4 2025
02
Airflow Summit Conference 2025 Sponsorship
03
Grace Hopper Conference 2024 Sponsorship
04
Best Technical Paper Presentation (Multiple awards)
05
Technical Event Winners
06
Appreciation Award for Xpression automation contributions
07
INSPIRE Scholarship — Scholarship of Higher Education (SHE) under Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research
Publication
A Proposed Framework for Measuring Customer Satisfaction and Product Recommendation for Ecommerce
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