# Ruturaj Godse > Software Engineer at The Voleon Group Location: Berkeley, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ruturajgodse I am Ruturaj Godse, an engineer in the Artificial Intelligence domain, currently enhancing my skill set through a Master’s degree in Computer Science at Columbia University, specializing in Machine Learning. My academic journey started with a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and a minor in Data Science from BITS Pilani, where I excelled as the batch topper and earned the Aditya Birla Scholarship. I've maintained an exemplary GPA throughout my academic career and showcased my coding skills achieving notable ranks in competitions including the ICPC Continent Finals, ACM National Coding Contest, and Innovate India Coding Championship. My education has been a blend of rigorous coursework and practical applications in Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, and High-Performance Machine Learning, preparing me for the challenges and opportunities in the AI field. Professionally, my internships at American Express and D.E. Shaw have been pivotal in honing my skills in developing models and algorithms that significantly improve operational efficiencies. At American Express, I developed a transformer-based model for classifying financial documents with exceptional accuracy and automated performance evaluation processes, demonstrating my knack for problem-solving and innovation. My research projects, including analyzing the spread of COVID-19 through transportation networks, have contributed to the AI community and have been recognized in journals and conferences such as LNAI (Springer), ICAART, and ICCCIS (IEEE). With a strong foundation in programming languages such as Python, C++, Java, and frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, CUDA, and LangChain, I am looking forward to applying my knowledge and skills to drive advancements in the AI industry. ## Work Experience ### Software Engineer @ The Voleon Group Jan 2025 – Present | Berkeley, California, United States ### Software Engineering Intern @ PURSUIT SOFTWARE Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Princeton, New Jersey, United States - Engineered an LLM evaluation workflow to enhance chatbot conversation quality and performance - Achieved a 30% reduction in LLM costs through prompt optimization and efficient API call management - Developed backend stack for our batch pricing tool using FastAPI to process thousands of user queries in parallel - Trained and deployed forecasting models to predict future transportation prices based on past trends ### Research Analyst Intern @ American Express Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Built a transformer-based model in PyTorch to classify financial documents, achieving 0.98 F1 score - Implemented an algorithm in Python to identify missing pages in financial documents with 100% coverage - Collaborated to improve the algorithm for structured data extraction from financial documents - Automated performance evaluation of multimodal language models on 25,000+ customers' data ### Teaching Assistant @ Department of CSIS BITS Pilani Goa Campus Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 - Teaching assistant for Theory of Computation course (CS 351) under Dr. Anup Mathew - Conducted tutorials, graded assignments, designed question papers, and invigilated exams for 250+ students ### Coordinator @ AlgoManiaX Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 - Built and lead a group of competitive coding enthusiasts in our college - Conducted competitive coding contests, courses, up-solving sessions, and boot camps for the students - Held awareness sessions to communicate the importance of competitive coding to junior batches and help them get started with it - Collaborated with the Placement Unit of BITS Goa to help the students prepare for Summer Internship and Placement selection process ### Technology Developer Intern @ D. E. Shaw India Private Limited Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Hyderabad, Telangana, India - Developed and implemented an advanced Java tool to define properties, enhancing code readability, IDE feature integration, and ease of management, resulting in reduced compilation times and streamlined developer workflow - Implemented a translator in Python to convert property definitions from old format to new format - Built a generalized tester in Java to verify translation and generate a comprehensive report ### Student Researcher @ Department of CSIS BITS Pilani Goa Campus Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Goa, India - Programmed an agent based simulation in NetLogo to model spread of COVID via transportation networks - Analysed patterns of infection spread, recovery, and deaths in state of Goa for 28 days - Presented work at "15th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence 2023" in Portugal ### Machine Learning Research Intern @ CSIR-CEERI Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Pilani, Rajasthan, India - Designed a neural network architecture in TensorFlow to classify state of a person as fatigued or normal, leveraging Photoplethysmography (PPG) signal data - Obtained 82% test accuracy as compared to 71% with existing state-of-the-art models ### Course Instructor - Introduction to Competitive Programming @ Center for Technical Education, BITS Goa Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 Drafted and instructed a course on "Introduction to Competitive Programming" for 85+ students ### Course Mentor - Mechanics, Oscillation, and Waves @ Center for Technical Education, BITS Goa Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 Mentored juniors for the course Mechanics, Oscillations, and Waves in the Academic Assistance Program organized by CTE ## Education ### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science Columbia University ### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Computer Science Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - Goa Campus ### Science Bharati Vidyapeeth Secondary and Senior Secondary School, Pune ### Delhi Public School, Pune ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ruturaj-godse --- Source: https://flows.cv/ruturajgodse JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ruturajgodse/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-11