Shivji Agnihotri

Shivji Agnihotri

AI Engineer at Merck Group · Building Intelligent Systems

I turn raw data and ideas into AI systems that actually work ; systems that learn, reason, and deliver real results. From building multi-agent AI assistants to designing pipelines that save millions in costs.

3+
Years Experience
30M+
Data Records Handled
1.7M€
Cost Savings Delivered
99%
OCR Cost Reduction
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TensorFlowTensorFlow
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AWSAWS
PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
Node.jsNode.js
Neo4jNeo4j
GrafanaGrafana
GitGit
Scikit-learnScikit-learn
PyTorchPyTorch
GitHubGitHub
TypeScriptTypeScript
Next.jsNext.js
FirebaseFirebase
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LangflowLangflow
PythonPython
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DockerDocker
FastAPIFastAPI
AWSAWS
PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
Node.jsNode.js
Neo4jNeo4j
GrafanaGrafana
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PyTorchPyTorch
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Next.jsNext.js
FirebaseFirebase
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Shivji Agnihotri
1.7M€
Saved in opportunity cost
99%
Cost cut on OCR pipeline

I Build AI That Delivers Results

I'm an AI Engineer with over 3 years of hands-on experience designing and shipping intelligent systems ; from conversational agents to large-scale data pipelines. Currently at Merck Group, where my work directly saves millions in operational costs.

My focus is on making AI practical and impactful: systems that answer real business questions, automate tedious manual work, and give teams superpowers they didn't have before. I've led projects from concept to production across supply chain, brand intelligence, document processing, and more.

I hold a B.E. in Computer Science, certifications from Microsoft, Coursera, and LinkedIn Learning, and a published research paper on computer vision for visually impaired users.

AI Agents LLMs RAG Systems NLP Data Pipelines Vector Search Python Node.js Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure) Computer Vision
Also shipping with AI coding agents

Where I've Made Impact

Real projects, real outcomes. Here's what I've built and the numbers behind it.

AI / ML Engineer Current
Merck Group
Apr 2025 - Present
  • Built a multi-agent AI assistant for supply chain on the Palantir AIP platform, processing over 30 million data records and delivering real-time insights. Saved the business approximately 🏆 1.7M€ in time and opportunity cost by eliminating manual data work.
  • Designed a document processing pipeline on MLflow and vLLM, self-hosting open-source vision models (DeepSeek OCR V2 + Docling), achieving a 💡 ~99% cost reduction versus Palantir AIP Intelligence and 74%+ cost avoidance versus the Mistral OCR API ($4k).
  • Built a conversational data agent using Claude Sonnet that turns plain English questions into database queries ; letting non-technical business users access large datasets without writing a single line of code.
  • Developed a RAG pipeline on tabular metadata, connecting a vector database (Qdrant) with an AI chatbot to automate information retrieval and answer generation from structured data.
  • Created a brand sentiment intelligence tool that monitors Reddit and the web, surfacing how customers feel about the brand over time ; with AI-generated summaries, scores, and trend timelines.
AI / ML Engineer
Sangria by Dotkonnekt - Bengaluru, India
Oct 2023 - Apr 2025
  • Built and deployed production AI agents using Crew AI, LangChain, and LangFlow ; integrated with transformer models and benchmarked for reliability.
  • Delivered an automated backend testing system using Node.js that reduced manual QA testing by ⚡ 60%.
  • Trained and deployed machine learning models end-to-end ; from data collection and cleaning to deployment in scalable, secure infrastructure.
  • Worked closely with cross-functional teams using agile practices, translating business needs into technical solutions that shipped on time.
  • Integrated CI/CD workflows using Jenkins and Docker, cutting deployment time by 🚀 30% while maintaining system uptime.
AI / ML Intern
Dotkonnekt - Bengaluru, India
Jul 2023 - Oct 2023
  • Built a question-answering chatbot and summarization tool using Rasa, spaCy, and Hugging Face ; real NLP shipped into production, not just prototypes.
  • Documented and contributed to ML model research and endpoints using FastAPI, optimizing for low-latency predictions in real-time AI applications.
  • Improvised code level resilient Python logger with Grafana for real-time monitoring, error tracking, and performance metrics ; improving issue resolution and operational visibility.
  • Contributed to a live data analysis platform using Streamlit, enabling teams to run web scraping and large-scale dataset analysis through a simple interface.
  • Created an end-to-end automated testing script with Playwright to continuously verify critical business flows and catch API errors before customers did.

Things I've Built

A selection of projects that pushed the boundaries of what AI can do in the real world.

🤖

AI-Powered Product Recommendation Engine

Led the design of an AI recommendation system that uses semantic understanding and graph databases to match products to people ; boosting product visibility by 70%. Deployed via CI/CD with Docker in a fully automated pipeline.

Semantic SearchGraph DBTensorFlowREST APIsDocker
💬

RAG System for Content Generation

Built a retrieval-augmented generation system that reads documents (PDFs, Word files, plain text) and generates accurate product descriptions using GPT-4. Makes unstructured data actionable and reduces manual writing effort significantly.

RAGGPT-4PyPDF2Semantic SearchPython
🔍

Weaviate Vector Search Platform

Implemented a high-speed semantic search system using the Weaviate vector database ; making it 70% faster to find relevant information. Combined AI vector search with traditional keyword search to improve accuracy by over 40%.

WeaviateVector DBHybrid SearchAWSEmbeddings
👁️

Navigation Assistant for Visually Impaired Users

Built a real-time object detection and navigation system using computer vision and reinforcement learning to help visually impaired users move safely through complex environments. Published as a research paper.

YOLOv7OpenCVTensorFlowCOCO DatasetReinforcement Learning

Real-Time Analytics Data Pipeline

Built a scalable pipeline that ingests, processes, and makes sense of large volumes of live data ; improving throughput by 40%. Integrated with machine learning models to surface actionable business insights continuously.

PythonMongoDBLangFlowLangFuseAWSAzure
🎂

wishyoubirthday.com

A personal project that turns "happy birthday" into something that actually means it. Relationships are modeled as a graph in Neo4j, a living web of who-loves-who, because that is genuinely the right shape for that kind of tenderness. OpenAI helps write each wish, and Firebase verifies that the phone number typing it in really belongs to the person sending it.

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Visit wishyoubirthday.com

My Toolkit

The languages, frameworks, and platforms I use to build intelligent systems.

🧠

AI & Machine Learning

LangChain / LangFlow
93%
Hugging Face Transformers
90%
RAG & Vector Search
92%
Crew AI / AI Agents
88%
Scikit-learn / TensorFlow
85%
💻

Languages & Frameworks

Python 3
95%
Node.js / Express
85%
FastAPI / Flask
90%
SQL
88%
JavaScript
80%
☁️

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS (Lambda, S3, DynamoDB)
85%
Docker
90%
CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
82%
GCP / Azure
78%
Grafana / Monitoring
80%
🗄️

Databases

PostgreSQL / MySQL
88%
MongoDB Atlas
85%
Weaviate / Qdrant (Vector)
90%
Neo4j (Graph DB)
78%
Redis / DynamoDB
80%

Credentials & Learning

Continuous learning from the world's top platforms.

☁️

Learning AWS for Developers

LinkedIn Learning · Jun 2026
🔗

Hands-On Generative AI with Multi-Agent LangChain

LinkedIn Learning · Nov 2024
🎓

Google Cloud Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals

Coursera · Oct 2023
🎓

Machine Learning for All

Coursera · Oct 2023
🎓

Foundations of Data Science

Coursera · Sep 2023
🎓

Generative AI with Large Language Models

Coursera · Sep 2023
💼

Career Essentials in Data Analysis

Microsoft & LinkedIn · Jul 2023
💼

Career Essentials in Generative AI

Microsoft & LinkedIn · Jul 2023
🧠

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

LinkedIn Learning · Jul 2023

Introduction to Prompt Engineering for Generative AI

LinkedIn Learning · May 2023

Prompt Engineering: How to Talk to the AIs

LinkedIn Learning · May 2023
📐

Statistics Foundations 2: Probability

LinkedIn Learning · Feb 2023
🧠

Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Thinking Machines

LinkedIn Learning · Feb 2023
🤖

Machine Learning

Internshala · Dec 2022
🪟

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

Microsoft · Dec 2022
📊

Learning Data Analytics: Foundations

LinkedIn Learning · Oct 2022
🪟

Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals

Microsoft · Sep 2022
🔷

Data Science: 101

IBM · Sep 2022
🐙

Git and Version Control

Nasscom Foundation · Sep 2022
📐

Statistics Foundations 1: The Basics

LinkedIn Learning · Aug 2022

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Published Work

Peer-reviewed research contributing to accessible AI technology.

IJRASET · May 2023

VISION AI: A Deep Learning-Based Object Recognition System for Visually Impaired People using TensorFlow and OpenCV

Trained YOLOv7 on the COCO dataset (330k images, 80 object categories) to build a real-time object detection system that helps visually impaired users understand and navigate their environment safely. The research evaluates the model on accuracy, speed, and memory footprint ; demonstrating that cutting-edge AI can be made accessible and practical for people who need it most.

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Academic Foundation

Jul 2019 - Aug 2023
B.E. in Computer Science
SSPACE Wardha · RTM Nagpur University, Maharashtra
Apr 2018 - Jun 2019
Higher Secondary Certificate · CBSE
Kendriya Vidyalaya WCL New Majri, Maharashtra

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