Punith Basavaraj.

I build software that performs when the stakes are highest. Over three years at Siemens Healthineers, I architected backend systems powering hospitals worldwide, from a remote update platform that automated patch delivery across a global fleet of medical devices, to event-driven monitoring services that kept critical imaging systems running. Most recently at Medtronic, I built data pipelines on AWS serving multiple downstream applications and integrated Visual AI testing into production workflows.

But I don't just build for scale, I build for curiosity. I've shipped a full-stack artist discovery platform on GCP, engineered a distributed file storage system in Go on AWS, and fine-tuned language models with LoRA and RAG to detect mental health signals in social media. For me, the best engineering sits at the intersection of hard problems, creative thinking, and real-world impact.

I'm currently finishing my Master's in Computer Science at USC, going deeper into distributed systems, applied ML, and backend architecture. I'm looking for a team that moves fast, tackles meaningful problems, and believes great software can change how the world works.