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Gayathri Seshadri

Starbucks
United States

I am an engineering leader with over 13 years of experience building and scaling distributed systems, with a growing focus on AI infrastructure and production-grade LLM systems. My work has centered on designing reliable, high-performance systems that operate at scale—ensuring availability, efficiency, and maintainability in complex environments. I am particularly interested in the challenges of taking AI from experimentation to production, including system reliability, latency, cost optimization, and observability. As organizations increasingly adopt AI, I focus on bridging the gap between model capabilities and real-world system constraints—helping teams build AI systems that are not only intelligent, but also scalable and dependable. I actively share insights on: • Designing and scaling LLM-based systems • Trade-offs in AI system architecture • Reliability and observability in AI pipelines • Engineering leadership in AI-driven environments I am also passionate about mentoring engineers and building high-performing teams that can deliver complex systems effectively.