Software Engineer | Distributed Systems & Real-Time AI | MS ECE @ Carnegie Mellon University
Welcome to my GitHub profile! I’m a backend and distributed systems–focused Software Engineer with experience building production-grade, low-latency systems across cloud, real-time streaming, and AI-powered platforms.
- 🎓 Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh - 💼 Software Engineer @ Chiku Inc (Remote, US)
Building real-time conversational AI infrastructure - 🔬 Former Research Intern @ CyLab, Carnegie Mellon
Worked on scalable binary analysis and security tooling - 🌱 Interests: Distributed systems, real-time audio, QUIC, cloud infrastructure, AI inference systems
- 🤝 Open to collaborating on backend, infra, distributed systems, and AI systems projects
- 💡 I care deeply about performance, correctness, observability, and production reliability
I work on real-time, low-latency systems that sit at the intersection of networking and AI. My recent work includes building QUIC-based audio streaming systems, integrating DSP and turn-taking logic, and productionizing streaming text-to-speech and inference pipelines across multiple cloud providers.
I enjoy designing backend systems from first principles—event-driven architectures, schedulers, and internal frameworks that improve system responsiveness and reliability. I’ve worked on notification systems, workflow integrations, and scalable analytics platforms, often in fast-moving product environments.
My background includes systems-level research and tooling, from building containerized analysis environments to writing custom plugins and implementing distributed protocols and schedulers. I’m comfortable working close to the OS, network, and runtime when needed.
Languages
Distributed Systems & Infrastructure
Cloud Platforms
Databases
Tools & Frameworks
- 💼 LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vidya-prabhakar
- ✍️ Medium: https://medium.com/@vidyap23
- 📧 Email: vidyap23@gmail.com
- 💻 GitHub: https://github.com/Vidyap23