Ritika Lamba

MS Student at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)

Experience

Experience

Corporate Experience

Software Developer

Volkswagen IT Services • Dec 2021 – Aug 2023

  • Reduced Spark-based job runtime from 13 hours to 20 minutes through performance tuning and distributed job optimization
  • Built serverless ML data pipelines on AWS (Lambda, S3, Athena), enabling scalable, real-time ingestion
  • Developed backend microservices using Spring Boot and Docker, integrated with CI/CD and IaC practices
  • Created business intelligence layers with AWS Athena, supporting analytics on multi-terabyte data lakes
  • Collaborated with product and infra teams to scale internal applications for global manufacturing workflows
  • Explored tools for inference performance analysis including TorchScript and ONNX (ongoing learning)

Associate Software Analyst Trainee

CloudMoyo • Jan 2020 – Dec 2021

  • Designed and deployed microservices using Java, Docker, and AWS/Azure cloud platforms
  • Contributed to scalable REST APIs for enterprise solutions; optimized workflows through testing and debugging

Academic Experience

Education

MS in Computer Science and Engineering

Case Western Reserve University • Aug 2023 – May 2025
Track: Artificial Intelligence

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science

Chandigarh University • June 2018 – May 2022
Specialization: AI & ML

Research Assistant Positions

Research Assistant - Trustworthy AI

Case Western Reserve University • Jan 2024 – Present

  • Conducted literature reviews to identify novel topics in Trustworthy AI under Dr. Jing Ma
  • Contributed to research publications in Explainable AI and Fairness methods

Research Assistant - AI NLP System

Case Western Reserve University • Aug 2024 – Dec 2024

  • Enhanced Skill Certify AI NLP system with modern AI tools such as Hugging Face and PyTorch under Prof. Erman Ayday

Research Assistant - Web Application Backend

Case Western Reserve University • May 2024 – Aug 2024

  • Worked on the backend part of the Study WebApp Project, in xlab, under the supervision of Prof Erman Ayday