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Yatinj Sutariya
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AI-Powered Refund Operations Assistant

Reduced repetitive refund work with AI-assisted decisions, business rules, and human approval—without losing control.

  • AI APIs
  • Automation
  • Backend APIs
  • Business Logic
Full-Stack EngineerAI & Automation EngineerSystem Architect

01 — Client Situation

Why the client needed this

The client wanted to reduce repetitive refund operations and improve customer support workflows. Volume was high enough that manual judgment became a bottleneck, but refunds still required policy accuracy and exception handling.

02 — Challenge

What made this difficult

  • Encoding refund business rules into reliable workflows
  • Using AI-assisted decisions without unsupervised approvals
  • Integrating external order and payment systems
  • Supporting human approval for ambiguous cases
  • Keeping backend processing reliable under operational load

03 — Approach

Recommendation and decision making

The focus was not only automation, but controlled automation—where business rules and exceptions remained manageable. AI proposes structured outcomes; backend services validate policy and payment conditions; humans retain authority on edge cases.

  1. Refund Request
  2. Policy & Payment Checks
  3. AI-Assisted Decision
  4. Business Rule Validation
  5. Human Approval (if needed)
  6. Execute / Log Outcome

04 — Architecture

How the pieces connect

A system map of the major layers, integrations, and operational paths in this project.

Support / Ops UI
Backend API
Business Rules Engine
AI DecisioningOrder / Payment DataExternal APIs
Human Review + Automation

05 — Implementation

What was built

  • AI-assisted refund workflow with structured decision outputs
  • Backend processing for policy validation and state transitions
  • Business logic handling for approvals, denials, and escalations
  • Operational workflow support for support and ops teams

06 — Outcome

What changed

Reduced repetitive manual work while maintaining control over refund decisions—routine cases moved faster, and exceptions stayed explicit and reviewable.

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