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David Farouk

@davidfarouk

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LLM engineer and AI specialist delivering production-grade RAG, MLOps, and inference optimization.

Spain

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles building production LLM systems and MLOps at privacy-aware, research-driven teams where I can drive scalable deployments, reproducibility, and measurable impact.

I am an AI engineer and Industrial PhD candidate focused on building production-grade LLM systems, RAG pipelines, and privacy-preserving architectures that drive measurable business outcomes.

I have designed privacy-aware local LLM platforms with strong adoption in pilot deployments, productionized research prototypes, and established MLOps practices including experiment tracking, model versioning, deployment automation, and monitoring.

My technical work spans inference optimization, quantization, LoRA/PEFT, vLLM serving, multi-agent orchestration, and secure integrations (including post-quantum cryptography), and I prioritize reproducibility, scalability, and compliance in all deployments.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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LLM Engineer & AI Specialist

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WHI Institute

Oct 2024 - Present (1 year)

Designed a privacy-aware wellbeing platform using local LLMs that drove 500% adoption growth across pilot schools and built production RAG pipelines with vector databases for personalized interventions.

RAG Hugging Face Vector Databases MLOps Model Versioning

R&D Engineer

Polytechnic University of Catalonia

Oct 2022 - Oct 2024 (2 years)

Developed high-performance Python/C++ algorithms improving processing throughput by 40% and integrated biometric authentication with post-quantum cryptography while productionizing research prototypes.

Python C++High Performance Computing Documentation

Machine Learning Engineer

Zummitlabs

Jul 2021 - Dec 2021 (5 months)

Fine-tuned computer vision models using PyTorch/TensorFlow to boost accuracy by 15% and implemented end-to-end ML pipelines with containerized deployments.

PyTorch TensorFlow Model Fine Tuning Computer Vision Docker Containerization CI CD

Backend Engineer

Mimonote

Jun 2018 - Jan 2019 (7 months)

Built scalable backend APIs in C# with SQL support integrated into a React frontend, supporting thousands of users.

C++SQL REST APIs Backend Development Scalability System Design

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Rovira i Virgili University

Master of Science, Computer Security Engineering & AI

2020 - 2022

Completed a Master of Science in Computer Security Engineering & AI with focus on security and applied artificial intelligence for production systems.