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Muhammad Ali Shahbaz

@muhammadalishahbaz

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Principal AI Engineer and DevOps leader driving scalable cloud-native ML systems.

Pakistan

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What I'm looking for

I seek a role where I can lead cloud-native AI/ML and DevOps initiatives, mentor teams, and deliver scalable, secure production systems with measurable product impact.

I am a Principal AI Engineer and DevOps lead with hands-on experience building cloud platforms, microservices, and AI-driven products that scale. I founded the AI engineering function at an early-stage startup, architecting AWS ECS/EC2-based infrastructure and maintaining 99.9%+ uptime while driving major cost and performance improvements.

I have delivered end-to-end ML and data solutions — from ETL and feature engineering to model deployment and real-time agentic AI — improving user retention to 85%, cutting infrastructure costs by 45%, and increasing relevance via recommendation systems. I also lead and mentor small teams, having managed data analysts and improved team productivity and delivery timelines.

I prioritize secure, reliable, and efficient systems: implementing IAM, secrets management, and CI/CD pipelines to support 1,000+ daily downloads and zero security incidents to date. I seek roles where I can apply cloud-native ML engineering, DevOps, and data engineering expertise to drive product impact and operational excellence.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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DevOps Lead

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Lookin Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd.

Jan 2025 - Present (9 months)

Led DevOps initiatives reducing infrastructure costs 45% via hybrid cloud and right-sizing, improved latency 30% through container/network optimizations, and established security architecture with zero incidents to date.

AWS EC2 VPC IAM Secrets Management Cost Optimization CI CD Docker Monitoring Networking

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Principal AI Engineer

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Lookin Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd.

Jan 2025 - Present (9 months)

Founded the AI engineering function and architected a cloud platform on AWS ECS/EC2 with RDS PostgreSQL and FastAPI, maintaining 99.9%+ uptime while scaling backend from monolith to microservices to support 300% user growth in 6 months.

AWS ECS Docker fastAPI PostgreSQL Microservices Domain Driven Design CI CD Performance Optimization

Lead Data Analyst

Green Vorx Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd.

Jun 2024 - Dec 2024 (6 months)

Led a team of 3 analysts to design scalable ETL processes and data architecture, improving pipeline efficiency and boosting team productivity by 20% while aligning insights to business objectives.

ETL Data Pipelines SQL Team Leadership Data Architecture Stakeholder Management Tableau)Power BI

Associate Data Scientist

Data Pilot Private Limited

Oct 2023 - Jun 2024 (8 months)

Executed ETL and data engineering workflows across AWS, Azure, and GCP, managed SQL systems, and developed KPIs and dashboards that contributed to 100% client satisfaction and 15% revenue growth.

Python AWS Sagemaker BigQuery Azure Data Factory Redshift)SQL Power BI Tableau)

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

National University of Sciences and Technology

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

Completed a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, graduating in May 2024 with engineering coursework and practical projects in electrical systems and related technologies.