Muhammad Awan
@muhammadawan1
Senior AI Engineer specializing in production-grade LLMs and GenAI systems.
What I'm looking for
I’m a Senior AI Engineer with 11+ years of experience specializing in LLMs, Generative AI, and production-grade ML systems. I’ve built AI-powered SaaS platforms, RAG pipelines, and large-scale data systems across healthcare, fintech, e-commerce, education, and smart cities—always with a focus on measurable business impact.
My work spans the full lifecycle: from data pipeline design and training/optimization to deployment and evaluation. I’m hands-on with SFT and RLHF, and I build robust model evaluation and benchmarking workflows (including error analysis and prompt optimization) to improve reliability—such as delivering RAG systems that improved model accuracy by 35%+ for multiple enterprise use cases. I also bring strong Python, deep learning, and cloud infrastructure skills across AWS/GCP, along with production engineering using Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.
I’ve led end-to-end delivery and system architecture as a “Senior AI Engineer (LLM Systems)” while collaborating cross-functionally with product and engineering teams to integrate AI into real workflows. Previously, as Chief Technology Officer / Solution Architect, I owned tech strategy, scaled platforms to 10,000+ daily active users, and improved load speed and engagement—so I value pragmatic engineering, clear communication, and building systems that scale.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
AI Engineer (Smart City Systems)
Qiddiya
Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 5 months)
Architected AI-driven smart city systems with predictive analytics and infrastructure optimization models. Designed scalable ETL and ML pipelines for real-time decision-making and built analytics dashboards for stakeholders.
Led full lifecycle development of enterprise-grade LLM applications, including data pipelines, SFT and RLHF fine-tuning, and deployment. Built scalable RAG pipelines and evaluation frameworks, improving model accuracy by 35%+ across multiple enterprise use cases.
Delivered end-to-end AI solutions for global clients across healthcare, fintech, e-commerce, education, and enterprise systems. Built production-integrated chatbots, NLP pipelines, automation tools, and recommendation engines, managing scoping through monitoring and optimization.
AI Engineer (Computer Vision)
Picjeju
Jan 2025 - Jan 2026 (1 year)
Developed computer vision pipelines for image recognition, classification, and content recommendation. Built recommendation systems that improved content personalization by 40% and implemented automated labeling/augmentation to speed up training.
Developed a full-stack AI platform for audio and sensor analytics using machine learning and computer vision. Built real-time streaming ingestion and processing pipelines and integrated LLMs for predictive insights, anomaly detection, and audio content analysis.
AI Engineer (NLP Automation)
Overgo.ai
Jan 2024 - Jan 2025 (1 year)
Designed and delivered end-to-end AI automation systems, reducing client workflow bottlenecks by 50%. Built NLP pipelines for intelligent document processing, semantic search, and summarization, and integrated AI into SaaS for real-time insights.
Built an AI-powered SaaS platform for enterprise clients integrating NLP, LLMs, and automation features. Designed scalable backend APIs, data pipelines, and AWS/GCP infrastructure, and optimized performance and CI/CD for production deployments.
AI Engineer (Healthcare AI)
iCardio
Jan 2023 - Jan 2024 (1 year)
Built AI-driven healthcare analytics and predictive models to improve patient outcomes. Implemented diagnostic recommendation engines and improved clinical decision support accuracy by 30%, with end-to-end ML pipelines from ingestion to deployment and monitoring.
Chief Technology Officer (AI)
SimpleStudying
Jan 2018 - Jan 2024 (6 years)
Led AI-first e-learning and e-commerce platform development with full ownership of technical strategy. Scaled the platform to 10,000+ daily active users, improving load speed by 50% and engagement by 40% through personalization, recommendation, and predictive models.
AI Engineer (AI Auditing & Eval)
AI Auditor
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023 (1 year)
Built an AI auditing suite to analyze model bias, fairness, and compliance across enterprise AI systems. Developed explainability and monitoring tools, and performed end-to-end LLM/ML evaluation with actionable recommendations.
Built backend systems integrating ML models for enterprise clients, including scalable APIs and data pipelines. Optimized system performance and improved AI model efficiency for production usage.
Senior Software Engineer
Arbisoft
Jan 2014 - Jan 2017 (3 years)
Delivered real-time data pipelines and monitoring tools across multiple client industries. Built end-to-end AI solutions for domains including hotel management, accounting, and education, improving system performance and model scalability.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Punjab University College of Information Technology
Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Computer Science
2009 - 2013
Completed a Bachelor’s in Computer Science at Punjab University College of Information Technology from 2009 to 2013.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Portfolio
github.com/tahirawan4Job categories
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