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Sheharyar Tariq

@sheharyartariq

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Senior machine learning engineer specializing in production-grade ML systems and MLOps.

Pakistan

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What I'm looking for

I seek engineering roles where I can design and deploy production ML/LLM systems, lead teams, and improve MLOps practices in a collaborative, growth-focused environment.

I am a Senior Machine Learning Engineer with 9+ years building and scaling production-grade ML and AI systems across cloud platforms. I specialize in end-to-end ML lifecycle management, LLM integration, model serving, and high-availability, containerized deployments.

I have architected and productionized Generative AI and LLM-powered systems (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Hugging Face), implemented RAG workflows with vector databases, and created low-latency model-serving APIs using Python frameworks such as FastAPI and Django.

My background includes leading teams (up to 18 data scientists), building CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, experiment tracking with MLflow, and deploying services on AWS, Azure, and GCP. I prioritize observability and reliability using CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana.

I deliver pragmatic, scalable ML solutions across recruitment, retail, social media, telecommunications, e-commerce, energy, sports analytics, and automotive domains, and I mentor engineers while driving cross-functional collaboration to move projects from experimentation to production.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

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Consultant

Dec 2022 - Present (3 years 2 months)

Architected and productionized Generative AI and LLM systems across recruitment, retail, and social media; designed end-to-end ML pipelines and low-latency model-serving APIs, improving deployment reliability and observability.

LLM RAG fastAPI Docker AWS EC2 MLFlow GitHub Actions Prometheus Grafana

Data Scientist (Team Lead)

Five Rivers Technologies

Jun 2020 - Dec 2022 (2 years 6 months)

Led a team of 18 data scientists to deliver ML solutions for ad recommendation, social media analytics, and energy applications; productionized models and managed data pipelines and databases for high-performance inference.

Python scikit learn PostgreSQL DynamoDB Redis Microservices CI CD

Senior Software Engineer

Five Rivers Technologies

May 2019 - Jun 2020 (1 year 1 month)

Delivered ML and data science solutions for telecommunications and e-commerce, performing advanced feature engineering, predictive model development, and mentoring junior engineers to improve model quality.

Python Model Evaluation Deployment Mentoring Data Analysis

Senior Software Engineer

Five Rivers Technologies

Nov 2018 - Apr 2019 (5 months)

Built machine learning models and analytical solutions for sports analytics and automotive clients, leading data collection, transformation, and exploratory analysis to support predictive initiatives.

Machine Learning Data Wrangling EDA Python scikit learn Sports Analytics Automotive Data

Software Engineer (NLP)

TecShield

Sep 2017 - Oct 2018 (1 year 1 month)

Developed NLP pipelines and preprocessing workflows using NLTK and SpaCy, built and deployed NLP services within microservices architectures, and managed MySQL/MS SQL Server databases for ML applications.