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Syed Raza

@syedraza4

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Senior full-stack and AI engineer building secure cloud apps and LLM-powered systems end to end.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a senior role where I can lead end-to-end delivery of secure, cloud-native full-stack systems and build LLM-powered features (RAG, tool calling) while owning performance, production support, and root-cause improvements in an Agile team.

I’m a Senior Full-Stack & AI Engineer with 10+ years of progressive software-development experience since 2016, advancing from Software Developer to Full-Stack Developer and Senior Full-Stack Engineer. I design, develop, deploy, maintain, and support secure production applications across frontend, backend, data, cloud, and integration layers—delivering end-to-end features with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and secure-by-design engineering.

In my current role at Raytheon Technologies, I lead cloud-native delivery using React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, and Python (FastAPI), building serverless and containerized workloads with AWS and Kubernetes. I also integrate AI and LLM capabilities using OpenAI/Claude/Gemini, LangChain, RAG, embeddings, and tool-calling, while optimizing SQL/data pipelines and troubleshooting incidents with root-cause analysis and corrective/preventative improvements. I thrive collaborating with product, design, QA, DevOps, security, data, and business stakeholders in Agile/Scrum to ship measurable outcomes.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Full-Stack & AI Engineer

Current

Raytheon Technologies

Apr 2021 - Present (5 years 3 months)

Led end-to-end delivery of cloud-native applications across frontend, backend, data, and production support, integrating IoT/AGV/ROS2 telemetry via event-driven services. Built AI-powered services using LLM/RAG workflows and implemented secure REST/GraphQL APIs with OAuth 2.0/JWT/RBAC, CI/CD, observability, and incident root-cause remediation.

Full-Stack Developer

Avanade

Sep 2018 - Mar 2021 (2 years 6 months)

Developed accessible enterprise full-stack applications using React/Next, Node/Python services, and secure REST/GraphQL APIs with MongoDB/PostgreSQL and Azure. Implemented healthcare interoperability workflows (FHIR/HL7/X12 EDI), introduced OpenAI/LangChain semantic search and contextual routing, and improved performance through SSR, caching, testing automation, and CI quality gates.

Software Developer

Bank of America

Jan 2016 - Aug 2018 (2 years 7 months)

Built and maintained financial and internal web applications using React, Node/Express, Python, and PostgreSQL/Azure SQL with secure authentication and responsive dashboards. Optimized database performance using SQL tuning and caching, supported Dockerized services and AWS RDS/S3, and investigated production defects through log/SQL analysis and root-cause remediation in Agile/Scrum and Kanban.