Tahir Awan
@tahirawan
Senior AI engineer specializing in LLMs and RAG, building production-grade ML systems with measurable business impact.
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 build AI-powered SaaS platforms, RAG pipelines, and large-scale data systems across healthcare, fintech, e-commerce, education, and smart cities.
In my most recent role, I led the full lifecycle development of enterprise-grade LLM applications—from design and data pipelines to SFT/RLHF fine-tuning and deployment. I built scalable RAG pipelines and evaluation frameworks, improving model accuracy by over 35% across multiple enterprise use cases.
I also architected AI-driven smart city systems, including predictive analytics, infrastructure optimization, and real-time ETL/ML pipelines for decision-making. Earlier, I delivered end-to-end AI automation that reduced workflow bottlenecks by 50%, while integrating NLP for intelligent document processing, semantic search, and summarization.
Beyond engineering, I served as Chief Technology Officer / Solution Architect, where I led AI-first e-learning and e-commerce platform development. I scaled to 10,000+ daily active users, improving load speed by 50% and engagement by 40%, and I’ve continued to build solutions that are reliable, scalable, and grounded in evaluation and monitoring.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Led end-to-end development of enterprise-grade LLM applications, including data pipelines, SFT/RLHF fine-tuning, and deployment. Built scalable RAG pipelines and evaluation frameworks, improving model accuracy by 35%+ for multiple enterprise use cases.
AI Engineer | Solution Architect
Qiddiya
Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 6 months)
Architected AI-driven smart city systems including predictive analytics, infrastructure optimization, and predictive maintenance models. Built scalable ETL/ML pipelines for real-time decision-making and developed stakeholder data visualization dashboards.
Delivered end-to-end AI solutions for global clients across healthcare, fintech, e-commerce, education, and enterprise systems. Built chatbots, NLP pipelines, automation tools, recommendation engines, and ML workflows from scoping through deployment, monitoring, and optimization.
AI Engineer
Picjeju
Jan 2025 - Jan 2026 (1 year)
Developed computer vision pipelines for image recognition, classification, and content recommendation. Built data labeling and augmentation pipelines and integrated models into production via scalable APIs and monitoring tools.
Full Stack AI Engineer
Micro1 – SonicSpecs
Jan 2024 - Jan 2025 (1 year)
Developed a full-stack AI platform for audio and sensor analytics using Python, ML, and computer vision. Built real-time streaming ingestion pipelines and integrated LLMs/ML models for predictive insights, anomaly detection, and audio content analysis, supported by AWS/GCP infrastructure and CI/CD deployment automation.
AI Engineer
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 document processing, semantic search, and summarization, and integrated AI into SaaS products while optimizing performance for high-volume processing.
Full Stack Python AI Engineer
Micro1 – Soverin
Jan 2024 - Jan 2025 (1 year)
Built an AI-powered SaaS platform for enterprise clients integrating NLP, LLMs, and automation tools. Designed scalable backend APIs and data pipelines, implemented summarization/recommendation/predictive analytics features, and optimized production deployments with CI/CD.
AI Engineer (Healthcare AI)
iCardio (Healthcare AI)
Jan 2023 - Jan 2024 (1 year)
Built AI-driven healthcare analytics and predictive models using large-scale medical datasets and real-time monitoring systems. Implemented diagnostic recommendation engines that improved clinical decision support accuracy by 30% and delivered end-to-end ML pipelines to deployment and monitoring.
Chief Technology Officer
SimpleStudying
Jan 2018 - Jan 2024 (6 years)
Led AI-first e-learning and e-commerce platform development with ownership of technology strategy. Designed personalization algorithms, recommendation engines, and predictive models, scaling to 10,000+ daily active users while improving load speed by 50% and engagement by 40%.
AI Engineer - AI Auditor
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 tools, performance monitoring and error tracking dashboards, and conducted end-to-end evaluation of LLMs and ML models.
Built backend systems integrating ML models for enterprise clients, including scalable APIs, data pipelines, and analytics dashboards. Optimized system performance and AI model efficiency for production use.
Senior Software Engineer
Arbisoft
Jan 2014 - Jan 2017 (3 years)
Built real-time data pipelines and monitoring tools for multiple client industries. Supported end-to-end AI solution delivery (including hotel management, accounting, and educational platforms) and improved system performance and model accuracy.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Punjab University College of Information Technology
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Science
2009 - 2013
Earned a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from 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
Skills
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