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yameen akhtar

@yameenakhtar

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Senior AI Engineer crafting Generative AI, LLM applications, and AI agents with scalable cloud-native backends.

United Arab Emirates

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to build production-grade LLM/agent systems and LLM orchestration on cloud-native infrastructure, working with strong engineering teams where mentoring, high-performance backends, and measurable business impact matter.

I’m a Senior AI Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing and delivering AI-powered applications, scalable backend platforms, and cloud-native systems.

My work centers on Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), AI agents, and NLP pipelines—especially LLM orchestration, agentic workflows, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). I’ve integrated OpenAI and LangChain to build intelligent automation that improves productivity and user engagement.

Most recently at Turing (Lead AI Engineer), I led development of AI-powered applications using OpenAI models and LangChain. I designed chatbot and automated question-answering solutions for enterprise customers, then deployed production systems on AWS with Docker, Kubernetes, and automated CI/CD.

Earlier, as Senior AI Platform Engineer at Mission and Lead Software Engineer – AI & Backend Systems at Beyond Eris, I built cloud-native ETL, serverless AWS solutions, and secure REST/GraphQL microservices. I also strengthen teams through mentoring, engineering standards, testing strategies, and reliable production AI deployments.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Lead AI Engineer

Current

Turing

May 2024 - Present (2 years 1 month)

Led development of OpenAI and LangChain-based enterprise chatbot and question-answering systems, integrating LLM workflows to improve automation, productivity, and user engagement. Built cloud-native backend services on AWS using Docker, Kubernetes, and automated CI/CD pipelines, and mentored teams on AI architecture and engineering best practices.

Python Lang Chain AWS Docker Kubernetes PostgreSQL CI CD

Senior AI Platform Engineer

Mission

Nov 2023 - Sep 2024 (10 months)

Developed AI-enabled backend services and cloud-native platforms supporting intelligent automation, including scalable ETL and data integration pipelines. Built secure APIs and microservices and designed AWS Lambda serverless solutions to improve deployment speed and reduce operational costs, using Jenkins and AWS CodePipeline for automated deployments.

Python Flask AWS Lambda AWS SAM gRPC PostgreSQL MongoDB Jenkins AWS CodePipeline Docker

Lead Software Engineer

Beyond Eris

Oct 2021 - Sep 2023 (1 year 11 months)

Architected scalable backend systems for analytics, automation, and business intelligence workflows, delivering Python/Django services and APIs for workflow management and operational insights. Implemented asynchronous processing pipelines and performance optimizations through caching and database tuning while leading engineering standards, testing strategy, and deployment best practices.

Python Django React Azure AWS Databricks PostgreSQL Pytest Asynchronous Performance Tuning

Senior Software Engineer

Cyber Infrastructure (CIS)

May 2017 - Sep 2021 (4 years 4 months)

Developed enterprise-scale applications using Python, Django, Flask, and React, designing RESTful APIs and optimizing SQL/NoSQL databases for high-volume workloads. Managed AWS infrastructure, containerized deployments, CI/CD automation, and comprehensive testing frameworks to improve reliability and maintainability; mentored junior engineers and supported Agile planning.

Python Django Flask React REST APIs SQL NoSQL Databases AWS Docker CI CD Testing Frameworks

Python Engineer

Loop Brackets

Jan 2015 - Mar 2017 (2 years 2 months)

Developed and maintained web applications using Python, Django, and Flask, building REST APIs and backend services for customer-facing applications. Optimized databases and implemented data migration utilities while contributing across the full software development lifecycle, including testing, deployment, and maintenance.

Python Django Flask REST APIs PostgreSQL MySQL Data Migration Database Optimization Testing Deployment

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Government College University (GCU), Lahore

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

2011 - 2015

Activities and societies: Relevant coursework: Artificial Intelligence; Data Structures & Algorithms; Systems Programming; Probability & Statistics; Software Engineering.

Completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at Government College University (GCU), Lahore from 2011 to 2015.