I own the system, not just a layer.
I work across the product stack, from architecture and backend systems to AI workflows, cloud infrastructure and production reliability.
Architecting and shipping production web and mobile products across frontend, backend, APIs, data and third-party integrations, with strong ownership from requirements through deployment.
React / Next.js · TypeScript · Node / NestJS · Python · PostgreSQL
Building customer-facing AI capabilities using LLM workflows, agents, RAG, retrieval, tool calling, structured outputs, validation, evaluation, guardrails and graceful failure handling.
LLMs · AI Agents · RAG · Retrieval · Evaluation
Designing APIs, data layers, asynchronous workflows and distributed services with attention to scalability, idempotency, caching, performance and operational reliability.
REST / GraphQL · PostgreSQL · Redis · RabbitMQ · Event-Driven Systems
Taking systems into production with AWS, containers, CI/CD, observability, performance optimization, security controls and resilient failure handling.
AWS · Docker · Kubernetes · CI/CD · Observability
Providing technical direction through system design, architecture decisions, code reviews, mentoring, incident response, release planning and cross-functional collaboration.
System design · Code review · Mentoring · Incident response
applied ai in real products
The hard part is not calling a model. It is building the retrieval, orchestration, validation and failure paths that make AI dependable enough for customer-facing products.
Agentic workflow
Grounded knowledge
Documents are chunked and embedded, relevant context is retrieved, and responses are grounded against that context before reaching the user.
Documents / Retrieval / Context / Response
Designed to improve answer relevance, consistency and trust while reducing unsupported AI output.
Strongest where the path is still ambiguous.
Stellar Community Fund Round 11 Winner
ZIG3V2 / 2022
Senior Full-Stack AI Engineer at Toptal
Technical Lead on keyscommunity.co.uk
Production AI: agents, RAG, retrieval, evaluation and guardrails.
Backend architecture, distributed systems and AWS cloud infrastructure.
University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Taxila
GPA 3.39
Preston University, Islamabad
GPA 4.00
I am a Senior Full-Stack AI Engineer with 8+ years of experience building production software across SaaS, marketplaces, construction technology, transportation and AI-enabled products.
I am strongest at the point where product requirements are still ambiguous: understanding the business problem, choosing the architecture, building the system, taking it into production and keeping it reliable as it evolves.
My work spans TypeScript, React/Next.js, Node/NestJS, Python, PostgreSQL, AWS and distributed systems, alongside Applied AI including agents, RAG, retrieval, structured outputs, evaluation, guardrails and production LLM workflows.
I care about engineering that creates real outcomes: maintainable architecture, reliable systems, fast products, secure integrations and teams that can continue moving after the first release.
Engineering ownership behind real products.
Production AI, automation and software platforms where I owned meaningful problems across architecture, implementation, delivery and reliability.
Reis Contracting / Agent.Press
~1 hour → minutes · nearly 99% successful processing
Full case study
Production AI & Automation
One agent runtime carrying several production client systems
Full case study
Production AI & Automation
Location infrastructure spanning tens of millions of geographic records
Full case study
Product & Platform Engineering
Architecture, integrations and delivery across resident, operator and council workflows
Full case study
Product & Platform Engineering
Improved project performance by 80%
Full case study
Product names are used where approved. Proprietary source code, internal data, private topology and unsupported metrics remain excluded.
A career built through production ownership.
Aug 2025 – Present
Current
Toptal
Architecture and end-to-end delivery across AI, SaaS, marketplace and automation engagements.
The Agent.Press engagement alone spans its own agent platform, ERP automation for Reis Contracting, AI and Google Business Profile workflows for Local Falcon and an internal Slack assistant for Anaconda, alongside KEYS Community and BookRevs.
May 2022 – Jul 2025
Embrace IT
Web and mobile products, microservices and cloud platforms across React, Node.js, Python and AWS.
Nov 2021 – Apr 2022
Saufik
Projul frontend architecture, leading three React developers and one UX designer.
Improved project performance by 80%.
May 2018 – Oct 2021
Ineffable Devs
Core VanGo workflows: bookings, payments, user management, authentication and a TypeScript migration.
Reduced initial load time by approximately 30%.
Have a difficult product or engineering problem?
Whether it is a senior engineering role, an ambitious product, or a production system that needs stronger technical ownership, I am always open to a good conversation.
