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Journey

From computer science fundamentals to building AI products — the path, the turns, and what I learned along the way.

  1. Feb 2026 — Present

    Senior AI Product Engineer

    TalentPop · Costa Mesa, CA (Remote)

    • ▸ Own the end-to-end product lifecycle — discovery through delivery — for a US-based SaaS team supporting e-commerce client operations.
    • ▸ Drive API, data, and backend engineering for scalable, reliable system architecture.
    • ▸ Manage AWS deployment & infrastructure (EC2, Lambda, RDS), optimizing for performance and cost.
    • ▸ Spearhead AI-assisted development workflows, integrating LLM and automation tooling to accelerate team velocity.
    • Python
    • AWS
    • EC2
    • Lambda
    • RDS
    • LLMs
    • SaaS

  2. Jun 2025 — Present

    Founder & Founding Engineer

    ClearSync.io · Wyoming, USA (Remote)

    • ▸ Founded a HubSpot-integration SaaS for automated CRM cleanup and contact enrichment.
    • ▸ Architected the backend with Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Docker for scalable, reliable data processing.
    • ▸ Integrated third-party APIs (Lusha, MillionVerifier) with retry logic for enrichment and validation.
    • ▸ Built real-time dashboards for CRM health and sync status; ran a B2B beta to shape the roadmap.
    • Node.js
    • PostgreSQL
    • Docker
    • HubSpot API
    • CI/CD

  3. Aug 2023 — Present

    AI/ML Engineer & Product Manager

    NotAI · United Arab Emirates

    • ▸ Architected and deployed agentic AI systems for Shopify — autonomous recommendation and engagement agents that lifted conversion 18%.
    • ▸ Built a unified LLM integration platform (three enterprise models behind one RBAC interface), improving adoption 40%.
    • ▸ Shipped production NLP pipelines on AWS SageMaker + Lambda, and REST inference APIs serving 100K+ users.
    • ▸ Stood up MLOps: performance monitoring, bias-detection pipelines, and automated testing — plus PRDs and Agile delivery.
    • Python
    • AWS SageMaker
    • OpenAI
    • Hugging Face
    • NLP
    • Agentic AI

  4. 2023

    The turn: software → AI products

    From building apps to building intelligence

    • ▸ After years shipping mobile fintech and e-commerce systems, moved into AI/ML — bringing an engineer's rigor to product decisions.

  5. Sep 2019 — Jul 2023

    Founding Engineer

    Zapp · Karachi, Pakistan

    • ▸ Built a multi-sided marketplace super app serving 100K+ users across consumer, merchant, and driver segments.
    • ▸ Developed real-time driver dispatch with Google Maps SDK and WebSockets.
    • ▸ Built merchant tools for inventory, orders, and analytics; cut load time by 1.8s via API optimization.
    • ▸ Integrated Firebase Cloud Messaging and the Facebook SDK for notifications and user acquisition.
    • Kotlin
    • Android SDK
    • Google Maps SDK
    • WebSockets
    • Firebase

  6. Sep 2020 — Jul 2023

    Senior Software Engineer

    P3 Financial Group · Karachi, Pakistan

    • ▸ Built the Soneri digital banking and My Jubilee insurance apps with PCI-DSS-compliant security and OTP.
    • ▸ Established CI/CD with Fastlane and Jenkins, cutting deployment time by 60%.
    • ▸ Cut crash rate 35% via Android Profiler and LeakCanary memory optimization.
    • ▸ Mentored 4 junior developers on MVVM/MVP architecture and best practices.
    • Kotlin
    • Java
    • Android SDK
    • Fastlane
    • Jenkins
    • Firebase

  7. Sep 2018 — Aug 2020

    Software Engineer

    P3 Financial Group · Karachi, Pakistan

    • ▸ Delivered mobile modules for fintech and e-commerce applications.
    • ▸ Migrated a legacy Java codebase to Kotlin, improving maintainability.
    • ▸ Integrated payment gateways and notification services; deployed on PAX-certified EMV POS devices (A920, E500).
    • Kotlin
    • Java
    • Android SDK
    • Retrofit

  8. 2020 — 2022

    M.S., Software Project Management

    National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences (FAST)

    • ▸ Master's in software project management.

  9. 2014 — 2018

    B.S., Computer Science

    National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences (FAST)

    • ▸ Foundations in algorithms, systems, and software engineering.