AI Engineer
Riyadh, SA
Mohammad Qataadah Zakir
Building intelligent, scalable systems — from fine-tuned models and inference pipelines to full-stack applications that actually ship.
5+
Years Coding
9+
Certifications
4+
Projects Built
01
Experience
AI Software Engineer
Jun 2023 — Jan 2025
Freelancer · Remote
Developed and deployed production AI systems using Python, TensorFlow/PyTorch, and Supabase, integrating LLMs, embeddings, vector search, and secure APIs, reducing inference latency by ~35% and improving UX.
Engineered an automated AI pipeline for data extraction and workflow orchestration using LLMs, web scraping, scheduling systems (cron/queues), REST APIs, and cloud functions, cutting manual effort by ~50% and boosting efficiency.
Built and optimized scalable AI infrastructure for end-to-end ML pipelines, including preprocessing, embedding generation, and vector indexing (FAISS/Supabase pgvector), delivered via FastAPI, improving retrieval accuracy by ~25% and throughput by ~30%.
Sales Specialist
Jun 2021 — Feb 2022
Best Buy · St. John's, NL, Canada
Advised on TVs and home entertainment systems matching needs and budget.
Drove sales through demos, upselling, and consistent target attainment.
Sales Advisor · Technical Support Specialist
Sep 2020 — Apr 2021
Concentrix (Apple) · Remote, Canada
Generated $5,000 in hero product revenue through tailored Apple product sales.
Promoted to Technical Support Specialist within two months.
Resolved Apple device and service issues via remote phone support.
02
Skills
AI & ML
Languages & Concepts
Infrastructure
03
Projects
01
LLM Fine-Tuning & Inference Pipeline
Python · PyTorch · LoRA / QLoRA · llama-cpp
Parameter-efficient LLM fine-tuning using LoRA and QLoRA, with quantised local inference for production deployment.
02
Operations Assistant
Python · SQL · Data Modelling · NLP
CLI chatbot that translates natural language questions into SQL queries against a SQLite indoor location database.
03
RAG-Powered NLP System
HuggingFace · LangChain · FastAPI · Docker
Retrieval-augmented generation pipeline with semantic search, served via FastAPI and containerised with Docker.
04
Education & Certifications
Degrees
Bachelors
Software Engineering
B.Eng. (Hons)
B.Eng. (Hons)
Univ. of Greater Manchester
Graduated · 2025
Credit Transfer
MUN credits recognized
toward UGM degree
toward UGM degree
Computer Engineering
B.Eng.
B.Eng.
Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland
Credit Transfer · 2022
Certifications
Artificial Intelligence with Python: Foundations to Projects Specialization
Educba
Deep Learning Specialization
DeepLearning.AI
MLOps | Machine Learning Operations Specialization
Duke University
Machine Learning Specialization
Stanford Online | DeepLearning.AI
Computer Science for Artificial Intelligence
HarvardX
Computer Science for Python Programming
HarvardX
AI Applications with Watson
IBM
AI Chatbots without Programming
IBM
Python Basics for Data Science
IBM
Software Development Lifecycle
Univ. of Minnesota
Java Programming and Software Engineering Fundamentals
Duke University