AKHTAR SHAH

AI Engineer & Developer

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Akhtar Shah

AI Engineer & Developer

AI Engineer with hands-on experience building smart applications using Python and Generative AI. Currently developing autonomous agents using AWS Bedrock and AgentCore. I specialize in turning complex AI models into working products using FastAPI, LLMs, and RAG pipelines.

About Me

I am a Computer Science graduate from the University of Loralai with a strong foundation in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning. Currently working as an AI Engineer, I specialize in building autonomous agents using AWS Bedrock and AgentCore.

I thrive on identifying business challenges that can be elegantly solved with technology. From building RAG pipelines and LLM-powered applications to deploying production-grade AI systems with FastAPI and microservices, I enjoy every step of the development lifecycle. Passionate about solving real business problems with clean and efficient code.

Professional Experience

AI Engineer Consultant (Part-time)

Airec

November 2025 - Present · Remote

  • Designed and implemented advanced ML models, custom APIs, and prompt engineering/fine-tuning.
  • Optimized AI systems for high performance with minimal latency and reduced API call overhead.
  • Managed full lifecycle of AI features from design to production deployment.
  • Created comprehensive technical documentation and collaborated with cross-functional teams.
Machine Learning Prompt Engineering API Development Fine-tuning

AI Engineer

Vizz Web Solutions

December 2023 - Present · Islamabad

  • Built Autonomous Agents using open source and closed source LLMs for complex workflows.
  • Identified real business challenges and implemented AI/ML solutions to fix them.
  • Built and shipped AI models into production using FastAPI and microservices.
  • Handled data pipelines - collecting and cleaning messy structured/unstructured data.
AWS Bedrock AgentCore LLMs FastAPI Microservices

Data Science and Business Analytics Intern

The Sparks Foundation

August 2023 - October 2023

  • Performed exploratory data analysis (EDA) to find trends and patterns.
  • Conducted predictive modeling to support data-driven decision making.
  • Built, trained, and tuned supervised/unsupervised machine learning models.
Python Pandas NumPy Scikit-learn Git

Projects

AI Health App

Designed RESTful APIs for meal planning, workout generation, and sleep tracking. Integrated AI for barcode lookups, nutrition analysis, and image interpretation.

FastAPI MongoDB Redis Celery JWT

Business Automation Platform

Automated milestone generation and marketing content creation using AI and web search. Optimized product listings and provided real-time industry benchmarking.

Python FastAPI OpenAI API MongoDB

WhatsApp Sports Assistant Bot

AI-driven bot providing real-time FPL advice, player stats, and fixture updates. Automated news summarization and featured a customizable, engaging persona.

FastAPI OpenAI API WhatsApp API BeautifulSoup

HIBFF - AI Digital Human

Developed a platform for users to interact with persona-based avatars powered by OpenAI models. Integrated D-ID to generate realistic video avatars from images.

FastAPI OpenAI API D-ID MongoDB

GenAI Car Facelift Design

Final Year Project assessing the use of generative networks for creating realistic and diverse car facelift designs from a custom-curated dataset.

Python PyTorch Custom Dataset Generative AI

Technical Skills

Languages & Frameworks

Python FastAPI Django Celery

GenAI & LLMs

AWS Bedrock AgentCore LangChain RAG Pipelines OpenAI Agents Hugging Face LlamaIndex

AI/ML Core

PyTorch TensorFlow Scikit-learn Generative AI

Databases

MongoDB PostgreSQL MySQL Redis

Vector Databases

Pinecone ChromaDB Milvus

Deployment & Ops

Docker Git RunPod AWS

Education & Certifications

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

University of Loralai (UOLI)

Balochistan, Pakistan • October 2023

Relevant Coursework:

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Deep Learning Computer Vision

Certifications

Supervised Machine Learning: Regression & Classification

Coursera

Generative AIs, LLMs, and ML

Abacus.AI

Become A Certified Python Programmer

Udemy

Intro to Coding in Python

One Month

Get In Touch

Have a question or want to discuss a project? Chat with my AI assistant or connect with me directly through my social channels.