Shoaib U.
AI & Data Engineer | RAG & LLMs | ETL Pipelines | AWS & Azure | DevOps
𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗜 & 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 helping businesses build production-ready AI solutions, scalable data pipelines, intelligent automation, and secure cloud platforms. Specialized in 𝗔𝗜 & 𝗠𝗟, 𝗥𝗔𝗚, 𝗔𝗪𝗦, 𝗔𝘇𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, and 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗢𝗽𝘀. I help startups, SaaS companies, and enterprises build reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient technical solutions. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗: • RAG optimization achieving 𝟲𝟬–𝟴𝟬% embedding cost reduction through hybrid retrieval. • AI sales and support copilots associated with 𝟮𝟬–𝟰𝟬% fewer support tickets and 𝟭𝟱–𝟯𝟬% conversion lift. • AI product description workflows delivering 𝟯𝘅 faster product listing creation. • Data engineering improvements achieving 𝟯𝟬% ETL performance improvement and 𝟱𝟬% compute spend reduction. • Healthcare data lakes supporting 𝟯+ 𝗧𝗕 of standardized data using HL7/FHIR transformations. • Insurance claims automation reducing manual data entry by up to 𝟳𝟬% in a delivered project. 𝗠𝗬 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗦: 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗥𝗔𝗚 & 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘀 Build AI assistants, business copilots, and knowledge retrieval systems connected to your documents, databases, APIs, and internal tools. Develop grounded RAG pipelines with hybrid retrieval and access controls. 𝗔𝗜 & 𝗠𝗟 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 Develop machine learning solutions for forecasting, NLP, embeddings, classification, and predictive analytics with production-ready serving and monitoring. 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗘𝗧𝗟 Design and optimize batch and streaming pipelines using Apache Spark, Kafka, AWS Glue, EMR, and dbt to improve data quality, processing speed, and reliability. 𝗔𝘇𝘂𝗿𝗲 & 𝗔𝗪𝗦 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 Build cloud data platforms, automated ETL workflows, data lakes, and lakehouses using Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, PySpark, Azure Data Lake Storage, Amazon S3, and Redshift. 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 Connect CRMs, APIs, payment systems, databases, and data warehouses. Automate repetitive tasks and implement reliable data synchronization and event-driven workflows. 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 Modernize data platforms with profiling, schema validation, backfills, reconciliation, data quality checks, lineage, and secure access controls. 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗢𝗽𝘀 & 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Implement CI/CD, infrastructure as code, deployment automation, monitoring, and cloud cost optimization to improve infrastructure reliability and efficiency. 𝗔𝗣𝗜 & 𝗪𝗲𝗯 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 Build APIs, internal tools, analytics dashboards, and web applications integrated with AI models and data platforms. 𝗠𝗬 𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗛 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗞: • 𝗔𝗜 & 𝗥𝗔𝗚: LLMs, NLP, LangChain, hybrid retrieval, Weaviate, BM25 • 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: Apache Spark, PySpark, Kafka, dbt, AWS Glue, EMR • 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱: AWS, Amazon S3, Redshift, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake Storage • 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀: SQL, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, BigQuery • 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗢𝗽𝘀: Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, infrastructure as code • 𝗔𝗣𝗜𝘀 & 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆: REST APIs, ETL testing, RBAC, encryption, audit logging 𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦: • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (expired May 25, 2025) • Deep Learning Specialization (v.2) – Coursera • SKF100: Understanding the OWASP Top 10 Security Threats – The Linux Foundation 𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗠𝗘: • 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁-𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 focused on performance, reliability, and cost efficiency. • 𝗘𝗻𝗱-𝘁𝗼-𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆, from architecture and development to testing and deployment. • 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 designed for security, scalability, and maintainability. • 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, transparent progress updates, and documented handover. 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗪𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧: Share your project goals, challenges, and expected outcomes. I assess your requirements and recommend the right technical approach. We finalize scope and milestones, then begin implementation and testing. 𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗨𝗦 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞: Need to optimize a data pipeline, build a RAG solution, automate workflows, or modernize your cloud infrastructure? Send me a message to discuss your project and find the right solution. Shoaib | AI & Data Engineer | RAG & LLMs | ETL Pipelines | AWS & Azure | DevOps
Earnings and projects
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