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Faizan Shaikh

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15+ years building enterprise systems. Now focused on RAG architectures, agentic workflows, and LLM-powered platforms.

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About Me

I'm an Applied AI/LLM Engineer with 15+ years of professional software engineering experience, based in Dubai, UAE. I build end-to-end AI systems — from document ingestion and vector stores to multi-agent orchestration and enterprise integration.

Currently at the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), I architect mission-critical aviation regulatory systems, modernize legacy platforms into microservices, and lead AI-powered solutions for aviation safety and compliance.

My passion lies at the intersection of enterprise-grade engineering and cutting-edge AI — building RAG pipelines, agentic workflows, fine-tuned models, and privacy-first deployments that actually work in production.

0+ Years Experience
0+ E-Services Built
0+ Companies
Location Dubai, UAE
Current Role Specialist Software Engineering @ GCAA
Education BS Computer Science — FAST-NUCES

Technical Skills

AI & LLM Systems

RAG Pipelines LangChain Model Context Protocol Agentic Workflows Fine-tuning (LoRA/QLoRA) ChromaDB Weaviate Ollama / vLLM LLMOps Langfuse Prompt Engineering IBM Docling Semantic Caching

Backend & APIs

ASP.NET Core FastAPI Node.js Express.js REST APIs Microservices SQL Server Docker

Frontend & Mobile

Angular Next.js TypeScript JavaScript Swift / SwiftUI iOS Development

Languages

Python C# TypeScript JavaScript Swift SQL

DevOps & Tools

Docker Git OpenTelemetry AWS CI/CD Qlik Sense

Work Experience

Specialist Software Engineering

General Civil Aviation Authority UAE Dubai, UAE
April 2017 — Present
  • Lead across 200+ e-services; modernized legacy systems into microservices with ASP.NET Core/Angular
  • Integrated AI services for staff workflows — built FastAPI endpoints for agent tools wired to ChromaDB retrieval and orchestration
  • Built regulation-aware RAG system that reduced audit prep time by 60-80%
  • Developed ROSI Intelligence Engine achieving 70%+ reduction in manual triage time

Senior Software Engineer

Logitive Systems GmbH Frankfurt, Germany
Sep 2016 — Feb 2017
  • Angular/Cordova modernization and API integration

Senior Software Engineer

General Civil Aviation Authority UAE Dubai, UAE
Mar 2014 — Aug 2016
  • Shipped award-winning SAMAE app; built Edarti task management and enterprise integrations

Software Developer

Al Mazroui Technologies Dubai, UAE
Jun 2013 — Feb 2014
  • Municipality systems (violations/subscriptions), IVR, kiosks, e-Gateway integrations

Senior Software Engineer

Ephlux Karachi, Pakistan
Mar 2012 — Apr 2013
  • iOS/Android apps, admin portals, and full-stack systems

Senior Software Engineer

Aroha Labs Pvt Ltd Karachi, Pakistan
Nov 2011 — Feb 2012
  • Implemented ML algorithms (Naive Bayes, SVM, K-means) using Apache Mahout and Lucene

Software Engineer

Systems Limited Karachi, Pakistan
Jun 2010 — Oct 2011
  • Citibank's migration from Oracle to Microsoft

Featured Projects

Published on App Store

App Store

AI Calorie Coach

AI-powered calorie tracking and nutrition coaching app for iOS. Smart food recognition and personalized dietary guidance.

SwiftSwiftUIAI/MLiOS
App Store Source
App Store

Offline Speech to Text

On-device speech-to-text app using WhisperKit. Works completely offline — no internet needed, no data leaves your device.

SwiftWhisperKitOn-Device AIiOS/macOS
App Store Source

Open Source

AI Support Assistant

An intelligent AI-powered support assistant built with Python for automated customer query handling and response generation.

PythonAI/LLM
Source Code

SafeThink

Privacy-first iOS AI assistant powered by on-device Qwen 3.5 models via MLX Swift. Zero data collection — your data never leaves your device.

SwiftSwiftUIMLXQwen 3.5iOS
Source Code

YouTube Channel

I create content about AI, LLMs, and software engineering. Check out my latest videos.

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Courses & Certifications

Generative AI Engineering & Fine-Tuning Transformers — IBM
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) — DeepLearning.AI
Finetuning Large Language Models — AMD
Agentic AI — Andrew Ng
Enhance LLM Reliability — AMD & Meta
PyTorch for Deep Learning — DeepLearning.AI
Fine-tuning & RL for LLMs — AMD
AWS Certified Cloud Developer
National Cyber Security Course
Data-Driven Governments Course

Get In Touch

Have a project in mind or just want to connect? I'd love to hear from you.

Email mfaizan.shaikh@gmail.com LinkedIn mfaizanshaikh GitHub mfaizanshaikh X (Twitter) @mfaizanshaikh