Open to roles & freelance projects

Building intelligent
systems that scale.

AI/ML Engineer & Full-Stack Software Engineer with 6+ years shipping end-to-end machine learning systems and production software: from research and model development to deployment and frontend delivery. Based in Ohio, available globally.

6+
Years Experience
10k+
Req/sec Inference
95%
Model Accuracy
45%
Cost Reduction
Ahmed Ismail Khalid

Ahmed Ismail Khalid

AI/ML & Full-Stack Engineer · US Permanent Resident

Availability Available now
Looking for Full-time & Freelance
Location USA · Remote OK
Python PyTorch TensorFlow MLflow AWS GCP Docker LangChain React TypeScript
Ahmed Ismail Khalid

Results-driven engineer who ships.

I'm a versatile AI/ML Engineer and Full-Stack Software Engineer with a Master's in Computer Science from Arizona State University and 6+ years of experience spanning the full spectrum: from data science and model development to production deployment and frontend delivery.

I'm currently a Senior Software Engineer at Lowe's, building React/TypeScript micro-frontends, leading CI/CD and testing strategy, and driving large-scale framework migrations. In parallel, at NetworkVC, I've architected serverless ML pipelines on AWS that cut infrastructure costs by 45%, sustained real-time inference at 10,000+ requests per second at sub-100ms latency, and kept systems running at 97%+ availability. I care deeply about systems that actually work in the real world, whether that's a model in production or a UI in front of a user.

I'm also available for freelance projects, whether you need AI/ML engineering, MLOps consulting, or full-stack software development. Let's build something great.

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AI & Deep Learning

CNNs, NLP, Transformers, GANs, GNNs, LLMs — full spectrum of modern deep learning applied to real business problems.

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MLOps & Infrastructure

Automated pipelines, model registries, drift detection, A/B testing, CI/CD. Models that stay healthy in production.

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Cloud Platforms

GCP (Vertex AI, AutoML), AWS (SageMaker, Step Functions, S3). Serverless and containerized deployments at scale.

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LLMs & Generative AI

Fine-tuning with LoRA, LangChain agents, BERT/GPT integration, RAG pipelines, and production LLM systems.

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Full-Stack & Distributed Systems

React/TypeScript frontends, REST APIs, microservices, WebSockets, JWT/OAuth, and system design for scalable, secure backends.

Skills & Technologies

A broad, deep stack built over 6+ years of production AI/ML and full-stack engineering work.

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Languages & Frameworks
PythonSQLNoSQLBashFastAPIFlaskVue.js
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Machine Learning
TensorFlowPyTorchscikit-learnXGBoostLightGBMFeature EngineeringEnsemble Learning
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Deep Learning & CV
CNNsTransformersOpenCVObject DetectionGANsGNNsLSTM/RNN
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LLMs & GenAI
Hugging FaceLangChainLoRA Fine-tuningBERTGPT-4RAGPrompt Engineering
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MLOps
MLflowNeptune.AIDVCTFXTorchServeA/B TestingSHAPLIME
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Cloud & DevOps
AWS SageMakerGCP Vertex AIDockerKubernetesGKECI/CDStep Functions
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Software Engineering
ReactNext.jsTypeScriptNode.jsREST APIsWebSocketsPostgreSQLPrismaJWT AuthTailwind CSSNextAuthZodCloudinaryXStateFramer Motion

Featured Projects

MLOps

End-to-End Fake News Detection System

Full MLOps lifecycle with statistical ensemble (LightGBM + Random Forest + Logistic Regression), blue-green deployments, drift detection, and automated retraining.

<120ms
p95 Latency
80%+
Test Coverage
Free tier
Deployment
ML / AI

Real-Time Image Classification Platform

Full-stack AI platform with no-code model training, real-time visualizations, experiment tracking, and LIME/SHAP/GradCAM interpretability tools.

40%
Faster Deploy
2
Frameworks
No-code
Training UI
Computer Vision

Swingaroo Golf Swing Analysis

Real-time golf swing analysis system using computer vision and pose estimation, achieving 95% accuracy in swing improvement recommendations.

95%
Accuracy
+40%
Engagement
Real-time
Inference
MLOps

Serverless ML Pipeline on AWS

Architected end-to-end serverless ML pipelines using Step Functions, SageMaker, and automated model registration workflows with real-time inference at scale.

10k+
Req/sec
45%
Cost Reduction
97%
Reliability
Computer Vision

Real-Time Multi-Camera Person Re-Identification

End-to-end system combining YOLOv8 detection, ByteTrack multi-object tracking, and ResNet-50 Re-ID to maintain identity consistency across camera views. Benchmarked on MOT17 and EPFL multi-camera datasets.

91%
Cross-Cam Match
99%
Re-ID Rank-1
30 FPS
@ 1080p
MLOps

Bitcoin Sentiment Price Prediction System

Production-grade end-to-end ML system predicting Bitcoin 1-hour price direction using sentiment analysis (VADER vs FinBERT) combined with engineered price and temporal features. Full MLOps lifecycle with automated 15-min GitHub Actions orchestration, drift detection (PSI), and rollback capability.

<200ms
Inference
15 min
Pipeline Cycle
4
ML Algorithms
ML / AI

Edge AI AutoML Platform

Production AutoML system automating edge model optimization across 7 techniques (INT8/INT4 quantization, QAT, pruning, distillation) with hardware-aware simulation for 6 edge device families, cutting deployment time from 2–4 weeks to 2–3 hours.

87.5%
Size Reduction
7.5×
Speedup
6
Device Targets
MLOps

Iris Classification Production MLOps Pipeline

Full CI/CD/CT/CM MLOps system with automated drift detection (KS tests + PSI), hot-swappable model updates, SHAP explainability per prediction, and 115-test suite at 84% coverage. Decoupled React + FastAPI microservices deployed on Render and Vercel.

90%
Test Accuracy
115
Tests Written
84%
Coverage
Full Stack

Luxe Hair Studio — Service Booking Platform

Production-deployed, end-to-end appointment booking system built for a premium hair salon. Features a 5-step guided booking wizard, per-stylist availability engine with race condition prevention, JWT-secured admin dashboard, and fire-and-forget transactional email, all in a TypeScript monorepo with shared Zod validation across frontend and backend.

5-Step
Booking Wizard
2×
Slot Validation
100%
TypeScript
Full Stack

Stackly — Real-Time Notification Center

Production-grade WebSocket notification system for a SaaS dashboard. Features per-user authenticated socket rooms, 7-filter notification center, per-category preferences, and a built-in live event simulator, all backed by Node.js, Prisma, and NeonDB on Google Cloud Run.

WS
Real-Time
7
Filter Types
100%
TypeScript
Full Stack

Knotly — Wedding Vendor Directory

Full-stack wedding vendor marketplace built with Next.js 14 App Router and Prisma. Features two authenticated portals (couple and vendor), an admin approval system, a multi-turn inquiry conversation system, Cloudinary image uploads, and a searchable vendor directory across 7 categories.

3
User Roles
7
Vendor Categories
RSC
Server Components
Full Stack

Pipeflow — Onboarding Flow with Feature Gating

Production-grade B2B SaaS onboarding system with a 5-step XState-powered state machine, plan-tier feature gating, and step-completion access control. Built with Vite React, Zustand, Framer Motion, and a Node/Express backend on Google Cloud Run.

5-Step
State Machine
3-Tier
Plan Gating
100%
TypeScript
Full Stack

Reforge — Conduit Rebuild & Performance Case Study

A 7-dimension performance case study: rebuilt the Conduit RealWorld app from CRA + Redux to Vite + React Query + TypeScript Strict, targeting Lighthouse 95+. Documents measurable before/after deltas across Performance, Accessibility, SEO, Core Web Vitals, bundle size, and code quality.

81→100
Lighthouse Perf
91→96
Accessibility
7
Case Study Dims
Full Stack

Modulus — Micro-Frontend Retail Operations Platform

A micro-frontend retail operations platform decomposed into four independently deployable React applications — Shell, Inventory, Orders, and Analytics — composed at runtime via Webpack 5 Module Federation. Each MFE ships on its own CI/CD pipeline with no coordinated releases required.

4
Independent MFEs
14
E2E Test Steps
3
RBAC Roles

Let's work together.

Whether you're hiring for an AI/ML engineering role or need a reliable freelancer for your next project, I'd love to hear from you. I'm currently open to full-time positions and freelance contracts.