AI Engineer, Software Engineer
Open to worldwide locations
Mohammad Qataadah Zakir
Building intelligent, scalable systems — from fine-tuned models and inference pipelines to full-stack applications that actually ship.
6+
Years Coding
9+
Certifications
5+
Projects Built
01
Experience
Software Engineer (AI Focus) - Intern
May 2024 - Aug 2024
Al Amthal Co. · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Collaborated with product managers, QA engineers, and stakeholders to deliver 10+ software enhancements and automation initiatives.
Built and debugged web applications using Python, React, REST APIs, and SQL, delivering 5+ client-facing solutions and resolving 40+ issues.
Implemented CI/CD and version control best practices, optimizing performance and release stability while reducing deployment times by 40%.
Freelance Software Engineer
Jun 2022 — Jan 2024
Self-Employed · Remote
Engineered scalable AI pipelines integrating data preprocessing, embedding generation, FAISS/pgvector indexing, and FastAPI serving, improving retrieval accuracy by ~25% and throughput by ~30%.
Developed a full-stack online grocery store for a Reddit-sourced client, integrating payment processing, delivery tracking, product catalogs, and an admin panel for real-time inventory management.
Sales Specialist
Jun 2021 — Feb 2022
Best Buy · St. John's, NL, Canada
Sales Advisor · Technical Support Specialist
Sep 2020 — Apr 2021
Concentrix (Apple) · Remote, Canada
02
Skills
AI & ML
Languages & Concepts
Frameworks & Infra
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
C Programming with Linux
Dartmouth University
Java Programming and Software Engineering Fundamentals
Duke University
Mathematics for Machine Learning: Linear Algebra
Imperial College London
Mathematics for Machine Learning: Multivariate Calculus
Imperial College London