I'm Hamza Ahmed, an AI & NLP Engineer with 3+ years of hands-on experience designing and deploying machine learning models, production APIs, and cloud-based solutions. I specialize in large language model fine-tuning, natural language processing, and AI automation, with strong Python, GCP, and Azure expertise across end-to-end ML pipelines. I excel at delivering MVPs rapidly in R&D and AI product environments, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and contributing to open-source AI communities. I value practical impact and scalable, maintainable solutions.

Hamza Ahmed

I'm Hamza Ahmed, an AI & NLP Engineer with 3+ years of hands-on experience designing and deploying machine learning models, production APIs, and cloud-based solutions. I specialize in large language model fine-tuning, natural language processing, and AI automation, with strong Python, GCP, and Azure expertise across end-to-end ML pipelines. I excel at delivering MVPs rapidly in R&D and AI product environments, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and contributing to open-source AI communities. I value practical impact and scalable, maintainable solutions.

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I’m Hamza Ahmed, an AI & NLP Engineer with 3+ years of hands-on experience designing and deploying machine learning models, production APIs, and cloud-based solutions. I specialize in large language model fine-tuning, natural language processing, and AI automation, with strong Python, GCP, and Azure expertise across end-to-end ML pipelines.

I excel at delivering MVPs rapidly in R&D and AI product environments, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and contributing to open-source AI communities. I value practical impact and scalable, maintainable solutions.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent
Urdu
Fluent

Work Experience

NLP Engineer at Salezilla
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2024
Spearheaded development of an AI-driven Cold Email Template Generator used by lead-gen teams, boosting outreach efficiency by 40%. Fine-tuned and deployed LLMs for internal NLP solutions, improving classification accuracy by 25%. Built scalable production APIs for marketing automation workflows using Python and FastAPI. Deployed and managed virtual machines across GCP, Azure, and Vast.ai to support AI model training and inference at scale.
Freelance AI/NLP Developer at Fiverr
January 1, 2021 - Present
Delivered over 50+ AI/NLP projects for clients globally with a 100% satisfaction rate. Automated business workflows with GPT integrations and custom Python scripts. Built custom Named Entity Recognition (NER) models and transformer pipelines for text classification, summarization, and extraction. Developed and maintained several spaCy- and OpenAI-based applications tailored to client use cases.
AI Automation Developer at School Threat Data Collection Project
January 1, 2024 - Present
Designed and implemented an automated pipeline to search and collect news articles on school threats using keyword filters and date ranges. Extracted structured data including threat type, disruption length, school details, and delivery method. Integrated external school and district databases for enriching data with attributes like minority percentage and student population. Developed deduplication logic to merge data from multiple sources and identify unique threat incidents. Automated the generation and storage of Excel/CSV reports for human review, saving 100+ hours of manual tracking per month.

Education

Higher Secondary Education (Pre-Engineering) at Karachi, Pakistan
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2020
Web & App Development at SMIT – Saylani Mass IT Training
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2018
ACCP (Aptech Certified Computer Professional) Prime at Karachi, Pakistan
January 1, 2020 - March 6, 2026
AI Development (PIAIC) at Karachi, Pakistan
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2023

Qualifications

ACCP (Aptech Certified Computer Professional) Prime
January 1, 2020 - March 6, 2026
AI Development (PIAIC)
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2023

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Education, Professional Services