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Rizwan Ansar

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I’m Rizwan Ansar, an AI Engineer and software engineer based in Karachi with nearly four years of production experience building AI-powered features and the backend systems that support them.

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I’m Rizwan Ansar, an AI Engineer and software engineer based in Karachi with nearly four years of production experience building AI-powered features and the backend systems that support them. I work across Python, C#, and Node.js, and I’ve shipped real-world AI solutions like document-grounded assistants and a banking voice agent that retrieves from approved company data rather than guessing.

In addition to AI and RAG work, I lead delivery for production systems—integrating payment gateways, building REST APIs, and deploying services on Linux VPS with automated release workflows. I also enjoy solving problems end-to-end, from API integrations with Shopify/Salla/Zid to secure webhook-based payments, and from agent/tool design using MCP to building scalable marketplace platforms that serve thousands of users.

  • 4 years' experience
  • Joined October 2026

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Financial Services
  • Retail

Work experience

Forward Deployed Engineer · Bits CollisionJan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos

Built production AI features in .NET products, including RAG pipelines over company documents and integrations with OpenAI and Gemini. Integrated Shopify, Salla, and Zid APIs into internal systems and performed data imports. Integrated Stripe and Bank payment merchants with webhook-based payment handling and reconciliation, plus Noon Payments integration. Deployed production and staging releases daily to Linux VPS servers using systemd services, publishing .NET APIs and Next.js apps, restarting services, and validating releases via logs. Developed RESTful APIs with ASP.NET Core and modular monolith architecture, tested before QA handover, resolved production defects, and documented integrations and configurations. Led frontend-to-backend integration and automated document generation using iText7 (PDF) and ClosedXML (Excel).

Project Lead · InstaKinJan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

Delivered and operated a live marketplace platform for 10,000+ users, covering the ASP.NET Core API, a React admin panel, and a React Native consumer app. Integrated Stripe payments with secure checkout, push notifications, and PDF invoice generation for orders. Rebuilt the backend as data volume grew by optimizing queries and improving response times to keep the platform fast and reliable.

Freelance Developer · Self-employedJan 2022 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr

Built a meeting intelligence platform that records, transcribes, and answers questions about meetings using FastAPI, Gemini embeddings, and Pinecone, with isolated Docker bots per meeting. Developed Flutter mobile apps including a buyer/seller marketplace with Stripe payments, real-time bid/order updates via SignalR, offline storage, map routes, and signature capture for proof of delivery. Contributed to a credit assessment platform using Java microservices, with a Python data layer for cross-source identity resolution, AWS Cognito sign-in, and infrastructure provisioned via Terraform.

Education

BS in Software Engineering · Bahria University, Karachi, Pakistan2022 – 2026

Certifications and awards

NASA International Space Apps Challenge - Participant2024 – 2026
.NET Development (Open Solutions)2022 – 2026
MERN Stack Development (Hazza Institute of Tech)2022 – 2026
Flutter Development (Coursera)2022 – 2026

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