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AI engineer with extensive experience building production AI systems, including conversational assistants and recommendation engines using GPT/OpenAI APIs and LangChain. Strong expertise in NLP pipelines, RAG/semantic search, vector databases, and building scalable AI backend services. Previously a Data Scientist at Banana Apps, delivering personalized product recommendations for beauty categories using TensorFlow and Azure Databricks. Experienced across the full ML lifecycle with MLOps, model evaluation/A-B testing, and deployment using cloud-native tooling (Azure/AWS, Docker, FastAPI).…AI engineer with extensive experience building production AI systems, including conversational assistants and recommendation engines using GPT/OpenAI APIs and LangChain. Strong expertise in NLP pipelines, RAG/semantic search, vector databases, and building scalable AI backend services. Previously a Data Scientist at Banana Apps, delivering personalized product recommendations for beauty categories using TensorFlow and Azure Databricks. Experienced across the full ML lifecycle with MLOps, model evaluation/A-B testing, and deployment using cloud-native tooling (Azure/AWS, Docker, FastAPI).

FARRUKH SYED ZIAUDDIN

Web Developer, AI Engineer, Data Scientist, +2

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AI engineer with extensive experience building production AI systems, including conversational assistants and recommendation engines using GPT/OpenAI APIs and LangChain. Strong expertise in NLP pipelines, RAG/semantic search, vector databases, and building scalable AI backend services. Previously a Data Scientist at Banana Apps, delivering personalized product recommendations for beauty categories using TensorFlow and Azure Databricks. Experienced across the full ML lifecycle with MLOps, model evaluation/A-B testing, and deployment using cloud-native tooling (Azure/AWS, Docker, FastAPI).…AI engineer with extensive experience building production AI systems, including conversational assistants and recommendation engines using GPT/OpenAI APIs and LangChain. Strong expertise in NLP pipelines, RAG/semantic search, vector databases, and building scalable AI backend services. Previously a Data Scientist at Banana Apps, delivering personalized product recommendations for beauty categories using TensorFlow and Azure Databricks. Experienced across the full ML lifecycle with MLOps, model evaluation/A-B testing, and deployment using cloud-native tooling (Azure/AWS, Docker, FastAPI).

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AI engineer with extensive experience building production AI systems, including conversational assistants and recommendation engines using GPT/OpenAI APIs and LangChain. Strong expertise in NLP pipelines, RAG/semantic search, vector databases, and building scalable AI backend services.

Previously a Data Scientist at Banana Apps, delivering personalized product recommendations for beauty categories using TensorFlow and Azure Databricks. Experienced across the full ML lifecycle with MLOps, model evaluation/A-B testing, and deployment using cloud-native tooling (Azure/AWS, Docker, FastAPI).

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AI Engineer at Banana Apps

October 1, 2024 - Present

Built an AI-powered e-commerce chatbot (NGT E-commerce Chatbot) that recommends products based on user preferences, search intent, and interaction history. Designed NLP pipelines for intent and entity extraction, integrated LLMs for context-aware conversations, and implemented scalable RAG workflows. Created product knowledge bases including titles, descriptions, pricing, images, and category metadata. Developed recommendation capabilities using ML techniques and semantic product search via embeddings and vector databases (e.g., FAISS/Pinecone/ChromaDB). Exposed AI services through Python APIs (FastAPI/REST) connecting models with catalogs and UIs. Implemented evaluation, error analysis, benchmarking, and A/B testing; added user feedback loops to continuously improve quality. Delivered production-grade MLOps infrastructure covering dataset/model evaluation, training-deployment-monitoring, and continuous improvement with standard engineering practices.

Data Scientist at Banana Apps

October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2024

Developed personalized recommendation models for LookFantastic (THG) using traditional ML (Random Forest, XGBoost, LightGBM, Logistic Regression) and statistical techniques to improve product discovery across beauty and wellness categories. Built end-to-end NLP and transformer-based pipelines for intent classification, semantic understanding, and information extraction. Applied EDA and feature engineering using Python/Pandas and Azure Databricks; used deep learning (TensorFlow/Keras) for image-based product tagging, beauty-category classification, and catalog enrichment. Supported production deployments using Azure ML/MLflow and integrated with data platforms such as ADLS and Databricks. Ensured model evaluation, validation, monitoring, and performance benchmarking; improved training data and features, and collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable real-time recommendations across multiple international sites.

Senior .NET Developer at Certi5 Solutions

January 1, 2021 - January 31, 2023

Enhanced internal business applications using C# and .NET Core to improve operational efficiency. Delivered RESTful APIs and integrated services for cross-system communication. Led full SDLC from requirements gathering to deployment and support. Implemented CI/CD pipelines reducing deployment time by ~30% and optimized SQL queries improving response time by ~20%. Designed scalable microservices architecture using Azure Service Bus, supported multi-environment deployments (Dev/UAT/Production), and mentored junior developers while enforcing coding standards.

ASP.NET Developer at Network Engineering Services

January 1, 2013 - January 31, 2021

Developed and maintained enterprise applications using ASP.NET MVC and Web API. Built responsive UI components using JavaScript/React/jQuery with HTML/CSS. Integrated third-party APIs and implemented secure authentication (JWT, Identity). Managed multi-environment deployments ensuring stability across Dev/UAT/Production, worked in Agile teams, and performed maintenance, enhancements, and bug fixes to ensure reliability.

Software Developer at Advance IT Solutions

January 1, 2012 - January 31, 2013

Built internal web applications using ASP.NET MVC and SQL Server with a focus on performance optimization and scalable design. Supported deployments and troubleshooting across environments.