Over 8+ years, I've progressed from Data Analyst to Principal ML Engineer, shipping production models across sales forecasting, NLP, computer vision, and time series analysis. At NorthBay Solutions (AWS Premier Partner), I led ML initiatives for enterprise clients, architecting end-to-end pipelines on SageMaker, Lambda, Glue, and Redshift. What I bring to a team: Core ML & AI: Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Spark, SQL, Transformers, LSTM, GRU, Feature Engineering, Model Optimization Generative AI & LLMs: LangChain, RAG Architectures, Fine-Tuning (LoRA, QLoRA, PEFT), OpenAI, Claude/Anthropic, LLaMA, Hugging Face, VLLM, Prompt Engineering, Agentic AI Vector Search & Retrieval: FAISS, ChromaDB, Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, PG-Vector AWS-Native ML: SageMaker, Bedrock, Rekognition, Comprehend, Lambda, Step Functions, Glue, EMR/Spark, ECS/ECR, CodeCatalyst Data Engineering: ETL/ELT Pipelines, PySpark, DataStage, Data Lakes, Data Warehousing, PostgreSQL, DB2, Redshift Full lifecycle ownership: problem framing → data engineering → model development → deployment → monitoring Track record leading cross-functional data teams across 6 countries. I build ML systems that move business metrics, from demand forecasting models that cut inventory waste by 30% to computer vision pipelines processing 100K+ images/day on AWS. I also founded Reallytics.ai, where I've led 20+ GenAI and data science engagements for clients across North America, Europe, and the Middle East — giving me both the technical depth of an IC and the stakeholder fluency of a leader. Beyond building, I teach. I design and deliver workshops that help experienced developers level up with Generative AI and modern AI tooling. Leading a cohort of 25 engineers teaching AI coding agents @ Andela, MCP orchestration, sub-agents, and GitHub workflow integration with Claude Code. Production-oriented AI-assisted development pipelines. Currently exploring senior IC or lead roles in ML/Data Science (remote, US-AUS-UK-based preferred).

Sheikh Muhammad Qasim Shaikh

Over 8+ years, I've progressed from Data Analyst to Principal ML Engineer, shipping production models across sales forecasting, NLP, computer vision, and time series analysis. At NorthBay Solutions (AWS Premier Partner), I led ML initiatives for enterprise clients, architecting end-to-end pipelines on SageMaker, Lambda, Glue, and Redshift. What I bring to a team: Core ML & AI: Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Spark, SQL, Transformers, LSTM, GRU, Feature Engineering, Model Optimization Generative AI & LLMs: LangChain, RAG Architectures, Fine-Tuning (LoRA, QLoRA, PEFT), OpenAI, Claude/Anthropic, LLaMA, Hugging Face, VLLM, Prompt Engineering, Agentic AI Vector Search & Retrieval: FAISS, ChromaDB, Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, PG-Vector AWS-Native ML: SageMaker, Bedrock, Rekognition, Comprehend, Lambda, Step Functions, Glue, EMR/Spark, ECS/ECR, CodeCatalyst Data Engineering: ETL/ELT Pipelines, PySpark, DataStage, Data Lakes, Data Warehousing, PostgreSQL, DB2, Redshift Full lifecycle ownership: problem framing → data engineering → model development → deployment → monitoring Track record leading cross-functional data teams across 6 countries. I build ML systems that move business metrics, from demand forecasting models that cut inventory waste by 30% to computer vision pipelines processing 100K+ images/day on AWS. I also founded Reallytics.ai, where I've led 20+ GenAI and data science engagements for clients across North America, Europe, and the Middle East — giving me both the technical depth of an IC and the stakeholder fluency of a leader. Beyond building, I teach. I design and deliver workshops that help experienced developers level up with Generative AI and modern AI tooling. Leading a cohort of 25 engineers teaching AI coding agents @ Andela, MCP orchestration, sub-agents, and GitHub workflow integration with Claude Code. Production-oriented AI-assisted development pipelines. Currently exploring senior IC or lead roles in ML/Data Science (remote, US-AUS-UK-based preferred).

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Over 8+ years, I’ve progressed from Data Analyst to Principal ML Engineer, shipping production models across sales forecasting, NLP, computer vision, and time series analysis. At NorthBay Solutions (AWS Premier Partner), I led ML initiatives for enterprise clients, architecting end-to-end pipelines on SageMaker, Lambda, Glue, and Redshift.
What I bring to a team:
Core ML & AI: Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Spark, SQL, Transformers, LSTM, GRU, Feature Engineering, Model Optimization
Generative AI & LLMs: LangChain, RAG Architectures, Fine-Tuning (LoRA, QLoRA, PEFT), OpenAI, Claude/Anthropic, LLaMA, Hugging Face, VLLM, Prompt Engineering, Agentic AI
Vector Search & Retrieval: FAISS, ChromaDB, Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, PG-Vector
AWS-Native ML: SageMaker, Bedrock, Rekognition, Comprehend, Lambda, Step Functions, Glue, EMR/Spark, ECS/ECR, CodeCatalyst
Data Engineering: ETL/ELT Pipelines, PySpark, DataStage, Data Lakes, Data Warehousing, PostgreSQL, DB2, Redshift
Full lifecycle ownership: problem framing → data engineering → model development → deployment → monitoring
Track record leading cross-functional data teams across 6 countries.
I build ML systems that move business metrics, from demand forecasting models that cut inventory waste by 30% to computer vision pipelines processing 100K+ images/day on AWS.
I also founded Reallytics.ai, where I’ve led 20+ GenAI and data science engagements for clients across North America, Europe, and the Middle East — giving me both the technical depth of an IC and the stakeholder fluency of a leader.
Beyond building, I teach. I design and deliver workshops that help experienced developers level up with Generative AI and modern AI tooling.
Leading a cohort of 25 engineers teaching AI coding agents @ Andela, MCP orchestration, sub-agents, and GitHub workflow integration with Claude Code. Production-oriented AI-assisted development pipelines.
Currently exploring senior IC or lead roles in ML/Data Science (remote, US-AUS-UK-based preferred).

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Work Experience

Chief Executive Officer / Technical Architect at ReallyTics.AI
October 1, 2020 - Present
Founded and scaled a full-stack AI company delivering production-grade GenAI, Voice AI, and Data Science systems for startups and enterprises across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia.
Principal Software Engineer / ML Lead at North Bay Solutions
February 1, 2023 - February 1, 2025
Led ML work stream for AWS Premier Consulting Partner, designing and deploying production ML/AI systems for enterprise clients across analytics, NLP, and computer vision; built end-to-end ML infrastructure, RAG-powered chatbots, multilingual support, and automation; connected LLMs to client data, APIs, and Slack for real-time task execution.
Senior Data Scientist / AI Engineer at 9T5 PTY LTD
April 1, 2022 - January 1, 2023
Senior Data Science Engineer for UK client Looper Insights; built production ML systems for forecasting, computer vision, and NLP for crypto and retail analytics; designed time-series models and deployed CV pipelines for real-time inference.
Software Engineer at AFIN ITI
August 1, 2020 - April 1, 2022
End-to-end ML pipelines for Afiniti's customer interaction platform; improved model accuracy on large-scale telecom datasets; implemented ETL pipelines processing millions of daily call records; developed ML services and dashboards deployed on AWS EC2/SageMaker.
Data Analyst at Techno Desert
January 1, 2018 - July 1, 2020
Analyzed large-scale IoT sensor data; applied ML techniques for device behavior; designed SQL data models for real-time IoT metrics; built automated reporting dashboards; developed ETL pipelines to load data into PostgreSQL and other data stores.

Education

Master's degree, Data Sciences at National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES FAST)
January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2022
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at COMSATS University Islamabad
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2020

Qualifications

AWS Certified Developer – Associate (Prep)
January 11, 2030 - March 31, 2026
Machine Learning: Regression
January 11, 2030 - March 31, 2026
Software Engineering Virtual Experience
January 11, 2030 - March 31, 2026
Data Analytics Consulting Virtual Internship
January 11, 2030 - March 31, 2026
Andela AI Academy: AI Engineering Boot Camp
January 11, 2030 - March 31, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Healthcare, Financial Services, Travel & Hospitality, Professional Services