I am a Python backend and AI engineer based in Lahore, Pakistan, with experience building production APIs, AI-powered platforms, evaluation systems, and embedded engineering solutions. I enjoy turning complex ideas into reliable products, from authenticated SaaS platforms and local inference services to OpportunityOS AI, a live platform that helps students discover opportunities and prepare application materials.

Artas Yaskar

I am a Python backend and AI engineer based in Lahore, Pakistan, with experience building production APIs, AI-powered platforms, evaluation systems, and embedded engineering solutions. I enjoy turning complex ideas into reliable products, from authenticated SaaS platforms and local inference services to OpportunityOS AI, a live platform that helps students discover opportunities and prepare application materials.

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I am a Python backend and AI engineer based in Lahore, Pakistan, with experience building production APIs, AI-powered platforms, evaluation systems, and embedded engineering solutions. I enjoy turning complex ideas into reliable products, from authenticated SaaS platforms and local inference services to OpportunityOS AI, a live platform that helps students discover opportunities and prepare application materials.

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Language

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Work Experience

Founder & Backend Engineer at OpportunityOS AI
July 1, 2026 - Present
Founded and engineered an AI-powered platform that matches students with scholarships, internships, fellowships, hackathons, grants, and remote opportunities. Built authentication, profile management, opportunity discovery, personalized matching, and AI-assisted workflows for generating SOPs, cover letters, motivation letters, and personal statements. Integrated Gemini through Google Cloud and Vertex AI with Firebase Authentication and Firestore. Shipped the initial platform in under 20 days, reaching 58 Pro users and approximately PKR 300,000 in revenue. The project was selected among the Top 100 projects and startups in the Build with Gemini / XPRIZE competition.
Research Assistant, CubeSat Systems at RESOLVE Innovation Center
January 1, 2026 - Present
Contributed to a five-student UET Lahore team developing an educational CubeSat Flight Demonstrator under SUPARCO guidance. Integrated an ESP32-based onboard computer for GPS, IMU, sensor interfaces, telemetry, and communications with a Raspberry Pi 5 payload computer. Developed a web-based Ground Station for command transmission, telemetry workflows, payload control, and LoRa communication. Worked on an RF/COMINT payload using bladeRF, modulation classification, RF signal analysis, MUSIC direction-of-arrival estimation, optical and thermal sensing, and simulated RF geolocation using POCA and WGS-84 Earth modeling.
AI Research & Backend Engineer at After Query Experts (AQE)
January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Built Python automation tools supporting AI research workflows, dataset preparation, benchmarking, and technical data-processing tasks. Contributed to AI model evaluation and workflow optimization across specialized technical assignments.
AI Evaluation Engineer at Habitat Coding Tasks
January 1, 2025 - Present
Design repository-level software engineering evaluation tasks from large open-source Python, Go, Rust, and C++ codebases to benchmark coding LLMs. Develop golden patches, adversarial test suites, and automated validation pipelines to evaluate correctness and robustness. Analyze multi-file repositories to identify edge cases, implementation failures, regression risks, and weaknesses in AI-generated solutions.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore
January 11, 2030 - June 1, 2027
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore
January 11, 2030 - June 1, 2027
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore
January 11, 2030 - June 1, 2027

Qualifications

Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900) Preparation
January 11, 2030 - September 21, 2026
AQE Research Experience Certificate
January 11, 2030 - September 21, 2026
Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900) Preparation
January 11, 2030 - September 21, 2026
AQE Research Experience Certificate
January 11, 2030 - September 21, 2026
Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900) Preparation
January 11, 2030 - September 21, 2026
AQE Research Experience Certificate
January 11, 2030 - September 21, 2026

Industry Experience

Computers & Electronics, Education, Software & Internet, Telecommunications, Professional Services