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I'm Zaafir Rizwan, an AI Engineer with 3+ years of hands-on experience in building real-world AI systems, including LLMs and MLOps pipelines. I enjoy turning complex AI concepts into practical solutions that drive business outcomes. I excel at designing scalable architectures, fine-tuning language models, and delivering production-grade deployments using Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms. I thrive in fast-paced startups and love collaborating with cross-functional teams to ship impactful AI products.…I'm Zaafir Rizwan, an AI Engineer with 3+ years of hands-on experience in building real-world AI systems, including LLMs and MLOps pipelines. I enjoy turning complex AI concepts into practical solutions that drive business outcomes. I excel at designing scalable architectures, fine-tuning language models, and delivering production-grade deployments using Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms. I thrive in fast-paced startups and love collaborating with cross-functional teams to ship impactful AI products.

Zaafir Rizwan

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I'm Zaafir Rizwan, an AI Engineer with 3+ years of hands-on experience in building real-world AI systems, including LLMs and MLOps pipelines. I enjoy turning complex AI concepts into practical solutions that drive business outcomes. I excel at designing scalable architectures, fine-tuning language models, and delivering production-grade deployments using Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms. I thrive in fast-paced startups and love collaborating with cross-functional teams to ship impactful AI products.…I'm Zaafir Rizwan, an AI Engineer with 3+ years of hands-on experience in building real-world AI systems, including LLMs and MLOps pipelines. I enjoy turning complex AI concepts into practical solutions that drive business outcomes. I excel at designing scalable architectures, fine-tuning language models, and delivering production-grade deployments using Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms. I thrive in fast-paced startups and love collaborating with cross-functional teams to ship impactful AI products.

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I’m Zaafir Rizwan, an AI Engineer with 3+ years of hands-on experience in building real-world AI systems, including LLMs and MLOps pipelines. I enjoy turning complex AI concepts into practical solutions that drive business outcomes.

I excel at designing scalable architectures, fine-tuning language models, and delivering production-grade deployments using Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms. I thrive in fast-paced startups and love collaborating with cross-functional teams to ship impactful AI products.

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Senior AI Engineer at Quest Lab

November 1, 2023 - October 15, 2025

Led the development of advanced video understanding AI leveraging Gemini’s multimodal capabilities for real-time analysis and content summarization. Architected ComfyUI solutions for image generation, editing, and video synthesis enabling flexible multimedia workflows. Engineered complex Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems with custom training on organizational datasets to improve semantic search and retrieval precision. Designed autonomous AI agents with enhanced prompt engineering to achieve high-quality conversational task completions. Integrated Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech solutions with Whisper, OpenAI, and ElevenLabs APIs to launch voice-enabled features and improve product accessibility. Built scalable AI infrastructure with CI/CD pipelines, automated monitoring, and cloud cost optimizations ensuring high reliability. Spearheaded data engineering pipelines using Azure Data Factory to enable accurate time series forecasting in livestock management applications. D

AI Research Intern at Folio3

July 31, 2022 - August 26, 2025

Developed advanced computer vision models using PyTorch and OpenCV for an automated product tagging system that influenced the company’s AI strategy. Gained end-to-end experience in the machine learning workflow including data preprocessing, feature engineering, model experimentation, evaluation, and cloud-based deployment strategies. Provided technical leadership through model performance analysis and data-driven presentations, informing senior engineering decisions for ongoing AI initiatives.

Senior AI Engineer at Quest Lab (AI Startup)

October 1, 2025 - October 1, 2025

Architected advanced RAG and multimodal systems; fine-tuned compact language models for targeted applications; built an end-to-end Livestock Demand Forecasting pipeline via Azure Data Factory; implemented cutting-edge video analysis with Grounding DINO and Gemini for video understanding; developed AI-powered resume scoring and automated product visualization workflows.

AI Research Intern at Folio3

July 1, 2022 - July 1, 2022

Developed deep learning computer vision models with PyTorch and transformer architectures; implemented production-grade code practices and automated tagging systems; built end-to-end ML workflows and cloud deployments using MLOps best practices and containerized AI applications.