Mohammed Ikram Ashrafi

Python Backend Engineer specializing in production-grade RESTful APIs, RAG pipelines, and AI infrastructure. Built and deployed FastAPI/Django backends with JWT/OAuth auth, vector retrieval, semantic search, grounding validation, and Docker/AWS/Render deployment. Strong at API design, RBAC, hallucination mitigation, and real-world production debugging.

Freelance Python & AI Backend Developer - Self-employed - India (Remote)

(2025-01)

• Designed, built, and deployed 3 production full-stack applications using FastAPI and Django with React frontends — including full CRUD APIs, JWT/OAuth2 auth, RBAC, and cloud infrastructure (Docker, AWS EC2, Render, Vercel).
• Built EchoVault AI — a Temporal Emotional RAG platform with sub-2s end-to-end latency, 124 backend tests, and a custom Grounding Validator that eliminates silent hallucinations.
• Integrated LLM pipelines using Groq (LLaMA-3), LangChain, Qdrant, and Pinecone; resolved critical production issues including OOM crashes, 502 errors, OAuth misconfigs, and DB connection pooling.

Engineer AI Agents with Agent Development Kit (ADK) - AI/ML - Google Cloud (via Credly) (2026)

Bachelor of Computer Applications - Computer Applications - University of Mysore (2028-05)

Diploma in Computer Science - Computer Science - D. Banumaiah's Polytechnic College (2022-06 - 2025-05)