Akmal Shahbaz

Lead Full-Stack Software Engineer and AI Architect with 20+ years of production experience designing, building, and operating cloud-based SaaS platforms. Strong hands-on background across Python/Django/FastAPI and Node.js backends, React/Next.js/TypeScript frontends, PostgreSQL/pgvector/Redis data layers, and AWS/GCP cloud deployment. Proven ability to translate complex business requirements into secure, scalable, observable software delivered through CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews, and clear technical documentation.

Recent work focuses on production AI systems: LLM integrations, RAG architectures, multi-agent workflows, prompt engineering, AI-powered workflows, eval harnesses, model routing, cost controls, and responsible automation for customer-facing and regulated domains. Comfortable leading architecture reviews, mentoring engineers, improving engineering practices, and collaborating with product stakeholders in remote, cross-functional teams.

Senior AI & Full-Stack Engineer at Remote Engagements (Independent) (2023-09 – Present)

• Design and ship AI-powered enterprise platforms using Python/Django/FastAPI, Node.js/TypeScript, React/Next.js, AWS/GCP, PostgreSQL/pgvector, Redis queues, and production LLM infrastructure.
• Lead architecture discussions, define engineering standards, review code, mentor junior engineers, and align technical decisions with product goals, delivery risk, and operational constraints.
• Partner with product stakeholders to shape AI feature roadmaps, assess delivery risk, review architecture/code, mentor engineers, and support onboarding through documentation, standards, and reusable implementation patterns.
• Build RAG pipelines, multi-agent orchestration, AI automation, observability, eval frameworks, and model-cost optimization strategies across support, operations, knowledge management, assessment, and compliance use cases.

Senior Full-Stack Engineer & Architect at Remote Engagements (Independent) (2014-09 – 2023-09)

• Delivered 10+ SaaS products in Python, Django, TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, and AWS; served as primary technical owner for architecture, implementation, deployment, and long-term maintainability.
• Partnered with clients and product stakeholders to clarify requirements, translate business goals into pragmatic technical solutions, and improve delivery predictability.
• Built data pipelines, ETL flows, APIs, integrations, dashboards, and customer-facing workflows while maintaining security, performance, documentation, and operational quality.

Software Engineer & Lecturer at Islamia University of Bahawalpur (2002-08 – 2014-09)

• Built and maintained enterprise web applications; taught software engineering, AI, and data science courses to cohorts of 30-50 students annually.
• Supervised 15+ industry capstone projects from requirements through production delivery, strengthening mentoring, architecture guidance, and technical leadership experience.
• Conducted research in network topology and ML-based traffic analysis; published in IEEE and ACM venues.

PhD in Computer Science & Engineering – Seoul National University, South Korea (2014)

MS in Computer Engineering – CASE, Islamabad (2008)