About me

I am a machine learning engineer in Abu Dhabi building production machine learning, computer vision, NLP, LLM, and data systems. My work spans edge inference, privacy-aware vector search, document intelligence, high-scale video understanding, and cloud data platforms.

I like taking models from research notebooks into services people can actually use: deployed APIs, optimized inference with NVIDIA Triton, TensorRT, OpenVINO, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD, and measurable outcomes across enterprise and research settings.

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What I'm building

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    Production ML systems

    Deploying and optimizing models with Triton, TensorRT, OpenVINO, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure ML, AWS, and CI/CD.

  • computer vision icon

    Computer vision research

    Building robotics perception, remote sensing, segmentation, object detection, and 3D point cloud systems with first-authored research at IROS and ECCV workshops.

  • API icon

    LLM and vector APIs

    Designing FastAPI and Flask services with embeddings, FAISS, Milvus, Redis, MySQL, MongoDB, LLM chat flows, and RESTful CRUD patterns.

  • data systems icon

    Data platforms

    Engineering analytics and prediction systems with Spark, PySpark, SparkSQL, Azure Databricks, PostgreSQL, Jupyter, and big data pipelines.

Selected impact

  • High-throughput inference

    Deployed and optimized production machine learning APIs with NVIDIA Triton, TensorRT, OpenVINO, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.

  • Document intelligence

    Trained vision and language transformer systems for key information extraction from semi-structured documents such as invoices and receipts.

  • Large-scale media ML

    Built computer vision classifiers and segmentation services for high-scale video and collaboration products.

  • Security for autonomy

    Researching adversarial robustness and object detector behavior to improve perception systems in safety-critical environments.

Resume

Experience

  1. Machine Learning Engineer - Technology Innovation Institute, Abu Dhabi

    Nov 2022 - Present

    Build edge ML and computer vision systems, deploy optimized models on embedded hardware, design privacy-aware vector search APIs, and research adversarial robustness for object detection. First-authored IROS 2023 research in robotics perception.

  2. Applied Scientist, Machine Learning - IIAI, G42, Abu Dhabi

    Nov 2020 - Nov 2022

    Trained transformer-based document intelligence services, built high-scale video classification and segmentation systems, and deployed production computer vision APIs with optimized inference infrastructure.

  3. Data Science New Associate - Accenture, Dubai

    Jul 2020 - Nov 2020

    Productionized remote-sensing image recognition in Azure Databricks and built network failure prediction and root-cause analysis pipelines using Spark.

  4. Computer Vision Researcher - NYU Multimedia & Visual Computing Lab, Abu Dhabi

    May 2020 - Aug 2020

    Published first-authored ECCV Assistive Computer Vision & Robotics Workshop work on smartphone-based active crowd analysis for the visually impaired; optimized a 3D point cloud classification and retrieval model for the NYUAD capstone project.

  5. Data Science & Machine Learning Intern - IQVIA, Dubai

    Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

    Programmed unsupervised Python models and MongoDB ETL pipelines for anomaly detection in claims data, and delivered ARIMA forecasting for operational planning.

Education

  1. New York University Abu Dhabi

    Aug 2016 - Jun 2020

    Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with minors in Economics and Applied Mathematics. Graduated Cum Laude with GPA 3.93/4.0.

Technical skills

  • Programming
    • Python 3
    • C
    • C++
    • Java
    • Linux scripting
    • Computer vision programming
  • Machine learning
    • PyTorch
    • Keras
    • TensorFlow
    • TFLite
    • Hugging Face
    • Transformers
    • LLMs
    • FAISS
    • Milvus
  • Deployment
    • NVIDIA Triton
    • TensorRT
    • OpenVINO
    • Docker
    • Kubernetes
    • GitHub CI/CD
    • GitLab CI/CD
    • Jira
  • Data and web
    • FastAPI
    • Flask
    • Uvicorn
    • Gunicorn
    • REST APIs
    • Spark
    • PySpark
    • SparkSQL
    • Azure Databricks
    • PostgreSQL
    • MongoDB
    • Azure ML
    • AWS

Portfolio

  • Edge anomaly detection

    Edge anomaly detection

    Machine Learning

    Optimized ML models for anomaly detection on embedded hardware.

  • Privacy-aware vector search API

    Privacy-aware vector API

    APIs

    REST backend patterns for extracting embeddings and retrieving them from vector stores.

  • Adversarial camouflage patches

    Adversarial camouflage

    Computer Vision

    IROS 2023 first-authored research on robustness challenges in object detection.

  • Document intelligence service

    Document intelligence service

    Machine Learning

    Vision and language transformer service for extracting fields from semi-structured documents.

  • Vector retrieval backend

    Vector retrieval backend

    APIs

    FastAPI and Uvicorn CRUD service patterns with DNNs, Milvus, MySQL, and Redis.

  • Background privacy segmentation

    Privacy segmentation

    Computer Vision

    Segmentation service patterns for privacy-preserving video experiences.

  • Remote sensing image recognition

    Remote sensing image recognition

    Data Platforms

    Azure Databricks production system for large-scale image recognition workflows.

  • Network failure prediction

    Network failure prediction

    Data Platforms

    Spark and Azure Databricks system for prediction and root-cause analysis.

  • ritpytrading Python package

    ritpytrading

    Open Source

    Algorithmic trading Python library published on PyPI.

Publications

  • Camouflage patches against UAV object detectors

    IROS

    Camouflage patches against UAV object detection

    First-authored work on adversarial robustness and object detector behavior for robotics perception settings.

  • Active crowd analysis for visually impaired users

    ECCV ACVR Workshop

    Active crowd analysis for the visually impaired

    First-authored research on a smartphone computer vision system for active crowd analysis, presented at the ECCV Assistive Computer Vision & Robotics Workshop.

  • 3D point cloud classification and retrieval

    NYUAD Capstone

    3D point cloud classification and retrieval

    Deep neural network optimization project for 3D point cloud classification and retrieval as the NYUAD computer science capstone.

Contact

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