Senior AI Engineer · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Senior AI Engineer building reliable LLM, RAG, and agentic AI systems.

5+ years of AI/ML and software delivery across LLM-powered platforms, RAG pipelines, computer-vision models, and cloud-ready AI services.

Ahmad Faour, Senior AI Engineer
Experience 5+ years
NexusAI automation 60-80%
OCR accuracy 92%
Model size reduction 59%
LLMRAG + structured outputs
Agentstool-calling + human review
MLOpsDocker + CI/CD + monitoring

About

Senior AI engineering for teams that need systems, not demos.

I combine applied AI research, full-stack engineering, and deployment experience to deliver reliable AI products end to end. My work covers data preparation, PEFT/LoRA fine-tuning, RLHF-style evaluation, prompt evaluation, quantization, ONNX export, RAG evaluation, secure APIs, and production rollout.

I am strongest where AI models meet real products: Python ML services connected to ASP.NET Core and React, agent workflows coordinated with n8n and Elsa Workflows, vector memory, cloud deployment, CI/CD, observability, and human-in-the-loop operations.

LLM applications RAG reliability Agent orchestration Computer vision MLOps Full-stack AI

Experience

5+ years across AI/ML engineering, software development, evaluation, and deployment.

Dec 2024 - Present

AI Engineer · NVSSoft

Full-time · On-site · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • Designed secure ASP.NET Core REST APIs with Entity Framework and Python-backed model inference services.
  • Built React interfaces for real-time AI interactions and configured IIS production environments.
  • Orchestrated agent workflows with n8n and Elsa Workflows, including webhooks, retries, scheduled jobs, and approvals.
Dec 2025 - Present

AI Training & Model Evaluation Specialist · micro1

Part-time · Remote

  • Evaluated LLM outputs using rubrics for helpfulness, correctness, safety, style, and consistency.
  • Supported RLHF/RLAIF-style workflows by refining prompts, diagnosing failure modes, and improving guidelines.
  • Performed quality calibration to reduce evaluator variance while following strict data-handling requirements.
Dec 2024 - Dec 2025

AI Engineer · Reality AI Lab

Part-time · Remote

  • Contributed to Marvel Model, a generative image model, through Python training and fine-tuning pipelines.
  • Built tools for data augmentation, feature extraction, and custom evaluation metrics for image-based models.
Sep 2024 - Feb 2025

Data Scientist Intern · Darrebni

Part-time · Remote · Homs, Syria

  • Built predictive models for customer behavior and market trends using advanced SQL and machine learning.
  • Applied preprocessing, feature engineering, dimensionality reduction, and anomaly detection for actionable insights.
  • Created Tableau dashboards and collaborated with product and engineering teams.
Sep 2022 - Dec 2024

AI Engineer · Freelancer.com

Part-time · Remote

  • Delivered NLP systems for classification, summarization, sentiment analysis, and Arabic handwriting recognition.
  • Reduced model size by 59% with quantization and ONNX export while improving CPU inference speed.
  • Built LangChain workflows and adapted models using PEFT and RLHF techniques.
Apr 2024 - Jun 2024

Machine Learning Intern · CampWallah

Part-time · Remote · India

  • Integrated ML models into production, increasing accuracy by approximately 25%.
  • Built optimized data pipelines for real-time inference and supported API design for deployment and monitoring.

Selected Projects

Applied AI systems with measurable engineering outcomes.

Nov 2025 - Present Python · GraphRAG · Streamlit

AI Research Intelligence Agent

Research intelligence system for paper discovery, deep analysis, Scientific Code Forge generation, repository mapping, claim auditing, and multi-agent debate reports.

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Oct 2024 - Present Whisper · MARBERTv2 · Flask

AI Assistant with Voice Communication

Multilingual, dialect-aware assistant combining Whisper v3, Arabic dialect classification, semantic matching, GPT-family reasoning, WebSockets, and orchestration flows.

Mar 2025 - May 2025 Streamlit · SQL Server · ChromaDB

Schema-Aware Query Generator

Retrieval-grounded NL-to-SQL assistant with schema-aware guardrails, safe execution constraints, and validation checks that reduce hallucinated tables and columns.

Jun 2024 - Jul 2024 TensorFlow · ONNX · Flask

Arabic Handwriting Recognition

CNN-based Arabic character recognition trained on 120,000 samples, achieving 85% top-1 accuracy, 59% model-size reduction, and 2.3x CPU inference speedup.

Sep 2025 - Oct 2025 ResNet-50 · Ollama · Docker

Mixture-of-Experts Image Captioner

Hybrid image-captioning system that routes between fast template captions and richer LLM captions using confidence, entropy, color, and complexity signals.

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Aug 2022 - Feb 2024 GAN · CRNN · CTC Loss

Handwritten Cardiac Prescription Recognition

Multitask OCR and verification pipeline for mixed Arabic/Latin prescriptions, seal detection, dosage standardization, 35% fewer interpretation errors, and 92% character-level accuracy.

Jan 2022 - Jun 2022 Django · NLTK · Classical ML

AI-Driven HR Management System

Recruitment tool using TF-IDF, NLTK, KNN/SVM/Random Forest models, role-based access, and automated candidate ranking that reduced shortlisting time by 40%.

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Technical Expertise

Stack coverage from model design to production operations.

Programming

Python, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL, MATLAB

AI/ML Frameworks

PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, scikit-learn, Pandas, NumPy, Hugging Face Transformers, ONNX

LLM & RAG Systems

Embeddings, chunking, retrieval, reranking, RAGAS, structured outputs, prompt evaluation, guardrails

Vector & LLM Platforms

ChromaDB, FAISS, Pinecone, Weaviate, Vertex AI, OpenAI, Anthropic

Agents & Orchestration

LangChain, n8n, Elsa Workflows, tool-calling, planner/executor patterns, long-context memory

Backend & APIs

FastAPI, Flask, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework, REST APIs, WebSockets, Uvicorn, Gunicorn

MLOps & DevOps

Docker, Git, CI/CD, IIS, AWS, GCP, PythonAnywhere, Heroku, MLflow, W&B, Airflow, Prefect

Observability & Security

OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, PyTest, OAuth2, JWT, AWS Secrets Manager, GCP Secret Manager

Education

Academic foundation

Sep 2025 - Present

M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence

University of Hull · Hull, United Kingdom

Focus on computer vision, deep learning, and LLM applications.

Aug 2018 - Feb 2024

B.Sc. in Information Technology Engineering

University of Kalamoon · GPA 3.08 / 4.00 (83 / 100)

Graduated with distinction and achieved the second-highest rank in class.

Aug 2016 - May 2018

Diploma in Computer Technology

Yousef Seman Industrial High School · GPA 92 / 100

Top academic performer and ranked fifth in the governorate in final 12th-grade exams.

Credentials

Certifications & awards

Feb 2026 · Google

Develop AI-Powered Prototypes in Google AI Studio

Oct 2025 · micro1

AI Software Engineer

Oct 2024 · Coursera & AWS

Generative AI with Large Language Models

Dec 2024 · Duke University & Coursera

Introduction to Retrieval Augmented Generation

Feb 2025 · Kaggle

Intermediate Machine Learning

Nov 2024 · Kaggle

Feature Engineering

Feb 2024 · University of Kalamoon

Second Place in Graduation Class

Contact

Available for senior AI engineering, applied research, and production AI collaborations.

Reach out for LLM systems, RAG reliability, AI agents, computer vision, MLOps, or full-stack AI delivery.

ahmad.saleh.faour@gmail.com +966 59 682 4729 linkedin.com/in/ahmad-faour github.com/ahmadfaour9 Download CV