Junaid Afzal

Experience: 5 years

Current Position:

Sr/ Machine Learning Engineer

Ekkel AI, Lahore (07/2022 – 01/2024)

• Spearheading the development of AI models from inception, facilitating comprehensive comprehension among diverse stakeholders.
• Pioneering the establishment of robust data ingestion and transformation infrastructure.
• Orchestrating the design, implementation, and deployment of AI infrastructure through meticulous API development.

Previous Position:

Machine Learning Engineer

Kodezi, Remote (08/2022 – 12/2023)

• Instrumental in raising $40,000 in Angel Investment and $800,000 in Pre-Seed Round through the delivery of successful Proof of Concepts (POCs).
• Executing the serverless deployment of sophisticated pipelines utilizing Finetuned OpenSource and Closed Source Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Effectively managing and collaborating with a distributed team spanning 4 countries.

Additional Experience:

Python Developer

Arhamsoft, Lahore (10/2021 – 06/2022)

• Pioneering the establishment of end-to-end machine learning workflows encompassing training, testing, and deploying object detection models.
• Crafting robust APIs for model serving and ensuring continuous codebase quality maintenance.

Freelance (02/2018 - 08/2021)

• AI services for multinational clients
• AI chatbots and WhatsApp bots
• Finetuning Language Models (LLMs) for custom use cases
• Development of computer vision applications
• Object detection apps using YOLO model
• API creation for servicesUsing Flask and FastAPI
• Deployment on cloud platforms
• Building serverless solutions
• Utilizing AWS Lambda for scalability and efficiency

Key Skills:

• Programming: Python
• Machine Learning and Deep Learning
• Generative AI, GPT-4/ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion, ControlNet
• Open Source: Huggingface, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Gradio, FastAPI/Flask
• Cloud Platforms: GCP, AWS (Lambda, EC2, ECR, S3 Bucket)
• Data Engineering: ETL, Apache Spark, PySpark
• Speech and Language Processing: Speech Recognition, Text-to-Speech, Speech-to-Text, NLP
• Computer Vision: Object Detection, Image Processing, Transformers
• Version Control: GitHub
• Database: Postgres, MongoDB
• Deployment: Serverless Deployments, Docker, CUDA
• Web Technologies: Web Scraping, OpenAPI
• Mathematics: Linear Algebra
• AI Applications: AI Art/Avatars, AI Agents, Langchain, Fine-tuning LLMs
• Problem Solving, Linux