OPEN TO REMOTE ROLES · BASED IN ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN

Muzna Naeem. Machine Learning Engineer

I build production AI systems end-to-end, from generative AI and agentic workflows to learning-to-rank search and recommendation engines, plus the MLOps that keeps them reliable.

Currently Agentic Systems · LLM Fine-tuning · RAG & Retrieval · LangGraph / LangChain · Production GenAI
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The short version.

Machine Learning Engineer working across the full ML stack, from generative AI and agentic systems down to classical recommendation, ranking, and retrieval. I design, build, and ship systems that solve real product problems, then operate them reliably in production.

My day-to-day spans agentic systems and multi-agent orchestration, LLM fine-tuning and evaluation, RAG and retrieval pipelines, recommendation engines (collaborative filtering, matrix factorization, sequential models), learning-to-rank search, embedding-based similarity, and the MLOps required to run all of it: Kubernetes, GitOps, observability, evaluation harnesses, and CI/CD.

10+
Production ML services shipped
3
GenAI & agentic projects
2
Years shipping production ML
2+
Years engineering overall

Professional experience.

JUN 2024 — PRESENT

Machine Learning Engineer

Scala Teams · Islamabad · Hybrid
  • Own AI/ML work end-to-end for enterprise e-commerce platforms, from prototype through production, across generative AI, agentic systems, recommendation, search ranking, and the data infrastructure behind them.
  • Built generative AI and agentic services, including a natural-language workflow automation platform, a multimodal GenAI content and image-captioning service, RAG-based retrieval, and an LLM review summarizer that distills customer feedback at scale.
  • Shipped a full suite of recommendation engines: session-based (sequential) recommendations, frequently-bought-together, alternate and substitute product recommendations, and visual product recommendations.
  • Improved search and discovery with a fine-tuned neural search system and a learning-to-rank (LTR) re-ranker trained on real click data.
  • Built a dynamic pricing and price-optimization model aimed at increasing sales by automatically tuning product prices.
  • Built the data engineering and MLOps layer: a product popularity scoring service feeding downstream ranking and merchandising, automated production data-quality checks and monitoring, evaluation harnesses, Kubernetes deployments, and GitOps rollouts across environments.
JUL 2023 — JUN 2024

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

UpStart Commerce · Islamabad · Hybrid
  • Developed and maintained automation frameworks across UI and API systems using Cypress, Java, and REST-based testing workflows.
  • Designed regression and integration test strategies to improve release reliability and engineering quality.
  • Worked closely with engineering teams to validate complex workflows, troubleshoot defects, and improve CI/CD testing processes.
  • Built strong foundations in automation, system reliability, and software quality practices that continue to support my work in machine learning engineering.
JUL 2022 — JUN 2023

Lab Instructor

NUCES FAST · Islamabad
  • Delivered practical instruction in Machine Learning, Embedded Systems, Programming Fundamentals, and Digital Communication.
  • Mentored students through hands-on labs, ensuring clarity and reproducibility of core concepts.
DEC 2022 — JAN 2023

AI Intern

HigherSummit · Islamabad
  • Assisted with data collection, preprocessing, and neural network training pipelines.
  • Developed NLP-based chatbots to improve user interactions and engagement.

Technical skills.

GenAI & Agents
LLMs Multi-Agent Systems Agent Orchestration LangGraph LangChain Google ADK MCP RAG Pipelines Prompt Engineering Tool Calling LLM Fine-tuning LLM Evaluation Human-in-the-Loop Systems Structured Output
Machine Learning
Recommendation Systems Learning to Rank Collaborative Filtering Matrix Factorization Sequential Models Embedding Fine-tuning Semantic Similarity Vector Search NLP Computer Vision Deep Learning Feature Engineering Model Evaluation MLOps
Frameworks & Libraries
PyTorch TensorFlow Hugging Face Sentence Transformers Transformers4Rec XGBoost Scikit-learn implicit (ALS) scikit-surprise NVTabular FAISS Qdrant MLflow Pandas NumPy OpenCV
Cloud & Deploy
Google Cloud Vertex AI Cloud Run Agent Engine Azure Docker FastAPI GitHub Actions Bitbucket Pipelines CI/CD Nvidia Triton
Data Engineering
Apache Kafka MongoDB BigQuery Elasticsearch Airflow Event-Driven Architecture Microservices GitOps
Observability & Eval
Phoenix LangSmith Arize AX LLM-as-Judge Monitoring & Alerting AI System Reliability ML Validation
Testing & QA
AI Agent Testing Prompt Testing Regression Automation REST API Testing PyTest Cypress Postman Load Testing Locust Quality Engineering
Languages & Tools
Python SQL C++ Java MATLAB PHP HTML Linux Git GPU Programming

Selected projects.

Earlier work

IoT-enabled Precision Agriculture

Integrated machine learning with image processing across an IoT sensor network to optimize crop yields and resource usage on the farm.

ML Image Processing IoT

Lung Nodule Detection on X-rays

Built a computer vision pipeline for medical imaging diagnostics, detecting and localizing pulmonary nodules in chest radiographs.

Computer Vision Medical Imaging Deep Learning

SQL Library Management System

Designed and built the FAST library management web app in HTML and PHP, wired to a SQL database with role-based access and back-end security checks, covering the full catalog, members, lending, and returns workflow with live database updates on every operation.

HTML PHP SQL Database Design

Certifications & continuing education.

Foundations & recognition.

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering (Specialization in Computer Engineering)

FAST NUCES · Islamabad · Graduated June 2022

Relevant Coursework

  • Machine Learning
  • Probability & Statistics
  • Programming Fundamentals
  • Network Programming

Awards & Recognition

Academic honours
FAST NUCES · 2018 — 2022

Highlights

  • Graduated Magna Cum Laude
  • Dean's List — all semesters

Let's build something.

Open to remote roles globally in machine learning engineering, generative AI, agentic systems, recommendation & search, and the MLOps that ships them. Email is the fastest way to reach me.

muznanaeem1999@gmail.com