AI Engineer based in Dubai

Building practical AI products with the engineering discipline to ship them well.

Microsoft and NVIDIA certified AI engineer building production-minded AI systems, data products, and developer tooling. Available immediately for roles where applied AI, developer tooling, and strong implementation quality matter.

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Microsoft Certified NVIDIA Certified GenAI Hackathon Winner

Selected proof

Production-oriented LLM and RAG implementations
Emerging protocol work with MCP and structured tooling
Applied ML delivery with experiment tracking and web UI

Selected projects

A tight set of shipped work, led by AI products rather than generic portfolio filler.

These projects show range across LLM applications, protocol tooling, and applied machine learning without diluting the AI-engineering focus.

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Secure AI assistant workspace with authentication, file ingestion, and retrieval-backed chat for business knowledge workflows.

Implemented JWT and OAuth2-based authentication for protected user sessions.
Added file upload and retrieval workflows to ground model responses in uploaded knowledge.

NestJS React PostgreSQL Prisma ORM

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Python-based Model Context Protocol server that lets LLMs inspect, query, and update PostgreSQL data through structured tools.

Exposed database CRUD operations through MCP-compatible tools.
Focused on reliable query execution so LLM-driven workflows could interact with live relational data.

Python FastMCP PostgreSQL SQL

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Applied machine learning workflow for anticipating maintenance needs with experiment tracking and an operator-facing web UI.

Trained and evaluated predictive models for maintenance forecasting.
Used MLflow for experiment tracking and model versioning.

Python Random Forest LightGBM MLflow

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Experience

Experience that connects model work, backend systems, and usable product delivery.

Current work centers on applied AI systems that need more than prompts alone: authentication, data access, interfaces, and production-minded implementation.

Building applied AI products across conversational interfaces, developer tooling, and predictive machine learning workflows with a delivery bias toward production readiness.

Delivered an authenticated full-stack chatbot with document upload and retrieval-backed responses.
Built a PostgreSQL MCP server to let LLMs query and modify relational data safely through structured tooling.
Contributed both model-facing systems and end-user interfaces, spanning backend APIs, data stores, and web UI.

Credentials

Certification proof is visible without turning the page into a dashboard.

Signals are grouped as editorial lists so the content scans quickly and stays maintainable.

Signals current, vendor-backed knowledge of generative AI and LLM fundamentals.

Supports Umar's positioning as an implementation-focused AI engineer rather than a purely academic practitioner.

Adds formal proof of model training and ML workflow competence on Azure.

Reinforces platform and infrastructure fluency that supports production AI delivery.

Education

Formal foundation in computer science, kept concise.

BSc Computer Science

University of West London

September 2022 - July 2025

Writing

Medium posts that show how Umar thinks through applied AI work.

These articles extend the portfolio beyond shipped projects and make the engineering judgment behind the work easier to evaluate.

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Feb 12, 2026

Building practical AI products with the engineering discipline to ship them well.

A tight set of shipped work, led by AI products rather than generic portfolio filler.

Full-Stack AI Chatbot

PostgreSQL MCP Server

Predictive Vehicle Maintenance System

Experience that connects model work, backend systems, and usable product delivery.

CUBO Systems International

Certification proof is visible without turning the page into a dashboard.

NVIDIA Certified Associate: Generative AI and LLMs (NCA-GENL)

Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102)

Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate (DP-100)

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)

Formal foundation in computer science, kept concise.

University of West London

Medium posts that show how Umar thinks through applied AI work.

My First Attempt at Fine-Tuning an SLM using Unsloth

What I Learned Building a Transformer Model from Scratch

I Built an AI Crew to Automate My Job Applications. Here's What I Learned.