Available for opportunities

AI Engineer &
LLM Developer

Building production-ready AI systems with expertise in LLM fine-tuning, RAG pipelines, and offline deployments for healthcare, education, and enterprise applications.

Designing intelligent systems that solve real-world problems

I specialize in end-to-end AI systems that bridge cutting-edge research and practical deployment. My focus is creating intelligent solutions that operate reliably in production environments.

Fine-tuning and adapting lightweight LLMs for specific domains
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines using FAISS
Offline and local AI deployments without cloud dependency
NLP-driven conversational agents with domain-specific knowledge
6+
Production Projects
15+
Certifications
5
Languages Spoken
3
Degrees

Technical Skills

Core competencies built through research and real-world applications

AI / Machine Learning

  • Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Fine-tuning & Model Adaptation
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Generative AI & Prompt Engineering
  • Conversational AI Systems

Programming & Data

  • Python
  • SQL & Database Management
  • R Programming
  • Data Analysis & Visualization
  • Power BI
  • Data Cleaning & ETL

Tools & Frameworks

  • Hugging Face Transformers
  • Sentence-Transformers
  • FAISS Vector Database
  • FastAPI
  • Google Analytics
  • JWT Authentication

Deployment & Systems

  • Offline AI Deployments
  • Local Inference Optimization
  • Backend Engineering
  • API Development
  • Cloud-Independent Solutions
  • Cybersecurity Fundamentals

Featured Projects

Real-world AI solutions delivering measurable impact

Barzac - Restaurant Management SaaS

Full-stack, AI-powered restaurant management platform built from scratch. Features real-time kitchen display via WebSocket, AI analytics assistant powered by Llama-3.3-70B, role-based access for four user types, Italian fiscal receipt generation, table zone management, and staff performance tracking.

FastAPI PostgreSQL SocketIO Groq LLM JWT Nginx
Impact: Production SaaS with 11 API routers, real-time updates, and 600 req/min rate limiting.
Live Demo

Organic Milano - AI Customer Service Chatbot

Production LLM-powered chatbot serving a live restaurant in Milan. Handles customer inquiries 24/7 in Italian and English with anti-hallucination rules, curated knowledge base covering the full menu, hours, booking, and delivery options. Brand-voice aligned with spam and abuse filtering.

FastAPI Groq LLM Knowledge Base Bilingual NLP Nginx
Impact: Serving real customers 24/7 with under 2-second response times.
Live Demo

NeuroChat - Cognitive Recovery AI Assistant

AI assistant for cognitive rehabilitation providing personalized brain training exercises, wellness guidance, and memory enhancement strategies. Built with a ChatGPT-style interface featuring conversation history, chat management, and RAG-powered responses grounded in validated cognitive science content.

FastAPI RAG FAISS Groq LLM Custom UI
Impact: Deployed for cognitive recovery patient support at Neurab.
Live Demo

Runway Influence - AI Concierge

AI concierge chatbot built for a New York-based influencer marketing agency working with brands like Adidas, McLaren, Hyatt, and Urban Outfitters. Handles inquiries about services, case studies, influencer roster, and campaign pricing in a polished, brand-aligned conversational style.

FastAPI Groq LLM Knowledge Base Custom UI
Impact: Freelance delivery for a premium NYC agency with Fortune 500 clients.
Live Demo

Lead Generation Automation Engine

Automated lead generation pipeline using SerpAPI targeting businesses across the US, Australia, Ireland, and Italy. Features email validation via MX records and SMTP verification, intelligent rate limiting, and color-coded XLSX reporting with auto-save and deduplication.

Python SerpAPI SMTP Validation pandas openpyxl
Impact: Multi-geography B2B lead generation across 8+ verticals.

ML Research - Time Series Forecasting

LSTM and ARIMA forecasting models for energy consumption prediction using the REFIT smart home dataset. Complete ML pipelines covering data preprocessing, feature engineering, hyperparameter tuning, and performance benchmarking across model architectures.

PyTorch LSTM ARIMA scikit-learn Jupyter
Impact: Academic research with cross-architecture performance analysis.

Companies I've Worked With

Experience

Lead AI Engineer

Wion AI | Remote

December 2025 - Present
  • Lead the architecture and development of LLM-powered production systems serving real users at scale
  • Build end-to-end NLP pipelines covering prompt engineering, model evaluation, retrieval optimization, and inference workflows
  • Develop and maintain production Python services using FastAPI, handling high volumes of requests with strict reliability requirements
  • Implement and iterate on RAG-based retrieval systems for domain-specific knowledge grounding
  • Make system design decisions balancing model quality, latency, and cost in production LLM environments

AI Researcher

Neurab - Cognitive Recovery | Milan, Italy

August 2025 - January 2026
  • Architected and deployed a production-ready AI chatbot system trained on specialized healthcare datasets
  • Engineered RAG pipeline using FAISS, achieving high accuracy in context-grounded medical responses
  • Fine-tuned lightweight open-source LLMs for efficient local inference, eliminating cloud dependencies
  • Developed fully offline AI solution ensuring data privacy and GDPR compliance
  • Built scalable backend services using Python and FastAPI with low latency
  • Implemented safety constraints, prompt control, and response validation pipelines
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Education

2023 - 2025

Master of Science

Artificial Intelligence for Science and Technology

Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca | Milan, Italy

Deep Learning, NLP, Machine Learning Systems, AI Ethics, Neural Networks

2023 - 2025

Master's Degree

Mechanical Engineering

Anhui University of Science and Technology | China

Engineering Analysis, Systems Design, Technical Research, Optimization

2019 - 2023

Bachelor of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering (Automotive)

Yunnan Technology and Business University | China

Automotive Systems, Engineering Fundamentals, Design Principles

Certifications

Professional training from leading institutions

AI & Data Science

Generative AI for Data Scientists
IBM
Google AI Essentials
Google
Introduction to Generative AI
Google
Quantum Computing for Everyone
Fractal

AI Ethics & Healthcare

AI and Law
Lund University
AI in Health Care
Stanford University

Data & Analytics

Data Analysis with Power BI
Microsoft
Google Analytics Qualification
Google

Languages

English (C2 Level)
Proficient
Urdu
Native Speaker
Chinese (B2 Level)
Confucius Institute
Italian (A1)
Milano-Bicocca

Let's work together

Open to opportunities as an AI Engineer, Applied ML Engineer, or Data Scientist where I can build production-ready AI solutions with measurable impact.