About

Professional summary

ML Scientist at Expedia Group building production machine learning systems and agentic AI applications. Experience spans recommendation systems, conversational AI, LLM fine-tuning, data pipelines, and inference services. Previous work at Alibaba Group increased recommendation conversion by 2.3%, improved dMart CTR by 30%, and automated KPI analysis to save $96,000 annually.

Technical Skills

Core stack

Programming and Development

Python, R, SQL, C++, Git, REST APIs, React, Agile/Scrum, Jira, Confluence

Cloud and Data Platforms

AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Snowflake, MongoDB, Hadoop, Spark, Jupyter Notebooks, Oracle Cloud

Machine Learning and AI

Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers, PEFT/LoRA, LLMs, LangGraph, MCP, Agent-to-Agent (A2A)

Data Analysis and Visualization

Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Tableau, Power BI, Looker

Statistical Methods

A/B Testing, Hypothesis Testing, Time Series Forecasting, Regression, Classification

Certifications

Azure Data Fundamentals · DeepLearning.AI TensorFlow Developer

Professional Experience

Experience

ML Scientist

Expedia Group · Austin, Texas

July 2026 - Present

  • Develop machine learning models and services for travel products.
  • Work on agentic AI applications that connect language models with tools and services.

Intern, AI Engineering

Mojave Technologies · Las Vegas, Nevada

June 2025 - December 2025

  • Built multi-agent AI workflows using LangGraph, MCP, and Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocols.
  • Worked on LLM context engineering and inference optimization to improve model accuracy and reduce latency.
  • Fine-tuned LLaMA-3 and DeepSeek variants using parameter-efficient fine-tuning (PEFT) and deployed inference endpoints on Oracle Cloud to support internal tools and enterprise clients.

Machine Learning Engineer

Alibaba Group · Karachi, Pakistan

August 2022 - March 2024

  • Developed a transformer-based product recommendation model that increased conversion in the Just For You module by 2.3%.
  • Built the AskDaraz conversational shopping experience with Azure OpenAI and scaled it to more than 200,000 queries per day.
  • Engineered anomaly detection and root cause analysis pipelines for sales KPIs, saving $96,000 per year by reducing manual analysis.
  • Developed dMart recommendation backend services and operator tooling, improving CTR by 30% over the hot-items baseline.

Selected Work

Projects and publications

Falcon Mamba R1

A Mamba-based reasoning LLM

January 2025 - March 2025

Scaled test-time compute of Falcon3 Mamba 7B using GRPO, improving GSM8K math performance by 37.2% over the base model and reaching more than 1,500 downloads in 2025.

  • GRPO
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • PyTorch
  • LLMs
  • Fine Tuning

Mind Braille

EEG brain-computer interface

October 2021 - March 2022

Built a mobile BCI application backed by an Azure-hosted deep neural network for classifying EEG signals into discrete actions; the project won Microsoft Imagine Cup 2022 in the EMEA Lifestyle category.

  • Brain Computer Interface
  • App Development
  • Azure
  • Deep Learning
  • Feature Engineering

Education

Education

Graduate studies in Computer Science (M.S. program)

Indiana University Indianapolis · Indianapolis, IN

Began August 2024

  • GPA: 3.89/4.00

B.S. in Computer Science

Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology · Topi, Pakistan

August 2018 - July 2022

  • GPA: 3.51/4.00