Summary
Isham Rashik is an AI Engineer based in Dubai with nine years of diverse engineering experience, combining deep technical skills in NLP and computer vision with practical deployment expertise. He trains PyTorch models and fine-tunes Hugging Face checkpoints across multi-GPU setups, converts models to ONNX for faster inference, and productionizes ML services with Docker and FastAPI. Experienced in multimodal preprocessing (text, image, audio, video), prompt engineering, and chaining LLMs via LangChain and Llama-Index, he has also applied generative techniques to digital art using Stability models. Beyond engineering, he co-founded and leads local AI/ML communities, mentoring peers and translating research papers into applied solutions. His background in electrical engineering and an MBA gives him a rare blend of systems thinking, product sensibility, and pedagogical skill honed from years tutoring and university teaching roles.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh Campus
Master of Business Administration - MBA Finance and Operations, Master of Business Administration - MBA Finance and Operations at Manipal Academy of Higher Education - MAHE, Dubai
Full Stack Web Development Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCamp
English, hindi/urdu, Arabic, Japanese