Syed Karim is a Senior Software Engineer and AI/ML architect based in Karachi with 8 years of experience building data-intensive, cloud-native systems. He blends big data engineering and ML research—having architected scalable ETL and CDC pipelines with Spark, Kafka, and Airflow while deploying robust ML services on GCP/AWS with Kubernetes and serverless patterns. At syslab.ai he led LLM fine-tuning (PEFT, RAG) and vision-based proctoring (YOLOv8, CNNs), improving model accuracy and cutting operational costs through smart containerization and custom inference functions. He favors architecture over hype, routinely turning research ideas (domain-specific CoT prompting, eye-gaze tracking) into production features that measurably boost engagement and integrity. A former visiting faculty and research associate, he pairs academic rigor (MS in Computer Network & Security) with pragmatic product delivery, often reducing deployment time and troubleshooting overhead. Notably, he combines hands-on infrastructure design (VPCs, load balancers, secure pipelines) with ML-driven product thinking to deliver resilient, cost-optimized solutions.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Network and Security, First Division, Master of Science - MS, Computer Network and Security, First Division at National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
Contributions:2 PRs, 24 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 8 months
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Syed Karim - Senior Software Engineer at Avanza Solutions