I will be your ai engineer, ai developer for custom ai app, web and software


About this gig
Hire an AI engineer who has shipped this in production, not someone learning on your budget.
Head of AI Product Development with 10 years of engineering behind me. I take an AI problem from we think this might work to a feature running in production your team can maintain.
WHAT I DO
- Custom AI application and software development
- AI features built into your existing app
- OpenAI, Claude and Gemini API integration
- Prompt engineering and structured outputs
- Fine-tuning and model selection advice
- RAG, vector search and knowledge systems
- AI automation of business workflows
- Data pipelines feeding your AI features
- Evaluation, guardrails and monitoring
- Deployment, scaling and cost control
WHERE MOST AI BUILDS GO WRONG
A demo works in a notebook and nobody plans for cost, latency, edge cases or the day the model changes. I design for those first.
STACK
OpenAI, Claude, LangGraph, LangChain, MCP, open-source models, Python, FastAPI, Node.js, React, Postgres, Redis, Snowflake, Docker, AWS, Azure, GCP
Message me with the problem and I will tell you honestly what it takes.
Get to know Muhammad Waqas
AI Agent Engineer, Head of AI Product Dev, Enterprise Architect
- FromPakistan
- Member sinceMay 2019
- Avg. response time1 hour
- Last delivery2 years
Languages
Urdu, English
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FAQ
What is an AI engineer, versus a data scientist?
A data scientist explores and models. An AI engineer ships. I build the thing that runs in production - the integration, the failure handling, the deployment, the monitoring. If you need research, hire a scientist. If you need it working next month, that's this.
Do I need my own OpenAI or Claude account?
Yes, and you should want that. You keep ownership of your keys, your usage and your data. I'll help you set it up and pick the right tier, but the account stays yours.
How much will the AI itself cost to run?
That depends on volume and model, and it's one of the first things I'll estimate for you. Premium includes cost optimisation - most builds can be made several times cheaper with the right model routing and caching.
Can you add AI to an app we already have?
That's the most common request. I'll work with your existing stack rather than asking you to rebuild. Java, Node, Python, React, PHP - I've worked in all of them.
What if AI turns out to be the wrong solution?
I'll tell you, in the first conversation, before you order. I've turned down work for exactly this reason. A rules engine or a better database query beats an LLM more often than the industry admits.
Do you work with private or regulated data?
Yes. I've built for banking, healthcare and compliance clients. Self-hosted open-source models are available so nothing leaves your infrastructure, and I'll sign an NDA.

