Available May 2026 — 1 slot left Lahore → remote · Worldwide

I build
production-grade
AI products,
end-to-end.

Senior full-stack & AI engineer. I help founders and engineering teams ship scalable AI agents, RAG systems, and full-stack apps that actually survive contact with real users.

5–7y
Production experience
40+
Shipped projects
12
AI systems in prod
<24h
Reply time
Next.js Python LangChain CrewAI LlamaIndex OpenAI Claude MCP Postgres Pinecone Chroma AWS Azure FastAPI Django Next.js Python LangChain CrewAI LlamaIndex OpenAI Claude MCP Postgres Pinecone Chroma AWS Azure FastAPI Django

What I build, and why founders hire me to build it.

01 / 04

AI Agents & Automations

Multi-step, tool-using agents that actually replace repetitive work — built with LangChain, CrewAI, or LlamaIndex on top of OpenAI / Claude. Not chatbots. Workers.

LangChainCrewAILlamaIndexMCPOpenAIClaude
02 / 04

Full-Stack AI Applications

End-to-end web apps with AI baked in — auth, billing, dashboards, vector search, real-time UX. Next.js or MERN on the front, FastAPI or Node on the back, Postgres or Mongo behind it.

Next.jsMERNFastAPIDjangoPostgresSupabase
03 / 04

RAG & Knowledge Systems

Retrieval-augmented systems that ground LLMs in your data — chunking strategy, embeddings, hybrid search, eval harnesses. The part that decides whether your AI feature is useful or just confident.

ChromaPineconeHuggingFaceHybrid SearchEvals
04 / 04

Cost & Headcount Reduction

I audit your workflow, find the repetitive 60-80%, and replace it with agents and automations. Concrete deliverable: a written plan with hours saved and dollars cut, then I build it.

AuditWorkflowAutomationROI

Anonymized — same problems you probably have.

† Client names redacted under NDA. Reference calls available on request after a discovery call.

Predictable, no-BS, four steps.

0/1
30 min · free

Discovery call

We figure out if I can actually help. If I can't, I'll point you to someone who can. No deck, no sales pitch.

DeliverablePlain-English scope summary
0/2
Week 1

Scope & architecture

Written proposal: problem, approach, stack, milestones, fixed price or T&M. You sign or you don't.

DeliverableProposal + architecture diagram
0/3
Weeks 2-N

Build, in public

Daily commits, weekly demos, shared Linear board. You see progress every day. No black boxes, no surprises.

DeliverableWorking software, every week
0/4
Final week

Ship & handoff

Production deploy, observability, runbooks, handoff session with your team. 30 days of free bug-fix support after.

DeliverableLive system + docs + 30d support

What I reach for, and what I refuse to use.

Frontend & Full-Stack
  • Next.js
  • React
  • MERN
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind
Backend & APIs
  • Node.js
  • Express
  • Django
  • FastAPI
  • REST + GraphQL
AI & Agents
  • OpenAI
  • Claude
  • LangChain
  • CrewAI
  • LlamaIndex
  • MCP
Data & Vector
  • Postgres
  • MySQL
  • Supabase
  • MongoDB
  • Pinecone
  • Chroma
ML & Models
  • TensorFlow
  • scikit-learn
  • Hugging Face
  • Embeddings
  • Fine-tuning
Cloud & DevOps
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Docker
  • Vercel
  • GitHub Actions
Testing
  • Jest
  • Pytest
  • Playwright
  • Eval harnesses
Tooling
  • TypeScript
  • Linear
  • Sentry
  • Posthog
  • Stripe

About Taha.

I'm a senior full-stack & AI engineer with 5–7 years of production experience. I started as a MERN dev, went deep on Python and ML, and now spend most of my time at the intersection — turning AI prototypes that barely work in a notebook into systems that survive real users, real load, and real money.

I work best with founders who want one senior generalist instead of three juniors, and with engineering managers who need a surgical contractor — not someone they have to onboard for a month.

I won't take a project I don't think will succeed. If your idea needs a different shape, or doesn't need AI at all, I'll tell you on the discovery call. Wasted time is more expensive than an honest no.

roleSr. Full-Stack + AI Eng.
experience5–7 years, production
basedLahore, PK 🌍
timezonePKT · 4–6h overlap w/ EU & US-East
availabilityMay 2026 · 1 slot
engagementProject · Retainer · Fractional
response< 24h

Three ways to work together.

Sprint

Fixed-scope build

$3k/week

For a defined feature, MVP, or migration with clear boundaries.

  • Written proposal + fixed timeline
  • Daily commits, weekly demos
  • 1–4 week typical engagement
  • 30 days bug-fix support after ship
Scope a sprint
Audit

AI / Cost audit

$2.5kflat

I review your stack, workflow, and AI surface area. You get a written plan.

  • 1-week turnaround
  • Repetitive-work map + ROI table
  • Architecture & cost review
  • Credit toward build if you hire me
Book an audit

† Prices are starting points. Larger or more complex engagements are quoted after a discovery call.

Questions hiring managers actually ask.

Why hire one contractor instead of an agency?+
Lower coordination cost, no account managers, direct line to the person writing the code. For founders shipping their first AI feature, having one senior generalist beats three juniors and a project manager — every time.
How do I know your work is good if you don't have public reviews yet?+
Fair. Three options: (1) take the $2.5k audit — small, low-risk, you see how I think; (2) ask for a reference call with a past client (available under NDA after we talk); (3) start with a 1-week paid trial sprint. I'd rather earn trust than claim it.
Can you work with my existing team?+
Yes — that's actually most of my work. I embed in Slack and Linear, follow your conventions, and treat your senior engineers as senior. I'm not here to refactor your codebase unless you ask me to.
Do you do equity-only or revenue-share deals?+
No. Cash for work. If you want a co-founder, we're looking for different things.
What's the smallest engagement you'll take?+
The $2.5k audit, or a 1-week fixed sprint. Below that, the discovery + scoping overhead is bigger than the work itself.
Timezone — is Pakistan a problem for US clients?+
I overlap 4–6 hours with US-East and a full workday with Europe. Most clients say the async writing actually improves clarity. If you need same-time-zone pairing all day, I'm probably not your person.
Do you sign NDAs?+
Yes, before any technical conversation. Standard mutual NDAs are signed within an hour.
Can you take over a stalled project?+
Often, yes. I'll do a paid 1-week diagnostic first — sometimes the right answer is to keep going, sometimes it's to start fresh. You get the honest answer either way.

Tell me what you're building.

Let's talk for 30 minutes.

No deck, no script. We'll figure out if I'm the right fit. If I'm not, I'll send you two people who probably are.

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