Abdul Mannan
Principal / Lead AI Engineer @ Rapids AI | Generative AI | ML & LLM Engineer | MLOps
- Role
- Principal Lead Ai Engineer at Rapids Ai
- Location
- St. Petersburg, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Abdul Mannan
I’m Abdul Mannan, and for the past decade I’ve been turning complex AI ideas into real-world products. From fine-tuning large language models to building chatbots that actually understand context, I’ve led projects that sit at the crossroads of research, engineering, and business impact. My work has powered solutions in defense, healthcare, and enterprise, where accuracy, scale, and trust matter most.Along the way, I’ve fine-tuned open-source LLMs (0.5B–14B parameters), architected intelligent agent workflows with LangGraph and CrewAI, and even directed AI-driven pipelines for drug discovery research. I’ve built automation systems that handle outreach at scale, eCommerce chatbots that boost sales, and secure document intelligence tools that turn messy data into insights. Recognized as a Top Rated Plus freelancer on Upwork, I’ve partnered with startups worth over $3M, helping them scale through AI. What drives me is simple: taking cutting-edge AI and making it useful, impactful, and impossible to ignore.
Experience
Principal Lead Ai Engineer
Jul 2024 — Present · St. Petersburg, FL, US
Agentic RAG: A Grounded Research Response Engine with SmolAgents & BM25 Retriever AI Dream Analyzer ChatBot N8N Based Automated B2B Outreach Using AI & APIs
Education
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
MSCS, Artificial Intelligence
2018 — 2021
International Islamic University, Islamabad
Master's Degree, Computer Science
2012 — 2014
International Islamic University, Islamabad
BBA(ITM), Information Technology
2008 — 2012
Skills
- C
- Ajax
- Php Applications
- Sql / Plsql
- Yii 2
- Json
- Css
- Microsoft Office
- Teamwork
- Databases
- C++
- Assembly Language
- Mvc Framework
- Photoshop
- Microsoft Sql Server
- Outlook
- Wordpress Plugin Development
- Psd to Html
- Wordpress
- Data Structure and Algorithms
- Powerpoint
- Navicat
- Javascript
- Software Development
- Html
- Codeigniter
- Mysql Work Bech
- Jquery
- Web Applications
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