Jawad Asif
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Jawad Asif

Artificial Intelligence Engineer

From GPUs to workflows, I keep things running cool, optimizing models, pipelines, and deployments with speed and precision. 🔥

About Me

Hello! 👋 I’m Jawad Asif, a Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Engineer specializing in Generative AI, NLP, Deep Learning, and Cloud Computing. I hold a Google Professional Machine Learning Engineer certification, and my work focuses on building advanced systems with Agentic Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to create scalable, intelligent applications that reason, retrieve, and act with context awareness. With strong expertise in data acquisition, cleansing, modeling, and deployment, I’m passionate about transforming complex data into impactful solutions and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with modern AI. Let’s connect!

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Leetcode Solved

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Awards

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Years Experience

10

Certifications

Professional Experience

Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Present
Ennova Research S.r.l

July 2024 - Present Padova, Italy

  • Developed and optimized end-to-end LLM and NLP pipelines, including data extraction, classification, RAG-based retrieval, and database querying.
  • Designed and deployed Flask APIs for ML models, ensuring seamless integration and testing with Postman and Swagger.
  • Implemented cloud-native deployments using Docker and Kubernetes on Google Cloud Platform, with monitoring for reliability and scalability.
  • Engineered and fine-tuned LLM prompts for secure and production-ready environments.
  • Applied advanced NLP techniques (summarization, sentiment analysis, named entity recognition) to unstructured text data, improving downstream applications.
  • Contributed to multi-domain AI solutions, spanning natural language processing, object detection, and data engineering.
Retrieval Augmented Generation LLMs NLP GCP Flask APIs Postman

Machine Learning Researcher - Erasmus Trainee

Technical University of Dresden

May 2023 - September 2024 Dresden, Germany

  • Conducted research on gesture recognition using Ultra-Wideband (UWB) radar signals, focusing on preprocessing and inertial measurements.
  • Designed and implemented robust data pipelines to clean, transform, and extract meaningful features from raw radar data for downstream ML tasks.
  • Applied and evaluated deep learning models for object detection and classification, improving recognition accuracy on complex sensor data.
UWB Data Analysis Motion Analysis Feature Engineering Machine Learning Image Recognition

Data Science and Machine Learning Researcher - Erasmus Trainee

Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

November 2022 - May 2023 Wurzburg, Germany

  • Responsible for developing a prototype for Unmanned Arial Vehicle and IOT devices with machine learning algorithms for efficiently allocating resources.
  • Implemented ML pipelines for data extraction, preprocessing, features selection, applying ML algorithm and perform training to choose right devices and updating global model and tested on local cloud.
Data Analysis Predictive Analytics UAV IOT Devices ETL

Tutor Co-ordinator

University of Padova

September 2022 - September 2023 Padova, Italy

  • Led and guided tutors in the execution of an international tutoring program, ensuring high-quality delivery and support for students.
  • Coordinated schedules, resources, and activities to optimize efficiency and enhance the impact of tutoring initiatives.
  • Adapted tutoring approaches to address diverse student needs and cultural backgrounds, fostering inclusivity and effective learning outcomes.
Organizing Tutors

Web Developer

Ministry of IT and Telecom - Netsol

July 2017 - May 2020 Islamabad, Pakistan

  • Responsible for conceptualizing and creating back-end and database designs for web applications.
  • Participated in Agile and Scrum practices, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospective meetings to ensure timely and efficient project delivery.
  • Held the role of UI Designer and Developer, tasked with conceptualizing and crafting back-end and database design for web.
Web Development eCommerce HTML SQL

Education

COMPLETED

Master's Degree

ICT Internet and Multimedia Engineering
Università degli studi di padova (UNIPD)
10/2020 - 10/2023
Padova, Italy
Principal Coursework:
Deep Learning Computer Vision Machine Learning Network Science IoT & Smart Cities Natural Language Processing Human Data Analytics Scientific Computing
Completed

Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Muzaffarabad
09/2012 - 09/2017
Kotli Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
Principal Coursework:
Calculus and Analytical Geometry Database Management Information System Advance OOP Distributed database system Discrete structures
Completed

Pre-engineering Studies

Mathematics and Physics
Federal Government Inter College Kotli AJK
10/2010 - 09/2012
Kotli AJK, Pakistan

Skills

Machine Learning

Core ML

Large Language Models (LLMs) RAG Supervised Learning Unsupervised Learning Classification Regression Clustering Anomaly Detection Feature Engineering Feature Selection Model Selection Hyperparameter Tuning Cross-Validation Time Series Analysis

Deep Learning

Neural Networks CNN RNN LSTM GRU Transfer Learning Attention Mechanisms Transformers GANs AutoEncoders

Computer Vision

Image Classification Object Detection Image Segmentation Feature Extraction OCR

NLP & LLMs

Text Classification Named Entity Recognition Sentiment Analysis Text Embeddings Language Models LLM Fine-tuning

Programming

Python, JavaScript
SQL, HTML/CSS,
Git GitLab Linux Kubernetes Docker

ML Tools & Frameworks

LangChain LangGraph Llama Agentic frameworks TensorFlow PyTorch Keras FastAI Scikit-Learn Hugging Face OpenCV YOLO Numpy Pandas Matplotlib Seaborn

Soft Skills

Problem Solving Research Technical Writing Project Management Team Collaboration Communication Agile/Scrum

Certifications & Badges

International Master's Degree in ICT For Internet and Multimedia

International Master's Degree in ICT For Internet and Multimedia

University Of Padova

October 2025

The holder or holder of this Badge has obtained an international Master's Degree in ICT For Internet and Multimedia from the University of Padua.

Master's Degree ICT Internet Multimedia
English B2 - Speaking

English B2 - Speaking

University Of Padova

January 2022

The Badge Linguistic suitability for CLA - English B2 - Speaking certifies the achievement of a level equivalent to B2 for this skill for the English language compared to the level expected by QCER (Common European Framework of Reference) or CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for languages), the European system that defines the standard of language skills.

Linguistic suitability Linguistic attestation English language Foreign language
GCP

Professional Machine Learning Engineer

Google

December 2024

A Professional Machine Learning Engineer builds, evaluates, productionizes, and optimizes ML models by using Google Cloud technologies and knowledge of proven models and techniques. The ML Engineer handles large, complex datasets and creates repeatable, reusable code. The ML Engineer considers responsible AI and fairness throughout the ML model development process, and collaborates closely with other job roles to ensure long-term success of ML-based applications.

AutoML BigQuery ML Data Processing ML Ops GCP Responsible AI Cloud Storage

More certifications coming soon!

Awards & Achievements

1st Place

Bachelor of Scienc in Information Technologies

Ranked 1/123
May 2017

Gold Medal

Information Technology