Zubair Baqai
Verified Expert in Engineering
AI/ML Engineer and Developer
Rome, Italy
Toptal member since September 8, 2026
Zubair is an AI and machine learning (ML) engineer with 8 years of experience building AI and ML solutions across finance, healthcare, eCommerce, and automation. His toolkit centers on computer vision, NLP/LLMs, and recommendation systems. While at Visme, Zubair shipped AI image tools used by 40+ million users and improved design workflows with multimodal models.
Portfolio
Experience
- Python - 10 years
- Databases - 10 years
- AWS IoT - 9 years
- Computer Vision - 8 years
- Large Language Models (LLMs) - 7 years
- Agentic AI Systems - 5 years
- Retrieval-augmented Generation (RAG) - 5 years
- React - 3 years
Preferred Environment
Azure, AWS IoT, FastAPI, React, Agentic AI Systems, Computer Vision, Large Language Models (LLMs), Python, Databases
The most amazing...
...AI image tools I've shipped are used by 40+ million users on a leading design platform, transforming how people create and edit visual content.
Work Experience
Founder | CEO
AI-powered Resume and Portfolio Creation Platform
- Built a guided AI chat and voice AI agent experience that accelerates resume and portfolio creation without requiring design expertise.
- Designed the product vision for AI-generated initial designs with full user control over editing, personalization, and final presentation.
- Created a streamlined workflow that reduces the time from setup to publish-ready resume and portfolio content to under 5 minutes.
AI/ML Engineer
PwC
- Built RAG workflows with PostgreSQL and pgvector to improve retrieval accuracy for complex transaction analysis.
- Developed multi-agent LLM systems deployed through Azure and Argo CD workflows for production-ready transaction use cases.
- Created FastAPI services and React interfaces for reviewable, actionable AI outputs.
AI/ML Developer
Visme
- Shipped AI image tools, including Upscaler, Deblurrer, Object Remover, and Object Replacer, improving visual content creation for 40+ million users.
- Built an AI content resizer to adapt designs across formats with high layout accuracy and reduce manual resizing work.
- Fine-tuned multimodal LLM workflows powering AI designs and editing to improve generation quality and editing speed.
- Improved template recommendation and image selection through multimodal ranking for more relevant design suggestions.
ML Back-end Developer
Online Freelance Agency
- Completed 83 AI/ML projects for clients across finance, healthcare, eCommerce, and automation.
- Maintained a 100% job success score and 4.8 rating, demonstrating consistent client satisfaction and delivery quality.
- Delivered production-ready computer vision, NLP, and recommendation systems, combining ML development with scalable back-end/API implementation.
Computer Vision Engineer
SnipBack AI
- Delivered automated basketball highlight generation from raw match video, reducing manual editing effort for sports content workflows.
- Optimized model inference with TensorRT to speed up video processing and improve pipeline efficiency.
- Created visual analytics to review highlights, player actions, and match statistics in a more structured workflow.
NLP Engineer
Flote AI
- Built NLP features for text classification, entity recognition, and contextual translation to improve note understanding.
- Implemented Transformer-based offline multilingual support using BERT-style models for more accessible note-taking workflows.
- Developed contextual word-to-word translation features that improved multilingual usability inside the product.
Back-end Developer
DevStop
- Built and maintained Flask/Django back ends for web and mobile applications.
- Supported early AI modules and cloud deployment workflows.
- Designed the front end for web applications using HTML and JavaScript.
Experience
AI-powered Resume and Portfolio Creation Platform
Education
Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Sapienza University - Rome, Italy
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
COMSATS University - Islamabad, Pakistan
Skills
Libraries/APIs
REST APIs, React
Tools
Claude Code
Languages
Python, SQL, JavaScript, TypeScript
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, AWS IoT
Storage
Databases, MySQL, PostgreSQL
Frameworks
Flask
Other
Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-augmented Generation (RAG), FastAPI, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Computer Vision, Agentic AI Systems, Reinforcement Learning, Neural Networks, Cloud Computing, AI Voice Agents, Forecasting, ElevenLabs Solutions, Object Tracking, Semantic Segmentation, Object Detection, Realtime Processing, Agentic Coding, Back-end, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Architecture, AI Engineering, Pgvector, Recommendation Systems, ONNX Runtime, Full-stack, Full-stack Development, Front-end, Argo CD, OpenAI
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