SYED ALI HASSAN

Senior AI Architect & Full Stack Engineer

Salary / Daily rate

Cambridge, UK

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Can come onsite

Skills

JavascriptDjangoReduxPythonReact NativeNumPySassTailwind CSSpandasTensorFlowPHPLaravelAngularSvelteNestKotlinCSSC#scikit-learnKerasPyTorchJavaExpressBackbone.js.NETPySparkHTMLFlask

Languages

English (Fluent)Hindi (Fluent)Urdu (Fluent)

About me

Intro

CTO & AI Architect with 8+ years delivering production-grade intelligent systems—RAG chatbots, LLM agentic workflows, and full-stack platforms for global clients. Top Rated Plus on Upwork since 2017 with proven results: 250% sales increase through VR e-commerce, semantic search optimization with AWS Bedrock, and NHS-compliant AI solutions. I transform complex AI/ML challenges into scalable, revenue-driving products using cutting-edge tech stacks.

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Work experience

Founder & AI Architect

ElantraTech Ltd

Jan 2017 - Present

9 years 10 months

Cambridge, UK

– Founded and scaled an AI/ML and full-stack consultancy delivering production-grade intelligent systems for global clients. – Core offerings: RAG chatbots, LLM-powered agentic workflows, n8n automation, WordPress, and bespoke AI product development. – Top Rated Plus on Upwork since 2017 — unbroken record across Generative AI, ML, and full-stack projects globally.

AI Engineer & Web Developer

Centre for Applied Carmelite Spirituality (CACS)

Jan 2026 - Present

10 months

Remote

– Designed and built a production-ready website for cacs.org, transforming AI-assisted workflows into a polished, fully deployed platform. – Integrated AI-assisted development tooling to accelerate delivery and maintain long-term platform scalability.

AI Engineer - Embeddings, Search & ML

FutureWise

Jan 2026 - Present

10 months

Remote

– Built and optimised semantic search and embedding infrastructure at production scale using AWS Bedrock and pgvector. – Improved semantic search accuracy and relevance scores through optimised embedding pipelines and vector search systems. – Fine-tuned ML models using TensorFlow and TSRank for enhanced categorisation and ranking performance.

Part-Time Lecturer — Full Stack Web Development

University College Dublin

Jun 2024 - Present

2 years 5 months

Cambridge, UK

– Delivered industry-relevant courses in JavaScript, Python, Django, Bootstrap, and SQL to adult learners.

AI-Enhanced Full Stack Architect

2SD Technologies

Jun 2025 - Oct 2025

5 months

Remote

– Led platform redesign end-to-end — from intelligence gathering through to design, build, and deployment where no source code was available. – Engineered a web crawling and scraping layer to inform platform architecture from scratch. – Redesigned full platform in Figma with structured user flows and a reusable component library. – Built and deployed backend CMS with authentication, dynamic JSON integration, and CI/CD on Azure DevOps.

AI Engineer & Tech Consultant

Suddeco Construction

Apr 2025 - Jul 2025

4 months

Remote

– Designed and built AI-powered applications for the construction sector alongside full-stack consultancy and Agile PM support.

Software Engineer - Mobile App

Misi Fashion App

Apr 2025 - Jun 2025

3 months

Remote

– Delivered cross-platform React Native features with consistent UI/UX across iOS and Android. – Integrated Supabase for real-time backend: authentication, database, and secure API access. – Designed RESTful APIs for product listings, user profiles, and order management with RBAC.

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Phlare.org

Feb 2025 - Jun 2025

5 months

Remote

– Owned full technical strategy and architecture for a Coursera-style online learning platform from zero to delivery. – Defined technical roadmap, led full-stack engineering, managed infrastructure and team. – Delivered team training and drove Agile delivery of the entire product end-to-end.

AI Engineer - LLM & RAG Chatbot Development

1 Digit

Oct 2024 - Jun 2025

9 months

London, UK

– Built production RAG-based chatbots with LLM fine-tuning for domain-specific accuracy and reduced hallucination rates. – Integrated LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith, Pinecone/Chroma, and embedding pipelines for intelligent document retrieval. – Established testing frameworks and performance metrics for continuous chatbot improvement.

CTO & Full Stack Developer

Appearl Ltd

Jul 2024 - Oct 2024

4 months

Remote

– Led end-to-end feature development on the MerMapp web platform. – Integrated in-app chat and commenting systems; oversaw security, scalability, and CI/CD. – Set technical direction, mentored engineers, and collaborated cross-functionally.

Full Stack Engineer

Innex AI

Jan 2024 - Apr 2024

4 months

Cambridge, UK

– Led NHS application development — scalable APIs, optimised databases, and intelligent healthcare data interfaces. – Built Azure OpenAI + LangChain powered interfaces meeting strict NHS data governance and compliance requirements.

Senior Software Engineer

Wildfish Limited

Dec 2023 - Feb 2024

3 months

London, UK

– Delivered Python/Django backend applications with comprehensive Pytest coverage. – Contributed to open-source Django dashboard projects; deployed via CI/CD to cloud.

Lead Full Stack Python Developer

Quant Sports Trading Ltd.

Jun 2023 - Nov 2023

6 months

Cambridge, UK

– Architected a real-time ML-driven sports trading platform integrating Betfair Exchange API and algorithmic prediction models. – Engineered a robust order management system and implemented LLM-assisted trading strategies on AWS EC2.

Senior Application Developer

Be The Business

Feb 2023 - May 2023

4 months

London, UK

– Built leadership productivity and skills evaluation tools using ML, Django, React, and TensorFlow. – Delivered big data pipeline improvements via Dataiku and cloud infrastructure uplift on AWS.

Senior Backend Engineer

Emperia

Jun 2022 - Dec 2022

7 months

London, UK

– Delivered a 250% increase in online sales through VR e-commerce solutions for Dior and Lacoste, deployed across 40+ global instances. – Designed React frontend with 3D tech integrations; built Strapi CMS with Salesforce product imports. – Used FastAPI, Terraform IaC, and microservices architecture for robust scalable deployment.

Full Stack Engineer

Reveall

Feb 2022 - Jun 2022

5 months

Amsterdam, Netherlands

– Integrated responsive frontend with scalable Python/REST API backend in a SaaS application. – Implemented synchronous product discovery workflows using Django signals.

Senior Web Developer

Argontech

Mar 2020 - Sep 2020

7 months

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

– Led Django REST framework app development with AWS/GCP cloud services, OAuth/Auth0, and Stripe/PayPal integrations.

Python Developer

Education Speedy

Sep 2019 - Mar 2020

7 months

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

– Built Django/Flask e-learning platforms with PostgreSQL backends and AWS deployment.


Education

Anglia Ruskin University

MSc, Artificial Intelligence & Big Data

2021 - 2023

1 year 5 months

– Modules: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, NLP, Big Data Infrastructure (Hadoop, Spark, Kafka), and AI System Design.

University of the Punjab (PUCIT)

BSc, Software Engineering

2016 - 2020

4 years 1 month


Licenses & certifications

Python Algorithmic Thinking

Issued: Jan 2023

Certified by LinkedIn Learning

AWS Academy Graduate

Issued: Jan 2022

Certified by Machine Learning Foundations

Django 2.x Assessment

Issued: Jan 2021

Certified by Pentalog HR

IELTS English Proficiency

Issued: Jan 2020

Certified by Cambridge University Press

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