Available for new work — Q4 2026
Shipping Intelligent Systems for an AI-native world.
I'm Khalil Ahmad. I design and build the machinery underneath AI products — retrieval, orchestration, evaluation, and the platforms that keep them honest in production.
6+Countries worked in
18Systems shipped
10+Products live in production
20+Events spoken at
The people who shipped alongside me.
Engineering leads and directors I've worked with directly, in their own words.
“Khalil played a key role in building our Game Studio's complete website. Strong problem-solving, real attention to detail, and full ownership from development to implementation.”
Taiyaba SanaullahTeam Lead, UET Game Studio“Dependable, proactive, and able to take ownership of his responsibilities. Khalil is a motivated engineer with great potential. I'd gladly recommend him for software engineering roles.”
Shahbaz RafiqueCEO, TIERS Limited“A strong developer with sharp fundamentals. A great problem solver who approaches challenges logically and consistently finds effective solutions.”
Saif AmjadAssociate Software EngineerWhere the systems were built.
Each role lists the projects it produced — open one to jump straight to it.
SnapDev AI
Support Engineer
Provided hands-on technical support to 50+ business owners and founders, helping them scope, build, and troubleshoot the software behind their businesses. Translated non-technical requirements into working solutions and kept client-facing systems running smoothly.
Associate Software Engineer
Developed end-to-end AI SaaS products and MVPs across client industries. Owned full project lifecycle from architecture through deployment on client-facing engagements.
Projects, in detail.
Five of twenty-three. Timeline, my role, and what the system actually does.
2025 — 2026
Medical Lead-Gen Platform
Full Stack EngineerTIERS LimitedLead-generation and chatbot-driven qualification platform for a medical service provider, built end-to-end from architecture to deployment.
ReactNode.jsOpenAI APIPostgreSQL
$10K/month generated
2025 — Present
Recruitment Platform
Full Stack EngineerTIERS LimitedEnd-to-end recruitment and hiring platform covering the full lifecycle from job application through onboarding, with multi-role access (Applicant, Trainer, HR, Finance, Admin, Marketing), an integrated payment gateway, real-time messaging, and a Meta Ads attribution pipeline.
Next.jsReactNode.jsExpressMongoDBSocket.ioRedis
Full hiring lifecycle automated across 6 user roles
2024 — 2026
Pet Sitting Marketplace
Associate Software EngineerTIERS LimitedBuilt the backend for a two-sided pet care marketplace connecting pet owners with verified sitters. Engineered booking flows, escrow-based payments via Stripe and PayPal, real-time messaging, and a full admin moderation layer.
Node.jsExpressPostgreSQLStripeSocket.io
1,400 users onboarded in first month
On stage, in the room.
Talks and workshops on building AI systems that survive production.
Jul 2025
Full Stack Power with Next.js — From Basics to API
TalkMentor Tech HubRemote · 2 hr
40+ attendees
Mar 2025
Web Scraping & Automation
TalkYouth EmpowermentRemote · 1 hr
50+ attendees
Dec 2024
Full Stack Web Development (3 Days)
WorkshopYouth EmpowermentInnovation Hub, Islamabad · 3 days
80+ attendees
Jul 2024
Machine Learning Basic to Advanced (3 Days)
WorkshopMLSA UET LahoreRemote · 3 days
65+ attendees
Jun 2024
Elevating Web Expertise: ASP .NET Core with DB
TalkMLSA UET LahoreRemote · 1 hr
40+ attendees
How I work.
Three layers I keep in mind on every system — the model, the product around it, and the platform that keeps both alive.
Applied AI
Retrieval, agent orchestration, and evaluation harnesses that hold up under real traffic.
Product systems
TypeScript, Python and Go — from the first interface sketch to the deploy that carries it.
Platform
Observability, cost control, and CI that makes shipping ordinary instead of an event.
Why me, in one role.
Three disciplines most teams hire separately. I'm built at the overlap.
Why me, in one role.
Three disciplines most teams hire separately. I'm built at the overlap.
Most teams building AI-native products end up hiring three different people — someone to write the code, someone to design the system around it, and someone to sit with the client and translate what they actually need. Every handoff between them is a place the original idea gets diluted.
A Forward Deployed Engineer is one person doing all three, embedded with the team building the solution — owning the outcome from the first conversation through what's actually running in production.
- One point of contact, not three handoffs
- Faster from idea to something live
- Nothing lost in translation along the way
Forward Deployed Engineer
One person across the whole loop: problem → design → code → deploy → feedback.
Have something that needs to actually run?
Open to senior and staff-level systems work on AI-native products. Fastest reply is email.