Hi, I'm Saim Ahmad
Software Engineer — Full Stack & AI
I don't just write code — I build things that work end to end, from the first line of frontend to the last deployment pipeline. Three years in, I have shipped products across every layer of the stack and I am comfortable owning all of it. Where I spend most of my thinking: AI. Generative AI, Agentic AI, large language models in production — this is the space I am genuinely obsessed with and where I believe the most interesting engineering problems live right now.
" The developers who will shape the next decade are not the ones who fear AI — they are the ones who learn to think alongside it.
01 — About
Building things that scale
I'm a full stack software engineer and AI engineer with 3 years of hands-on experience crafting production-grade web applications. From clinical research portals to real-time chat systems, I love solving complex problems with clean, maintainable code. I use AI to build smarter — turning Generative AI and Agentic AI into real, production-ready systems that solve problems people actually have.
Currently based in Munich, Germany, I'm pursuing my Master's in Computer Science at Universität Paderborn alongside freelance and open-source work.
Outside of code I enjoy exploring new tech stacks, contributing to open source, and sharing what I learn through writing.
Years Experience
Projects Shipped
Companies Worked With
CS @ Uni Paderborn
02 — Skills
Tech Stack
Languages
Frameworks
Databases
DevOps & Cloud
Frontend
Automation & Testing
AI & ML
Libraries
Project Management
03 — Projects
What I've Built
StudyScavenger
Secure clinical research portal enabling researchers to manage studies and patients to enroll in trials. Built with Django REST + React, deployed on AWS ECS with Docker.
LawAI
Legal-tech platform with automation scripts ingesting hearings, judgments, and statutes from external legal sites. Features lawyer booking and secure token-based auth.
NearYou
Real time chat & dating web app connecting users with service-provider "buddies" by proximity and interests. Uses WebSockets, Redis Channels, and PostgreSQL.
Meeting & Chat App
Location-aware communication platform with live geofenced markers via MapMyIndia & Google Maps. JWT auth, real-time messaging, and one-on-one / group conversations.
DogWalker
Staff scheduling app that ingests appointment CSVs, applies a 3-pass algorithm for assignments, then optimises routes via Google Maps. Custom admin for one-click CSV export.
E-Commerce Store
Full-stack containerised e-commerce platform with token-based auth, product catalogue, cart, checkout and payments. PostgreSQL + Docker for consistent CI/CD.
04 — Experience
Work History
Engineered full-stack Django/React applications with Docker containerisation and AWS ECS deployments for high-availability production environments.
Built real-time communication features with WebSocket/Redis architecture and integrated location-tracking APIs for a location-aware meeting platform.
Developed multi-tenant marketplace and donation web apps; integrated Python threading for parallelising I/O-bound operations significantly improving throughput.
Built web scraping pipelines with BeautifulSoup and a form-driven PDF CV generator using PDFKit and Pillow.
05 — Education
Academic Background
BSc Computer Science
Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Graduated June 2023 · GPA 3.55 (1.68 in German grading system)
↗ iub.edu.pk06 — Blog
Latest Posts
Building a RAG Pipeline from Scratch: What I Learned Shipping It to Production
RAG sounds simple in tutorials — chunk your documents, embed them, retrieve and generate. Production is a different story. Here's what actually broke and how I fixed it.
ChatGPT, Claude & Grok — The AI Tools Every Developer Should Be Using in 2025
I use ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok daily as a backend developer. Here's an honest breakdown of what each does best, where they fall short, and how I combine them in a real Django workflow.
07 — Contact
Let's Talk
Open to opportunities
Whether you have a project in mind, a job opportunity, or just want to say hi — my inbox is always open. Based in Munich, Germany (CET/CEST).
