Faizan Shaikh | AI & Full-Stack Engineering Lead
💜 Senior Technical Lead | AI Engineering

Faizan Akhtar Shaikh

Building Enterprise AI Systems That Scale

14+ years architecting intelligent solutions with LLMs, RAG systems, and modern cloud platforms. I help enterprises transform operations through GenAI—from document intelligence to conversational agents.

What I Bring to Your Team

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GenAI & LLM Systems

RAG architectures, LangChain/LangGraph agents, vector search, and semantic intelligence using OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, and custom LLM pipelines.

AI-Assisted Engineering

Leveraging GitHub Copilot, Claude, and Cursor to accelerate development cycles, automate workflows, and transform software delivery.

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Cloud-Native Architecture

Microservices, event-driven systems, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and scalable API design for enterprise-grade applications.

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Full-Stack Development

.NET Core, Python, FastAPI, Angular, React, TypeScript—building end-to-end solutions from backend APIs to interactive UIs.

Professional Experience

Senior Technical Lead

Orion Innovation
Oct 2021 - Present

Leading AI-first application development using OpenAI GPT-4o, Azure AI, LangChain/LangGraph, and vector databases. Built RAG-based conversational systems, document intelligence pipelines, and domain-specific LLM agents. Mentoring teams across design, architecture, and deployment while establishing engineering best practices.

Python LangGraph OpenAI Azure AI FastAPI .NET Core Angular Vector DBs

Senior Software Developer

KROLL & SurePrep
2018 - 2021

Developed enterprise-grade applications for financial services and tax automation. Architected scalable solutions using .NET, SQL Server, and modern frontend frameworks.

Senior Project Executive

Fox Solutions
2015 - 2018

Led cross-functional teams in delivering complex software projects across healthcare and enterprise domains.

AI Solutions That Deliver Impact

Document Analyzer

KPMG

Built an AI-driven document analysis engine transforming financial documents (10-Ks, ledgers, statements) into interactive, insight-rich dashboards using Python, LangGraph, and OpenAI.

Python LangGraph OpenAI GPT-4o FastAPI Angular 16
Business Impact
40% reduction in manual review time + improved decision accuracy

Funding Request Copilot

American Airlines

Designed an intelligent Q&A-driven Copilot agent automating department-level funding requests with conversational flows and backend orchestration via Logic Apps.

Copilot Studio Azure Logic Apps Blob Storage Azure DevOps
Business Impact
Automated document creation, drastically reduced turnaround time

Software Asset Management Platform

Livingstone

Developed enterprise SaaS platform for contract intelligence with GPT-4o powered chatbot for semantic database queries and Azure Document Intelligence for translation.

Angular 14 Azure Functions GPT-4o Vector DB Azure AI
Business Impact
Enabled intelligent contract analysis + predictive analytics

ReALM - Regulatory Platform

Orion Innovation

Architected regulatory information management platform for pharmaceutical industry, streamlining compliance, submission planning, and global drug product tracking.

.NET Core Angular 12 SQL Server Azure DevOps Azure Cognitive
Business Impact
Improved compliance + accelerated document submission processes

Let's Build Something Amazing

Looking for an AI engineering leader to transform your enterprise systems? Let's discuss how GenAI can accelerate your business.