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Nadeem Akhtar

Freelance

LLM engineer for production AI: document automation, data assistants, fine-tuning, and evaluation.

I build AI systems that run in production, and I measure whether they work.

Currently contracting with Synaptics on enterprise AI automation.

Location
Remote · Bengaluru, India
Hours
4 pm – 1 am IST
US time
6:30 am – 3:30 pm ET · 3:30 am – 12:30 pm PT
Availability
20–25 hrs/week

US times move one hour earlier from November to mid-March. About 6 hours of overlap with US Eastern business hours.

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Track record

Services

Stack

Models
PyTorch, Hugging Face (Transformers, PEFT), LoRA, QLoRA, NF4 / AWQ / GPTQ quantization
LLM apps
NL→SQL agents, multi-agent systems (Autogen)
Document AI
Azure Document Intelligence, Azure Content Understanding
Backend
Python, FastAPI, Redis, Docker, Next.js / React, Oracle SQL
Cloud & enterprise
Azure, OCI Functions, Oracle Integration Cloud, Oracle EBS, Alteryx Server
Evaluation
Human annotation, LLM-as-judge, McNemar, Wilcoxon, Cohen's d

What you get

  • Working code in your repository
  • Setup and handover documentation
  • A walkthrough call for your team
  • Your data stays in your own cloud accounts

Ways to work together

  • Part-time contract

    Ongoing work at 20–25 hours a week, inside your team's tools and rhythm.

  • Fixed-scope build

    One system with an agreed scope, milestones, and delivery date.

  • Evaluation sprint

    Test a model or LLM app, then a report with numbers and concrete fixes.

How I work

  1. We talk about the problem

    A short call or email about what you want to change and what data you have.

  2. I write down the scope

    What I will build, what I need from you, and how we will know it works.

  3. I build in small steps

    You see working results early and can change direction before much time is spent.

  4. You get a clean handover

    Code, setup notes, and a walkthrough, so your team can run it without me.

Questions

Which time zone do you work in?
India (IST), 4 pm to 1 am. That covers US Eastern mornings and early afternoons.
Will you sign an NDA? What happens to our data?
Yes. I work inside your accounts and keep no copies of your data.
Who owns the code?
You do, from the first commit.

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