# Faizan Arif

> AI Engineer specializing in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, NLP, and Generative AI. Builds production-ready AI systems and is available for freelance and full-time opportunities.

Faizan Arif is an AI Engineer who designs and deploys end-to-end AI systems. His work includes LangChain-based SQL agents that translate natural language into optimized queries across 200+ database tables, YOLOv8-seg computer vision models achieving 99.5% MRZ segmentation accuracy across 20+ countries' documents, and RAG pipelines. He is skilled in Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, and AWS.

## Pages

- [Portfolio Home](https://faizanarif.me/): Introduction, hero bio, and links to all sections
- [Projects](https://faizanarif.me/projects): Detailed descriptions of AI and software engineering projects
- [Blog](https://faizanarif.me/blog): Technical articles on AI engineering, MLOps, system design, and deployment
- [Certificates](https://faizanarif.me/certificates): Professional certifications from DeepLearning.AI, KodeKloud, Cisco, and TryHackMe
- [Contact](https://faizanarif.me/contact): Email, LinkedIn, GitHub, and Upwork profile links

## Projects

- [GenAI SQL Agent](https://faizanarif.me/projects): LangChain-based natural language to SQL system over 200+ database tables; Redis caching, PostgreSQL persistence, structured logging with Loguru, FastAPI backend
- [MRZ Segmentation for Documents](https://faizanarif.me/projects): Fine-tuned YOLOv8-seg model; dataset expanded from 2.5k to 10k+ samples via annotation and augmentation; 99.5% segmentation accuracy across 20+ countries
- [Virtual Try-On System](https://github.com/FaizanArif15/virtual-try-on-using-VITON-HD): VITON-HD deep learning pipeline for realistic clothing transfer using human parsing, warping, and garment synthesis
- [Web Scraper Bot](https://faizanarif.me/projects): Scrapy/BeautifulSoup bot; extracts data from user-specified URLs and exports to CSV, JSON, and Excel
- [Snake Game](https://github.com/FaizanArif15/Snake_Game): GUI-based Snake Game with multiple levels using Python and Pygame
- [Tic Tac Toe](https://github.com/FaizanArif15/Tic-Tac-Toe): GUI Tic-Tac-Toe with alpha-beta pruning AI opponent

## Blog Posts

- [Building a Production-Ready AI SQL Agent](https://faizanarif.me/blog/SQL-Agent): Architecture, LangChain workflow, DeepAgents integration, and lessons from building a production SQL agent (2026-02-10)
- [Designing Advanced Logging Strategies for AI Systems with Loguru](https://faizanarif.me/blog/Logging-Strategies): Logging levels, Loguru configuration, and structured logging patterns for production AI systems (2026-01-20)
- [Database Connectivity for AI Agents: SQL Server, Redis, and PostgreSQL](https://faizanarif.me/blog/Database-Connectivity): Connecting and using SQL Server, Redis, and PostgreSQL within AI agent workflows (2026-01-22)
- [Building a CI/CD Pipeline with Bitbucket Pipelines and AWS EC2](https://faizanarif.me/blog/CICD-Pipeline-with-Bitbucket-Pipelines-and-AWS-EC2): SSH-based auto-deployment pipeline from Bitbucket to EC2 (2026-01-27)
- [Deploying Python Applications with Nginx and systemd](https://faizanarif.me/blog/Deployment-with-Nginx-and-systemd): Production-ready Python app deployment with Nginx reverse proxy and systemd service management (2026-01-27)

## Skills

Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, Generative AI, LangChain, AI Agents, RAG Pipelines, Prompt Engineering, FastAPI, Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, YOLOv8, OpenCV, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, AWS EC2, Nginx, systemd, Scrapy, Loguru

## Contact

- Email: hello@faizanarif.me
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/faizan-arif-032954251
- GitHub: https://github.com/FaizanArif15
- Medium: https://medium.com/@FaizanArif15
- Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~0143033d558c0d3902