Senior AI/ML Engineer and Python expert with 10+ years of experience architecting production-grade Generative AI systems, scalable backend services, and cloud-native ML pipelines. Deep expertise in Python (FastAPI, Django, async I/O), Microsoft Azure (AKS, Azure OpenAI, ML Studio), RAG architectures, and MLOps automation. Proven ability to lead end-to-end AI lifecycles from LLM fine-tuning and prompt engineering to high-throughput API deployment, model monitoring, and enterprise-grade security. Adept at translating complex AI research into secure, observable, and cost-optimized solutions that drive measurable business outcomes