Saad Aziz | Professional Website

About Me

AI Engineer • Technical & Product Leader

I’m an engineer with 15+ years of experience building and scaling products, bridging the gap between software development, product strategy, and team leadership. Passionate about CI/CD, DevOps practices, and Observability, I focus on creating systems that empower teams to ship faster and with confidence.

Recently, I’ve expanded into AI and LLM engineering — building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, fine-tuning models, and integrating generative AI into business workflows to minimize adoption friction and deliver measurable operational impact.

When I’m not at work, I’m exploring the Pacific Northwest trails and coastlines with my dogs — finding inspiration for the next challenge, both in tech and in life.

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My Qualifications

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science • 2007

Portland State University – Portland, OR

Specialized in software engineering, algorithms, and systems programming. Senior capstone included developing a dynamic screen reader and accessibility toolkit for visually impaired users, integrating real‑time UI parsing, adaptive text‑to‑speech, and a distributed REST API for cross‑platform accessibility support.

Experience Highlights

Engineering Leader / Principal Engineer

15+ years building scalable SaaS platforms, mentoring teams, and driving cloud migrations

Full-Stack Developer

Expert in modern frameworks; Quick learner; delivered high-impact enterprise apps

Skills

C# / .NET (ASP.NET, WPF) Java (Spring Boot) Python / Node.js / TypeScript Ember.js / Angular MS SQL Server / MySQL / DynamoDB / MongoDB Microservices / REST APIs AWS / Azure Cloud CI/CD (TeamCity, Jenkins, GitHub Actions) IAM / OAuth 2.0 / JWT RSA Cryptography / mTLS / OpenSSL AI/ML (TensorFlow, NLP, Prompt Engineering, API Integration)

Soft & Transferable Skills

Cross-Functional Leadership Strategic Planning Stakeholder Communication Agile Project Management Product Roadmapping Risk Mitigation & Issue Resolution Mentorship & Team Development Process Optimization Customer-Centric Mindset Data-Driven Decision Making Change Management Conflict Resolution

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Introducing CareerGPT

AI-Powered Career Insights for Developers & Tech Professionals

CareerGPT helps you analyze your current role, skills, and market trends using AI/ML (NLP + prompt engineering) to provide clear recommendations on growth paths, salary trends, and emerging opportunities.

Personalized AI Analysis

Enter your role to see how AI predicts risk, opportunities, and skill gaps in your field.

Market & Salary Forecasts

Leverage real-time labor trends to see where your role is headed and what skills pay most.

Actionable Growth Paths

Get curated recommendations — certifications, tech stacks, and roles to future‑proof your career.

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My Projects

CareerGPT Backend

Python, FastAPI-powered backend hosted on Linux, bridging AI-driven career insights with secure, modular architecture and real-time monitoring and observability.

FastAPI OpenAI API DomainRacer

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⛱️Developer Sandbox (dev.saadaziz.com)

Experimental portfolio and UI playground for testing future site enhancements.

CI/CD DevOps

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Gas Station Valuation & Acquisition Engine

Proprietary, production-grade system for automated deal sourcing, data extraction, and LLM-driven valuation of gas stations and c-stores.

Python Data Engineering Web Scraping OpenAI API

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Get In Touch

Contact Information

hire@saadaziz.com

+1 (503) 704-1506

Portland, Oregon, USA

Engineer • Team builder