Tahir Askarli

AI Software Engineer
Baku, AZ.

About

AI Engineer with 4+ years of experience building and operating production-grade AI/ML systems, specializing in RL environments, LLM systems, and autonomous decision pipelines across aerospace, energy, and retail. Proven ability to design and deliver high-reliability MLE/SWE environments and diverse tasks in mission-critical, regulated domains, leveraging strong Python, Docker, and end-to-end engineering ownership to meet demanding throughput expectations.

Work

Baykar Technologies
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AI Software Engineer

Summary

Leads the development of production-grade RL environments and advanced perception systems for mission-critical UAV platforms, ensuring high reliability and compliance.

Highlights

Lead the development of sophisticated RL environments for UAV swarm coordination and autonomous decision-making, significantly enhancing operational capabilities for mission-critical systems.

Design and implement deep learning perception systems for advanced UAV platforms (TB2, TB3), optimizing real-time performance and reliability.

Optimize edge inference using TensorRT and ONNX for real-time deployment, boosting system efficiency and responsiveness.

Build mission-critical Computer Vision systems, including autonomous landing on naval platforms, achieving 99%+ reliability in high-stakes operational environments.

Ensure stringent compliance with production-grade system architecture and comprehensive documentation, maintaining high standards for reliability, scalability, and maintainability.

eiLink R&D; Center
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Data Scientist - AI/ML Research

Summary

Developed specialized AI systems for oil & gas signal processing and collaborated with BP to deliver critical engineering tools.

Highlights

Developed advanced AI systems for oil & gas signal processing in the ACG field, optimizing data analysis and contributing to operational efficiency.

Built and deployed anomaly detection models for real-time sand event detection, significantly reducing false positives and preventing critical system failures.

Delivered a Python-based visualization tool in collaboration with BP engineers for pressure transient analysis, providing critical insights and supporting decision-making.

Aimerch
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AI Engineer - Multimodal & LLM Systems

Remote, US

Summary

Developed and deployed advanced multimodal and LLM systems for retail AI, establishing robust evaluation and risk assessment frameworks.

Highlights

Built and deployed production-grade LLM, RAG, and Vision-Language systems, enhancing retail AI capabilities and driving improved data processing efficiency.

Designed and implemented complex multimodal pipelines, effectively combining vision, language, and structured data to deliver comprehensive AI solutions.

Developed and operationalized robust evaluation and risk assessment frameworks for production AI, ensuring system reliability and ethical deployment in high-stakes contexts.

Education

Educational Inof Azerbaijan

Data Science

Baku Higher Oil School

BSc

Engineering

Grade: 90/100

Istanbul Technical University

Exchange Program

Erasmus Exchange

DeepLearning.AI

Coursera

RL , Vision, LLM, NLP, ML, DL Specializations

Languages

English
Azerbaijani (Native)

Skills

RL & AI

PPO, Q-Learning, LLMs, RAG, Agent Systems, Computer Vision, Reinforcement Learning, Generative AI, Multimodal AI, Autonomous Decision Pipelines, Machine Learning Engineering.

Programming

Python (advanced), C++, SQL, MATLAB.

DevOps & Systems

Docker, CI/CD, FastAPI, TensorRT, ONNX, AWS, Azure, Production Mindset, Debugging, Reliability, Iteration Speed, MLOps, Scalable Pipelines, Performance Optimization, Distributed Systems.

Frameworks

PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit-learn, HuggingFace, LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen.

Other Skills

Product Ownership, Engineering Ownership, System Architecture, Documentation, Risk Assessment, Evaluation Frameworks, Data Processing, Anomaly Detection.

Projects

Agentic Workflows

Summary

Developed multi-step reasoning systems using CrewAI & AutoGen.

Cognitive-Emotional Modeling

Summary

Research on EEG-based multimodal emotional representations.

AI HR Avatar System

Summary

Real-time AI interviewer with speech, vision tracking, and behavioral analytics.

RL Environment Design

Summary

Built Simulation Environments for training Autonomous UAVS for dog fighting scenarios.