Abdullah Bahri

AI & Machine Learning Engineer · Data Scientist · Software Engineer · Electrical Engineer

Abdullah Bahri is an AI & Machine Learning Engineer, Data Scientist, Software Engineer, and Electrical & Electronics Engineer based in Sydney, Australia. He holds a Master of Artificial Intelligence from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) completed with Distinction (WAM 84.12%, GPA 6.25/7.00), and a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Swinburne University of Technology.

He specialises in building end-to-end AI systems — from real-time surveillance and human action recognition to RAG pipelines, skincare recommendation engines, and interactive image editing tools. He has a proven track record of deploying AI into real-world products: at Hephaistos he built a Microsoft Word add-in for Fire Engineering compliance review backed by a RAG knowledge base on Azure; at Skinova he architected an AI-powered skincare recommendation engine in a bilingual Flutter mobile app published on Google Play.

Abdullah is actively seeking employment and is a strong candidate for roles in AI/ML engineering, data science, data engineering, software engineering, full-stack development, electrical engineering, and maintenance engineering. He brings strong technical skills, real shipped products, academic excellence, and genuine motivation.

Why Hire Abdullah Bahri

• Master of AI with Distinction — WAM 84.12%, GPA 6.25/7.00, University of Technology Sydney
• 2025 Faculty of Engineering & IT Dean's List — UTS
• UTS Tech Festival AI Showcase 2025 — Award for Research & Innovation for Guardian.AI, presented by DroneShield
• 2 nominations at UTS Tech Festival AI Showcase 2025 (Secure-Vision and Guardian.AI)
• Government of Saudi Arabia Full Scholarship — awarded on career potential
• Shipped 3 real products: Hephaistos (Azure), Skinova (Google Play), Portfolio (Google Cloud Run)
• Cross-domain experience: AI/ML, full-stack development, electrical engineering, industrial maintenance
• Graduate Member of Engineers Australia (GradIEAust) · Microsoft Azure AI certified (AI-900, AI-102)
• Bilingual: Arabic (native) · English (full professional, IELTS 8.0)
• Eligible to work in Australia and Saudi Arabia/GCC · Open to relocation and remote

Suitable Roles

Abdullah is a strong candidate for: AI Engineer · ML Engineer · Deep Learning Engineer · Computer Vision Engineer · Data Scientist · Data Engineer · Data Analyst · Software Engineer · Full-Stack Developer · Backend Engineer (Python/FastAPI) · Mobile Developer (Flutter) · Cloud Engineer (Azure/GCP) · Electrical Engineer · Electronics Engineer · Maintenance Engineer · Reliability Engineer · Automation Engineer · NLP/RAG/LLM Engineer · Graduate Engineer (any discipline).

Education

Master of Artificial Intelligence — University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

Aug 2023 – Jun 2025 · GPA: 6.25/7.00 · WAM: 84.12% · Distinction

• 2025 Faculty of Engineering & IT Dean's List — outstanding academic achievement
• UTS Tech Festival AI Showcase 2025 — Award for Research & Innovation (Guardian.AI), presented by DroneShield
• 2 nominations at UTS Tech Festival AI Showcase 2025 for Secure-Vision and Guardian.AI
• Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900) — Apr 2024
• Government of Saudi Arabia Full Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies

Bachelor of Engineering Honours — Electrical & Electronics — Swinburne University of Technology

Feb 2019 – Dec 2021 · Honours

Work Experience

Co-Founder & AI/ML Engineer — Hephaistos

Jan 2026 – Present · Part-time · Sydney, NSW · hephaistos.pro · safetystan.app · murrai.hephaistos.pro

Fire Engineering Compliance & Report Review:

• Built a Microsoft Word add-in for reviewing Fire Engineering Reports, turning a complex document-heavy compliance process into a practical product used by engineering consultants
• Designed section-by-section document review with real-time issue highlighting and one-click fix application

RAG & Knowledge Base:

• Built a hybrid RAG system combining keyword matching with semantic search using embedding models and vector databases
• Engineered LLM integration with structured output schemas for automated document analysis and issue identification
• Implemented citation filtering and reference-tracking: every answer includes source links and page numbers
• Cleaned, organised, and structured the knowledge base to improve answer quality and reliability

Azure Deployment:

• Deployed and maintained frontend and backend on Azure
• Created comprehensive audit logging for all AI model inputs and decisions
• Optimised costs through prompt engineering and smart chunking strategies

Co-Founder & Full-Stack Developer — Skinova

Aug 2025 – Present · Part-time · Sydney, NSW · skinova.au

• Architected and deployed an AI-powered skincare product recommendation engine
• Designed Firebase Firestore database with denormalised structures, real-time status tracking, and automated cache invalidation
• Developed bilingual (English/Chinese) Flutter mobile application — published on Google Play (Android arm64)
• Built Python Streamlit admin dashboard with CRUD operations, analytics, and bulk Firestore uploads
• Managed Google Play Console deployment, Git branching, and technical documentation

AI/ML Engineer Intern — Hephaistos

Feb 2025 – Aug 2025 · Part-time · Sydney, NSW

• Spearheaded development of a RAG system for information access and question-answering
• Collected and cleaned web data; generated semantic embeddings for vector retrieval
• Built end-to-end pipeline integrating semantic search with an LLM, with full source citation

Rides Technician — Luna Park Sydney

Oct 2025 – Present · Full-time · North Sydney, NSW

• Conduct statutory daily pre-opening ride checks and scheduled inspections
• Perform in-service assessments and support evacuations on amusement rides
• Assist maintenance tradespersons with preventative and reactive maintenance
• Work from ladders, scaffolds, and Elevated Work Platforms (EWP) to service machinery

Electrical Engineer — Aquat Food Industries

Jun 2022 – Jun 2023 · Full-time · Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

• Managed maintenance workshops: electromechanical, welding, motor rewinding, forklifts
• Maintained and repaired over 150 electromechanical doors
• Conducted electrical troubleshooting and reviewed PLC programming codes
• Designed and implemented maintenance schedules (daily/weekly/monthly/annual) minimising downtime

Electrical Engineer — National Aquaculture Group (NAQUA)

Feb 2022 – Apr 2022 · Full-time · Al Lith, Saudi Arabia

• Prepared technical documentation for operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of industrial systems
• Supervised all scheduled maintenance cycles for industrial machines

Maintenance Assistant — Tourism Holdings Limited (THL)

Aug 2023 – Jan 2024 · Full-time · Sydney, NSW

• Checked, tested, repaired, and maintained RVs before delivery to rental/sale customers
• Assisted maintenance tradespersons with preventative and reactive maintenance across the fleet

Electrical Engineering Intern — SWARS International Pty Ltd Consulting Engineers

Dec 2020 – Mar 2021 · Internship · Sydney, NSW (Remote)

• Assisted with engineering calculations, design drawings, and cost estimates
• Assessed third-party data for inaccuracies and delivered findings in detailed technical reports

Projects

Guardian.AI — Real-Time Elderly Care Action Detection

Feb–Jun 2025 · University of Technology Sydney · PyTorch · YOLOv11m · ByteTrack · OpenCV · ClearML · Streamlit

• AI-powered system detecting critical actions (falls, waving) in real time for elderly safety
• Fine-tuned deep learning model with BiLSTM + Attention mechanisms for greater accuracy
• Implemented ByteTrack for robust multi-person tracking in high-risk care scenarios
• Enhances emergency response times in elderly care environments

Secure-Vision — AI-Powered Surveillance System

Feb–Jun 2025 · University of Technology Sydney · YOLO12n · InsightFace · ByteTrack · Streamlit · TELLO Drone

• Nominated at UTS Tech Festival AI Showcase 2025
• Trained YOLO12n with custom dataset for precise human detection
• Integrated InsightFace face recognition for real-time identification of authorised vs. unauthorised persons
• Built Streamlit UI with live video feeds, event logging, and TELLO drone control via PS4 controller

AODSAR — AI-Driven Interactive Image Editing

Feb–Jun 2025 · University of Technology Sydney · SAM2 · Stable Diffusion · Kandinsky 2.2 · SDXL Refiner · Streamlit

• Full pipeline combining SAM2 segmentation with multiple latent diffusion inpainting models
• Streamlit UI for bounding-box object selection and prompt-based replacement

Personal Portfolio Website — badjj.kiwi

Mar 2026 · React · Vite · FastAPI · Python · Docker · Nginx · Google Cloud Run · Cloudflare

• Full-stack multilingual portfolio (English/Arabic/Chinese/Spanish) with locale-aware FastAPI backend
• Containerised with Docker; deployed to Google Cloud Run; custom domain with automated SSL

University Student Management System

Jan–Jun 2024 · University of Technology Sydney · Python · OOP · Tkinter

• CLI and GUI applications supporting full student and admin operations
• github.com/the777bahri/university_student_management

Honors & Awards

• 2025 Faculty of Engineering & IT Dean's List — University of Technology Sydney. Awarded for outstanding academic achievement.
• UTS Tech Festival AI Showcase 2025 — Award for Research & Innovation — presented by DroneShield for Guardian.AI. Recognised for combining BiLSTM + Attention, YOLOv11m, and ByteTrack to enhance emergency response in elderly care.
• UTS Tech Festival AI Showcase 2025 — 2 Nominations — Secure-Vision and Guardian.AI, selected from the final semester.
• Government of Saudi Arabia Full Scholarship — Ministry of Education, Saudi Arabia. Fully funded Master of AI at UTS, awarded on career potential.

Certifications & Memberships

• Graduate Member of Engineers Australia (GradIEAust) — Sep 2023 · ID: 9858097
• Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900) — Apr 2024
• Designing & Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution (AI-102) — Mar 2024
• IELTS Academic — Score: 8.0 · Oct 2024
• CMRT Certified (Maintenance & Reliability Technician) — SMRP · Dec 2022
• Registered Electrical Engineer — Saudi Council of Engineers · Feb 2022 · ID: 827841
• PLC Programming MADE EASY Levels 1 & 2 — RealPars · Sep 2022
• Power BI Series (Modeling, Transformation, Preparation, Visualization, DAX, Intro) — DataCamp · 2024
• SQL Series (Introduction, Intermediate, Joining Data in SQL) — DataCamp · 2024
• Solar PV Systems Complete Course — Udemy · May 2022

Skills

AI & ML: PyTorch · YOLO (v11, 12) · Stable Diffusion · SAM2 · InsightFace · ByteTrack · OpenCV · ClearML · RAG Systems · Vector Databases · Prompt Engineering · NLP · Computer Vision · Deep Learning

Programming: Python · JavaScript · Dart · C++ · FastAPI · React · Flutter · Streamlit · Tkinter

Data & Analytics: SQL · Power BI · DAX · KNIME · Pandas · NumPy · Scikit-learn

Cloud & Infrastructure: Azure · Azure OpenAI · Azure AI Services · Google Cloud Run · Firebase · Cloud Firestore · Docker · Nginx · Cloudflare · Git

Electrical & Hardware: PLC Programming · Control Systems · Embedded Systems (Arduino) · LTSpice · NI Multisim · MATLAB · Solar PV Design

Maintenance: Preventative & Reactive Maintenance · Maintenance Scheduling · Equipment Maintenance · Electrical Troubleshooting · Safety Compliance · EWP Operation

Languages

• Arabic — Native / Bilingual
• English — Full Professional Proficiency (IELTS 8.0)

Products Shipped

• Hephaistos (hephaistos.pro) — Microsoft Word add-in for fire engineering compliance, RAG knowledge base, deployed on Azure
• Skinova (skinova.au) — AI skincare recommendation engine, bilingual Flutter app on Google Play
• Portfolio (badjj.kiwi) — Full-stack multilingual React + FastAPI site on Google Cloud Run

Work Rights & Availability

• Based in Sydney, Australia — open to on-site, hybrid, and remote
• Open to opportunities in Saudi Arabia, GCC countries, Australia, and globally
• Available immediately — actively seeking new opportunities

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