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Matt P.

Richmond, Virginia

$100/hr
4.8
72 jobs

If you shoot me an invitation or message I'll do a complete AUDIT on how we can implement best practices to make things Perfect !! Being top 1% Freelancer, If you trust me to built something, I'll build it so it works for you 24/7. That's my promise. - Former ๐— ๐—Ÿ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ at ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ | Agentic AI Lead | LLM Architectures | LangGraph | Claude - Top Rated Plus | 300k earning with 100% JSS. - Clear scope, honest expectations, and reliable delivery from start to finish. - Built ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ+ agentic systems in 2025 & helped founders turn ideas into VC-funded startups. ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ: I have ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ+ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ of experience designing, building, and delivering software solutions across automation, AI-powered workflows, agent-based systems, intelligent search, and business process optimization, using tools and platforms such as Claude, GPT-5, OpenAI APIs, n8n, LangChain, LlamaIndex, vector databases, cloud platforms, APIs, data pipelines, Voice AI Agents and machine learning-driven applications. I have worked with companies such as ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ-๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ, ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ, ๐——๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ, ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ, ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ, and more, helping teams build Production-Grade LLM Systems, scalable AI automation tools, workflow automations, RAG/search systems, integrations, and agentic solutions that streamline operations, improve decision-making agents, reduce manual effort, and deliver measurable business value. ๐Ÿ“Œ I help organizations automate processes and rapidly build Agents & MVPs to scale. My primary focus is companies that are either really large or really small (pre series A startups, sub 30 employee service companies). โœ… Proven track record of delivering ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ+ AI, automation, and software projects for businesses โœ… 10+ years of experience building AI-powered workflows, agentic AI, Voice Agents Automations. โœ… Built 40+ agentic systems in 2025, helping clients automate workflows and scale operations โœ… Skilled in Python, C++, n8n, Claude, GPT/OpenAI, RAG, Search, APIs, and data pipelines โœ… Strong YouTube presence through โ€œ๐—ฅ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป & ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ,โ€ with ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฏ๐—ž+ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. โœ… View Case Studies of real AI automation, Agents and LLM's projects on my website, ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜๐—ต.๐—ฎ๐—ถ. โœ… Scalable AI automation that reduces manual work, improves efficiency, and drives ROI. If you are looking for a ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ-๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น, who is in the list of ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ 1% of Upwork profiles and fast and efficient delivery, then I'm your man. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: n8n | Python | C++ | Replit | Claude | GPT-5 | OpenAI API | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | LangChain | LlamaIndex | MCP | RAG | AI Agents | Agentic Workflows | Workflow Automation | Business Process Automation | Voice Agents | Intelligent Search | Vector Databases | APIs | Data Pipelines | Streamlit | Azure AI Document Intelligence | Machine Learning | NLP | Computer Vision | Prompt Engineering | ReAct | AI Evaluation | Cloud Platforms | Dashboards | MVP Development | AI MVP | SaaS MVP | Startup MVP | Rapid Prototyping | Idea to MVP | Product Development | MVP Launch | Founder Support | VC-Ready MVP | Product Data Enrichment | SKU Onboarding | Catalog Optimization | LLM Orchestration | Multi-Tenant Systems ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—ณ: ๐Ÿ† 2 startups in the medical record processing space have taken my document processing work and raised ๐Ÿณ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€. ๐Ÿ†Completed a complex langgraph implementation for a ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† where the work is used by massive brands like ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐˜‚๐—ฒ and ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€. It focused on building a system that can optimize product data pages on Amazon based on data around competitors, Production-Grade LLM Systems, historical page data, ranking data, automated seo research, and image optimization algorithms. I focused on 14 react nodes in the structure: generate, LLM as a judge validation, deterministic validation loop for different parts of the workflow. ๐Ÿ“ŒVery focused on document processing systems and building custom SOTA architectures. Let's connect and take your ideas to next level. Matt

  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Neural Network
  • Deep Learning
  • Machine Learning Model
  • Model Optimization
  • Neural Network
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Vision
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Data Science Consultation
  • Recommendation System
  • TensorFlow
  • Natural Language Generation
  • n8n
  • Automation
  • AI Agent Development
  • Large Language Model
  • Chatbot Development
  • Claude
Abdul A.

Woodbridge, Virginia

$80/hr
4.9
108 jobs

๐Ÿ† ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ-๐•๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ - ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿญ% ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ โœ… ๐Ÿ•+ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž โฐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ + ๐”๐ฉ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ | ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ+ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ โญ๏ธ $๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ค+ ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐”๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ค Iโ€™m Abdul, an Upwork Certified AI/LLM engineer with 7+ years of experience helping startups and growing teams build smart AI solutions. From autonomous agents, MVPs, AI-native products to intelligent analytics and cloud-ready deployments, I will help scale your operations, workflows, and revenue. โ€”------------------------------------------------------------------- โญ๏ธ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌโญ๏ธ โ€œAbdul helped us rethink our lead gen with AI-powered decision-making. His work with LLMs and pipelines was key.โ€ โ€” HS, Director of Data & ML, EZ Pack โ€œGame-changer. Abdul brought serious AI expertise that moved the needle fast.โ€ โ€” Thomas E., CEO, Mission BI โ€”------------------------------------------------------------------- ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž โžก๏ธ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ˆ & ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ Autonomous LLM agents, domain-tuned business assistants, task automation, human-like conversational interfaces (OpenAI, Claude, open-source models) โžก๏ธ ๐‘๐€๐† (๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ-๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง) Hybrid semantic search + generation, document & knowledge-base Q&A, contextual accuracy tuning, vector-store architecture โžก๏ธ ๐‹๐‹๐Œ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ž-๐“๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  & ๐„๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง Domain-specific fine-tuning (QLoRA), benchmark evaluation (perplexity, BLEU, custom QA metrics), reliability & guardrail testing โžก๏ธ ๐€๐ˆ ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง Python-based workflow automation, process orchestration, manual-work reduction, API & systems integration, n8n, make. โžก๏ธ ๐€๐ˆ-๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ Multi-agent data analysis, auto-generated dashboards & reports, structured + unstructured data pipelines, decision recommendations โžก๏ธ ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐-๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ Production-scale deployment on AWS (Bedrock, SageMaker), GCP (Vertex AI), Azure, and Databricks โ€”------------------------------------------------------------------- ๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ -Helped clients raise $3M+ through AI-powered growth. -Built 50+ AI systems, from multi-agent tools to insight engines. -Drove a 17% revenue increase in 7 months for a US startup. -Impacted 300,000+ users through data-led product strategies. -Graduated in the Top 5% in my Masterโ€™s degree class (specialization in AI) โ€”------------------------------------------------------------------- ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐’๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ค LLMs & Agents: GPT-4, Claude, LLaMA, Mistral, LangChain, LlamaIndex, MemGPT RAG Stack: FAISS, ChromaDB, Pinecone, Weaviate LLM Ops: Fine-tuning, Prompt Engineering, Evaluation Metrics, Guardrails Dev & Infra: Python, FastAPI, LangGraph, Streamlit, Chainlit, Flask Data Pipelines: PySpark, SQL, Event-Driven Workflows, Cloud Functions Cloud Platforms: AWS, GCP, Azure, Bedrock, SageMaker, Vertex AI, Databricks โ€”------------------------------------------------------------------- I am available to understand your project needs and deliver the best solution efficiently. Click on the โ€œMessageโ€ button and letโ€™s have a chat โ€”------------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords associated with my skill set: AI Agent Developer, AI Consultant, Chatbot Developer, AI Automation Expert, AI Integration Specialist, Machine Learning Engineer, LLM Developer, Generative AI, Agentic AI, Multi-Agent Systems, Large Language Models (LLMs), GPT-4, Claude, LLaMA, Mistral, LangChain, LlamaIndex, LangGraph, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Semantic Search, Knowledge Retrieval, Vector Databases, FAISS, ChromaDB, Pinecone, Weaviate, Custom Embeddings, Memory Layers, Prompt Engineering, LLM Fine-Tuning, LLM Evaluation, MLOps, Model Deployment, AI Data Analysis, NLP, Python, FastAPI, Chainlit, Data Pipelines, PySpark, SQL, AWS, GCP, Azure, Bedrock, Vertex AI, SageMaker, Databricks, Cloud Functions, API Integration, Open Source Models, Healthcare AI Engineer, Healthtech, Edutech, Fintech.

  • Machine Learning
  • AI Development
  • AI Chatbot
  • AI Agent Development
  • AI Bot
  • AI Data Analytics
  • AI App Development
  • Python
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • API Integration
  • Data Engineering
  • AI Builder
  • AI Consulting
  • LLM Prompt
  • ChatGPT
Sherzoy J.

Great Falls, Virginia

$50/hr
5.0
8 jobs

PROFESSIONAL Machine Learning Engineer | Generative AI Specialist | Full-Stack AI Developer ๐ŸŽ–๏ธ AI Developer for Government & Commercial Projects ๐Ÿ’ฏ Rapid Response Time ๐ŸŒ US-Based, American Born & CARNEGIE MELLON ENGINEERING MASTERS GRAD KEY SKILLS AND SERVICES: ๐Ÿš€ GENERATIVE AI MODELS: Proficient in training and deploying generative models specializing in content creation and industrial applications. - โœ… GPT Models, LLaMa, Anthropic, Bert - โœ… StableDiffusionXL: Text to Image, BLIP: Image to Text, Video Diffusion, Deep Dream, DALL-E - โœ… AI Agents with AutoGPT, Make.com, n8n - โœ… Fine Tuning of Models ๐Ÿ“ฒ EDGE & CLOUD DEPLOYMENT: Expertise in deploying models on platforms like AWS, GCP, Docker - โœ… AWS, GCP, Azure - โœ… Docker, Azure, TensorRT, Kubernetes & Kubeflow, Apache Spark - โœ… Hugging Face Deployment ๐Ÿ“ˆ FULL-STACK AI DEVELOPMENT: End-to-end development, including data preprocessing, model training, and deployment - โœ… NVIDIA RAPIDS, CUDA, Weights & Biases, spaCy, NLTK, Gensim - โœ… SQL/NoSQL, Hugging Face Transformers, Optuna/Hyperopt, Distributed Computing โš™๏ธ DEVOPS AND IMPLEMENTATION: Skilled in integrating DevOps principles to streamline AI deployment, ensure reliability, and optimize model performance in production environments. - โœ… CI/CD Pipelines (GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins), Docker Compose, Terraform - โœ… AWS Lambda & Azure Functions for Serverless Deployments - โœ… Bash & Shell Scripting for Automation WHY WORK WITH ME: โญ Results-Oriented & Scalable Solutions I design AI models that arenโ€™t just functional but strategically crafted to scale and adapt to your unique business needs. With my experience and dedication, Iโ€™ll help transform your projectโ€™s vision into an impactful reality.

  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • AI Model Training
  • AI Model Development
  • AI Model Integration
Pranav N.

Sterling, Virginia

$20/hr
5.0
9 jobs

Iโ€™m an AI/ML Engineer with over 4 years of experience using Python, machine learning, and natural language processing to build smart, scalable solutions. Iโ€™m passionate about leveraging technology to drive innovation and create meaningful user experiences โ€” whether through automation, intelligent systems, or usability enhancements. I hold 2 AWS certifications and 3 Microsoft Azure certifications, equipping me with deep knowledge of cloud-native AI services, model deployment, and secure architecture design. In addition to my AI/ML background, I bring a strong attention to detail and excellent communication skills that translate well into other areas I genuinely enjoy: ๐Ÿ”น Software QA & UX/Product Testing โ€“ I enjoy testing web apps, mobile platforms, and browser tools, providing clear usability feedback, reporting bugs, and helping teams improve user flows. Iโ€™m comfortable recording walkthroughs, submitting structured notes, or exploring edge cases โ€” all from the mindset of a detail-focused user. ๐Ÿ”น Surveys, Beta Testing & Feedback Iโ€™m available to test early-access tools, complete user surveys, or participate in product interviews โ€” offering thoughtful, constructive insights from a tech-savvy user perspective. ๐Ÿ”น Prompt Engineering & AI Output Review โ€“ I also support prompt optimization and AI-generated content validation, helping improve the accuracy and tone of LLM responses for chatbots, assistants, or automation workflows. ๐Ÿ”น Audio & Podcast Transcription โ€“ As evident from my work history, I deliver clean, accurate transcripts for interviews, podcasts, or recorded content and manual proofreading to ensure high-quality results with fast turnaround. Iโ€™m reliable, ethical, and committed to consistently delivering value โ€” whether through deep tech or simple feedback tasks. Letโ€™s connect โ€” Iโ€™d love to collaborate on something impactful.

  • Machine Learning
  • Podcast Transcription
  • Audio Transcription
  • Advertising
  • Sales & Marketing
  • Marketing
  • Sales

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