Sahil Saini at night by the waterfront, with the illuminated Dubai skyline and Burj Khalifa behind

I turn real business problems into AI products that ship. Founder mindset, CTO judgement: I own the whole path, from the first question to launch day.

Sahil Saini

Currently

Full-Stack AI Engineer at Unico Connect

Mumbai, India Open to UAE roles & freelance · Ready to relocate

Projects

04 selected More on GitHub

Highlights

  1. On stage

    Speaking with a microphone in front of a projected presentation

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  2. Recognition

    A group on stage holding a large presentation cheque

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  3. Heads down

    Working at a laptop with headphones on, lit by a purple screen

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  4. Workspace

    A laptop showing a mind map in front of a large screen in a dark room

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  5. Dubai by night

    Night view over Dubai from an observation wheel cabin

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  6. DreamWorks

    Standing in front of the DreamWorks sign

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  7. Hyperloop

    A Virgin Hyperloop exhibit on a curved screen

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  8. In transit

    An aircraft wing against a sunset horizon

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  9. Dubai by day

    Aerial view of a busy beach beside high-rise towers

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Experience

03 roles

    1. 01Leading the web platform of an AI product that reads business documents, tracks their deadlines and answers questions, built Arabic-first and hosted in the UAE for a UAE client.
    2. 02Turned company incorporation from a weeks-long process into one that takes under 48 hours, with a multi-tenant equity platform.
    3. 03Made a three-portal fintech product feel instant by rethinking how all 221 of its save actions handle data.
    4. 04Shipped with an AI-first workflow that did the work of a projected 3–4 person team, without lowering the quality bar.
    • Next.js
    • React 19
    • TypeScript
    • NestJS
    • PostgreSQL
    • Claude on Bedrock
    • AWS
    1. 01Built a production AI chatbot that runs entirely on the client's own infrastructure, so their data never leaves it.
    2. 02Took a client platform to a 98 Google Lighthouse performance score by rethinking its architecture.
    3. 03Delivered products for clients across the UAE, USA and global markets, from first brief to launch.
    • PHP
    • Lumen
    • Vue.js
    • React
    • Next.js
    • Magento
    • Open-source LLMs
    1. 01Made backend systems faster and ready to scale, and tested every API before it shipped.
    2. 02Designed responsive interfaces that treat performance as a feature.
    • REST APIs
    • Postman

Skills

05 disciplines

  1. Frontend engineering

    Products people enjoy using: fast, accessible, animated with purpose, and ready for Arabic from day one.

    React 19 · Next.js · TypeScript · TanStack Query · TanStack Router · Vue.js · Vite · Tailwind CSS · PWA · i18n & Arabic RTL · Svelte · GSAP

  2. Backend & platform

    The engine behind the product: APIs, data and auth that stay secure and reliable as usage grows.

    Node.js · NestJS · Express · Python (Flask) · PHP · Laravel/Lumen · Magento · REST & OpenAPI · Prisma · Better Auth · PostgreSQL · MySQL · MongoDB · Redis

  3. AI engineering

    Turning LLMs into features that solve real problems, and keeping them accurate once they're live.

    OpenAI · Claude · Amazon Bedrock · Ollama · RAG pipelines · pgvector · AstraDB · LangChain · Agentic workflows · SSE streaming · Speech-to-text · LLM evaluation

  4. Software architecture

    Systems designed to grow with the business: secure, scalable, and still easy to change a year later.

    AWS (UAE region) · GCP · Docker · Kubernetes · Turborepo · Multi-tenancy · RBAC · Content Security Policy · TOTP 2FA · AES-256 encryption · Presigned URLs

  5. Product development

    Thinking like a founder: find the real problem, ship the smallest thing that solves it, learn, repeat. AI-first, so a small team ships like a big one.

    Claude Code · MCP servers · Git & GitHub · Postman · Stripe · SendGrid · Klaviyo · Power BI

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Let’s build

Open to UAE roles & freelance · Ready to relocate Mumbai, India