Fizzah Amir

Fizzah Amir

Backend Engineer & ML Enthusiast | Building Scalable Systems from Redis Clones to RAG Pipelines

Based in: Lahore, PakistanMost recently: Core Team Member, Webmaster, IEEE ITU Student Branch

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Computer Science student at ITU with a focus on high-performance backend systems and machine learning. Proven track record of building complex systems from scratch, including a Redis clone and RAG-based document assistants. Experienced in processing large-scale data (2M+ records) and deploying robust APIs on AWS.

Experience

Core Team Member, Webmaster

IEEE ITU Student BranchLahore, Pakistanwork

Summary

Serve as Webmaster on the IEEE core team, managing and maintaining the society's web presence. Built a chatbot for IEEE Orientation that answers student queries in real time, helping new students get instant information during orientation.

Results

  • Developed an orientation chatbot to replace traditional society introductions, providing real-time answers to student queries.
  • Successfully handled queries for 50-55 students during the IEEE orientation, providing instant information and reducing manual workload for the core team.
PythonChatbot DevelopmentWeb Development

Skills

Technical

NumPy
PythonPython
Pandas
C++C++
DSA
OOP
Random Forest
Feature Engineering
Hugging Face Sentence Transformers
RAG Pipelines
LLM Prompting
REST APIs
TensorFlowTensorFlow
Scikit-learn
XGBoost
Logistic Regression
Decision Tree
PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
SQLSQL
DjangoDjango
Django REST FrameworkDjango REST Framework
JWT Auth
GitGit
DartDart
FAISS
SMOTE
Keras
LinuxLinux
AWS EC2AWS EC2
OpenCVOpenCV
Time-Series Analysis
CNN
RBAC
FlutterFlutter
Oracle Database
GRU
Optical Flow
Railway Cloud
scikit-image
Express.jsExpress.js
Node.jsNode.js

Projects

Insightly-PDF - RAG-Based Document Q&A Assistant

Developerpersonal
Built a full-stack Retrieval-Augmented Generation assistant that lets users upload PDFs and ask natural-language questions, returning grounded, citation-backed answers from the document content. Developed a Django REST backend to handle PDF ingestion, text extraction/chunking, embedding generation, and query orchestration through a RAG pipeline. Indexed document embeddings in a vector store for semantic retrieval, feeding the most relevant chunks into an LLM prompt to generate accurate, context-grounded responses. Built a React frontend for PDF upload, chat-style Q&A interaction, and displaying source-linked answers, communicating with the backend via REST APIs.
PythonDjangoDjango REST FrameworkReactRAGLLM PromptingVector SearchREST APIs

Digital Wallet System API

Developerpersonal
Built a complete digital wallet REST API (similar to EasyPaisa/JazzCash) with Django REST Framework and PostgreSQL, deployed on AWS EC2. Implemented JWT authentication with custom claims, Argon2 password hashing, and Role-Based Access Control across 3 roles. Designed 29 REST API endpoints using raw SQL with explicit transactions and parameterized queries; wrote 8 PostgreSQL triggers and a 5-level automatic rank system.
PythonDjangoDjango REST FrameworkPostgreSQLJWTAWS EC2Argon2SQL

AeroHub Management System

Developeracademic
Full airport management system in C++ with a custom HTTP server, deployed on Railway Cloud with an HTML/CSS/JS frontend. Implemented 6 data structures from scratch: B-Tree, Dijkstra's algorithm on a graph, HashMap, Linked List, Priority Queue, and Bitmap.
C++Custom HTTP ServerHTMLCSSJSREST APIRailway CloudFile I/O

In-Memory Cache Server - Redis Clone

Developeracademic
Built a single-threaded in-memory key-value server in C++ implementing the Redis wire protocol (RESP) with an event-driven epoll core. Built four core data types from scratch and added crash-safe persistence; sustained 50,000+ SET/GET ops/sec in benchmarks.
C++epollTCP SocketsRESP ProtocolSkip ListsHash TablesSystems Programming

Flight Management System

Developeracademic
Console-based C++ system with flight scheduling, seat selection, reservation management, and pilot assignment using core OOP principles and the Singleton pattern.
C++OOPFile I/OSingleton Pattern

Color Detection App for Color Blind Users

Developerpersonal
Flutter mobile app enabling color blind users to identify colors in real time with an accessible interface.
FlutterDartMobile Development

Meeting Transcriber & Q&A Assistant (RAG)

Developerpersonal
Built a meeting transcription and question-answering tool converting recorded audio into searchable, queryable knowledge via a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline. Transcribed audio to text, chunked transcripts, and generated dense vector embeddings using a Hugging Face Sentence Transformer (all-MiniLM-L6-v2) for semantic search. Indexed embeddings in FAISS to retrieve the most relevant transcript chunks per query using cosine similarity. Implemented a RAG pipeline feeding retrieved context into an LLM prompt for grounded, citation-backed natural-language answers, plus automatic summarization and action-item extraction.
PythonHugging Face Sentence TransformersFAISSRAGLLM PromptingSpeech-to-Text

Electricity Theft Detection Using Machine Learning

Group Memberpersonal
Built an end-to-end ML pipeline to detect electricity theft from raw smart meter time-series data (UCI dataset, 2M+ records). Performed full data preprocessing: missing-value handling via forward-fill and interpolation, noise removal, normalization, and daily/weekly aggregation. Engineered features including rolling average consumption, peak vs. off-peak ratios, consumption trends, variance, and hour/day-wise behavior patterns. Trained and benchmarked classifiers - Logistic Regression, Decision Tree, Random Forest, XGBoost, and a TensorFlow-based neural network - addressing class imbalance using SMOTE. Produced alerts, classification reports, and consumption-pattern visualizations as post-processing output.
PythonTensorFlowScikit-learnXGBoostPandasNumPySMOTEMatplotlib

Education

BS Computer Science

Information Technology University (ITU)Computer Science2024 – 2028

Coursework

OOPDSAAlgorithmsNetwork ProgrammingAdvanced Database Management

Societies & activities

IEEE ITU Student Branch

FSc, Pre-Engineering

Kinnaird College for Women (KCW)Pre-EngineeringOct 2022 – Aug 2024

High School Diploma

Beaconhouse School SystemMathematics, Physics, CSJul 2022 – 2024

Recognition

Awards

Competitive Programming - SOFTEC

SOFTEC2026

Solved algorithmic and data structure problems in a competitive environment.

Competitive Programming - CodeRush

CodeRush2025

Competed in algorithmic problem-solving challenges, applying data structures and algorithms under time constraints.

Certifications

Foundations of Data Science

GoogleCredential VAQAXU7QH6MU2026

Cybersecurity Bootcamp: ISO 27001:2022

Coursera2025

Meta Backend Developer Professional Certificate

Meta

The Power of Statistics

Google

Go Beyond the Numbers: Translate Data into Insights

Google
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