Karim El Otmani
AI / ML Engineer · LLM · RAG · Fine-tuning · Full-stack
Profile
AI engineer and data scientist with five years across a Fortune 500 environment (Amazon), multi-client consulting for US companies and building my own SaaS. I design and deploy LLM systems in production — multimodal RAG (Mistral OCR, embeddings, pgvector), AI agents, prompt engineering — and fine-tune small language models (LoRA / PEFT, PyTorch) in applied research. Also a full-stack developer who ships a SaaS end to end, alone — from multi-tenant architecture to typed APIs, Next.js front end and CI/CD — like FiduciaPro, an accounting SaaS for Morocco. Strong automation (50+ n8n workflows in production) and process culture (BPMN, DMAIC, KPIs).
Experience
Founding Engineer — FiduciaPro · Almacarta · Almaviva
2024 — now
Designed and built my own products solo, end to end: an accounting SaaS for Morocco, an events SaaS, and a same-day florist commerce and dispatch system.
AI & Automation Engineer (freelance) — Auto Dealers Digital (ADD), Casablanca
Nov 2025 — Feb 2026
Shipped ADDy, a multimodal RAG support agent (Mistral OCR, pgvector, Freshdesk). Built 50+ n8n workflows across CRM, telephony and ERP — ~200 hours of manual entry removed, −60% manual prospecting.
Digital Transformation & Data Consultant — TaskMaverick — US clients (remote)
Oct 2025 — now
Digitised a microbiology lab’s quality system on two sites ahead of an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 audit. BPMN and SOP redesign for two farm clients; Power BI and forecasting models.
Independent AI Researcher — AIWithKarim — applied R&D
2024 — now
Fine-tuning small language models for education (LoRA / PEFT) and edge-deployable NLP with quantization. Preparing a PhD application on SLMs (UM6P CEDoc).
Operations & Data Analytics Specialist — Amazon (remote)
Oct 2022 — Sept 2025
Python pipeline consolidating 4 internal tools (+25% data accuracy). 3 automated Power BI dashboards on global KPIs (−10 h/week of manual reporting). Real-time SLA monitoring at high volume.
Products & projects
FiduciaProMulti-tenant accounting SaaS built to replace legacy Moroccan software (Sage, JBS, Khabir). · Next.js 16, TypeScript, Prisma, Neon Postgres
AlmacartaSaaS for wedding and event invitations: RSVP, seating plans, QR guestbook and AI-generated custom songs, sold as one-time packs. · Next.js 16, TypeScript, Stripe, Neon
Alma VivaLuxury online florist: a personalised QR message page for every bouquet, Stripe checkout, delivery scheduling and a full admin back-office. · Next.js 15, TypeScript, Drizzle, Neon
ADDyMultimodal RAG support agent that drafts ticket answers from a company’s own documentation. · Mistral OCR, pgvector, Freshdesk API, n8n
VARELQEvidence-first auditor that finds the hidden failures in AI operations agents — and proves the fix. · Python 3.12, NVIDIA Nemotron, NIM OCR, Brev L4
Sahtek OSRestaurant operating system: QR table ordering, kitchen display, synced TV menus and an AI assistant. · Next.js 16, TypeScript, Drizzle, Neon
ExamiaAI exam coach for TCF Canada — web, native iOS and native Android from one monorepo. · Next.js 15, SwiftUI, Jetpack Compose, Turborepo
PMMPTender intelligence for Moroccan public procurement, with AI reading of tender files. · FastAPI, BeautifulSoup, React 19, Vite
Skills
Generative AI & LLMsRAG · Embeddings · pgvector · LoRA / PEFT · Quantization · AI agents · MCP · Mistral OCR · Claude · Mistral · GPT-4
ML & deep learningPyTorch · TensorFlow · Transformers · scikit-learn · KNIME
Data engineeringPython · Pandas · NumPy · SQL · PostgreSQL · ETL
MLOps & deployMLflow · Docker · CI/CD · Vercel · Redis · Upstash · Supabase Edge · DigitalOcean · Cloudflare
Automationn8n (50+ workflows) · Make · Zapier · Power Automate · Webhooks · Freshdesk · Zoom · WhatsApp APIs
Full-stackTypeScript · Next.js · React · Node.js · Tailwind · Drizzle · Prisma · Multi-tenant SaaS · Stripe · Payzone
MobileSwiftUI · Jetpack Compose · Expo
Stats & BIPower BI · DAX · Tableau · Time series · Forecasting
MethodsAgile / Scrum · Jira · BPMN · DMAIC · Lean Six Sigma
Education
Executive Master, Data Science for Finance
UIR — Université Internationale de Rabat · 2023 — 2025
Specialised degree, BI, Statistics & Big Data
ENSA Kénitra / Ibn Tofail · 2023 — 2024
Bachelor, SME Management
WES’SUP Rabat · 2018
Specialised Technician Diploma, IT Development
ISTA Témara · 2016 — 2018
Certifications
IBM Data Scientist Professional2024
Google Business Intelligence2024
SAP Technology Consultant2024
Google Data Analytics2023
Languages
Arabic (native) · French (bilingual, TCF C2) · English (professional)