BUILDING INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS

Hi, I'm Arsalan Shakil, an AI & ML Engineer based in Helsinki. Designing and deploying production AI systems, with focus on ML infrastructure and full-stack development.
Currently AI Research Engineer at F-Secure. Previously at Finnair and Futurice.

Experience



F-Secure Corporation

AI Research Engineer | Nov 2024 - Present

- Designing and deploying safe and efficient LLM systems under strict memory, latency, and energy constraints. - Building ML models for SMS scam detection and anonymization, protecting ~15M monthly active users. - Contributing to the European ITEA4 ELFMo project and co-leading research on AI security risks, resulting in a patent filing.


Finnair

Mobile Engineer | Aug 2023 - Nov 2024

- Integrated generative AI tooling into mobile development and automation pipelines. - Designed CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Firebase. - Contributed to a large-scale consumer app with 1M+ users and 4.3+ rating.


Futurice

Software Developer | Jan 2022 - Aug 2023

- Developed Futucortex, an AI-powered organizational knowledge system using RAG for enterprise data retrieval. - Built native Android apps with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose. - Created IoT indoor location tracking with BLE/UWB.


Metropolia UAS / SIMHE Project

Research & Development Engineer | Apr 2021 - Jun 2022

- Extended the SIMHE app helping immigrants recognize competences for education and employment in Finland. - Built with Flutter, RESTful APIs.


Education



Stanford University

Machine Learning Specialization

CS329S, ML Systems Design CS229, Machine Learning CS230, Deep Learning CS234, Reinforcement Learning CS221, AI: Principles and Techniques


Aalto University

CS-E5710, Bayesian Data Analysis CS-E4715, Supervised Machine Learning


University of Helsinki

BSCS2015, Data Analysis with Python


University of Vaasa

ICAT3210-3008 (2025), Applied Machine Learning


Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education

Leading in AI: Exploring Technology and Policy | Jul 2024


Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Information Technology | 2019–2023

Activities: Metropolia Foundation's Engineering Graduation Scholarship Award

Year 1: Intro to CS, Math for CS (discrete math, logic, linear algebra, calculus), Computer Systems, Software Engineering, Data Structures and Algorithms in Python Year 2: Databases and Information Management, Programming Languages and Compilers, Computer Networks, Operating Systems, Web Development, Android Development (Kotlin, Java) Year 3 & 4: Advanced Algorithms, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, HCI, Mobile Sensors, Thesis (Creating a digital service to support immigrants in higher education in Finland)


University of Cambridge

GCE A Levels & GCE O Levels | 2015–2019

9709 Mathematics 9618 Computer Science 9702 Physics 9231 Further Mathematics


Selected work(old)




NikeCore


NokiaGarage


Surface


CRUD API




Contact


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