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Imdad Ismail

Forward Deployed AI Engineer

I build apps and AI systems, from the screen you tap down to the chip that runs the AI.

Colombo, Sri Lanka

10+
years shipping software
50k+
users on a language-learning app where I'm the lead mobile developer. It earns five-figure monthly recurring revenue in US dollars.
5+
mobile apps live
+18% / +42%
faster answers / faster reading of long documents, from my tuned version of the Strata AI engine on an RX 7900 XTX graphics card

Experience

Technical Lead - Mobile, Allion Technologies

May 2022-now

Language-learning app

Flutter

I'm the lead mobile developer. It has 50k+ users and earns five-figure monthly recurring revenue in US dollars.

Stock management and ordering system

React Native

For a multinational company in the Nordic region.

Senior Software Engineer - Android, Nimbus Venture

Aug 2020-Feb 2022

Taxi-hailing apps

Java, Android

For a major financial services provider in Sri Lanka, with live tracking and billing.

Fleet management app

Java, Android

Live vehicle tracking, vehicle history and reminders.

Grocery ordering proof of concept

Flutter

Senior Software Engineer - Android, ThinkSmart Solutions

Sep 2018-May 2020

EatMealFirst

Java, RxJava2, GraphQL

Food delivery with separate apps for customers, restaurants and riders. It handled 800+ orders a week in Sri Lanka and Canada. I also led a team of 5 developers for a few months.

Software Engineer - Android, GlobalValley Solutions

Jul 2017-Aug 2018

Built a food delivery system at GlobalValley Solutions that fast food outlets in Mexico could brand as their own.

Software Engineer - Android, IDAMA Innovations

Jun 2016-Jun 2017

Built Android apps at IDAMA Innovations: four apps including a service marketplace, sales-team location tracking and a point-of-sale system.

Junior Game Developer, Crowderia AB

Aug-Oct 2015

Made games in Unity at Crowderia AB, including Roofdown, a platformer for a Swedish rock band, and Twingo, puzzle mini-games set in London.

Own work

RockLens

Own work · iPhone

Take a photo of a rock, crystal or gem and get the three most likely matches, each labelled by how confident the app is. Live on the App Store with paying subscribers.

Countstead

Own work · iPhone and iPad

Stock tracking that works with no internet connection. It keeps a permanent record of every change and comes in 9 languages. Live on the App Store with paying subscribers.

Imprimo

Own work · iPhone

Exam flashcards made with AI.

ShiftSum

Own work · iPhone · Coming soon

Privately tracks your hours and estimates your pay before deductions.

My version of Strata

Own work · Oct 2026

Strata is an engine that runs a very large AI model on a gaming PC. It's by Niko1221, and I made my own version tuned for the RX 7900 XTX graphics card. Tested against the original v0.2.4.1 on the same PC on the same day: answers 18% faster, replies start 30% sooner and long documents read 42% faster. An optional build setting was on for this test.

Odoo Teams bot

Own work · Jan 2026 · TypeScript

Type your hours in plain English in Microsoft Teams, and the bot enters them in Odoo, a business management system.

Daily social media pipeline

Own work · Sep 2026

Every day it checks RockLens's posting queues, creates and checks new videos, and tops up Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest and Facebook. A separate job checks that posts went out and recovers any that failed.

model-evals

Own work · Oct 2026 · Private

My own test suite for AI models that run on your own computer. Each model has to complete tasks by itself, and a program scores the results, with no AI doing the marking. The full version has 183 tasks.

Education

BSc (Hons) Software Engineering, Cardiff Metropolitan University

2016

BTEC HND Software Development, ICBT

2015