Alif Elham Khan

Hi, I'm Alif Elham.

I am a Senior AI Engineer with 9+ years of experience spanning industry and academia. I build production AI systems focused on agentic, multimodal, and explainable AI. My research centers on resource-efficient AI for healthcare, education, and large-scale applications.

I graduated from North South University as the Valedictorian of my graduating class and was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal. I later worked there as a researcher and instructor, supporting research groups in machine learning and quantum computing.

Selected Awards

Valedictorian

North South University

NSU Full-merit Scholarship

North South University

Chancellor's Gold Medal

North South University

Honorable Mention

46th ICPC Asia Dhaka Regional Contest

Academic Mentor

ACM NSU · 2021

Experience

Senior AI Engineer

Oct 2025 – Present

BizScout · Austin, TX, USA (Remote)

  • Led BizScout's transition into an AI-native M&A platform, embedding LLM search, conversational agents, and autonomous content generation that supported a fourfold increase in the Pro-tier price.
  • Architected Scout AI, a 22-agent assistant with a five-stage semantic search pipeline across 50,000+ listings, reducing inference costs by approximately 17× through tiered model routing, real-time embedding synchronization, and Langfuse observability.

AI Engineer (IC3)

Jun 2024 – Jul 2025

Optimizely · Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • Deployed five AI agents and copilots, including OptiGPT, using custom LLMs, RAG pipelines, and generative AI models; the systems reduced support time by 40% and were used daily by 90% of employees.
  • Reduced API costs by 30% through caching, prompt engineering, and optimized data pipelines, while delivering workshops on AI adoption, ML infrastructure, feature engineering, and compliance.

AI Quality Analyst

Jul 2024 – Nov 2025

Invisible Technologies · San Francisco, CA, USA (Remote)

  • Managed a team of 42 AI specialists and developed a structured testing framework that improved model performance by 18%.

Senior AI Trainer

Apr 2024 – Jul 2024

Invisible Technologies · Remote, USA

  • Designed RLHF datasets, refined reward signals, and conducted multi-turn instruction tuning, improving GPT-4 response accuracy by 15%.

Research Instructor

May 2023 – Apr 2024

Mahdy Research Academy · Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • Trained 300+ researchers in deep learning, computer vision, quantum computing, and medical image processing, increasing research-project success rates by 30%.

Software Engineering Manager

Jun 2022 – May 2023

The Odd Pro · Las Vegas, NV, USA (Remote)

  • Doubled revenue by integrating intelligent automation into a SaaS platform, reducing manual processing time by 50% and improving operational efficiency by 40%.

Software Engineer, Machine Learning

Jun 2019 – Dec 2022

Fiverr · Remote

  • Delivered 40+ end-to-end enterprise solutions spanning machine learning, cloud, and full-stack engineering for clients across more than 20 countries.

Chief Technology Officer

Jan 2016 – Jun 2019

CDPF · Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • Led cross-functional teams in developing a nationwide data-driven training platform used by 10,000+ students, improving personalized learning effectiveness by 35% through recommendation systems.