Amir Kamel Rahimi

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Amir Kamel Rahimi, PhD

AI Engineer & Solution Architect

Background

10+ years delivering advanced analytics, ML, and Gen AI solutions across public and private sectors.

PhD in applied AI/ML with 10+ years of industry experience delivering advanced analytics, ML, Generative AI, and cloud-based AI solutions across public and private sector organisations.

Strong background in the training and evaluation of ML models, with proven capability in deploying scalable, data-driven solutions that address complex business problems. Experienced across the full AI lifecycle — from production deployment through to cloud integration and enterprise adoption.

Expertise spans Generative AI, ML, advanced analytics, and end-to-end AI solution delivery in production — currently leading AI solutions at Littles Lawyers, and previously shipped Gen AI chatbots serving the Queensland Government.

10+
Years in Industry
Full
AI Lifecycle
PhD
Applied AI & ML

Career Timeline

From software engineering foundations to AI solution leadership.

May 2025 — Present

AI Solution Lead

Littles Lawyers

  • Leading and mentoring junior developers, running design reviews, and ensuring product quality

Audit bot — Phase 1

  • Led the architecture and delivery of enterprise AI chatbot, combining Azure AI Search, vector retrieval, and metadata-driven ranking to enhance knowledge retrieval across internal systems

Audit bot — Phase 2

  • Delivered a production RAG architecture using Pinecone and internal data pipelines to generate evidence-based chatbot responses aligned with legal and operational requirements

RAG evaluation

  • Implemented a RAGAS evaluation suite (faithfulness, context precision, answer relevancy) to benchmark retrieval and generation quality across test cases on every release

ETL Pipeline

  • Deployed a scalable in-house document ingestion and ETL workflows using Azure Document Intelligence and Python, improving unstructured data ingestion to the Azure Blob Storage

Document Classification

  • Designed and deployed AI classification model to automatically categorise legal documents to enhance case-routing capability

Financial Analysis Dashboard

  • Deployed Azure Cosmos DB knowledge graph to model client accident timelines, linking key employment and payslip events to strengthen case analysis and evidentiary review
Azure AI SearchPineconeCosmos DBRAGRAGASKnowledge GraphsDocument IntelligenceAzure Blob Storage

Jan 2025 — May 2025

Senior AI / Data Scientist

Queensland Health — University of Queensland (Co-joint)

Project "Smart Hub"

  • Contributed to the Smart Hub project by leading QLD clinical data mapping into the OMOP standard data model (SQL)
  • Supported the research and implementation of the native Gen AI model with GPT-2, trained by the OMOP standard data (PyTorch)
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to identify data requirements and deliver tailored solutions
  • Guided ethics and governance processes to facilitate data access for the implementation of advanced analytics in Smart Hub
OMOPPyTorchGPT-2SQL

Nov 2023 — Dec 2024

Senior AI / Data Scientist / Advanced Analytics

Queensland Government — Customer and Digital Group

Project "QChat"

  • Implemented the Gen AI chatbot "QChat" for QLD Government (Azure OpenAI API, Node.js, Next.js and TypeScript)
  • Successfully integrated guardrails for the safe and ethical use of AI for public servants
  • Implemented monitoring algorithm using Azure Insight Telemetry for tracking resources usage

Project "Insight Engine"

  • Gathered business requirements to develop a Gen AI solution aimed at guiding future strategic planning in QLD
  • Designed and implemented a Proof of Concept (PoC) and full deployment of a Gen AI RAG-based application (LlamaIndex)
  • Successfully implemented the AI solution using Microsoft Azure Function Apps, Azure Cognitive Search and Cosmos DB, ensuring scalable and efficient performance in line with future-focused strategic foresight
  • Created knowledge graphs in NetworkX and applied clustering techniques (community detection) to create future strategic scenarios for QLD, contributing to both high-level foresight and actionable strategic directions
Azure OpenAILlamaIndexNext.jsTypeScriptNetworkXAzure FunctionsCosmos DB

Nov 2023 — Mar 2024

ML Scientist / Data Scientist

University of Queensland — Centre for Health Services Research

Project "Infection Prediction"

  • Led the design, development, and validation of an XGBoost model to predict catheter-related infection risks, contributing to improved patient safety and proactive infection control (Scikit-Learn, Pandas and MLflow)
  • Employed data preprocessing techniques, feature engineering, and hyperparameter tuning (Bayesian) to enhance model accuracy
  • Deployed final ML model in AWS SageMaker AI
XGBoostScikit-LearnMLflowPandasAWS SageMaker

Jul 2020 — Feb 2022

Senior Software Developer

Queensland Health

Project "QUIET" (Queensland Integrated Element Tracker)

  • Developed .NET app to manage data governance, data dictionary, data view, data modelling, decision support and data catalogue of QLD Health Electronic Medical Records
  • Developed database schema in Azure SQL Database
  • Maintained version control of the source code using GitHub with other developers in the team
  • Prepared and maintained detailed documentation throughout the development lifecycle, including user manuals, technical specifications, and release notes
.NETAzure SQLGitHubData Governance

Feb 2016 — Jun 2020

Junior and Mid Software Developer / Lead Data Migration

Magentus (formerly Genie Solutions)

Project "Genie Application"

  • Full-stack developer on the Genie application in an Agile development environment
  • Worked in agile development methodology for writing code, test units and code maintenance

Project "Legacy Data Migration to AWS"

  • Lead data migration engineer, responsible for migrating legacy clinical data to Amazon Cloud
  • Mentored junior developers, providing technical guidance and support on development best practices, code reviews, and quality assurance
Full-StackData MigrationAWSAgile

Aug 2014 — Dec 2015

Junior Software Developer

Queensland University of Technology

  • Worked as a research assistant, focusing on the development and validation of a comparison application for DNA sequences in Java
  • Conducted extensive research on various algorithms and techniques for assessing DNA sequences to identify patterns and variations
  • Collaborated with the research team to design and implement the software tool, ensuring accuracy, scalability, and performance for analysing large datasets of DNA sequences
JavaBioinformaticsAlgorithms

Academic Background

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

The University of Queensland

Nov 2019 — Aug 2024

Applied AI and Machine Learning in Healthcare. Thesis: "Artificial intelligence to improve clinical outcomes in hospitals"

Master's Degree

Queensland University of Technology

Jul 2012 — Dec 2013

Software Architecture

Technical Expertise

Core competencies across the AI/ML and software engineering spectrum.

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ML / AI & MLOps

XGBoostRandom ForestLogistic RegressionNeural NetworksPyTorchScikit-Learnfast.aiSHAPPandasMLflow

Generative AI & LLMs

RAG ArchitectureLlamaIndexLangChainHugging FaceAzure OpenAIAgentic SystemsCrewAIMicrosoft AutoGenLangFlowVector DatabasesCognitive Search
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Cloud & Deployment

Azure AI SearchAzure Cosmos DBAzure MLAzure FunctionsAzure Document IntelligenceGoogle Vertex AIPinecone
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Development & Data

PythonFastAPIFlaskNode.jsTypeScriptNext.js.NETSQLPostgreSQLKnowledge GraphsNetworkXAgile / Scrum

Implementing AI in Hospitals to Achieve a Learning Health System: Systematic Review of Current Enablers and Barriers

Kamel Rahimi A, Pienaar O, Ghadimi M, Canfell OJ, Pole JD, Shrapnel S, van der Vegt AH, Sullivan C

Journal of Medical Internet Research · 2024;26:e49655

DOI: 10.2196/49655

Machine Learning Clinical Prediction Models for Acute Kidney Injury: The Impact of Baseline Creatinine on Prediction Efficacy

Kamel Rahimi A, Ghadimi M, van der Vegt AH, et al.

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making · 23, 207 (2023)

DOI: 10.1186/s12911-023-02306-03

Machine Learning Models for Diabetes Management in Acute Care Using Electronic Medical Records: A Systematic Review

Kamel Rahimi A, Canfell OJ, Chan W, et al.

International Journal of Medical Informatics · 2022;162:104758

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2022.104758

The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Project Management: A Systematic Literature Review of Current Opportunities, Enablers, and Barriers

Salimimoghadam S, Ghanbaripour AN, Tumpa RJ, Kamel Rahimi A, Golmoradi M, Rashidian S, Skitmore M

Buildings · 2025;15(7):1130

DOI: 10.3390/buildings15071130

Validation of the Extended KDIGO Definition to Diagnose Acute Kidney Injury in a General Hospital Population Using the MIMIC-IV Dataset

Wainstein M, Edward E, Spyrison N, Kamel Rahimi A, Ghadimi M, Johnson D, Shrapnel S

Kidney International Reports · 2024;9(4):S261–S262 (WCN24-1193)

DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2024.02.537

A Comparison Between a Random Forest Model and the Kidney Failure Risk Equation to Predict Progression to Kidney Failure

Wainstein M, Kamel Rahimi A, Hoy W, et al.

medRxiv · 2023

medRxiv Preprint

Toward a Learning Health Care System: A Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Conceptual Framework for Implementation of Clinical Analytics in a Digital Hospital

Lim HC, Austin JA, van der Vegt AH, Kamel Rahimi A, et al.

Applied Clinical Informatics · 2022;13(2):339–354

DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1743243

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