Sufiyan Ahmed on Tal
Headline
AI Engineer | SSE @Toast | ex-Amadeus
About
I build AI that engineers actually want to use. I started out as a Python backend engineer, writing APIs, taming databases, and chasing down the kind of bugs that only show up at 2 AM. Somewhere along the way, Generative AI walked into the room and I never really looked back. For ~5 years at Amadeus, I've lived in the gap between Generative AI hype and production reality, taking LLMs, RAG, and Model Context Protocol from interesting demos to systems that thousands of people rely on every day. My work cuts across three threads: shipping production MCP servers and agentic tools at enterprise scale, leading AI-assisted modernization that's pulled months of effort out of legacy migrations, and building LLM-powered developer tools that quietly automate the boring parts of engineering — like routine code reviews and knowledge discovery. Alongside the building, I help shape GenAI and MCP architecture standards for the org. I contribute to open source in the same space — agentic frameworks, AI developer tooling, and the small but mighty automations that keep codebases healthy. Tech I reach for most: Python, MCP, Agentic AI, RAG, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, Azure OpenAI, AWS Strands, LLM evaluation, Docker, Kubernetes. I'm most drawn to agentic systems, developer experience, and the spots where evaluation, security, and governance meet real engineering workflows — the unglamorous work that makes AI actually trustworthy. Always up for a conversation about agents, developer experience, or where AI is heading next.
Location
Greater Bengaluru Area
Work experience
Senior Software Engineer at Toast, Jul 2026 - Present · 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Software Development Engineer 2 at Amadeus Labs, Apr 2023 - Jul 2026 · 3 yrs 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Software Engineer at Amadeus Labs, Aug 2021 - Mar 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
SDE Intern at Amadeus Labs, Jan 2021 - May 2021 · 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Wordpress Developer at Lernen Global, Mar 2020 - Jul 2020 · 5 mos, Tamil Nadu, India
Internship at We Switched, Jul 2019 - Aug 2019 · 2 mos, Greater Chennai Area, Skills on Alexa
Education
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, SRM IST Chennai
12, Science, Don Bosco School,Siliguri
Public links
github: https://github.com/sufiyan-ahmed
