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Ali Waleed

const role = "AI Engineer"

Building LLM observability infrastructure and multi-agent systems at Langtrace AI. OpenTelemetry contributor and CNCF working group member shaping the future of GenAI standards.

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// Core Technologies

TypeScript
Node.js
LLM Observability
OpenTelemetry
Python
Next.js
Django
Web3

// Experience Timeline

Langtrace AI

Senior Software Engineer / AI Engineer

Jun 2024 - Present
  • ▹Architected a 3-agent orchestration system (router, planner, listener) for Zest across 100+ integrations, cutting agent response time by 75% for simple tasks (20s → 5s) and 50% for intensive tasks (40s → 20s)
  • ▹Automated Slack bot provisioning end-to-end using Slack manifests and Vercel SDK — new bots go live in 1 minute instead of 30, enabling 30+ workspace onboardings
  • ▹Designed and built the Langtrace Python SDK from the ground up, an OpenTelemetry-based framework instrumenting 10+ LLM providers, 13+ AI frameworks, and 8+ vector databases — surpassing 1M+ downloads and scaling to millions of traces ingested daily
  • ▹Collaborated with observability engineers from Google, Elastic, and Microsoft in CNCF working group sessions to establish GenAI trace semantic conventions; spearheaded the official OpenTelemetry instrumentation for OpenAI and was inducted as an OpenTelemetry org member

Scale3

Software Engineer

Jun 2023 - Present
  • ▹Rewrote the Autopilot dashboard from scratch using Next.js server components, server actions, and React Query caching, enabling blockchain operators to provision and monitor validator nodes with real-time observability to prevent slashing events
  • ▹Introduced the first AI feature on the platform — a RAG-powered customer support agent that ingested live server logs and allowed operators to troubleshoot node errors through a conversational interface
  • ▹Implemented observability dashboards using Grafana for infrastructure monitoring

Preventia Technologies

Software Engineer

Jan 2021 - Jun 2023
  • ▹Delivered end-to-end features for a clinical decision support platform, engineering a YAML-driven conditional logic engine that guided physicians through dynamic care pathways based on patient inputs such as age, medical history, and vital signs
  • ▹Analyzed HubSpot session recordings to identify UX friction points across the doctor onboarding flow, translating findings into product improvements that improved conversion and reduced churn

Remoteplatz

Software Engineer

Jan 2020 - Jan 2021
  • ▹Built a CV extraction feature that parsed resumes and surfaced structured bullet points, streamlining candidate evaluation for recruiters on the platform
  • ▹Designed and scaled the backend to handle a library of 40K+ recorded candidate videos, ensuring reliable performance under heavy concurrent load during onboarding
  • ▹Acted as the bridge between business stakeholders and the engineering team, translating product requirements into technical specifications and managing delivery across a team of 3 engineers

Everest Minds

Full Stack Engineer

Jul 2019 - Jan 2020
  • ▹Built web app for tourism sector using Node.js

dlc.

Frontend Developer

Sep 2018 - Jul 2019
  • ▹Built CRM and ERP systems using Angular 6

// Projects

Langtrace

Langtrace

open source

Open-source LLM observability platform built on OpenTelemetry. Captures, debugs, and analyzes traces from LLM APIs, vector databases, and AI frameworks — with zero code changes. Instruments OpenAI, Anthropic, LangChain, LlamaIndex, and more.

Next.jsTypeScriptOpenTelemetryClickHousePostgreSQL
WebsiteGitHub
Zest

Zest

private

AI-powered assistant built natively for Slack. Orchestrates 3 specialized agents across 100+ integrations — handling task routing, context management, and tool invocation directly inside your team's workspace.

Multi-AgentSlack APITypeScriptLLM Orchestration
Website
Specter

Specter

open source

Local observability dashboard for Claude Code. Visualizes sessions, costs, token usage, tool calls, and task history from your ~/.claude/ directory — no database or config required.

Next.jsReactTypeScriptTailwind CSSRecharts
GitHub

// Open Source Contributions

Core contributor to opentelemetry-python-contrib — the official OpenTelemetry Python instrumentation repository under the CNCF.

merged

Decompose workflow-api-client.ts into focused modules and add test infrastructure

Vercel

vercel/workflow#1070

+2,886-1,344

Broke down a 1,330-line monolithic workflow-api-client.ts into 8 focused single-responsibility modules — error handling, pagination, polling, server actions, streams, and React hooks — while maintaining backward compatibility. Added full test infrastructure with Vitest, jsdom, and Testing Library.

21 files changedFeb 24, 2026TypeScript · React · Vitest
merged

Add Support for Async OpenAI Instrumentation

OpenTelemetry

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#2984

+3,081-20

Extended the package with full async support — AsyncCompletions.create wrapper, async stream handling, and comprehensive test coverage with 847-line async test suite.

20 files changedNov 14, 2024Python · Async · Streaming
mergedgen-ai

Add Initial Support for Instrumenting OpenAI Python Library

OpenTelemetry

open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib#2759

+1,617-130

Created the entire opentelemetry-instrumentation-openai-v2 package from scratch. Instruments OpenAI's chat completion API with distributed tracing aligned to GenAI semantic conventions.

23 files changedOct 22, 2024Python · OpenTelemetry · OpenAI

// Notable Achievements

CNCF Working Group

Active member shaping Semantic Conventions for GenAI observability standards.

Zest Platform

Multi-agent Slack platform with 3-agent orchestration across 100+ integrations.

Langtrace SDK

Python SDK for distributed tracing in LLM applications using OpenTelemetry.