Do I need a machine learning engineer or a full stack developer?

For most AI products in 2026, a full stack developer experienced with LLM APIs, RAG and evaluation ships the whole product. You need an ML engineer when custom model training or novel research is genuinely required, which is rarer than job posts suggest.

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Ijaz Khan, Senior Full Stack Developer

4+ years shipping production SaaS, AI products and scalable backends for clients worldwide. Available for freelance projects and full-time roles.

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