About

I'd rather do the work than watch it get done.

I'm Bilal Shirazi. I've been building software for twenty years, and since 2026 I've done it full-time, for clients and for myself.

I work from Toronto, with companies across Canada and the US.

Credentials

Generative AI Developer - Professional, AWS
Machine Learning Engineer - Associate, AWS
Solutions Architect - Associate, AWS
AI Practitioner, AWS
Agentic Coding and Agentic Tooling
Generative AI with Large Language Models
Pursuing Claude Certified Architect - Professional and Claude Certified Developer - Foundations, Claude Partner Network
An analysis of concurrent memory allocators, University of Waterloo

Executive MBA, Quantic School of Business and Technology (2019-2020)
Bachelor of Mathematics, Computer Science, Honours - Distributed Systems & Networks, University of Waterloo (1998-2003)

Start a project

Start with a 30-minute call - no pitch deck, just the work.

Book a call

Or write to contact@bilalshiraziholdings.com.