Bachelor of Science

Aie Serve is a youth empowerment NGO that was founded on February 23, 2007 with the goal of spreading love and acceptance via increasing awareness and education. Beirut Aie Club is a chapter of Aie Serve organization that works on improving Beirut. We believes that community service and personal development can achieve love, tolerance, and respect for the sake of an improved future for human kind.

Cabinet Member

Bachelor’s Degree

Responsibilities:
◉ Providing strategic guidance on AI technologies, trends, and their potential business impact.
◉ Designing and advising on innovative AI-driven technology roadmaps.
◉ Assessing and optimizing technology stacks to support scalable AI solutions.
◉ Establishing best practices for AI software development and integration.
◉ Collaborating with stakeholders to align AI initiatives with overall business objectives.

Technologies:
◉ Languages: JavaScript - TypeScript - Node - Nest - React - Vue - Jest - Tailwind
◉ Data: Chroma DB - PineCone DB - PostgreSQL - GraphQL - MongoDB - Elasticsearch
◉ Tools: GCP - Azure - Docker - Kubernetes - Terraform - Jenkins - GitHub Actions - New Relic
◉ AI: OpenAI - LangChain - Hugging Face - PyTorch - Llamaindex - vLLM -  LMSys - Ollama

AI Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:
◉ Developed a scalable RESTful API handling 2M+ requests/hour with zero downtime.
◉ Collaborated with teams to ensure user-friendly, scalable, testable software architecture.
◉ Created custom solutions enhancing productivity and addressing business challenges.
◉ Built tools automating time-consuming tasks, aiding in seamless feature development.
◉ Maintained strong communication during service development, aligning with business needs.

Technologies:
◉ Languages: PHP 5.3 / 5.5 - Laravel 4.0 / 4.2 - Lumen - PHPUnit - JavaScript - Angular 1.5 - Twitter Bootstrap - Sass
◉ Data: Neo4j - MongoDB - MySQL - Redis - Beanstalkd
◉ Tools: VirtualBox - AWS - Docker - Docker Swarm - Jenkins CI/CD - Nginx - Github - Linux - Ansible - BugSnag

Full-Stack Engineer

Responsibilities:
◉ Led major technical and commercial initiatives, ensuring best practices and robust design.
◉ Mentored team members, fostering motivation and growth with clear guidance.
◉ Promoted open communication and collaboration in a cross-functional Agile team.
◉ Designed a warehouse production flow enhancing efficiency and streamlining operations.
◉ Established a comprehensive documentation system for knowledge sharing and future development.

Technologies:
◉ Languages: PHP 7.1 - Laravel 5.3 / 5.4 - Codeception - Python 3.7 - Django 2.0 - PyTest - Materialize CSS - Less
◉ Data: MongoDB - MariaDB - Memcached - RabbitMQ
◉ Tools: Digital Ocean - Docker - Docker Swarm - ScrutinizerCI - Envoyer - HAProxy - New Relic - Linux - Bitbucket - Bower - Gulp - Yeoman - Sentry - GrayLog - Pingdom

Lead Full-Stack Engineer

Responsibilities:
◉ Founded Laradock.io, overseeing major initiatives and mentoring over 100 contributors.
◉ Developed innovative solutions with cutting-edge tech and best practices.
◉ Collaborated with global team, set technical standards, project milestones and promoted growth.
◉ Strategically expanded the project and formed valuable community partnerships.
◉ Authored detailed technical documentation available at https://laradock.io.

Technologies:
◉ Languages: Shell - Python - PHP - JavaScript - Hugo - HTML - CSS
◉ Data: N/A
◉ Tools: Docker - Github Actions - TravisCI - Linux - Docker Compose - Git - Cloudflare

Lead DevOps Engineer (Open-Source)

Responsibilities:
◉ Founded, and maintained Apiato.io, empowering PHP developers for efficient API development.
◉ Created and documented the Porto SAP architecture, focusing on scalability and maintainability.
◉ Led global contributors, diligently reviewing pull requests, ensuring overall project success.
◉ Promoted community engagement effectively, significantly increasing visibility and adoption rates.
◉ Served as an API development thought leader, sharing insights and best practices.

Technologies:
◉ Languages: PHP - Laravel - HTML - CSS
◉ Data: MySQL - Beanstalkd - Redis
◉ Tools: Jekyll - API-DocJS - Docker - Github - TravisCI - Nginx - Linux - Cloudflare

Lead Software Architect (Open-Source)

Responsibilities:
◉ Led integrations with diverse APIs, including fraud detection and payment gateways.
◉ Improved system performance by rearchitecting a large Rails service and transitioning to AWS.
◉ Implemented advanced, robust security measures to effectively protect against cyber threats.
◉ Collaborated closely with the front-end team, ensuring seamless back-end integration.
◉ Managed code reviews, ensuring consistent adherence to high standards and best practices.

Technologies:
◉ Languages: Ruby - Rails - PHP - Zend - RSpec - Minitest - Behat
◉ Data: MySQL - RabbitMQ - Redis - ElasticSearch - Grafana - Percona Toolkit - CloudAMQP - Sidekiq
◉ Tools: AWS - Terraform - Kubernetes - Helm - GitLab CI/CD - Logstash - New Relic - Capistrano - Sentry - GrayLog - CodeClimate - StatusCake - Vault

Staff Back-End Engineer

Responsibilities:
◉ Managing and mentoring technical teams, focusing on career and skill development.
◉ Allocating ~30% of time to hands-on tasks: code review, sys architecture, and incident management.
◉ Recruiting top talent and fostering a culture of excellence within technical teams.
◉ Leading client engagements, managing project scoping, budgeting, and timely delivery.
◉ Managing budgets and resources, optimizing project efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Technologies:
◉ Languages: TypeScript - JavaScript - Node - Express - React - Chakra UI - Jest - RTL - Cypress - CSS
◉ Data: MongoDB - MariaDB - Redis - Prisma - Prometheus - Grafana
◉ Tools: AWS - Terraform - EKS - Kubernetes - Helm - Docker - JMeter - OWASP ZAP - GitHub Actions - Sentry - Webflow

Senior Engineering Manager

Responsibilities:
◉ Designed a scalable API system to streamline client integration and drive sales growth.
◉ Developed distinctive backend/frontend features to add new availability and booking capabilities.
◉ Upgraded the DDD Symfony platform and PHP version, enhancing system capabilities.
◉ Drove improvements in performance and scalability through automated testing.
◉ Addressed technical debt and code quality, ensuring a maintainable codebase.

Technologies:
◉ Languages: PHP - Symfony - PHPUnit - Codeception - TypeScript - VueJS - Tailwind CSS - Jest
◉ Data: PostgresDB - MongoDB - Redis - RabbitMQ - Kibana - ElasticSearch - Logstash
◉ Tools: AWS - CircleCI - Traefik - Bitbucket - WSO2 - Rollbar - PHING - Pingdom - OWASP ZAP - JMeter - Capistrano - Supervisord

Senior Software Architect

<p>Responsibilities:
◉ Leading the design and development of agentic AI systems, with a focus on autonomous workflows.
◉ Driving hands-on R&amp;D to prototype, test, and deploy scalable AI-driven features.
◉ Establishing standards for reliability, performance, and experimentation in AI system design.
◉ Contributing to architectural decisions and technical strategy across the entire AI platform.

Technologies:
◉ Languages: Python - GoLang - TypeScript - C - FastAPI
◉ Data: Cassandra - Pinecone - Redis - Kafka - Postgress - Neo4j - GraphQL
◉ Tools: Docker - Kubernetes - EKS - GitHub Actions - AWS - Terraform
◉ AI: Custom LLM Stack*</p>

Principal AI Engineer

Responsibilities:

Sista AI Platform:
◉ Oversee the development of our core AI platform, from research and architecture to deployment.
◉ Drive strategic marketing initiatives that elevate brand visibility and accelerate our growth.
◉ Develop and execute customer acquisition and lead generation strategies to expand market reach.

Sista AI Consultancy:
◉ Provide AI and software architecture consulting to clients, guiding tech choices and roadmaps.
◉ Deliver custom AI solutions and integrations to support client automation and data initiatives.
◉ Advise startups and enterprises on leveraging AI to achieve measurable business outcomes.

Technologies:
◉ Languages: Python - TypeScript - Serverless Framework - Express - Nest - Refine - React - Next - Tailwind - Ant Design - Stencil
◉ Data: PineconeDB - InfluxDB - PostgresDB - MongoDB - Redis - Kafka
◉ Tools: GitHub Actions - GraphQL - TypeORM - AWS: CES / ECR / EFS / Lambda / API Gateway / EventBridge / CloudFront / S3 / Route 53 - Make Autom

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