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About Me
Turning Ideas Into Scalable Solutions
Full-Stack Lead Developer & AI Enthusiast
Senior Full-Stack Developer with 9+ years of experience architecting and delivering high-impact financial and enterprise systems. Specialized in building scalable platforms, optimizing performance, and leading technical initiatives that drive business value.
Website Development to Deployment
Building responsive, performant web applications with modern frameworks
App Development
Creating mobile-first applications that deliver exceptional user experiences
AI Solutions
Designing intelligent systems with machine learning and generative AI integration
AI Agents & Automation
Building autonomous agents and workflows that streamline complex business processes
LLM Integration
Integrating large language models to power smart applications and conversational experiences
78 +
Completed Projects
100 %
Client satisfaction
8 +
Years of experience
Experience
Work Experience
Real problems solved, decisions made, and measurable outcomes delivered
Senior Backend Engineer, AI Engineering
2026 - Present
PROBLEMS FACED
- Scaling backend systems to support AI-driven trading and financial workflows under strict latency and reliability constraints
- Integrating LLM-powered capabilities into production systems without compromising determinism, auditability, or security
- Bridging traditional backend engineering practices with emerging AI engineering patterns across the team
Senior Technical Consultant
2025 - 2026
PROBLEMS FACED
- Designing a platform where regulatory requirements, security, and developer experience must coexist without slowing delivery
- Handling complex consent, identity, and access flows while keeping APIs intuitive for internal and external consumers
- Operating systems that must be observable, auditable, and resilient by default
KEY DECISIONS
- Treated APIs as products, focusing on clear contracts, versioning, and long-term maintainability
- Designed services with a security-first mindset, embedding validation, access control, and auditability at every layer
- Invested early in observability and operational tooling to reduce production blind spots
- Balanced backend robustness with frontend usability to improve adoption across teams
IMPACT DELIVERED
- Helped establish a scalable foundation for Open Finance capabilities within the bank
- Reduced friction for teams consuming APIs by improving clarity, documentation, and visibility
- Improved confidence in production releases through stronger monitoring and operational readiness
Senior Full-Stack Developer
2020 - 2025
PROBLEMS FACED
- Rapidly growing product requirements leading to inconsistent UI patterns and duplicated logic
- Performance degradation as applications scaled in features and users
- Bridging the gap between business expectations and technical feasibility
KEY DECISIONS
- Focused on building reusable foundations instead of one-off features
- Standardized frontend patterns and shared components to improve team velocity
- Optimized client-side performance by pushing appropriate logic to the backend
- Acted as a technical bridge between stakeholders and engineers to align priorities early
IMPACT DELIVERED
- Improved development speed and predictability across multiple product teams
- Delivered smoother, more responsive user experiences for internal banking users
- Strengthened trust between business and engineering through consistent delivery
Software Engineer
2018 - 2020
PROBLEMS FACED
- Building a single platform to serve users with very different needs and technical literacy
- Supporting web, mobile, and desktop experiences without fragmenting the codebase
KEY DECISIONS
- Designed the system around roles and workflows rather than just screens
- Chose a modular architecture to support multiple platforms with shared logic
- Prioritized performance and responsiveness even on low-bandwidth networks
IMPACT DELIVERED
- Delivered a cohesive experience across devices for diverse user groups
- Improved adoption by focusing on simplicity and workflow-driven design
- Established patterns that supported future scalability and feature growth
Full-Stack Developer
2017 - 2018
PROBLEMS FACED
- Clients needed quick, reliable solutions without the overhead of large teams
- Unclear requirements and evolving scope during early-stage product development
KEY DECISIONS
- Worked closely with clients to clarify goals before writing code
- Built small, flexible systems that could evolve as requirements became clearer
- Focused on clean APIs and reusable components to support future changes
IMPACT DELIVERED
- Delivered production-ready applications within tight timelines
- Helped clients validate ideas and move faster with limited resources
- Developed strong product thinking and end-to-end ownership early in my career
Portfolio
Featured Projects
Real-world solutions with measurable business impact
Featured
Open Finance UAE Platform
Regulatory-compliant data-sharing system for financial institutions enabling secure customer data exchange.
Problem Solved
ENBD needed to comply with UAE Open Finance regulations while maintaining security and customer privacy.
Tech Stack
ReactNode.jsMicroservicesTypeScriptMongoDbOAuth 2.0AWSJenkinsOpenShift
Featured
PULSE
An internal enterprise application for Mashreq Bank employees to manage daily business activities, including deal creation, revenue tracking, client management, call reporting, and monitoring potential opportunities through a unified platform. Enhanced with a GenAI pipeline that transcribes Microsoft Teams call recordings and extracts relevant product mentions to auto-surface them as potential deals.
Problem Solved
Business users relied on scattered tools and manual processes to track deals, clients, and revenue, resulting in limited visibility, inefficiencies, and inconsistent reporting across teams. Valuable product opportunities discussed on client calls were also going untracked since surfacing them required manual note-taking and follow-up.
Tech Stack
ReactNodeJsMySQLRedisKubernetesReact NativeMongoDBAzureGenAIAzure OpenAISpeech-to-TextNLP
Featured
ACE Product Suite (CRM, Parents App, Teachers App, Sign In/Out)
A comprehensive daycare and school management platform designed to streamline enrollment, improve parent–teacher communication, and enable real-time tracking of children’s daily activities.
Problem Solved
Fragmented school operations and Schools relied on manual, disconnected systems for enrollment, activity tracking, and parent communication, causing inefficiencies and lack of real-time visibility.
Tech Stack
ReactNodeJSSpring BootJavaMicroservicesKubernetesCordovaAWS
Featured
CURA
Autonomous engineering remediation platform that automatically resolves SonarQube bugs, ESLint violations, and CAST vulnerabilities, paired with an NLP-powered Kibana Explorer for semantic log analysis and contextual incident investigation.
Problem Solved
Engineering teams spent significant time manually triaging and fixing issues flagged by static analysis tools, while incident investigation relied on slow, keyword-based log searching.
Tech Stack
AWS BedrockClaudeLLAMAOpenAI APIKibanaNLPNode.jsTypeScript
Featured
Knowledge Base
Enterprise AI streaming chatbot backend supporting 1000+ concurrent WebSocket users, built with an advanced retrieval pipeline combining multi-vector child-parent chunking, HyDE, cross-encoder re-ranking, RAPTOR hierarchical summaries, ColBERT matching, CRAG self-correction, and Redis-based semantic caching for 3s faster speculative responses.
Problem Solved
The organization needed a production-grade RAG chatbot capable of scaling to thousands of concurrent users while returning fast, faithful, and highly relevant answers across multiformat enterprise documents.
Tech Stack
Node.jsTypeScriptExpress.jsSocket.IOOpenAIQWENRedisPuppeteerCrawleePlaywrightpdf-parseMammoth
AlphaPanel
Self-hosted multi-agent stock analysis system where eight named agents, including dedicated Bull, Bear, Technicals, Fundamentals, and News seats, debate NSE stock picks through an LLM-with-deterministic-fallback engine, verify claims against source data, and auto-push high-confidence BUY signals to Telegram.
Problem Solved
Retail investors lacked an affordable, transparent way to get multi-perspective, auditable stock analysis instead of a single black-box AI opinion.
Tech Stack
FlaskPythonVanilla JSLLMSQLiteTelegram API
Featured
Ludo Game
A fully functional Ludo King clone showcasing responsive design, smooth animations via React Native Animation API, and Redux Toolkit state management.
Problem Solved
Creating an engaging multiplayer board game experience with smooth animations and reliable state management on mobile devices.
Tech Stack
React NativeRedux ToolkitAnimations
Featured
Featured
ReState
A full-stack Real Estate application with Google authentication, dynamic property listings, and user profiles. Built with modern tools for a seamless and scalable experience.
Problem Solved
Users needed a modern, intuitive platform to browse and manage real estate listings with secure authentication and personalized profiles.
Tech Stack
React NativeExpoTypeScriptNativewindAppwriteTailwind CSS
Featured
DevOverflow
Specialized platform designed for developers to ask questions, share knowledge, and solve coding challenges with AI assistance.
Problem Solved
Developers needed a modern Q&A platform with AI-powered answers and a clean, intuitive interface.
Tech Stack
Next.jsTailwind CSSOpenAIClerkMongoDbNodeJs
ConnectVerse
Full-stack Threads/Instagram clone with thread creation, nested commenting, real-time search, and community management.
Problem Solved
Building a scalable social platform with nested comments, community features, and real-time interactions.
Tech Stack
Next.jsMongoDBClerkTailwindCSSUploadThingNodeJs
Featured
3D Minimalistic Portfolio
Visually striking portfolio featuring immersive 3D elements for skill presentation and interactive experiences.
Problem Solved
Standing out with a unique portfolio that showcases technical skills through interactive 3D visualizations.
Tech Stack
React.jsThree.jsNode.jsViteTailwind CSS
Expertise
Technical Skills
Deep expertise across the full stack
AI Skills & Techniques
OpenAI API
3+ yrs
LangChain
2+ yrs
Prompt Engineering
4+ yrs
LangGraph
2+ yrs
RAG
3+ yrs
Python
3+ yrs
Large Language Models (LLMs)
3+ yrs
Generative AI
3+ yrs
AI Agents
3+ yrs
Agentic AI
2+ yrs
MCP
3+ yrs
Semantic Search
3+ yrs
Azure OpenAI
3+ yrs
AI Models & Coding Assistants
Claude
2+ yrs
Cursor
3+ yrs
Claude Code
1+ yrs
Ollama
1+ yrs
Qwen
1+ yrs
Perplexity
2+ yrs
Replit
2+ yrs
Lovable
1+ yrs
Frontend Development
React.js
8+ yrs
Next.js
6+ yrs
TypeScript
8+ yrs
JavaScript
8+ yrs
HTML/CSS
8+ yrs
Tailwind CSS
6+ yrs
Mobile Development
React Native
4+ yrs
Expo
3+ yrs
Backend & APIs
Node.js
6+ yrs
Express.js
6+ yrs
Spring Boot
4+ yrs
Java
3+ yrs
PostgreSQL
5+ yrs
MongoDB
6+ yrs
Redis
5+ yrs
Architecture & Performance
Microservices
5+ yrs
System Design
5+ yrs
API Design
6+ yrs
Performance Optimization
7+ yrs
DevOps, Cloud & Tooling
AWS
6+ yrs
Docker
5+ yrs
Kubernetes
5+ yrs
CI/CD
8+ yrs
Git
8+ yrs
Webpack
7+ yrs
Jest/Testing
6+ yrs
Grafana/Monitoring
5+ yrs
Partnerships
Trusted By
Organizations I've partnered with to deliver impactful solutions
Aquanow
AI-Driven Trading & Financial Systems Engineering
Emirates NBD
Open Finance & Banking Platform Development
Mashreq Bank
PULSE Platform & Design System Library
Entlogics
SASS Product suite for Educational Institutions
CertoMeter
Certification Management
Aquanow
AI-Driven Trading & Financial Systems Engineering
Emirates NBD
Open Finance & Banking Platform Development
Mashreq Bank
PULSE Platform & Design System Library
Entlogics
SASS Product suite for Educational Institutions
CertoMeter
Certification Management
Aquanow
AI-Driven Trading & Financial Systems Engineering
Emirates NBD
Open Finance & Banking Platform Development
Mashreq Bank
PULSE Platform & Design System Library
Entlogics
SASS Product suite for Educational Institutions
CertoMeter
Certification Management
Cloud37 GmbH
Cloud Solutions
Credwault
Financial Technology
Duncan Taylor
Consulting Services
Sovereign Solutions
Enterprise Solutions
Cloud37 GmbH
Cloud Solutions
Credwault
Financial Technology
Duncan Taylor
Consulting Services
Sovereign Solutions
Enterprise Solutions
Cloud37 GmbH
Cloud Solutions
Credwault
Financial Technology
Duncan Taylor
Consulting Services
Sovereign Solutions
Enterprise Solutions
Collaborated with 9+ leading organizations
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Validated expertise through industry-recognized credentials
2026
The Complete Prompt Engineering for AI Bootcamp
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2025
Node.js Certification
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Next.js Mastery
JavaScript Mastery
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Verified Credential
2023
AWS Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services
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6 Industry Certifications & Counting
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