Summary
AI Solutions Architect and Technical Manager with 17 years of software engineering experience across web, mobile, AI and infrastructure. Designed and shipped a production Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) learning assistant used by 1.5K students and educators at GPS Education, and authored solution architectures for UAE government and enterprise clients (National Library & Archives, DMT Abu Dhabi). Lead multidisciplinary teams across backend, frontend, mobile, QA, UI/UX and DevOps; mentored 18+ developers and cut deployment time by 60% with Kubernetes and GitOps CI/CD.
Skills
Experience
Technical Manager
- Lead a cross-functional team (backend, frontend, Flutter, QA, UI/UX, DevOps), owning architecture, code review and delivery across GPS Education's web, mobile and AI platform ecosystem
- Designed and shipped a production RAG learning assistant used by 1.5K students and educators, giving answers grounded in uploaded books with source citations
- Built the GenAI pipeline: Qwen LLM, Qwen3 embeddings and reranking, Milvus + Elasticsearch hybrid search, LangChain and FastAPI on GPU-accelerated Docker (NVIDIA runtime)
- Added OCR document extraction and Whisper speech features, secured with Keycloak/JWT and monitored with Prometheus
- Architected microservices infrastructure on Docker, Kubernetes and Terraform with GitLab and Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, cutting deployment time by 60%
- Mentored 18+ developers and introduced Agile practices that improved delivery speed by 40%
Senior Consultant (AI & Solutions Architecture)
- Lead the AI, backend (Python, .NET) and mobile delivery team (business analysis, frontend, backend, Flutter, QA, UI/UX)
- Shipped four AI products presented at GITEX Global 2025 (NLA-GPT, NLA-Translation, NLA-Face Similarity, NLA-Image Similarity) plus a companion Publication App
- Authored the solution architecture for NLA Single View, a unified, permission-aware AI search platform for the National Library & Archives
- Designed a fully self-hosted DevOps platform on Kubernetes with zero dependency on managed cloud services
- Built React Native apps with offline support and real-time sync, cutting load times by 50% and holding 99.9% crash-free sessions
- Integrated third-party APIs and payment systems across iOS and Android
Senior AI Specialist
- Lead the AI, Python backend and React team for the DMT and APRS automation systems
- Built APRS, an AI system that automates architectural design from AutoCAD drawings, with automated building-permit and CAD verification and compliance reporting
- Designed the target CI/CD architecture for BINAA, a live government platform on dmt.gov.ae, enabling zero-downtime releases and one-command rollback
- Delivered an interim Docker Compose deployment path so the team got automation and rollback before full Kubernetes provisioning
- Built Python/Django applications for AI-generated reports and building permits, and delivered the DMT and BINAA engineering training platforms in React
Senior Developer
- Built native Android (Kotlin) and iOS (Swift) applications and PHP REST APIs for enterprise clients, including the 212 Nursery Management System
- Optimized application performance, reducing load times by 35%
Founder & Technical Director
- Founded and ran a web development and hosting company end-to-end, from business development to technical delivery and infrastructure
- Built and led a team of 6 developers and designers, delivering 50+ web projects
- Set up hosting infrastructure and server management services alongside custom CMS and e-commerce platforms
Freelance Web Developer
- Delivered 30+ custom PHP and WordPress projects with a 90% client retention rate
Featured Projects
RAG Chatbot API — GenAI Learning Assistant
Production · 1.5K usersProduction RAG platform letting students and educators upload books and documents and get answers grounded strictly in that content, with streaming chat, source citations and admin analytics.
- Full RAG pipeline: ingestion, chunking, Qwen LLM, Qwen3 embeddings and reranking, hybrid retrieval across Milvus and Elasticsearch
- Multimodal features: OCR document/image extraction and Whisper-based speech
- GPU microservices (FastAPI, Docker + NVIDIA) with Keycloak/JWT auth, Prometheus observability and a Next.js/PostgreSQL admin dashboard
NLA Single View — Unified AI Search Platform
Solutions ArchitectureFull technical architecture for a central platform unifying independent AI-driven services (AI agents, image, voice, translation) behind one permission-aware search layer, scaling without blocking on AI/RAG processing time per request.
- Event-driven design: per-service connector plugins → Kafka event bus → indexing workers computing CLIP embeddings and pHash fingerprints → OpenSearch (full-text + vector/kNN) as the central index
- SAML 2.0 / Active Directory login with group-to-role mapping, enforced as ACLs at index time and filtered again at query time by the API gateway
- Each connector plugin ships as an independent Kubernetes microservice with its own HPA, so services scale independently under load
Self-Hosted DevOps Platform (Kubernetes)
Solutions ArchitectureFully self-hosted DevOps platform, from source control to production, with zero dependency on third-party managed cloud services: GitLab & Jenkins CI with SonarQube/Trivy gates, Harbor registry, ArgoCD GitOps, HashiCorp Vault secrets, cert-manager TLS, Prometheus/Grafana/Loki/Alertmanager observability, MinIO object storage, n8n automation and Velero backup/DR.
BINAA — DMT Abu Dhabi Government Platform
Solutions ArchitectureDocumented the current-state infrastructure and designed the target CI/CD architecture for a live government platform, moving it from manual FTP deployment to GitOps on Kubernetes (Bitbucket → Jenkins → Docker → ArgoCD → Kubernetes) with zero-downtime rolling releases, one-command rollback and automated PostgreSQL backups to S3-compatible storage.
APRS — AI Architectural Design Automation
AI AutomationAI system that automates architectural design from AutoCAD drawings, with smart inspection, building-permit and CAD verification, and compliance reporting.
Other Projects
Robotoys — Educational Gaming Platform
Educational gaming platform for children with interactive learning modules, progress tracking and gamified experiences across iOS, Android and web.
GPS Education Ecosystem
Notification systems, question-bank management and an interactive examination platform (GPS Notifier, GPS Internal Bank, Present).
El Moasser ABC — Educational App
Early-childhood learning app covering alphabet learning, pronunciation guides and progress tracking for parents and educators.
212 Nursery Management System
End-to-end nursery management covering enrollment, attendance, parent communication and administrative tools.