Youssef – Python, React, AWS

Led the delivery of client-facing AI and data platforms for global organizations across pharmaceuticals, sustainability, banking, and manufacturing. Worked directly with technical and business stakeholders to translate ambiguous requirements into secure, scalable production systems using AI, LLMs, microservices, and distributed data pipelines.

• Led a cross-functional team of 5+ engineers and data scientists from requirements and architecture through production deployment.
• Built an AI-assisted document platform with human-in-the-loop review workflows for regulatory and medical writing teams.
• Designed microservices and questionnaire-management tools for a global sustainability organization.
• Optimized Kafka-based asynchronous pipelines, reducing processing time by 86%, from 15 minutes to 2 minutes.
• Integrated machine-learning models for automated questionnaire scoring and data processing.
• Built an AI document-extraction and search platform supporting corporate loan assessment workflows for a European bank.
• Developed an AI-powered product search and quote-generation platform for a global manufacturing organization.
• Implemented CI/CD automation that reduced deployment time.
• Built scalable services using Python, FastAPI, Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, SQL, and NoSQL databases.

A digital finance platform built for the African market, focused on security, scalability, and reliability across the full payment lifecycle. The system handled high-stakes financial transactions and required strict compliance with security standards.

• Developed high-quality object-oriented software for the finance sector with a focus on security and scalability
• Built and deployed backend services using Java Spring Boot and Python, integrated with RabbitMQ for async messaging
• Implemented authentication and authorization using Keycloak across multiple services
• Developed frontend interfaces using React.js, improving user experience for digital payment workflows
• Managed deployments using Docker and Linux environments, ensuring reliable and consistent delivery
• Contributed across the full SDLC — from requirements through testing and production deployment
• Improved backend reliability and deployment consistency through Docker, Linux environments, and CI/CD pipelines.

A full-stack web application designed for a startup to improve user engagement, streamline team collaboration, and enable real-time notifications. The platform provides a centralized environment for communication and task coordination, helping teams collaborate more efficiently and stay informed through instant updates.

• Designed and developed a notification system to improve user engagement.
• Built backend services using Java Spring Boot connected to a MySQL database.
• Developed frontend components using Angular, translating business requirements into functional user interfaces.
• Helped introduce Agile/Scrum practices, including daily standups, sprint backlogs, planning sessions, and delivery tracking.
• Participated across the SDLC, including development, testing, bug fixing, and software delivery.

A Java-based web application developed in an enterprise training environment to demonstrate core backend development concepts and modern web application architecture. The project focused on applying Core Java, object-oriented programming principles, and fundamental web development practices in a realistic enterprise workflow.

• Developed Java web application features using Core Java and object-oriented programming principles.
• Implemented basic frontend and backend functionality for enterprise-style applications.
• Collaborated with team members to design, build, and test Java-based web solutions.