Applied AI & Platform Engineer - Dubai, UAE
Eslam Osama
I build the infrastructure behind AI products - and the products people trust.
Seven-plus years across production AI, mobile, web, IoT and real-time systems. I turn model capabilities into dependable platforms, then take the customer experience all the way to release.
Available for senior and lead roles, architecture engagements, and selected product builds worldwide.
Selected systems & products
Five projects that show the range: AI infrastructure, multimodal consumer product, multi-tenant platform, operational SaaS and connected hardware.
INFRO
One integration layer across text, image, video, audio and speech models - designed so product teams can change providers without rebuilding their products.
I architect provider-agnostic contracts and the reliability layer around them: health-aware routing, retries, automatic failover, request-level observability, cost attribution, budgets, access controls and governance.
The platform treats model access as accountable infrastructure, not a collection of SDK calls. Operational signals influence routing while portable interfaces reduce vendor lock-in.
Yasso
A parent's idea becomes a personalized, illustrated and narrated storybook in minutes, with the child at the center of every page.
I founded and built the product end to end: story structure, character consistency, image generation, text-to-speech, video export, subscriptions, release workflows and customer-facing quality.
A coordinated multimodal pipeline turns a short brief into age-appropriate narrative, coherent artwork and warm narration. The experience supports English and Arabic, offline reading and multiple illustration styles.
MeridianV
Forbes Travel Guide's platform for travel professionals: client recognition, curated intelligence, AI destination guides, recommendations, itinerary planning and interactive content.
I led the shared platform architecture - a Melos monorepo, Clean Architecture packages, typed navigation, a reusable design system and automated per-brand assets and environment configuration.
Multiple independently branded products ship from one codebase. A new tenant is configuration, not a fork, which keeps delivery consistent while each brand retains its own assets and environments.
Wisb
An all-in-one operating platform for coworking spaces and cafes, bringing live sessions, POS, room and locker reservations, payments, customers, staff and analytics into one system.
I shaped the product as an interconnected operational platform rather than isolated features, keeping real-time workflows, reservations, commerce and reporting coherent across the business.
The architecture joins customer-facing bookings with staff operations and management visibility, giving operators a single source of truth for day-to-day workspace activity.
Impulses
A connected-home ecosystem spanning mobile control, automation, voice assistants, family sharing, smart locks, environmental monitoring, BLE, MQTT and cloud services.
I defined the technical vision, platform architecture and roadmap; led delivery across mobile, cloud, hardware and operations; and coordinated engineers, suppliers, partners and business stakeholders.
Expertise
Applied AI & GenAI
From model capability to a product people can rely on.
AI platform reliability
The operational layer between a demo and production.
Product & platform engineering
Reusable systems that keep teams moving after launch.
Leadership & delivery
Architecture translated into clear business decisions.
Product archive
The wider body of shipped work - from speech AI and real-time safety to travel, hospitality, retail and consumer products.
Speech AIKateb
Payments and subscriptions contributed to +60% recurring revenueReal-time speech-to-text, contextual correction, editable content and professional document export.
Event platformThe Summit, Monaco
iOS and AndroidOfficial companion for Forbes Travel Guide's flagship summit, built for attendee navigation and engagement.
Trusted discoveryVerified Recs
iOS and AndroidPrivate recommendation product for Forbes Travel Guide employees across food, travel and culture.
Social recommendationsReckit
Spotify, Google Maps, IMDb and WhatsApp integrationsShare and discover recommendations from trusted personal networks with rich content and location integrations.
TravelBOOK IT PACE
iOS and AndroidTrip inspiration, itinerary planning, journey management and post-trip review in one client hub.
Luxury hospitalityLe Logis
iOS and AndroidGuest access to services, amenities and local information for a chateau in Cognac, France.
Business servicesRayat Solutions
iOSService discovery, team communication, quotation requests and career opportunities for a Saudi firm.
Consumer mobileSurah - Al Quran
iOS and AndroidCross-platform Quran experience with multiple reading interfaces and focused content navigation.
Experience
About
I work where AI capability, software architecture and product responsibility meet.
My strongest work has a common shape: a difficult system has to become understandable, reliable and useful. That has meant provider-agnostic AI infrastructure, multimodal story pipelines, multi-tenant product platforms, real-time audio, and connected hardware over BLE and MQTT.
Four years as a startup co-founder and CTO taught me to connect engineering decisions to runway, revenue, customer trust and team velocity. I can lead architecture, mentor engineers and communicate tradeoffs with non-technical stakeholders - then still work through the implementation details.
Based in Dubai and experienced across UAE, US, European and MENA teams. B.Sc. in Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence, Helwan University. Arabic native; English professional proficiency.
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Bring me the problem that cannot stay a prototype.
I am open to senior and lead software roles, AI platform and architecture engagements, and selected end-to-end product builds for clients worldwide.
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