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FULL STACK & AI ENGINEER

Engineering powerful software. Building practical AI.

I design and develop high-performance web platforms, SaaS products, and AI-powered systems from concept to production.

Stack Python Django FastAPI TypeScript Vue BioBERT FAISS Linux
AI Systems
Full Stack
SaaS Architecture
ABOUT

More than code — I build systems that solve real business problems.

I design and ship data-heavy systems — Django, FastAPI, ETL at scale, retrieval pipelines, and the production glue that keeps them up. Self-taught, came up through Lebanese agencies and freelance work, then went deep on backend and ML.

For the past year I've been the sole engineer at a healthcare technology company, where I've shipped two production platforms: a 714-model pharmaceutical reference data API and a clinical AI coding service combining BioBERT semantic embeddings, BM25, and historical retrieval.

Open to senior full-stack and AI engineering roles, and select freelance work on SaaS and AI-powered products.

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Full Stack Engineering

End-to-end product builds across backend, API, and frontend.

AI & ML Integration

Production retrieval systems, LLM workflows, clinical safety guardrails.

SaaS Architecture

Multi-tenant, multi-currency, multi-region — built to scale.

Location
Sidon, Lebanon · Hybrid / Remote
Pronouns
he/him
Languages
English (fluent) · Arabic (native)
Availability
Senior roles + select freelance
Experience
10+ years across full-stack & ML
SELECTED WORK

A handful of projects I'm proud of.

See all work
Clinical AI · Service architecture
2025 — present Sole engineer AI / Healthcare

Clinical AI Coding Service

Healthcare AI service suggesting ICD-10 and CPT codes from clinical notes via 3-layer hybrid retrieval — BioBERT semantic embeddings, BM25 lexical search, and historical co-occurrence — with clinical safety guardrails.

Python FastAPI BioBERT FAISS BM25
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Pharma platform · Admin console
2025 — present Sole engineer

Pharmaceutical Reference Data Platform

714-model Django/DRF platform with a 309-CSV ETL pipeline, Redis cache warming, and 730+ versioned REST endpoints.

Django DRF Celery Redis Elasticsearch
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Storefront platform · Tenants
2024 — Present Sole engineer

Multi-tenant Storefront Platform

Custom React + Vite eCommerce platform powering multiple Lebanese retail brands — Garden State and LGT — from one codebase, with per-tenant config and feature modules.

React Vite TypeScript Multi-tenant CMS
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Talentech · Desktop UI
2020 — 2025 Lead engineer

Talentech Hybrid Desktop Platform

Rebuilt a legacy desktop system on Electron + Angular + Node + Socket.io with offline-first cloud sync.

Electron Angular Node.js Socket.io MySQL
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True Express · Vendor dashboard
2018 — 2020 Freelance · Full-stack

True Express & Jazly

Multi-vendor, multi-currency eCommerce platforms for Kuwait — admin, vendor, integration, API, and customer surfaces.

Laravel Vue Nuxt MySQL Redis
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Ata3allam · Landing
2019 Freelance · Full-stack

Ata3allam — Multilingual Educational Landing

Multilingual educational landing page with custom hand-coded animations. No template, no library — built from scratch as a craft exercise. Live at ata3allam.com.

HTML CSS JavaScript RTL
Read case study
EXPERTISE

Six things I'm deep on.

01

Full Stack Development

End-to-end builds across Python, TypeScript, and the production layer between them.

02

AI & Automation

Production retrieval systems, LLM workflows, multi-agent architectures, and the safety gates around them.

03

SaaS Architecture

Multi-tenant, multi-currency, multi-region products — designed to scale before they need to.

04

API & Backend Systems

REST and GraphQL APIs, versioning strategy, auth, rate limiting, structured logging.

05

Cloud & DevOps

Linux deployments, GitHub Actions, Docker, observability, accuracy-regression CI gates.

06

Product Strategy

Translating ambiguous founder briefs into shipping product, with the engineering trade-offs surfaced early.

EXPERIENCE

10+ years across full-stack, backend, and ML.

Click any row to expand. Most recent first.

2025 — present
Sole Engineer
Healthcare technology company · Remote
Designed and built two production platforms end-to-end: a Django/DRF pharmaceutical reference data platform (714 models, 1,229 relationships, 730+ endpoints) and a FastAPI clinical AI coding service (BioBERT + BM25 + historical retrieval, with HIPAA-style PHI de-identification and accuracy-regression CI gates).
Feb 2025
AI Engineer (Internship)
FakkerAI · Remote
Built an AI-powered product and order management chatbot using OpenAI, Pinecone, and Python. Optimized retrieval and response accuracy across the RAG pipeline.
2020 — 2025
Software Engineer
Talentech · Remote
Led the rebuild of a hybrid Electron desktop application replacing a legacy system. Managed a small full-stack team, distributed work, ran code review. Stack: Node.js, Express, Laravel, Angular, Socket.io, Electron, Fabric.js, MySQL.
2018
Software Engineer
Cazy Media · Lebanon
Built a multi-vendor, multi-currency platform with external integrations. Laravel + Vue + Redis on Linux.
2017 — 2018
Software Engineer
Dekmak · Lebanon
Replaced a WordPress-driven workflow with a custom CMS on Laravel + Vue + MySQL + Redis. Optimized DB queries and caching.
2016 — 2017
Frontend Developer
NOVA4 · Lebanon
Delivered 10+ frontend projects. HTML, CSS, jQuery.
2015 — present
Freelance Full-Stack Engineer
Independent · Global
Custom web and desktop applications for startups and established businesses, locally and internationally. End-to-end ownership of database design, frontend, backend, and deployment.
TECH STACK

A working set, grouped by where I spend the most time.

Backend
Python Django DRF FastAPI Laravel Node.js Go Express
AI / ML / NLP
BioBERT MedCPT FAISS BM25 Presidio spaCy OpenAI Claude Pinecone
Data
PostgreSQL MariaDB MySQL Redis Elasticsearch Celery
Frontend
TypeScript Vue 3 Nuxt Angular Electron
Infrastructure
Linux Docker Kubernetes AWS GitHub Actions Gunicorn Nginx
Practices
TDD API versioning DDD Structured logging Accuracy-regression CI
AI ENGINEERING

Building AI-powered products,
not just AI features.

Most AI portfolios stop at "I called the OpenAI API." Mine starts where that ends — with retrieval architecture, safety gates, evaluation pipelines, and the production glue that keeps an AI system honest in front of real users.

LLM integrations
Production-grade integrations with OpenAI, Claude, and self-hosted models.
AI assistants
Domain-specific assistants with grounded retrieval and tool use.
NLP workflows
Clinical coding, document classification, structured extraction.
Intelligent automation
RAG over private data, multi-step agentic workflows, evals.
Multi-agent systems
Orchestration, handoffs, shared memory, observability.
Product architecture
Safety guardrails, accuracy-regression gates, versioned prompt management.
Read the clinical AI case study
input · clinical note
output · code suggestions
PROCESS

How I take a project from idea to production.

01

Discover

Map the real problem and constraints. Ask the questions the brief didn't answer.

02

Architect

Choose the boring, durable pieces. Sketch the data model, the API surface, the failure modes.

03

Build

Ship vertical slices. Tests from day one. Structured logs from day one. CI from day one.

04

Scale

Tune the parts that actually need it. Caching, indexing, batching. Observability before optimization.

CONTACT

Have a complex product idea?
Let's build it properly.

From SaaS platforms to AI-powered systems, I help turn ambitious ideas into production-ready software.

GitHub
/chehab
Location
Sidon, Lebanon