Kareem A.
Tech Lead | Full-Stack SaaS | AI/LLM Engineering | Cloud DevOps & SRE
🔥 Senior Full-Stack AI Engineer | Tech Lead | DevOps & Cloud I’m a Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead with 17+ years of experience building and scaling modern products, including full-stack applications, APIs, mobile apps, AI/LLM solutions, MLOps, and cloud infrastructure. I help clients design, build, improve, and launch SaaS and mobile products end to end, covering software architecture, backend and frontend development, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and production reliability. I combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership to deliver secure, scalable, maintainable solutions that solve real business problems. 🧠 Core Competencies 🔸 Full-Stack Product Engineering • Backend: NestJS, Node.js, REST APIs, Prisma, PostgreSQL, Redis, TypeScript, Python • Mobile: Flutter (Riverpod, go_router), iOS & Android delivery mindset • Web: React, Next.js, TypeScript, admin dashboards, responsive UI • Data: PostgreSQL modeling, Prisma migrations, Redis caching/rate-limits, SQL optimization • Auth & security: JWT/refresh, OTP, RBAC, API hardening, secure DTO design 🔸 AI / MLOps / LLM • LLM feature integration and AI-assisted engineering workflows • MLOps foundations: GPU-backed infra, model deploy paths, pipeline automation • Practical AI for product teams: RAG-style patterns, tool use, evaluation mindset 🔸 Cloud Platforms • Azure, AWS, GCP, multi-cloud, SpotIO • AWS services used in product backends (S3, compute, IAM patterns, CloudWatch-class ops) 🔸 CI/CD & Automation • Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Backstage • Python, Bash, Golang, TypeScript automation 🔸 Infrastructure as Code • Terraform, Scalr, Crossplane, Ansible 🔸 Container Orchestration • Kubernetes (AKS, EKS, GKE), Helm, Kustomize, Docker 🔸 Monitoring / Alerting & Security • Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, HashiCorp Vault, Cloudflare, MegaLinter, PagerDuty 🔸 Networking & Servers • Cisco ASA, VPN, DNS/DHCP, BGP/OSPF, Hyper-V, VMware, Windows Server, Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, SLES, Debian, OpenBSD) 🎓 Certifications ✅ Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) ✅ HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate ✅ AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate ✅ AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate ✅ Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104), Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) ✅ Cisco CCNA Security ✅ Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) ✅ Microsoft: MCSA, MCITP, MCP, MCTS 📌 Professional Highlights ⭐ Led infrastructure design and automation for global SaaS and enterprise platforms ⭐ Built full-stack mobile + API + admin systems (NestJS, Prisma, PostgreSQL, Redis, Flutter, Next.js) ⭐ Implemented secure auth, bilingual APIs, tournament/domain workflows, and production admin ops ⭐ Established CI/CD for secure, zero-downtime deployments ⭐ Delivered MLOps-supporting GPU infrastructure and cloud cost optimization ⭐ Supported migrations, disaster recovery, and multi-tenant platforms 👨🏻💻 Technical Skills Summary 🔥 Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Dart, Python, Golang, Bash, SQL 🔥 Backend: NestJS, Node.js, Prisma, PostgreSQL, Redis, REST, JWT 🔥 Frontend/Mobile: Flutter, React, Next.js, Riverpod, responsive admin UIs 🔥 AI: LLM integration, MLOps pipelines, AI-assisted delivery workflows 🔥 IaC: Terraform, Scalr, Ansible, Crossplane 🔥 CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD 🔥 Containers: Docker, Kubernetes (AKS/EKS/GKE), Helm, Kustomize 🔥 Cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP, Vault, SpotIO, Cloudflare 🔥 Observability: Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch 🚀 What I Deliver ⚡ Production backends and APIs ready for mobile/web clients ⚡ Flutter and React/Next.js product surfaces ⚡ Cloud/DevOps automation, Kubernetes, and reliable releases ⚡ AI features and MLOps foundations without unnecessary rewrites ⚡ Clear communication, ownership, and documentation 🫡 Availability Open to remote freelance and contract work in: Full-Stack · Backend (NestJS) · Flutter · React/Next.js · AI/MLOps · DevOps/SRE · Cloud Kareem Tech Lead | Full-Stack AI Engineer | NestJS · Flutter · React · Cloud/DevOps Fluent in English, German (B2), Arabic
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $6k
Billed in all: $36,648$37k
$1.5k in the last 6 months
Across 23 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 8% in SSL
Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.
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