Experience
2025 — Now
2025 — Now
Los Angeles, California, United States
Architected and deployed a production-grade Swarm Agent framework that dynamically spawns, orchestrates, and retires hierarchical AI agents to autonomously synthesize complex life sciences research.
Engineered a model-agnostic Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning agent with dynamic tool-calling capabilities, successfully integrating over 100+ specialized enterprise tools (PubMed, FDA databases, ClinicalTrials.gov).
Built scalable Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines from scratch, utilizing OpenSearch and KNN vector search to index and query highly technical, domain-specific knowledge bases.
Designed a secure, centralized integration layer using KMS to dynamically provision, manage, and execute credentials across Google, Notion, Oracle (OCI), and Slack.
Owned the end-to-end cloud infrastructure, deploying an intelligence service and vector databases from zero-to-one on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
2024 — 2025
Los Angeles, California, United States
Architected and shipped an AI productivity platform adopted by 4,000+ VA employees.
Designed a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline indexing 12 M+ documents. Blended FAISS IVF-PQ embeddings with BM25 hybrid search; tuned latency to < 1.2s p95 while sustaining 92% recall.
Built cloud infrastructure as code (Terraform + GitHub Actions) covering Azure Blob Storage, Cosmos DB, Functions, API Management, and Azure OpenAI
Led full-stack feature delivery in Node.js, React, and Python; introduced pre-commit hooks & automated security scans that reduced PR cycle time by 30%.
Mentored a 5-engineer pod on best practices for vector search, prompt engineering, and IaC, and collaborated daily with product, infosec, and VA stakeholders.
2022 — 2024
2022 — 2024
Los Angeles, California, United States
Directed the development of a high-performance Middle Office Clearing platform, automating thousands of transactions daily for clients managing billion-dollar portfolios.
Built a fully automated Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) with Node.js and GraphQL, reducing frontend staffing needs by 50%.
Integrated a permissioning system with Active Directory and Keycloak in collaboration with DevOps and Architecture teams.
Automated ACAT reviews and transaction reconciliations, enhancing efficiency for Clearing staff.
2019 — 2021
Los Angeles, California, United States
Employee #8, helped scale the engineering team from 5 to over 200.
Architected and developed the company's frontend platform with React, TypeScript, Node.js, and GraphQL.
Created a custom GraphQL adapter, cutting API development time and standardizing microservice gateways.
Built a scalable PDF generation service with AWS Lambda and pdfkit, optimizing cost and performance.
Migrated codebases to GitLab and streamlined CI/CD processes, increasing release frequency.
Developed a design system with Storybook and Figma, enhancing UI consistency and efficiency.
Mentored 30+ engineers, established coding standards, and implemented SOC-2 compliance.
2018 — 2019
2018 — 2019
Greater Los Angeles Area
Built a full-stack solar farm design and cost estimation platform with Next.js, React, Apollo GraphQL, Node.js, MATLAB, and AWS Lambda.
Transitioned server-side code execution to a serverless setup, cutting AWS costs by ~80%.
Maintained legacy SaaS products with Angular.js, Node.js, and MongoDB, ensuring smooth operation.
Education
American University of Beirut
Medical School Coursework
2013 — 2014
American University of Beirut
Bachelor's Degree
2010 — 2013