AMEER NASHWAN

Full-Stack AI Engineer

Product-minded engineer building production software and AI systems end-to-end: frontend, backend, APIs, LLM integrations, data, cloud infrastructure, deployment, debugging, and product iteration.

Erbil, Iraq ameerhadidi8765@gmail.com +964 770 866 7163 LinkedIn GitHub

Profile

Full-stack AI engineer with 3+ years of experience building and operating production systems across web, mobile, backend, AI, databases, and cloud infrastructure. Built Rashed AI from zero to production and scaled it to 8,000+ students. Experienced with Python, TypeScript, React/Next.js, React Native, Django, PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker/Kubernetes, Google Vertex AI, OpenAI, Anthropic, RAG, semantic search, tool calling, and agentic workflows. Comfortable owning products from architecture and implementation through deployment, debugging, optimization, and production operations.

Core Stack

AI: Vertex AI, OpenAI API, Anthropic API, RAG, pgvector, embeddings, semantic search, tool calling, agentic workflows, prompt evaluation
Frontend: React, Next.js, React Native, Expo, Tailwind CSS, Redux, Zustand
Backend: Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Django, DRF, FastAPI, NestJS, REST APIs, WebSockets, Celery
Data: PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, schema design, indexing, migrations, query optimization
Cloud: AWS EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, IAM, VPC, Docker, Kubernetes, Nginx, Linux
Quality: GitHub Actions CI/CD, Pytest, Jest, Cypress, integration/E2E testing, API debugging, production troubleshooting

Experience

Solo Founder & AI Engineer — Rashed AI
Nov 2024 — Apr 2026
Erbil, Iraq · Rashed AI
  • Founded and built the product from zero to production, scaling it to 8,000+ students while owning architecture, development, deployment, reliability, user feedback, and technical roadmap.
  • Designed the backend and AI architecture with Python, Django/DRF, PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery, REST APIs, and WebSockets, while shipping user-facing products in Next.js and React Native.
  • Integrated Google Vertex AI, OpenAI, and Anthropic behind a unified LLM layer with provider routing, fallback mechanisms, tool calling, and multi-step agentic workflows.
  • Built a production RAG pipeline using pgvector, embeddings, semantic search, context management, and prompt-evaluation pipelines.
  • Improved performance and reliability through caching, async processing, PostgreSQL indexing/query optimization, rate limiting, and production debugging.
  • Operated production infrastructure across AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Nginx, and GitHub Actions CI/CD.
Full-Stack Engineer — Aalijny
Apr 2025 — Mar 2026
Mosul, Iraq · Healthcare platform serving thousands of patients · App Store
  • Worked across frontend/backend integration and production application workflows for a healthcare platform serving real users.
  • Built and maintained production REST APIs and collaborated on data structures, API contracts, integration behavior, and technical requirements across web and mobile clients.
  • Designed relational schemas and improved PostgreSQL performance through query profiling, targeted indexing, pagination, and caching.
  • Implemented authentication, role-based access control, and data-protection mechanisms for sensitive application data.
  • Troubleshot production bugs and integration issues and strengthened reliability with automated tests and API documentation.
Backend Developer & Technical Mentor — QAF Lab / Iraqi Innovators
Nov 2023 — Apr 2024
Remote · qaflab.com
  • Built production backend services across client platforms, including fintech transaction and card-management workflows with RBAC, audit logging, and data-protection controls.
  • Designed secure relational transaction models and multi-tenant backend architectures focused on consistency, integrity, and auditable operations.
  • Containerized services with Docker, implemented CI/CD pipelines, and created reusable backend modules and architectural patterns.
  • Mentored 20+ developers in Meta's Back-End Developer program on API design, databases, authentication, architecture, code review, and engineering best practices.
Backend Developer Intern
Jul 2023 — Oct 2023
Mosul, Iraq
  • Worked on APIs, databases, authentication, debugging, and backend application architecture; progressed from the internship into a remote Backend Developer role.

Education & Certifications

BSc, Cybersecurity & Cloud Computing
Northern Technical Engineering College, Mosul, Iraq · 2026

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

AWS re/Start Graduate

Computiq-GIZ Full-Stack Bootcamp

Selected Achievements

2nd Place — Asiacell Digital Transformation Hackathon

Top 2 Finalist — Iraq Ministry of Interior CTF (2025)

3rd Place — NCSE National Cybersecurity CTF

5th Place — Startup Weekend · 8th Place — Suly Cyber CTF

Organizer — AshurCTF · Technical Mentor — Meta Back-End Developer Program