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Based in Dubai · Open to leadership roles

Akibath Mohamed

Solution Architect Engineering Leader AI Strategist
Digital BankingFintech & PaymentsEnterprise Platforms

I turn complex business goals into systems that are scalable, fast, maintainable and cost-effective, and I lead engineering teams to deliver them with confidence. Over a decade of turning ideas into technology that performs.

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10+Years engineering
0 → 1From zero to production, repeatedly
Tier-1Banking-grade systems
Portrait of Akibath Mohamed
SuperpowerClarity in complexity
LeadingHigh-performing teams
Expertise

Every great system starts on a blueprint.

Three roles, one drawing. Each colour is a responsibility I own: the shape of the platform, the team that ships it, and the intelligence wired through it.

DWG NO. AKI-001 · SYSTEM PLAN · SHEET 1 OF 1NDESIGNED FOR 10× GROWTHWEBMOBILEPARTNERSAPI GATEWAYPAYMENTSIDENTITYLEDGEREVENT BUSOBSERVABILITYDBCACHEZERO-TRUST SECURITY BOUNDARYFRAUD SCORINGKYC & RISKANOMALY WATCHAIOPSVECTORSAI CONTROL PLANEMODELS · LLM + MLAGENTSKNOWLEDGE · RAGEVALS · MONITORINGGUARDRAILS · AUDITHUMAN-IN-THE-LOOPAI COPILOTDISCOVERDESIGNBUILDRUNLEARN · MEASURE · IMPROVETEAMS THAT OWN THEIR OUTCOMES01 · OWNS THE PLATFORMSolution ArchitectureThe shape of the whole system, and everytrade-off inside it.CLOUD-NATIVE, EVENT-DRIVENSECURITY & RESILIENCE BUILT INCOST THAT SCALES WITH VALUE02 · OWNS THE DELIVERYEngineering LeadershipThe team, the process and the standardsthat get it shipped.ROADMAPS & PRIORITIESENGINEERING STANDARDSMENTORING FUTURE LEADS03 · OWNS THE INTELLIGENCEAI StrategyAI wired in where it pays: governed,measured, trusted.FRAUD, RISK & OPS USE CASESAGENTS WITH GUARDRAILSVALUE OVER HYPELEGEND3 ROLES · 1 OWNERSolution ArchitecturePLATFORMEngineering LeadershipDELIVERYAI StrategyINTELLIGENCE
DWG NO. AKI-001 · SYSTEM PLAN
01 · Owns the platform

Solution Architecture

The shape of the whole system, and every trade-off inside it.

  • Cloud-native, event-driven
  • Security & resilience built in
  • Cost that scales with value
02 · Owns the delivery

Engineering Leadership

The team, the process and the standards that get it shipped.

  • Roadmaps & priorities
  • Engineering standards
  • Mentoring future leads
03 · Owns the intelligence

AI Strategy

AI wired in where it pays: governed, measured, trusted.

  • Fraud, risk & ops use cases
  • Agents with guardrails
  • Value over hype
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LegendSolution ArchitecturePlatformEngineering LeadershipDeliveryAI StrategyIntelligence
Approach

How I think, build and lead.

Every system I design is measured by what it does for the business: how well it scales, how much it costs to run, and how easily the team can keep improving it.

Core strength · Problem solving

Hard problems are my favourite puzzles.

Problem solving is what I do best, and what I enjoy most. A new business need, an engineering limit, a team pulling in different directions, a system that needs rethinking: I get to the heart of it and solve it at the root, so what we build today never becomes tomorrow's problem.

The box without thepictureMost projects arrive like a puzzlewith no image on the lid. I drawthe picture first.The impossibleconstraintReal-time, banking-gradeand on budget. Pick allthree.The tug of warFive teams, five priorities,one platform. I find themove everyone can livewith.The last pieceThe one that decides whethereverything else still fits in twoyears. I design for it from dayone.The box without the pictureMost projects arrive like a puzzle with no imageon the lid. I draw the picture first.The impossible constraintReal-time, banking-grade and on budget. Pickall three.The tug of warFive teams, five priorities, one platform. I findthe move everyone can live with.The last pieceThe one that decides whether everything elsestill fits in two years. I design for it from dayone.
Design principles

Great systems don’t max one thing. They balance all six.

Every architecture is a set of trade-offs. These are the six I never trade away.

  • ScalableGrows with the business.
  • FastDesigned in, never patched in.
  • LeanEvery dirham earns its place.
  • EvolvableEasy to change, safe to ship.
  • SecureCompliance from day one.
  • People-firstStrong teams, strong systems.
Experience

A decade of building systems businesses run on.

  1. 2023 – Present

    Platform Architect · Fintech & TechOps

    Mimojo · Dubai

    Shaping the technical direction of a cloud-native fintech platform that processes payments for merchants across the region.

    • Architected an event-driven microservices platform built to scale with new partners and markets
    • Set reliability and observability standards that keep critical services available around the clock
    • Introduced AI-driven operations to detect anomalies before they affect customers
  2. 2021 – 2023

    Principal Engineer · Digital Banking

    Speridian Technologies · Dubai

    Technical authority on digital banking for one of the UAE's largest banks.

    • Engineered paperless card onboarding used by the bank's sales teams across the UAE
    • Led the shift from synchronous APIs to event-driven architecture for faster, more resilient flows
    • Owned production stability for business-critical banking journeys
  3. 2020 – 2021

    Lead Software Engineer · Product Engineering

    Bytesflow Technologies · Chennai

    Led cross-functional engineering teams, owning architecture, delivery and technical strategy end to end.

    • Architected and launched a multi-sided delivery platform from the ground up
    • Established engineering standards and code-quality practices across the team
    • Scaled cloud infrastructure on AWS to support growing user demand
  4. 2016 – 2020

    Software Developer → Senior Software Engineer · Client Platforms

    Bytesflow Technologies · Chennai

    Grew from developer to senior engineer building platforms for clients around the world.

    • Built lending and credit-assessment platforms for a major financial services company
    • Designed the core of a logistics marketplace with public APIs for e-commerce partners
    • Created reusable frameworks that sped up delivery across projects
Industry expertise

Trusted in industries where failure isn't an option.

BankingDigital banking and customer onboarding for tier-one banks.
Payments & FintechHigh-volume payment platforms built for scale and compliance.
Loyalty & RewardsReal-time rewards and cashback engines that drive customer engagement.
AI & Data PlatformsIntelligent systems that turn data into decisions and automate operations.
Digital MarketplacesMulti-sided platforms connecting businesses, partners and customers at scale.
Enterprise PlatformsCRM, workflow and integration platforms for growing businesses.
Technology

Language-agnostic. Architecture-first.

I choose the right tool for the problem, not the one I'm most comfortable with. Tools change, the shape of a good system doesn't. Here's where each one fits.

KubernetesMicrosoft AzureAWSNode.jsAzure OpenAITypeScriptNestJSDatadogPython.NETApache KafkaPostgreSQLElasticsearchLangChain / LangGraphStripeSpring BootGitHubDockerGrafanaPower BIReactClaude / MCP

Layer 01Client apps

ReactNext.jsFlutterReact NativeArabic / RTL

Layer 02Edge & APIs

GraviteeNginxOpenAPIGraphQLSignalRAPI-firstReal-time / WebSockets

Layer 03Application services

Node.jsTypeScriptNestJS.NET / C#Java / Spring BootPythonPHPMicroservicesMulti-tenant / white-labelMaker-checker workflows

Layer 04External integrations

StripeTelrPayrailsVisaMastercardPartner bank APIsCard Management SystemOracle SimphonyDynamics 365Anti-corruption layerIdempotent webhooksMessage-level encryptionPCI scope reduction

Layer 05Data & messaging

KafkaPostgreSQLRedisMongoDBElasticsearchQdrantAzure BlobEvent-drivenBank-file ETL

Layer 06Cloud & delivery

AzureAWSHuawei CloudKubernetesOpenShiftDockerGitHub ActionsGitLab CIServerless

CapabilityAI & analytics

Azure OpenAILangGraphLangChainMCPOllamaDocument AIMicrosoft FabricPower BIAgentic AIRAGAIOps

Across all layersReliability & security

DatadogOpenTelemetryGrafana stackSentryKey VaultOAuth / JWTIncident responseDevSecOps · CVE remediationPen-testing

FoundationArchitecture practice

Architecture decision records (ADRs)C4 diagramsDomain-driven design
TechnologyPattern & practice
Philosophy

From the chess board to the boardroom.

Chess has been with me since childhood, and it remains a hobby I never quite grew out of. The game taught me what architecture still demands every day: see the whole board, think several moves ahead, and never make a move you can't defend.

A good system, like a good game, is won in the decisions nobody notices.

a4 One pawn. A whole plan behind it.AlphaZero vs Stockfish · Game 3
  1. Opening · StrategySee the whole board.Understand the business before touching the tech.
  2. Middlegame · ForesightThink three moves ahead.Design for scale, failure and change.
  3. Endgame · JudgementSacrifice wisely.Every trade-off should win the bigger game.
Available for new opportunities

Let's turn vision into architecture.

Open to Solution Architect, Engineering Leader and AI Strategist roles in the UAE and remote.