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SOFTWARE ENGINEER @ CORTEXIS SCROLL TO DEPLOY

[ 01 ] SELECTED SYSTEMS

Things I've built that people actually use.

  • PROBLEM
    The LLM agents were working from stale context and couldn't actually do anything in the product.
    BUILD
    I built 30+ Java tool-calling endpoints that pull fresh context straight from the persistence layer, and 15+ reusable server-driven React components (composite, builder and factory patterns) so the agent backend can build the interface itself.
    ROLE
    Software Engineer, Cortexis.
    STACK
    JAVA · SPRING BOOT · REACT · LLM TOOL CALLING
  • PROBLEM
    Every client had its own deployment, so onboarding a new tenant took more than four hours.
    BUILD
    I merged three per-client deployments into one multi-tenant architecture on Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, S3 and IAM.
    ROLE
    Backend Engineering Intern, Oreyeon.
    STACK
    AWS LAMBDA · API GATEWAY · RDS · S3 · IAM
  • PROBLEM
    Over-the-air data uploads ran one at a time. They were slow, and a bad connection meant failed uploads.
    BUILD
    I parallelized the pipeline with a Java ExecutorService thread pool and semaphore-gated concurrency, plus retries and error handling.
    ROLE
    Backend Engineering Intern, Oreyeon.
    STACK
    JAVA · EXECUTORSERVICE · SEMAPHORE
  • PROBLEM
    The Alzheimer's Association in Lebanon needed a reliable web app for its patients and staff.
    BUILD
    I built the Express.js REST API behind it, on Supabase (PostgreSQL).
    ROLE
    Backend Engineer (part-time), Oreyeon.
    STACK
    NODE.JS · EXPRESS · SUPABASE · POSTGRESQL

  • ACCEPTED 0THROTTLED 0

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    WHAT
    An Express.js rate-limiting middleware that throttles abusive and brute-force traffic.
    HOW
    It has three algorithms you can swap between: Sliding Window, Leaky Bucket and Token Bucket. Try them in the playground. Same flood, very different results.
    ROLE
    Full-Stack Intern, Two of Us.
    STACK
    NODE.JS · EXPRESS · MIDDLEWARE
  • WHAT
    A mobile-phone e-commerce storefront with 8+ pages.
    HOW
    I led a team of 11 interns through planning, code reviews and delivery, and we shipped it in React and Tailwind.
    ROLE
    Team lead (internship), Two of Us.
    STACK
    REACT · TAILWIND
    CODE
    github.com/amirboughanem/phonix ↗

[ 02 ] TELEMETRY

A few numbers from real projects.

4h → 30m

Time to onboard a new tenant, after I merged three separate client deployments into one multi-tenant AWS platform.

2.5×

Faster over-the-air data uploads, by running them in parallel on a Java thread pool.

−80%

Less time per Android SDK release. It went from about five minutes to one once I automated it in CI.

30+

Java endpoints I built so LLM agents can read and act on live production data.

15K+

Android app logs collected in one place, through Kinesis Firehose into Amazon S3.

3,500

Members in GDG Coast Lebanon, the developer community I help organize.

[ 03 ] THREE LAYERS

How I work, in three layers.

01

Cloud architecture

Built so growth never needs a rewrite.

At Oreyeon I merged separate per-client deployments into one centralized multi-tenant architecture on AWS, so bringing on a new customer takes minutes instead of a whole new deployment.

02

Agentic systems

Letting AI agents actually do the work.

At Cortexis I feed LLM agents fresh context from live production data, and work on the server-driven UI they drive, building the components it's made of.

03

Shipping discipline

Releases should be boring.

At Cortexis I brought in semantic versioning for every release with Jenkins and Gradle, plus testing that catches bugs before users do. At Oreyeon I automated our Android SDK releases in CI.

[ 04 ] CHANGELOG

Hi, I'm Amir, a software engineer based in Beirut. I studied Computer Science at the Lebanese University, first a bachelor's and then a master's. Along the way I've built backends and cloud platforms, led a team of interns, and helped run Google Developer Groups Coast Lebanon.

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  1. v2.0.0AUG 2026HEAD → main

    Software Engineer @ Cortexis

  2. v1.0.0JUL 2026

    MSc Computer Science, Lebanese University

  3. v0.9.1FEB 2026

    AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

  4. v0.9.0NOV 2025

    Backend Engineer @ Oreyeon

  5. v0.8.0SEP 2025

    Core Organizer, GDG Coast Lebanon

  6. v0.7.0JUL 2025

    Backend Engineering Intern @ Oreyeon

  7. v0.6.0JUL 2025

    BSc Computer Science, Lebanese University

  8. v0.5.0SEP 2024

    Lead Organizer, GDG on Campus LU FS1

  9. v0.4.0JUL 2024

    Full-Stack Intern @ Two of Us

  10. v0.1.0SEP 2022

    init(cs): started cs at the lebanese university

[ 05 ] COMMUNITY

I build
communities, too.

I'm a Core Organizer at Google Developer Groups Coast Lebanon. With a team of ten, we run DevFest, Build with AI, Google I/O Extended and the Ramadan Event Series, which bring in 1,500+ students and developers every year. I handle sponsors, speakers and logistics, and sometimes I'm the one on stage.

  • 1,500+ attendees / yr
  • 10-person core team
  • 15+ companies at DevFair 1
  • 10+ internships secured

DEVFEST·BUILD WITH AI·

I/O EXTENDED·RAMADAN SERIES·DEVFAIR 1

[ 06 ] TOOLBOX

What I work with.

JavaPythonSQLJavaScriptSpring BootNode.jsExpressReactNext.jsTailwindAndroid
AWSDockerPostgreSQLMongoDBJenkinsGitLab CIGitHub ActionsGradleJUnitVitestPlaywrightClaude Code

AWS · 2026

Certified Cloud Practitioner

NVIDIA · 2025

Fundamentals of Deep Learning

GOOGLE CLOUD · 2024

Cloud Computing Foundations

[ 07 ] GO LIVE

Let's shipsomething.

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