Curriculum vitae
Updated ·
Alaa Al-bdewi
Software Engineer · AI & Full-Stack
01Professional summary
I’m a software engineer with 5+ years in production systems. I’m full-stack by background and now work mainly on AI and backend. I own the backend and multi-agent AI layer of a live generation platform built in Python. Alongside it, I led the front end of a multi-vendor marketplace, and before that I worked on the core of an enterprise ERP platform with multi-million-row datasets. Day to day: Python, Laravel/PHP, Vue, React and PostgreSQL.
02Technical skills
- AI & LLM engineering
- Multi-agent systems and orchestration, Prompt engineering with schema-validated structured output, LLM API integration, Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), Model routing and token-cost optimisation, Prompt caching, Streaming responses, Evaluation rubrics and output scoring
- Backend
- Python, PHP 8, Laravel (incl. HMVC), Node.js, REST API design, Microservices, Message queues and background workers, Stored procedures, SOLID
- Frontend
- Vue.js, React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), Tailwind CSS, SPA and component-driven architecture, State management, HTML5 / CSS3
- Data
- PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Relational modelling, Composite indexing, Partitioning, Query optimisation, Caching strategies, Pre-aggregated reporting
- Platform & DevOps
- Docker, Git / GitHub, CI/CD, Linux, Nginx, AWS
- Architecture
- Modular and multi-tenant platform design, Queue-driven workflows, API versioning, Code review and documentation practice
- Business & systems analysis
- Requirements gathering with non-technical stakeholders, Turning business processes into data models and workflows, ERP and administrative systems, Marketplace models (B2B / B2C / B2B2C)
03Professional experience
Backend & AI Systems Engineer · Muqnea
Full-time · Damascus, Syria
May 2025 – Present
- I own the backend and AI layer of the platform: Python microservices, queue-backed workers and the multi-agent pipeline that drives generation.
- I designed the pipeline around specialised agents that hand off schema-validated structured output. Everything downstream renders the same way every time, instead of being parsed back out of free text.
- I cut generation cost by 82% and brought time to first output down to 15–30 seconds, with quality measured at 91% on the internal rubric. Three changes did it together: routing each step to the smallest model that passes its eval, caching stable prompt prefixes and running steps in parallel.
- I scaled coverage to 30+ domain profiles, so one pipeline serves every sector and company model the platform supports (B2B, B2C, B2B2C), with no per-client engineering.
- I replaced a workflow that took two to three days of manual expert effort with an automated path that finishes in under ten minutes.
- I built and maintain the platform API: versioned REST endpoints with authentication and rate limiting, used by the product front end and by internal services.
- I designed the platform to scale: stateless services, queue-based workers, Redis caching and partitioned PostgreSQL. It sustains high daily generation volume and is sized for a user base in the millions.
Frontend Developer · Pazar Pro · IRIS
Part-time · Damascus, Syria
August 2025 – August 2026
- I led the front end of Pazar Pro, a free-zone multi-vendor marketplace covering B2B, B2C and B2B2C selling, and built both the vendor-facing and the customer-facing interfaces.
- I built the storefront, vendor dashboards and multi-store administration as a component-driven SPA, with role-scoped interfaces for vendors, store administrators and platform administrators.
- I kept catalogue and reporting screens responsive as the data grew, using pagination, virtualised lists, memoised selectors and client-side caching.
- I helped on the backend wherever the front end needed it — endpoint shape, response contracts and data modelling for the marketplace flows — working alongside the backend team.
- I delivered through to handover in August 2026.
Freelance Web Developer · Independent
Freelance · Remote
May 2024 – May 2025
- I delivered three production systems solo: a clinic management system (patient records, scheduling, billing, reporting), a transportation management platform (fleet scheduling, route tracking, operational reporting) and an enterprise CMS.
- I owned every stage on each one: requirements, schema design, REST API, SPA front end, deployment and post-launch support.
- I worked directly with non-technical clients in healthcare, logistics and content operations, turning how they actually worked into a system they could run themselves.
Full-Stack Developer · Be In Media
Full-time · Damascus, Syria
March 2024 – May 2024
- I took over the HR and payroll module and brought it to a stable state, working through defects in the existing implementation and correcting workflows that were producing wrong results.
- I built REST APIs and Vue.js SPA screens inside an established Laravel HMVC codebase, following the conventions already in place instead of adding new ones.
- I traced and fixed the performance problems on the heaviest screens: slow queries, repeated requests and missing caching.
Full-Stack Developer · Minaret · AL-MOTKAMEL Global Co.
Full-time · Damascus, Syria
August 2022 – March 2024
- I was a core engineer on Minaret, a complete ERP platform for enterprise operations rather than a single system. I worked on the shared core instead of isolated features, so every change had to hold across the whole platform.
- I worked the data layer at multi-million-row scale: composite indexing, partitioning and query rewrites. I also moved heavy reporting logic into database stored procedures, which cut both the cost of repeated report calls and the round trips behind them.
- I led the full redesign of Akar, a real-estate management system, re-architecting the backend services and rebuilding the interface.
- I built Vue.js SPA clients against shared REST APIs, and held the codebase to SOLID through code review, written documentation and a consistent component architecture.
Junior Freelance Developer · Independent
Freelance · Remote
January 2021 – January 2022
- I built and delivered web apps for small businesses end to end — requirements, database design, implementation and deployment — in PHP, Laravel, Vue.js and MySQL.
- My first work directly with clients: scoping what was actually needed, shipping to deadlines and supporting what I delivered.
04Education
Master’s Degree · Web Science & Artificial Intelligence
Syrian Virtual University
2024 – Present
Bachelor’s Degree · Information Technology Engineering
Al-Jazeera Private University
2019 – 2024