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Moeid Saleem Khan — AI Consultant · Fractional CTO · Cloud Architect · Dubai

A hands-on AI consultant and fractional CTO in Dubai with 15+ years scaling AI startups, fintech, and enterprise platforms — from agentic AI and LLM systems to the cloud they run on. A pioneer of Agentic AI in the UAE.

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// based in Dubai, UAE
Head of Engineering (AI) @ Etera AI
15+
Years Experience
300+
Projects Delivered
50+
Startups Mentored
25+
Engineers Led
Etera AI
Hoppers Network
Mashreq Neo
Searchie AI
AllStars Digital
Dubai Municipality
oo7 AI
FleetOS
Atrix Digital
Etera AI
Hoppers Network
Mashreq Neo
Searchie AI
AllStars Digital
Dubai Municipality
oo7 AI
FleetOS
Atrix Digital
About

I help founders and enterprises build, audit, and scale the technology that runs their business — from the first commit to millions of users.

Over 15+ years I've moved between the engineering trenches and the boardroom: architecting Kubernetes platforms for Dubai Municipality, building Mashreq Neo — an award-winning branchless bank — and leading a cross-regional team of 32 across Europe, MENA and India.

Today I lead engineering for AI at Etera AI, building multi-agent LLM systems on an event-driven backend, and I'm founder of oo7 AI and FleetOS. I've mentored 50+ startups and shipped 300+ projects — and I'm a pioneer of Agentic AI in the UAE.

Based inDubai, UAE — DIFC
NowHead of Engineering (AI) @ Etera AI · Founder, oo7 AI & FleetOS
FocusAgentic AI · Cloud Architecture · Scale
EducationBSc Software Engineering, COMSATS
AvailabilityOpen to fractional CTO & advisory
What I Do

Services & expertise

End-to-end technology leadership for startups and enterprises — from AI systems to the cloud they run on.

01

AI & Agentic Systems

Production LLM systems, voice agents, and RAG pipelines that actually ship. From architecture to eval, I build AI that earns its place in your stack.

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02

Cloud Infrastructure

Kubernetes clusters, GitOps pipelines, and multi-cloud architecture on AWS, GCP & Azure — built to scale and tuned to cut cost.

KubernetesTerraformAWSDevOps
03

Fractional CTO

Part-time technical leadership for founders. A 90-day program covering team, product, and infrastructure to take you from idea to launch.

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Career

The journey so far

Fifteen years building, leading, and scaling teams and products — across enterprise and startup environments. Tap any role to expand.

2024

Leading engineering for an AI travel platform — a distributed, event-driven backend with a multi-agent LLM orchestration layer across Restaurants, Experiences, Hotels and Flights.

  • Architected & shipped 21+ microservices from scratch (Bun + ElysiaJS) on a Kafka MSK event-driven topology, orchestrated via EKS with Grafana/Loki observability
  • Built a multi-agent LLM layer (LangChain, LangGraph, MCP) with hierarchical agent graphs, scoped memory and vector-augmented retrieval per vertical
  • Engineered a high-performance embedding service (BAAI bge models, pgVector + Redis KNN) powering a unified hybrid-retrieval pipeline
  • Delivered deep third-party integrations (Headout, RateHawk, PKFare) with retry semantics, rate-limit governance and failover
TypeScriptPythonGolangBunKafkaKubernetesLangGraphLLMs
2023

Led engineering across a portfolio of fintech, AI and Web3 products — from an on-chain trading platform to NFT exchanges and DeFi tooling.

  • Built the Hoppers Network ecosystem — Hopper PRO auto-trading AI for CEX & copy trading, and HopperPeer p2p payments
  • Advised Kix Digital's on-chain sports-fantasy exchange; authored ERC-1155 smart contracts for the $KIX token
  • Developed Meme Coin Creator — a token & NFT launch tool on Solana, Base & Blast with DEX integration
  • Resolved latency on Pallet Exchange (NFT marketplace on SEI) via a Kubernetes infrastructure redesign
Next.jsTypeScriptNode.jsSolidityWeb3.jsKubernetes
2021

Led the core build of AllStars Digital Exchange — a human-indexing platform converting sports-player performance into financial products (NFTs, ETFs, $ASX Coin).

  • Managed a cross-regional team of 32 across Europe, MENA and India
  • Shifted infrastructure from Windows VMs to Azure Kubernetes (AKS) with Terraform IaC and Azure DevOps CI/CD
  • Implemented Fireblocks for multi-custodial wallets and Apache Kafka as the platform message broker
  • Owned key business partnerships including Multibank Group for MEX
Next.jsReactNode.jsKafkaKubernetesSolidity
2020

Led technical strategy for an AI video-recruitment platform driving global expansion with ML and cognitive technology. Searchie was later acquired by oceain.ai.

  • Built a cross-signaling WebRTC media server (Janus & Kurento) with Amazon Rekognition for emotional analysis
  • Architected infrastructure on Kubernetes (AKS) with a Node.js + Python backend and React frontend
  • Ran DPIA / ISO compliance for high-profile clients including Saudi Aramco and Jumeirah Group
ReactNode.jsPythonWebRTCKubernetesMongoDB
2020

Maintained and scaled critical government infrastructure (dm.gov.ae), contributing to Dubai's digital-governance leadership during the COVID-19 drive.

  • Orchestrated containerization from on-prem Kubernetes to VMware PKS (Pivotal Container Service)
  • Implemented an Istio service mesh and Argo CD GitOps; migrated SVN to Git with GitLab + Jenkins
  • Hardened CI/CD with SonarQube scanning and stood up Prometheus + Grafana observability
KubernetesVMware PKSTerraformIstioArgo CDDocker
2018

Built core features for Mashreq Neo — the award-winning MENA branchless banking app — and the bank's digital-onboarding products in the fintech division.

  • Contributed to Mashreq Neo (100K+ users; most innovative digital banking app in the GCC)
  • Built Digital Onboarding (DOB) for sellers — CRM, Mashreq Gold & COB CASA/PL — serving 10,000+ sellers
  • Set up Azure Kubernetes Service and a Federation-based cluster for HA and auto-scaling
AngularNativeScriptNode.jsAzureAKSMySQL
2015

Led a team of 15 delivering cross-platform development and enterprise solutions for 300+ clients worldwide, with deep GCP and AWS expertise.

  • Led and managed a team of 15 across web, mobile and IoT
  • Provided IT consultancy to 300+ clients worldwide on architecture and chatbots
  • Built a government security project using OpenCV for checkpoint threat detection
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Portfolio

Startups I've scaled

From concept to production — a selection of the companies and products I've helped build.

Head of Engineering

Etera AI

Multi-Agent AI Travel Platform — 21+ microservices and a multi-agent LLM layer planning Restaurants, Experiences, Hotels & Flights.

Founder & CTO

oo7 AI

Founder · AI Voice Platform — AI call-center platform reimagining how AI calling works.

Founder

FleetOS

Fleet Operations Platform — Operating system for modern fleets — fleetos.dev.

VP Engineering

Hoppers Network

On-chain Trading & DeFi — Hopper PRO auto-trading AI and HopperPeer p2p payments.

Senior Engineer

Mashreq Neo

Award-winning Branchless Bank — GCC fintech flagship — 100K+ users, most innovative digital bank.

CTO

Searchie AI

AI Recruitment Platform — AI video-recruitment engine; later acquired by oceain.ai.

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Expertise

Core competencies

Architecture & Design95%
Cloud & DevOps92%
Full Stack Development90%
Product Strategy87%
Team Leadership88%
AI / ML Systems86%
Kind Words

What people say

I rarely come across real talents who stand out like Moeid. His ability to handle mobile, cloud infrastructure & web at once was unlike any I've seen. No matter how complex the problem, he resolved it when everyone else failed.

Donny FernandezDonny Fernandez
IT Manager, Mashreq Bank

Within 3 months of launch, we raised our profit 1000% thanks to the infrastructure and visionary structure Moeid set out for us.

Kamran KiyaniKamran Kiyani
Co-Founder, Atrix Digital

The amount of effort and potential put in was far greater than expected. Extraordinary work delivered consistently.

Zhu-Song MeiZhu-Song Mei
CEO, Big Marker

Moeid has been a savior in our time of need. His technical expertise and leadership transformed our platform architecture.

Harvey BennetHarvey Bennet
CTO, Searchie

One of the best Full Stack Enterprise developers and Cloud Architects I know. Highly recommended for expert opinion in enterprise web and cloud.

Daniyal MalikDaniyal Malik
Senior Developer, Terralight
Writing

Latest articles

Thoughts on AI, architecture, and building products that scale.

Apr 2025The Cost of Genius Is Collapsing: GPT-4.1 and the New AI Arms RaceAI · LLM · StrategyApr 2025Why Everyone's Talking About Replicate.comAI Infra · MLOpsSep 2024Understanding Git Workflows — and Why Git Flow WinsEngineering · DevOps2024Battle-Tested Chatbot Architecture, From Someone Who's Built ManyAI · Architecture2024The Role of a CTO in an Early-Stage StartupLeadership · Startups
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FAQ

Questions, answered

What founders ask before working with an AI consultant or fractional CTO.

I help companies find where AI creates real value — then build it. That spans AI strategy and readiness assessments, LLM and agentic systems, voice AI, RAG pipelines, and the cloud infrastructure to run them in production. I don't just advise; I ship.

Consulting is a deliverable; a fractional CTO is a relationship. As a fractional CTO I embed part-time with your team, own technology strategy and execution, hire and mentor engineers, and stay accountable for outcomes — typically 8–15 hours a week.

I'm based in Dubai (DIFC) and work with founders across the UAE, MENA, and remotely worldwide. Engagements range from a one-off architecture audit to an ongoing fractional CTO partnership.

Three productized paths — an AI Readiness Assessment (a fixed-fee roadmap), project-based AI Implementation that ships one workflow end-to-end, and an ongoing Fractional CTO engagement. We start with a free strategy call to find the right fit.

I've personally shipped 300+ projects and built award-winning products like Mashreq Neo and oo7 AI — not just slide decks. You get a hands-on operator who's scaled teams of 25+ and is a pioneer of Agentic AI in the UAE.

Audience

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builders & operators.

I share what I'm learning building AI systems, scaling teams, and shipping in public — across LinkedIn, Instagram & TikTok.

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Let's build something
extraordinary.

Fractional CTO, architecture audit, or an AI system that actually ships — tell me what you're building and let's make it real.

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