# Ahmed Farah

> Senior Full Stack Engineer · Applied AI. Ariana, Tunisia, Remote (UTC+1). Available now.

## Identity
- Name: Ahmed Farah
- Title: Senior Full Stack Engineer · Applied AI
- Base: Ariana, Tunisia · Remote (UTC+1)
- Status: Available now
- Experience: 7+ years
- Collaboration: Remote employment · B2B contract, invoiced through my own registered company in Tunisia (SUARL) · Open to on-site roles in Dublin with sponsorship
- Languages: Arabic (native), French (native), English (fluent)
- Email: ahmedferah216@gmail.com
- WhatsApp: +216 58 411 214
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmed-farah-dev
- GitHub: https://github.com/hmedhappy
- Studio: https://afdev.site
- CV (English): https://me.afdev.site/cv/A_Farah_CV_EN.pdf
- CV (Français): https://me.afdev.site/cv/A_Farah_CV_FR.pdf

## About
Full stack engineer with 7+ years shipping production platforms for remote teams in the UK, Canada, France and Portugal. Founding engineer of a Web3 casino platform built from scratch, and owner of the backend of a 2M+ product B2B marketplace. Now building applied-AI products: speech model fine-tuning, semantic search, recommender systems and self-hosted LLM inference.

## Skills
- Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), Python, SQL
- Frontend: React, Next.js, Angular, Redux, TanStack Query, Tailwind CSS, Svelte, Gatsby, Remix
- Backend: Node.js, NestJS, Express, GraphQL, REST, Socket.io, Microservices, Monorepos
- Data & AI: PostgreSQL + pgvector, Elasticsearch & Kibana, Embeddings & semantic search, RAG, Recommender systems, Model fine-tuning (PyTorch, Hugging Face, VITS TTS), Whisper, torchaudio, librosa, pandas, NumPy, Self-hosted LLM inference (Ollama)
- Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, SQL Server, Redis
- Infrastructure: Docker, AWS (EC2, S3), Linux/VPS, NGINX, PM2, CI/CD (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins), Cypress
- Other: Web3 integration, Agile/Scrum, Team leadership, Technical training

## AI products (AfDev Solutions, my studio)

### Tounsi: Tunisian-dialect speech platform
- URL: https://tounsi.afdev.site
- Case study: https://me.afdev.site/work/tounsi/
- Gamified data collection: weekly themed tournaments, per-recording scoring, cash prizes for top contributors.
- 4,000+ validated clips from 45 voices.
- Python pipeline turning raw recordings into training data: noise trimming, resampling, loudness normalisation, transcript alignment, versioned datasets.
- Fine-tuned an Arabic VITS TTS model (MMS-TTS base) on rented GPUs to build a Tunisian voice layer.
- Anti-fraud quality gate: SNR, voice activity and duplicate detection filter out fake submissions.
- Stack: Python, PyTorch, Hugging Face, torchaudio, librosa, PostgreSQL, Object storage

### Mindflix: Semantic film discovery
- URL: https://mindflix.club
- Case study: https://me.afdev.site/work/mindflix/
- Users describe a scene or mood; an LLM breaks it into topics matched by vector search (PostgreSQL + pgvector, nomic-embed-text).
- Fuzzy title resolution with Elasticsearch/Kibana, enrichment via the IMDB API.
- Collaborative-filtering recommender + semantic cache layer cutting redundant API calls.
- Self-hosted LLM inference (Ollama / Llama 3.2) on a Linux VPS under PM2.
- Stack: Next.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, pgvector, Elasticsearch, Ollama

### ThreeKart: Multiplayer online game
- URL: https://game.afdev.site
- Case study: https://me.afdev.site/work/threekart/
- An online kart race to play with friends: pick a nickname, enter an access code, choose a kart colour and join the race.

### Rachma: Online score keeper for traditional card games
- URL: https://rachma.online
- Case study: https://me.afdev.site/work/rachma/
- A score keeper for traditional card games, with Chkoba and Rami ready to play, more games in preparation, in French, English and Arabic.

## Client work

### AfDev Solutions
- Medelys (https://medelys.tn): Online doctor consultations and planned surgical stays in Tunisia, searchable by specialty.

### MINT
- Web3 casino platform (https://mint.io): Crypto casino with slots, live games, sports and predictions, XP tiers, jackpot and referral rewards.

### Expertify
- Arrowhead Economics (https://arrowheadeconomics.com): Commodity markets consultancy presenting its software, consulting, training and advisory services.
- Nettissime (https://nettissime.fr): Online store for home, outdoor and pool cleaning products.
- Cosmosoin (https://ab7group.com/blog-posts/cosmosoin-est-en-ligne): AB7's online store for family body care, beauty and veterinary health products, announced on the group's site.
- Aurelia Gloves (https://aureliagloves.com): Product site for nitrile and latex disposable gloves used in medical, dental and other professional work.
- Febal Casa (https://febalcasa.com/fr): Italian kitchen and furniture brand with collections, inspiration pages and a store locator.
- Omja (https://omja.fr): Youth association in Aubervilliers with its workshops, programmes, news and online membership.

### IWCI
- Sturia Caviar (https://sturia.com): Online shop of a French caviar producer: caviar, gift boxes, fine groceries and tableware.
- Replick (https://replick.fr): Legal research tool that helps lawyers find arguments, statutes and case law for their briefs.
- Radio Mon Pais (https://radiomonpais.fr): Radio station site with its programme grid, social news journal, shows and live stream.

### Wereact
- Diagoriente (https://diagoriente.fr): French public career-guidance service for mapping skills and building a skills-based CV.
- GuideAlize (https://guidealize.fr): Medical guide reserved for healthcare professionals, behind a login with access-code requests.
- GuideZephir (https://guidezephir.fr): Guide to inhaled therapies for asthma and COPD, for healthcare professionals and students.

## Experience (most recent first)

### AfDev Solutions, Independent · Tunisia, remote
- Founder & Lead Engineer, Jan 2025 - Present
  - Client projects and own AI products (Tounsi, Mindflix, ThreeKart, Rachma).

### MINT, Contract · remote, UK
- Senior Full Stack Engineer (Web3), Jun 2025 - Aug 2026
  - Founding engineer: one of the first two developers to build the casino platform from scratch (web + Telegram).
  - Owned auth, Web3 payments, gaming engine, accounts, referrals, prediction markets.
  - Integrated jackpot and payment provider APIs into the real-time cashier and rewards flow.

### Expertify (Shopify engineering studio, Paris), Contract · remote
- Lead Full Stack Engineer (part-time), Aug 2023 - Jul 2026
  - Led a team delivering and maintaining 7 storefronts on a TypeScript stack.
  - Owned architecture, code standards and reviews; mentored developers.
- Full Stack Developer, Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

### Solid Lift Parts (Vancouver), Contract · remote
- Full Stack Engineer, Oct 2024 - Dec 2024
  - Backend of a B2B marketplace: 2M+ products (slugs and variants), thousands of daily transactions.
  - Microservices + monorepo; optimised high-volume MySQL queries.
  - Deduplication pipeline for products and variants without touching the production DB.

### Natixis (Porto), Remote
- Senior Frontend Engineer, Nov 2023 - Oct 2024
  - Life-insurance software in Angular 14, regulated banking environment.
  - Jenkins CI/CD, bank code review and release governance.

### IWCI (Toulouse), Contract · remote
- Full Stack Developer, Aug 2022 - Apr 2023
  - Multi-tenant SSR web apps with Next.js and Remix; several client projects in parallel, Agile.

### Wereact (Tunis)
- Project Manager, Jan 2022 - Aug 2022
  - Coordinated 7 people across 8 projects.
- Full Stack Developer, Jul 2021 - Dec 2021
  - Node.js backends on AWS (EC2, S3) with PM2 and NGINX.
  - Database migrations (SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB) with automated backups.
  - E-commerce front ends in Next.js, Gatsby, Svelte.

### Opus Lab (Tunis), Co-founder (part-time)
- Lead Full Stack Developer, Oct 2020 - Feb 2024
  - Real-time food delivery backend (Node.js, GraphQL, TypeScript, Socket.io).
  - CI/CD with GitLab, NGINX, PM2; code reviews and Cypress end-to-end tests.
- Web Dev Trainer, Oct 2021 - Feb 2024
  - Taught React, Angular, Node.js, Express, GraphQL, MongoDB to students and junior engineers.

### CLEDISS (Tunisia)
- Software Engineering Intern, Jan 2021 - Jul 2021
  - B2B marketplace + admin dashboard (PERN stack, Socket.io, Chart.js).
  - Product recommendation engine based on a custom scoring of user behaviour.

### Orenda Junior Enterprise (Manouba)
- Web Developer, student client projects, Oct 2018 - Aug 2021
  - Internship platform for INAT, internal ERP dashboard (React, Node.js, GraphQL, MongoDB).

## Education
- BSc Computer Science & Multimedia, ISAMM, University of Manouba, 2018 - 2021
- MSc Data Science, first year completed, ISAMM, 2021 - 2022

## Awards
- 1st Prize, Hackathon Challen'Je (2019)
- 1st Prize, Startup Competition, El Space & AIESEC Tunisia (2018)