Karam Khoury

Experience

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  Cloud Innovations FZCO

  Oct 2010 - Sept 2017

  Cloud Innovations FZCO is a software company located in UAE that Managed the development of Bushel, a distinguished USA-based independent software company, notably contributed to the advancement of software technology solutions for a wide array of agricultural stakeholders, ranging from farmers to food companies, resulting in innovative and user-centric mobile applications.• Pioneered Hybrid Mobile App Development: Led the end-to-end development of a hybrid mobile app using IONIC, Angular, and ASP.NET MVC, from design to distribution, ensuring a seamless user experience across platforms.• Enhanced Digital Presence: Created web applications, websites, portals, and APIs, significantly enhancing the online presence and functionality resulting in a 35% increase in stakeholders satisfaction.• Innovative Agriculture Risk Management: Worked on agriculture risk management projects, integrating advanced analytics and reporting tools to provide actionable insights and improve decision-making processes. Show less

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Jan 2014 - Sept 2017

  • Software Engineer

    Oct 2010 - Jan 2014
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  Viso Health & Wellness

  Sept 2017 - Dec 2019

  Senior Software Engineer

  The company VISO is a registered brand owned by Argus Technologies FZCOViso helps fully participate in the growing WellCare market and enhance market offerings by using its innovative technology wherever appropriate.• Backend Development Excellence: Built the backend REST APIs and services following the latest .NET practices.• Expanded Usability: Integrated with healthcare and wellness booking platforms, significantly expanding the usability of the system and increasing user engagement by 40%.• Team Coaching: Coached and developed a skilled and cohesive team, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment.• Cloud Administration: Managed ongoing development and hosting on Azure cloud, ensuring scalability and high availability of services achieving 99.9% uptime.• High-Performance Search Integration: Developed the integration with Azure Search Service to achieve blazing-fast search within service providers and doctors' data, ensuring high availability and considering the geo-location distance between the user and the providers reducing search times by 70%. Show less

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  Emirates Digital Wallet

  Jan 2020 - now

  • Strategized Backend Development: Devised backend services and APIs development strategy aligned with company goals, directly reporting to the CTO.• Transformed Digital Payments: Led the development of the 'Klip' wallet, building the backend system, services and APIs, which improved digital payment solutions and increased transaction volume by 50%.• Leadership in Engineering: Successfully managed and mentored the backend engineering team, driving innovation and efficiency.• Architectural Excellence: Implemented best practices in software architecture, microservices and database design, ensuring robust and scalable solutions and following latest security best practices aligned with OWASP reducing security incidents by 40%.• Project Leadership: Spearheaded the 'Klip' project from concept to production, ensuring smooth and timely deployment.• Rapid Integration: Integrated the Emirates Face Recognition (EFR) system for digital KYC within 2 months, enhancing security and compliance and increasing verification speed by 50%. Show less • Enhanced Real-Time Processing: Engineered backend systems to significantly improve real-time processing capabilities.• Rapid Development: Developed the backend services for Klip App Version 1 within 4 months using the .NET framework.• Swift Integration: Integrated with digital KYC platforms, including UAE Pass and SumSub systems for user verification, in just 1.5 months reducing onboarding time by 90%.• Efficient Payment Solutions: Incorporated the MBME pay system to support bill payments both in the UAE and abroad within 1 month. Show less

  • Lead Software Engineer & Team Leader

    Apr 2022 - now

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Jan 2020 - Apr 2022