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I design and build AI-powered software, autonomous agents, full-stack applications, and human-centered intelligent systems — from first principles to deployment.

AI Software EngineerAgentic AI BuilderFull-Stack AIHealthcare AI42 Abu Dhabi
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About

Engineering AI That Creates Real Impact

Not a biography — a trajectory. From a selective coding school to award-winning healthcare AI, here is the path so far.

2023

IB Diploma Graduate

Dwight School Dubai

Completed the International Baccalaureate Diploma, Class of 2023.

2023

Accepted to 42 Abu Dhabi

Software Engineering

Cleared the competitive "Piscine" bootcamp into one of the world's most selective peer-to-peer coding schools.

2024

AI & Systems Deep Dive

Projects & Coursework

Shipped systems programming projects in C/C++ and began building LLM, RAG, and multi-agent AI applications.

2025

Cleveland Clinic Hackathon

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi × M42

Built CleveCare — a seven-agent healthcare AI triage system — during the "Code to Cure" hackathon.

2025

2nd Place + Invited Speaker

Recognition

Earned 2nd Place and was invited to speak at the 2nd Annual Nursing Conference.

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Healthcare AI Research

The road ahead

Pursuing deeper work in clinical AI, agentic systems, and applied machine learning research.

Core Skills

What I Build With

A full-spectrum toolkit spanning artificial intelligence, full-stack engineering, and human-centered product thinking.

Artificial Intelligence

Designing intelligent systems that reason, adapt, and act.

Machine Learning

Training, evaluating, and applying models to real problems.

LLM Applications

Building production apps on large language models.

AI Agents

Autonomous, tool-using agents that orchestrate work.

Full-Stack Development

Shipping end-to-end products, frontend to backend.

Python

Primary language for AI, data, and backend systems.

React / Next.js

Modern, performant, server-rendered interfaces.

Cloud Deployment

Deploying and scaling apps on modern cloud infra.

Data Analysis

Turning raw data into signal and decisions.

Healthcare AI

Clinical triage, caregiving, and patient-facing systems.

Human-Centered AI

Designing AI around real people and their needs.

Startup Product Building

Taking ideas from concept to shipped product.

Silver medal for 2nd place at the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Hackathon
Featured Achievement

2nd Place

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Hackathon

Built CleveCare, an AI-powered healthcare triage solution using seven specialized agents to improve patient access and clinical workflows — reducing administrative burden on nursing staff. The work led to an invitation to speak at the 2nd Annual Nursing Conference.

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Why Healthcare AI

Healthcare is where intelligent systems can create the most human impact. Clinicians lose 30–50% of their hours to documentation, families struggle to coordinate care, and access to the right provider is uneven. These are not just technical problems — they decide outcomes for real people.

I build AI that improves healthcare accessibility, clinical efficiency, and patient outcomes: multi-agent triage that lightens the load on nursing staff, caregiver copilots that reduce burnout, and accessibility tools for the people who are usually designed around, not for.

My goal is simple — build AI that helps people live healthier, longer lives, and do it with the engineering rigor these systems demand.

Selected Work

Projects Built From Concept to Deployment

Multi-agent healthcare systems, full-stack platforms, and applied machine learning. Each opens into a full case study.

Technical Stack

The Tools Behind the Systems

From low-level systems programming to modern AI orchestration — the full stack used to build and ship.

AI & Machine Learning

LLM APIsMulti-Agent AIRAGLangGraphPrompt EngineeringWorkflow AutomationModel Evaluation

Languages

PythonCC++JavaScriptTypeScriptHTMLCSS

Frameworks & Libraries

ReactNext.jsNode.jsFastAPITailwind CSSSocket.ioZustand

Infrastructure & Tools

GitGitHubDockerLinuxNGINXMariaDB

Competition Track Record

2024
3rd Place

CUD Innovation Showcase

Canadian University Dubai

2024
3rd Place

RecognAIze Hackathon

42 Abu Dhabi

2025
2nd Place

Cleveland Clinic Hackathon

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi × M42

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Future Competitions

AI research & beyond

Founder Mindset

Engineering Like a Builder

I approach engineering the way founders approach products — from first principles, obsessed with the real problem, and biased toward shipping.

First-Principles Thinking

I break problems down to their fundamentals and rebuild the solution from the ground up, rather than copying what already exists.

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Build → Ship → Iterate

Ideas mean little until they run. I move fast to a working system, then refine it with real feedback and evaluation.

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Ownership End-to-End

From architecture and models to the interface and deployment, I take responsibility for the whole system, not just a slice of it.

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Impact Over Novelty

I care less about using the trendiest tool and more about whether the system genuinely helps the people who use it.

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Code & Credentials

Where the Work Lives

Open-source activity, academic foundations, and continued learning.

@KingIzzy126

Repositories & contributions

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Software Engineering

2023 – Present

Peer-to-peer, project-based coding institution. Curriculum covers systems programming, algorithms, networking, operating systems, and software architecture.

Harvard Extension School

Bachelor of Liberal Arts · Computer Science

In Progress

Rigorous academic grounding in computer science theory, mathematics, and systems, pursued in parallel with 42 Abu Dhabi.

Canadian University Dubai

Cybersecurity (Scholarship)

2024

Scholarship recipient. Team placed 3rd at the Innovation Showcase with the Handee prototype.

Dwight School Dubai

International Baccalaureate Diploma

2019 – 2023

IB Diploma graduate, Class of 2023. Earned 60+ transferable undergraduate credits through the IBDP and university coursework.

Certifications & Recognition

  • Harvard CS50x — Introduction to Computer Science
  • Invited Speaker — Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Nursing Conference
  • Success — Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
  • Introduction to Java Programming — CS1101
  • Tatawwar Programme
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Let's build AI that matters

Open to AI engineering internships and research collaborations in healthcare AI, agentic systems, and machine learning. Based in the UAE, working anywhere.

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