Ayla Hmadi.
Founder & AI Product Engineer.
Architecting systems with precision, scale, and deep business context.
Engineering Philosophy.
Software engineer based in Beirut. Senior SWE at Cardinal Health, Lead SDE at Devitty, and founding engineer at Uqud, building AI-driven contract intelligence from the ground up. I work at the intersection of engineering, product, and architecture, owning decisions end-to-end across microservices, RAG systems, and production-grade platforms.
I believe engineering is about making the right decisions under uncertainty, not chasing trends or overbuilding. Whether at a startup or enterprise, I focus on systems that are resilient, maintainable, and built to last.
Experience.
Founder / AI Product Engineer
Uqud (EA Group)
Built an AI-powered contract intelligence platform. Designed RAG-based architecture and microservices in Python (FastAPI). Developed context-aware legal assistants using LLMs, embeddings, and Vector DB orchestration.
Senior Software Engineer
Cardinal Health (WaveMark)
Own a full domain in a multi-domain enterprise product. Refactored Angular frontend and Spring Boot backend. Integrated Google Looker Analytics for BI and drove UI/UX improvements.
Lead Software Developer
Devitty
Lead architecture of scalable web & mobile apps. Mentored developers and guided production-grade systems using microservices architectures, secure APIs, React, and Node.js.
Projects.
Uqud — AI Contract Intelligence
Founded and built the AI system behind uqud.ai. RAG pipeline over legal documents, multi-service architecture for intent extraction, document ingestion, and contract chat with clause-level citations.
AI Contract Assistant
Context-aware chat that holds full contract and project memory. Vector retrieval with structured prompting to stream accurate, source-backed answers.
Repo AI Assistant
Point it at a repo and it clones, chunks, and embeds the codebase. Then you can ask anything — code navigation, architecture questions, developer onboarding.
AI Engineering Analyzer
Compares business requirements against code commits to generate changelogs and flag missing features. Closes the loop between product and engineering.
RAG Pipeline Systems
Advanced ingestion pipelines for PDF parsing, smart chunking, and metadata-aware embeddings. Tested across local and cloud vector databases to minimize hallucination.
Skincare AI Detection
Image-based mobile app that detects skin conditions and surfaces treatment guidance. Built for everyday accessibility, not clinical settings.
Technical Arsenal.
Languages
Backend & APIs
Frontend & Mobile
AI & Machine Learning
Data & Databases
DevOps & Cloud
Architecture & Design
Tools & Practices
Awards & Certifications.
Awards
- ♦Henry Qais Naccache Best Project Award (AUB)
- ♦Best Startup Award — AIESEC / IEEE
- ♦Dean's Honor List (AUB Spring 2024)
- ♦Full USAID Scholar
- ♦Education Above All Qatar Scholar
Certifications
- ♦AWS Solutions Architect Associate (2024)
- ♦IBM Full Stack Development Certificate
- ♦IBM DevOps Certificate
- ♦Google Data Analytics Certificate
- ♦DevOps Engineering — Simplilearn
Leadership.
President
AUB HES Alumni Chapter — WAAAUB
Leading the AUB Higher Eductation Scholarship alumni chapter.
President
LOOP (Lebanese Organization of Programmers)
Leading the organization, structuring workflows, and guiding software initiatives.
Vice President
Google Developers Student Club
Mentored 100+ students in computer science, and organized tech bootcamps.
Speaker & Facilitator
Tech Workshops
Regularly organizing algorithmic workshops and career mentorship sessions.