
Pouria Jahandideh
AI Engineer · Engineering Team Lead · Full Stack Developer
Professional summary
Engineering Team Lead and Full Stack Developer with 10 years of experience building scalable web platforms, fintech systems and distributed microservices. Proven track record leading cross-functional teams of designers, developers and product managers, with deep expertise across Python, Node.js, React/Next.js, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines. Currently building AI agents and applied ML products.
Experience
AI Engineer
AI agents and applied ML products, working remotely from Yerevan with a US-based team
- Build AI agents for clients, including a voice agent product.
- Serve as industry advisor and capstone coach for a sleep-tracking app developed with UC Irvine students.
- Develop an AI-powered tax preparation application.
- Build an application for labeling X-ray and dental images, and for training and running inference on machine learning models.
Full Stack Developer, Engineering Team Lead
AI-driven CRM for the real estate industry in Dubai
- Led a cross-functional team of 10, including designers, developers and product managers.
- Built the frontend using React, Redux Toolkit, TypeScript and Tailwind CSS.
- Developed backend microservices with Golang and Nest.js, backed by PostgreSQL, Redis and Prisma ORM.
- Built public-facing websites with Next.js.
Frontend Programming Coach
Course design and mentoring
- Designed a Full Stack JavaScript course and mentored hundreds of students.
- Taught JavaScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind and TypeScript.
- Taught Linux, DevOps, CI/CD and Kubernetes.
- Taught Python, Flask, Django, FastAPI, machine learning and PostgreSQL.
Full Stack Developer
Fintech platform
- Built a push notification system delivering one million notifications daily.
- Developed the backend with Golang, Node.js, NestJS and PostgreSQL; frontend with Next.js and React.
- Implemented unit and end-to-end testing with Jest.
- Managed deployments using GitLab CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Helm and Kubernetes.
Full Stack Developer
Ride-hailing platform with 40M users and 3M daily rides
- Rebuilt the Corporate Panel (used by companies to book rides for employees) from scratch using React and MobX.
- Configured Nginx to route traffic between the legacy and new panel during a large-scale migration.
- As part of the retention team, built dashboard APIs and backend microservices using Golang, gRPC, NATS and PostgreSQL.
- Deployed services on OpenShift Kubernetes and managed CI/CD with GitLab.
Full Stack Developer
Large-scale internet payment gateway
- Led the team building a blockchain payment gateway using Golang, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Socket.io, Next.js, React, MobX and TypeScript.
- Implemented backend testing with node-tap and frontend testing with Jest.
- Maintained merchant-facing API documentation using Swagger.
Full Stack Developer
Telecom e-commerce and retail systems
- Contributed to the solution design and development of an online shop for SIM cards, top-ups and bolt-ons, which became MTN Irancell's leading sales channel, using Python, Flask, PostgreSQL and Celery.
- Served as technical lead and solution architect for Digital POS, a central system now used in 10,000 Irancell stores nationwide, built with Node.js, React, PostgreSQL and MongoDB.
- Partnered with finance and fraud detection teams to design transaction data models and build financial reports for revenue assurance.