About Zain
Senior Backend & Cloud Engineer (Go, Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD, Microservices) with 10+ years of experience building and scaling backend systems, cloud platforms, and developer infrastructure for startups and global companies. Based in Berlin, available immediately. Working language: English (German basic).
English
Native or bilingual
German
Basic
Can work on-site
Berlin (up to 50km)
Experience
- Underscore EnergySenior Machine Learning EngineerENERGY AND UTILITIESFebruary 2026 - May 2026 (3 months)Berlin, GermanyBuilding an end-to-end machine learning pipeline for Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM), leveraging Temporal Convolutional Networks (ATCN) for energy disaggregation.- Training and optimizing deep learning models using Python and PyTorch- Building scalable training workflows on google Vertex AI- Developing a production-ready inference system, including model serving and experiment tracking.
- Data science retreatMachine Learning Study & Applied AI EngineeringJuly 2024 - February 2026 (1 year and 7 months)Berlin, GermanyCompleted advanced machine learning training at Data Science Retreat Berlin and pursued self-directed AI research and model development.- Intensive study of machine learning, deep learning, model training, and neural network architectures.- Built a robot with a real-time vision system using NVIDIA Jetson Orin as a graduate project- Continued independent learning training several ML models, exploring AI agents, and experimenting with model architectures for practical applications.
- CircleCI,Senior Software EngineerAugust 2021 - April 2024 (2 years and 8 months)Berlin, GermanyWorked part of the CI/CD engine group, responsible for building and maintaining the engine security and jobs execution.• ● Worked part of the permissions team on building and maintaining user authorization services• ● Developed and maintained webhook ingestion services improving reliability, security and performance of jobs execution• ● Worked on building a new pipelines trigger interface and integration, simplifying the integration process for developers and allowing non git projects to integrate with CircleCI for the first time• ● Participate in hiring, onboarding and mentoring new team members.
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Education
- Bachelor degreeJordan University Of Science and Technology2013Bachelor degree
- Data Science and Machine learningData Science Retreat2024Data Science and Machine learning