Tech Lead
Open to select collaborations
Senior engineer blending software engineering, DevOps, and agentic AI development to architect and ship production-ready, scalable platforms.
5+
Years building
5+
Projects shipped
Current position
Tech Lead / Systems Architect at Awesomity Lab
I'm a software engineer and systems architect based in Kigali, Rwanda, with 5+ years building and leading the delivery of production platforms across workforce, logistics, and knowledge-sharing products.
As Tech Lead and Systems Architect at Awesomity Lab, I set technical direction across multiple product teams — designing service architectures, mentoring engineers, and shipping features from concept to production. Earlier I built core API layers from zero to launch and delivered enterprise AEM backends for clients across Italy.
Today my work centers on agentic AI development, DevOps, and reliable backend systems — combining Java, Kotlin, and Spring Boot with TypeScript and Node.js, and wiring it all together with Docker and GitLab CI/CD.
A track record of building, leading, and shipping across startups, enterprises, and academia.
Kigali, Rwanda · On-site
Roles & impact
CurrentFull-time
May 2023 – Present· 3 yrs 2 mos
Set technical direction across 3+ product teams, shipping 15+ features to production.
Full-time
Feb 2022 – May 2023· 1 yr 4 mos
Built the core API layer powering the company's main product from 0 to launch.
Core tools and platforms I use to ship and operate reliable software.
Building agentic systems with Claude and integrating LLMs into production workflows.
User-facing systems with accessibility and maintainability in mind.
Service-oriented APIs, message flows, and contract-first interfaces.
Deployment pipelines, orchestration, and infrastructure automation.
Operational telemetry and diagnostics for production systems.
A focused record of professional credentials and continued technical learning.
DeepLearning.AI · CrewAI
July 8, 2026Selected platform and product initiatives focused on scalability, maintainability, and measurable outcomes.
Workforce development platform connecting youth candidates with job opportunities. Features candidate analytics, assessment tracking, employer communications, and a real-time dashboard across 12,000+ registered candidates.
Freight and logistics management platform for tracking truck orders, managing documents, and overseeing end-to-end delivery workflows across web and mobile.
Kinyarwanda-first Q&A and knowledge-sharing platform enabling communities to ask, answer, and discover questions publicly or anonymously.
Unified logistics operations platform with a natural-language search interface that surfaces tasks, shipments, and workflows for distributed operations teams.
Hardware-integrated project involving physical installation and on-site deployment, combining software tooling with real-world operational workflows.
Feedback from engineering and product leaders I have worked with on enterprise-scale initiatives.
Faisal brought structure to our modernization effort and created a platform baseline that multiple teams could ship on confidently.
He consistently balanced delivery speed with reliability. Our incident rate dropped significantly after his observability rollout.
Faisal is one of the strongest systems thinkers I've worked with. He translates complex architecture choices into practical execution plans.
I write about my engineering journey on Dev.to — lessons on teamwork, planning, and DevOps drawn from building software in the trenches.
Dec 08, 2021
Reflecting on the final stretch of the Task-Force4.0 program — the challenge of deploying our backend with containerization and CI/CD pipelines, and the lessons that stuck.
Nov 22, 2021
A demanding sprint building project endpoints with a team of four, and how task prioritization and clear coordination turned pressure into delivery.
Nov 15, 2021
Why planning before coding matters: how event storming and an entity-relationship diagram set a solid project foundation — plus the value of team culture.