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Ahmed Alaa

Head of AI Engineering @ Easygenerator | Generative AI | Agentic AI | AWS Certified ML Specialist | Google Generative AI Leader
7.5 yrs experienceE-learning
Sep 2025

The move

MoveMcKinsey & Company Easygenerator
TitleTrainee at McKinsey Forward Program - Advanced Level Head of AI Engineering
LocationDubai Dubai
Career arcRecent arrival
First time at this levelYes
Cross-border moveNo — same country
Native languageArabic
Years in UAE2.9
Total experience7.5 years
Easygenerator headcount201-500 employees
Easygenerator industryE-Learning Providers
Easygenerator HQRotterdam, South Holland
Easygenerator founded2013
Easygenerator typePrivately Held

Career arc

  1. Head of AI EngineeringSep 2025 — Present
    Easygenerator· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  2. Trainee at McKinsey Forward Program - Advanced LevelSep 2023 — Nov 2023
    McKinsey & Company· Internship
  3. Senior Software Engineer - FullStack - AI FocusedJul 2023 — Sep 2025
    Easygenerator· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  4. Trainee at McKinsey Forward Program - Foundation LevelJun 2023 — Aug 2023
    McKinsey & Company· Internship
  5. Senior Software Engineer - FullStackJun 2022 — Jun 2023
    AUGMENTT· Ontario, Canada· Contract
  6. Senior Frontend DeveloperSep 2020 — Sep 2021
    ProSyLab (PSL)· Giza, Al Jizah, Egypt· Freelance
  7. Full Stack DeveloperAug 2020 — Aug 2022
    Fixed Solutions· Cairo, Egypt· Full-time
  8. Frontend DeveloperDec 2019 — Aug 2020
    DMG | Mountain View· Cairo, Egypt· Full-time
  9. Software DeveloperJul 2019 — Dec 2019
    Zamil Steel Holding Company Limited· Full-time
  10. TraineeOct 2018 — Jun 2019
    Information Technology Institute (ITI)· Cairo, Egypt· Internship

Education

Languages

  • English · Professional working
  • Arabic · Native or bilingual

Top skills

LangGraphTeam BuildingRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)MLOpsCross-functional Team LeadershipOpenTelemetry

About

Ahmed is an AI Engineering Leader with deep hands-on experience designing, scaling, and governing production-grade AI systems across SaaS, e-learning, and large-scale platforms serving millions of users. At Easygenerator, Ahmed acts as a senior advisor to leadership on AI strategy, risks, and opportunities, co-owning the AI vision, engineering strategy, and execution roadmap. He drives the discovery and delivery of commercially viable AI-driven products that create measurable customer value and revenue, while maintaining portfolio-level oversight of AI initiatives across engineering. He leads the architectural and technical direction for AI systems, with a strong focus on agentic workflows, LLM orchestration, RAG pipelines, evaluation frameworks, observability, and production reliability.

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