Senior Backend Engineer · Abu Dhabi, UAE

Aleena
Nambipunnilath
Alikhan

Designing production-grade distributed systems, event-driven architectures,
and financial-grade APIs that power enterprise operations across the GCC.

Python FastAPI Django Apache Kafka PostgreSQL AWS Docker Kubernetes Redis Celery ML / NLP
Get in Touch → LinkedIn ↗ GitHub ↗
4+
Years Experience
5+
Major Projects
3+
Domains Delivered
01 — About
Turning complex
problems into
elegant systems.

I'm a Senior Backend Engineer with 4+ years of hands-on experience architecting and delivering production-grade, scalable backend systems for enterprise clients across the GCC region, currently based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

My core stack is Python, Django, and FastAPI, built on a foundation of distributed systems design, event-driven Kafka pipelines, RBAC security, and PostgreSQL performance engineering. I have deep domain expertise in ERP, Finance, and HRMS platforms serving live enterprise workflows.

Before pivoting fully to backend engineering, I led ML and radar-based AI R&D in the Oil & Gas sector — bringing production-focused thinking to every system I build. I hold an M.Tech in Signal Processing and continue to apply applied ML/NLP in my work.

I thrive in multicultural, cross-functional teams and take full ownership from architecture decisions through to production deployment and monitoring.

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Location
Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Phone
+971 542 640 428
Email
aleenaalikhan06@gmail.com
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Education
M.Tech — Signal Processing
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Languages
English · Malayalam · Hindi · Tamil
02 — Skills
Technical
Expertise.
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Languages & Frameworks
Python Django FastAPI Flask JavaScript MATLAB HTML/CSS
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Databases & Storage
PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB MSSQL Redis Elasticsearch
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DevOps & Cloud
AWS Docker Kubernetes CI/CD Git Linux
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Messaging & Async
Apache Kafka RabbitMQ Celery Redis Queue asyncio WebSockets
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Security & APIs
RBAC AES-256 JWT OAuth2 REST APIs OpenAPI/Swagger
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AI & Machine Learning
Machine Learning Deep Learning NLP Computer Vision LSTM Data Pipelines
03 — Experience
Where I've
Built Things.
Mar 2023 – May 2026
SecureDomain Technologies
📍 Abu Dhabi, UAE
Senior Backend Engineer
Architected and delivered a full multi-module enterprise ERP system from the ground up — owning the complete API lifecycle across Finance, HRMS, and Resource Management modules.
Built high-performance async REST endpoints using FastAPI with asyncio, handling concurrent multi-tenant request loads with non-blocking I/O patterns.
Designed and implemented RBAC with granular permissions and AES-256 data encryption, achieving financial-grade security standards for UAE enterprise clients.
Built event-driven distributed components using Apache Kafka, enabling real-time data streaming and fully decoupled inter-service communication across ERP modules.
Reduced API latency under production load by restructuring complex PostgreSQL/MSSQL queries, redesigning indexing strategies, and eliminating N+1 patterns.
Integrated Celery + Redis for async workloads — including report generation, scheduled batch operations, and multi-channel notification pipelines.
FastAPIDjangoPostgreSQLKafkaCeleryRedisRBACAES-256JWTDockerAWSElasticsearch
Feb 2021 – Jul 2022
Tech27 Systems
📍 Kerala, India
Machine Learning Engineer
Led R&D on radar-based people tracking for Oil & Gas field deployments; improved ML detection models to cut false-positive rates by ~40%, increasing system reliability in challenging conditions.
Built and deployed computer vision and ML models on AWS, transitioning research prototypes into production-grade systems with stable real-time inference throughput.
Designed scalable data pipelines for real-time model inference, supporting production deployments with stable latency across concurrent sensor streams.
Developed full-stack Django applications integrated with MongoDB for real-time sensor data ingestion and field engineer inference dashboards.
PythonML / CVDjangoMongoDBAWSData PipelinesRadar Systems
Aug 2020 – Feb 2021
Independent
🌐 Remote
Freelance Python & ML Developer
Delivered custom Python and MATLAB solutions across signal processing, deep learning, and data pipeline domains for multiple clients with high retention rates.
Built standalone ML models for classification and regression tasks, packaged with documentation for non-technical stakeholders.
PythonMATLABDeep LearningSignal Processing
04 — Projects
Selected
Work.
001
Real-Time Financial Transaction Monitoring System
Event-driven financial monitoring platform with anomaly detection logic and a real-time WebSocket dashboard. Built from the ground up to showcase enterprise-grade distributed systems design.
Kafka FastAPI PostgreSQL Redis Celery WebSockets
002
Enterprise ERP System
Multi-module ERP covering Finance, HRMS, and Resource Management for live UAE enterprise clients. Features RBAC + AES-256 encryption, Kafka event streaming, Celery async processing, and Elasticsearch audit logging.
Django FastAPI Kafka PostgreSQL Elasticsearch AWS Docker
003
Radar-Based People Tracking (Oil & Gas)
Real-time people detection and tracking using radar sensor data and custom ML models for Oil & Gas field deployments. Achieved a ~40% reduction in false positives through iterative model refinement.
Python Computer Vision AWS Radar Systems Data Pipelines
004
Alzheimer's Early Detection Tool
Clinical decision support tool using deep learning classification models for early-stage Alzheimer's diagnosis. Built a full data preprocessing pipeline and model evaluation dashboard for clinical review.
Flask Deep Learning Python Medical Imaging
005
Sentiment Analysis Engine
Hybrid NLP system combining LSTM deep learning with classical ML approaches for high-accuracy text sentiment classification, evaluated across benchmark datasets with precision/recall reporting.
NLP LSTM Python Scikit-learn TensorFlow
006
Sentiment Analysis — LSTM & Vanilla RNN
Comparative study and implementation of sentiment classification using both LSTM and vanilla RNN architectures, highlighting the advantage of gated memory over standard recurrent networks on text data.
Python NLP LSTM RNN 2022
007
Live Face Emotion Recognition
Real-time facial emotion detection system built in MATLAB using deep learning, capable of classifying emotions (happy, sad, angry, neutral, etc.) from a live webcam feed with low-latency inference.
MATLAB Deep Learning Computer Vision 2022
008
Speech Emotion Recognition
Audio-based emotion classification system using MATLAB, extracting acoustic features (MFCC, pitch, energy) from speech signals and classifying emotional states using deep learning models.
MATLAB Deep Learning Signal Processing MFCC 2022
009
Polyp Segmentation in Colonoscopy Images
Medical image segmentation system using DeepLabV3+ architecture to accurately identify and segment polyps in colonoscopy images, supporting early detection and clinical decision-making.
Python Deep Learning DeepLabV3+ Medical Imaging 2022
010
Hyperspectral Image Classification
Machine learning pipeline for classifying hyperspectral remote sensing images using SVM combined with PCA and LDA for dimensionality reduction, achieving high classification accuracy across spectral bands.
Python Machine Learning SVM PCA LDA 2022
011
Image Segmentation Using U-Net
End-to-end image segmentation implementation using the U-Net encoder-decoder architecture in Python, applied to biomedical image datasets with custom loss functions for precise boundary detection.
Python Deep Learning U-Net Segmentation 2022
012
Fake Indian Currency Detection
Computer vision system to detect counterfeit Indian currency notes by analysing visual security features — watermarks, micro-printing patterns, and colour profiles — using image processing and classification models.
Python Computer Vision Image Processing Classification
05 — Education
Academic
Background.
Master of Technology
Signal Processing
APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University
Kerala, India
2016 – 2018
Bachelor of Technology
Electronics & Communication Engineering
University of Calicut
Kerala, India
2012 – 2016
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Certification
Machine Learning A-Z: Hands-on Python & R in Data Science
Udemy
06 — Contact
Let's build
something great
together.

Open to senior backend engineering roles, distributed systems architecture, and consulting opportunities across the UAE and GCC region. Reach out and let's talk.