About
I'm a lead engineer focused on making AI practical and reliable. I build the bridge between complex AI research and real-world software that people can actually use.
Khalid Hamad AlSubaie
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
With a background in software engineering and deep experience in AI/ML, I help teams launch intelligent systems that are secure, scalable, and easy to use. I specialize in turning complex AI models into reliable tools, ensuring they perform well in production and solve real problems for users.
Experience
Lead Engineer, Application Science (Advanced Technologies Lab)
HUMAIN
Sep 2025 – Present
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- ·Built and fine-tuned a Kubernetes-aware LLM converting natural-language intent into validated, executable kubectl commands, reducing operator toil and improving system safety.
- ·Implemented a reproducible evaluation workflow for comparing AI fine-tuning variants and prompting strategies, including an A/B test harness with tracked metrics.
- ·Technical lead for an intelligent eLearning platform, coordinating between technology, design, and user needs to deliver a seamless learning experience.
- ·Contributed to multiple AI solution use cases for LLMs and Computer Vision, translating requirements into deployable prototypes with measurable acceptance criteria.
Lead Software Engineer (AI Lab) / Senior DevOps Engineer, Ops Team Lead
Saudi Company for Artificial Intelligence (SCAI), merged into HUMAIN
Feb 2023 – Sep 2025
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- ·Managed a team of 6 to keep high-priority AI systems running smoothly around the clock, maintaining 99.9% uptime and solving issues in minutes.
- ·Standardized how we build and release software by moving 40+ projects to a unified system, making collaboration easier across the entire organization.
- ·Improved the speed and safety of our deployments, cutting manual work by 70% and reducing deployment time from 45 to 10 minutes.
- ·Strengthened security posture by integrating automated scanning (SonarQube, Black Duck), reducing critical findings by 40% through gated pipelines.
- ·Built modern 'landing zones' for AI that allowed research teams to go from setting up their environment to starting work in hours instead of days.
- ·Led the RFP process for an Azure Enterprise Agreement, achieving ~20% annual cost reduction and optimizing licensing efficiency.
- ·Managed Cloud Fusion ERP integration with ZATCA for automated VAT invoice generation, processing 10,000+ invoices/month and reducing manual effort by 60%.
- ·Successfully migrated corporate email from STC to Microsoft 365 with zero downtime, ensuring business continuity.
Consulting Engineer
Digital Government Authority
May 2024 – Aug 2024
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- ·Automated the deployment of 12+ projects using GitHub Actions, reducing release times from 30 minutes to just 8.
- ·Designed and deployed a high-availability, compliant Design System platform aligned with government standards, achieving 99.9% availability.
- ·Integrated Azure DevOps for release automation and delivered comprehensive handover documentation and runbooks for long-term maintainability.
DevOps Engineer (Azure DevOps)
Ministry of Justice (Najiz Platform)
Mar 2021 – Feb 2023
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- ·Modernized the Najiz Platform by moving 50+ projects to the cloud, ensuring a more stable and scalable foundation for public services.
- ·Managed over 120 automated pipelines that handled 40-50 successful updates every week with near-perfect reliability.
- ·Designed CI/CD pipelines for Flutter mobile applications, enabling faster iteration cycles across 6 mobile apps with a bi-weekly release cadence.
- ·Established a Disaster Recovery (DR) plan with automated backups and failover strategies, significantly improving platform resilience (RTO < 1h).
- ·Reduced production defects by 30% through refined branch strategy and release management practices.
IT Operations Officer
LADUN Investment Co
Jan 2021 – Mar 2021
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- ·Led the successful launch of the corporate website, coordinating with partners to deliver over 20 key features in just 10 weeks.
- ·Streamlined internal tech support, resolving over 100 issues with a focus on speed and user satisfaction.
Education
M.S. Applied Artificial Intelligence
IU University of Applied Sciences
Expected 2026 — Bad Honnef, Germany
PGP in Artificial Intelligence
Texas McCombs – ePortfolio
2020 — Austin, USA
B.S. Software Engineering
Al Yamamah University
2018 — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Technical Skills
Languages
AI / ML
Cloud & DevOps
MLOps / deployment
Data & backend / integrations
Selected projects (samples)
Certifications
Associate Engineer — Saudi Council of Engineers
ID: 557527
Languages
Arabic
Native
English
Professional
Contact
- Email[email protected]