Summary
Yasir Karam is a research-focused software engineer and cloud computing practitioner with nine years of professional experience and a long history of technical leadership spanning startups, government, and enterprise projects. He specializes in cloud-native architecture, DevOps, and migration from monoliths to Kubernetes-based stacks, having led SaaS transformations and implemented observability and service mesh solutions across multiple platforms. A Scrum-certified architect versed in DDD, Clean Architecture and SOLID principles, Yasir combines hands-on coding (including Go) with solution design and operational tooling such as Prometheus, ELK, Istio and Grafana. His background includes MPhil/PhD research in autonomic cloud computing and practical delivery of national e-health and ERP systems, reflecting a rare mix of academic rigor and large-scale systems experience. Based in Abu Dhabi, he brings a pragmatic focus on reliability, scalability and developer workflows, and has a track record mentoring startups and integrating diverse technologies across cloud ecosystems.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Researcher, Computer Software Engineering, Researcher, Computer Software Engineering at Liverpool John Moores University
Bachelor's degree, Control & Systems Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Control & Systems Engineering at University of Technology - Iraq
English, Arabic, Turkish