Youssef Garas is a founder and seasoned software leader with over a decade of experience designing and shipping scalable cloud-native backends and responsive web frontends. He has led engineering teams at both startups and enterprises, driving initiatives from breaking monoliths into TypeScript microservices to building fault-tolerant background processing that scales on Google Cloud and Akamai. Hands-on in code, architecture and infrastructure, he’s delivered systems that serve millions of users and built search-and-match platforms using Elasticsearch, Kubernetes and serverless functions. His background blends practical product delivery with academic rigor—a M.Sc. in Computer Aided Design, a granted utility patent and two peer-reviewed publications—informing a methodical approach to complex engineering problems. Based in Tampa, he combines operational incident leadership and PCI-aware releases with experience in conversational AI and NLP productization. As an entrepreneur who repeatedly ships products and frameworks, he brings both technical depth and founder instincts to early-stage and growth-stage engineering challenges.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc., Computer Aided Design, M.Sc., Computer Aided Design at Cairo University
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