Hi, I'm Bakri Bitar

Building performant, scalable platforms & driving technical excellence in enterprise environments.

Senior Software Engineer & Engineering Leader with 10+ years of experience across full-stack development, enterprise consulting, and cloud-native systems. M.Sc. Informatics from TU München.

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Background & Expertise

Senior Software Engineer & Engineering Leader with experience spanning enterprise consulting, full-stack web development, and mobile/computer-vision applications. I've worked with large European insurance companies and banks as a consultant, and founded a medical-tech startup around vein-visualization hardware.

I hold a Master's degree in Informatics (focus: Software Engineering & AI) from the Technical University of Munich. Previously a B.Eng. in Informatics from the University of Aleppo.

10+
Years Experience
M.Sc.
TU München

Career Journey

📅 2025 – Present 📍 Remote

Co-Founder

RevoplyAI

Co-founded an AI-powered customer support SaaS. Built on a RAG architecture — the platform trains on a company's private knowledge base and delivers instant responses across WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, and web. Features a unified inbox, real-time analytics, and multi-language support (Arabic, English & more).

📅 05.2024 – Present 📍 Germany

DevOps Engineer & Team Lead

Logabit GmbH

Leading DevOps engineering and infrastructure operations for enterprise clients. Responsible for Kubernetes cluster management, CI/CD pipeline design with Jenkins, deployment automation, security hardening (DevSecOps), monitoring with Prometheus & Grafana, TLS/cert management with Certbot, and technical team leadership.

📅 07.2023 – 04.2024 📍 Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Co-Founder

Mobile Vein Viewer

Co-founded a medical-tech startup commercialising the Android-based vein visualisation system developed during my Master's thesis. The product is an app and hardware extension attached to a smartphone that helps locate superficial veins using NIR imaging.

📅 12.2018 – 06.2023 📍 Cologne, Germany

Senior Software Engineer & Consultant

itestra GmbH

Senior consultant and software engineer across multiple long-term enterprise projects for major European insurance companies and banks. Delivered full-stack Java/Spring Boot solutions, enterprise system integrations, and technical consulting across the full software lifecycle — from architecture through deployment — in highly regulated domains.

📅 11.2017 – 12.2018 📍 Munich, Germany

Full-Stack Web Developer

Stockfood GmbH

Working student (Werkstudent) role as an in-house full-stack web developer at a leading food photography stock agency. Built and maintained web features using Angular, Node.js, and modern JavaScript. Part-time alongside Master's studies at TUM.

📅 09.2014 – 09.2015 📍 Mersin, Turkey

Full-Stack Developer

IdScan Biometrics Limited

Freelance developer responsible for the complete software lifecycle of biometric identity verification and document scanning systems, including liveness detection and identity matching for international clients.

Featured Work

SaaSAI / LLMLiveCo-Founder

RevoplyAI

A live AI-powered customer support SaaS platform. Trains on your company's private knowledge base and delivers instant, accurate responses across WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, and your website. Features a unified inbox, real-time analytics, multi-language support (Arabic, English & more), and GPT-powered response engine.

🌐 Live Product
Hardware circuit Raw NIR male arm Raw NIR female arm Adaptive threshold + median blur Result dark skin Result light skin Scleroderma NIR Scleroderma visible Tattoo NIR
AndroidOpenCVC++ / JNIComputer VisionNIR Imaging

MobileVeinViewer

A low-cost, non-invasive vein viewing system on Android smartphones. Uses near-infrared imaging and real-time adaptive thresholding to help healthcare workers locate superficial veins — all for under €30 in hardware.

🌐 Live Demo ⬡ GitHub 📄 Thesis
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FlutterDartFirebaseMobile

Let's Discover Germany

A cross-platform mobile app for exploring tourist attractions, landmarks, and destinations across Germany. Features an interactive map, search & filters, user reviews & ratings, favourites, and real-time updates via Firebase.

⬡ Bitbucket
AngularNode.jsExpressMongoDBMEAN Stack

TravelWithMe

A full-stack travel companion web application built with the MEAN stack. It allows users to plan and share trips, with an Angular frontend, Express REST API backend, and MongoDB for data persistence.

⬡ Bitbucket

Technical Expertise

☕ Backend

JavaSpring BootHibernate.NETNode.jsREST APIs

🗄️ Databases

PostgreSQLIBM DB2MongoDBRedis

☁️ Cloud

GCPAWSFirebase

⚙️ Infrastructure

Kubernetes / OpenShiftDockerLinuxnginxAnsibleFail2BanServer BackupTLS / Cert ManagementCertbot

🛠️ DevOps

JenkinsCI/CDDeployment PipelinesDevSecOpsPrometheusGrafanaRelease Management

🧠 AI / ML

LLMsLangChain4JRAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)Prompt EngineeringVector DatabasesEmbeddingsGPT / OpenAI APIAI Agents

Education

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M.Sc. Computer Science

TU München · 2018
AI & Software Engineering
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B.Eng. Informatics

University of Aleppo · 2013
Software Engineering

Languages

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Arabic

Native language
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German

TELC C1
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English

TOEFL iBT · Score 90
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Turkish

A2

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