Hothyfa Elbeera

Sole Software Engineer responsible for the design, development, and delivery of Justice Redact, an AI-assisted system for automating the redaction of sensitive information from legal Subject Access Request (SAR) documents. The platform replaces manual redaction workflows with scalable, intelligent document processing, improving efficiency, accuracy, and compliance.

Working independently while collaborating with product managers, data scientists, designers, and DevOps specialists, I lead all engineering decisions across system architecture, backend development, and AI integration, ensuring a production-ready and scalable solution.

• Led end-to-end engineering of an AI-powered document redaction system, from architecture design to deployment.
• Designed and developed scalable backend services using Python (FastAPI) and Node.js for AI-driven document workflows.
• Built AI-assisted redaction pipelines using PyMuPDF, Microsoft Presidio, and AWS Comprehend to detect and redact sensitive entities.
• Architected a modular system separating backend services from AI processing components, enabling scalability and independent model evolution.
• Designed and implemented data storage strategies using AWS S3 and relational databases for document state, versioning, and audit tracking.
• Developed APIs supporting document ingestion, processing, review workflows, and export functionality.
• Collaborated with data scientists to integrate and optimise NLP models for entity recognition and document classification.
• Ensured strict compliance with data protection, security, and governance standards when handling highly sensitive legal data.
• Conducted performance benchmarking and contributed to infrastructure and cost optimisation strategies.

Joined a fast-scaling software company focused on digital claim management solutions, leading end-to-end development of core products from concept through architecture and deployment.

Led design and technology decisions while collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimise systems and deliver reliably.

• Designed and implemented scalable, cost-optimised architectures across AWS and Azure.
• Designed APIs with strict validation and encryption best practices.
• Designed and deployed Docker-based microservices in Node.js, improving scalability and reliability.
• Built cloud-native applications with Node.js, Express, Firebase Functions, and Firestore for secure API-driven systems.
• Used Vue.js for dynamic, performant frontend development.
• Implemented monitoring and logging to proactively identify system issues.

Key contributor at an early-stage startup building a multi-service platform for ride hailing, food delivery, and parcel logistics.

Built both web and mobile applications, implemented real-time tracking, secure authentication, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Designed and developed a multi-service platform using React, React Native, Node.js, Fastify, and MongoDB.
• Implemented secure authentication, authorisation, and data protection mechanisms.
• Built and deployed real-time tracking systems.
• Developed cross-platform web and mobile applications.
• Integrated push notification services to improve retention and engagement.
• Developed automated CI/CD pipelines and maintained technical documentation.

Played a key role in developing and optimising scalable applications using Angular, TypeScript, and Python with focus on reliability and maintainability.

• Developed and optimised software using Angular, TypeScript, Python, and Node.js.
• Designed and implemented REST APIs with Nest.js.
• Optimised T-SQL database queries to improve efficiency and response times.
• Implemented CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes.
• Created and maintained technical documentation for API usage and system design.