Professional Project
OstimGPT
A locally hosted Retrieval-Augmented Generation chatbot answering questions from university sources.
Computer Engineer based in Dammam, Saudi Arabia
I build intelligent backend systems, RAG applications, and modern web platforms.
I am Yaaqob Alfakih, an AI and Backend Software Engineer with practical experience building university AI systems, application portals, dashboards, locally hosted language-model integrations, and secure web applications.
Open to software engineering roles and selected freelance projects.
Professional background at a glance
Education
BSc in Computer Engineering
Experience
One year of university software development
AI
RAG and locally hosted AI systems
Process
Scrum and CMMI development environment
Scope
Backend, frontend, dashboards, portals, Odoo
Selected work
Systems built inside a university software team
3 platforms I contributed to during a one-year internship at OSTİM Technical University, followed by a personal project exploring retrieval and locally hosted models.
- Professional Project
Student Application Management System
A digital student application platform with applicant profiles, internal review workflows and configurable reporting.
- Professional Project
Odoo 18 Website Auto-Translation
A locally hosted translation platform for an Odoo 18 university website, powered by Ollama and local models.
- Prototype
SmartShop RAG Product Advisor
A hybrid retrieval product advisor combining dense and sparse search with reranking over a product catalogue.
Technical expertise
Where the work actually sits
Four areas, each backed by the systems that demonstrate it rather than by a self-assessed rating.
Artificial Intelligence and RAG
Retrieval systems built around locally hosted models — collecting source material, dividing it usefully, retrieving against it, and returning answers that can be verified.
Backend Development
Application logic, data access and the operational surfaces around them — APIs, caching, sessions, validation and the diagnostics needed to run a system.
Frontend Development
Interfaces for the people who use a system every day — applicant portals, reviewer tools, administrative views and reporting dashboards.
Security
Input handling and abuse control treated as part of a feature rather than a later hardening pass, on endpoints that accept input from anyone.
Experience
A year inside a university software team
Software Developer Intern
OSTİM Technical University
Digital Transformation Coordination Office
One-year unpaid internship within the university’s software development team.
Methodology and process
Recognition
Recognized for initiative, professionalism, adaptability, responsibility, technical ability, and commitment to high-quality results.
— Summarised from the official internship letter
Services
What I can build for you
Freelance work in the areas my professional experience actually covers — nothing beyond it.
AI and RAG Systems
An assistant that answers questions from your own documents and shows where each answer came from.
Backend and API Development
The part of your system that holds the data, enforces the rules and talks to everything else.
Dashboard and Portal Development
Internal tools for the people who use your system every day — reviewing, approving and reporting.
Full-Stack Web Development
A complete web application — the interface people use and the system behind it.
Local AI Integration
AI features that run on your own hardware, so your content never leaves your infrastructure.
Business Website Development
A modern, fast website for your company that works properly on a phone.
Let’s discuss your project
Have a software, AI, RAG, or web application project in mind? Let’s discuss what you need and determine the right technical approach.