Joe Haddad

Co-Founder

Achrafieh, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon2 yrs 4 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Founding AI engineer at an insurtech startup.
Helped startups achieve $850K ARR in two years.
Mentored student developers in AI projects.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused AI and Machine Learning expert with strong educational and mentoring experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)Machine LearningSoftware Project ManagementChatbot DevelopmentInformation RetrievalRecommender SystemsTeaching

Other Skills

MicroservicesJupyterSupabasePrompt EngineeringZapierGitHubOpenAI ProductsSQLFastAPIGitREST APIsHuggingFacePython (Programming Language)SQLAlchemyWord Embeddings

About

You don't have a technical co-founder. And it's costing you everything. You know your market. You know your customer. You might even have revenue. But the product isn't built yet because you can't find the right person to build it with you. Hiring a CTO is too expensive and too slow. Agencies give you bloated teams and a codebase no one can explain. Freelancers disappear after the first invoice. You've been stuck between bad options for months. I've been on the other side of this. At 23, I was the founding AI engineer at an insurtech startup. Took it from zero to $850K ARR in two years. Built the AI systems, shaped the product, hired the team. I know what early-stage building actually looks like from the inside. Now I run Clavis Labs. I embed with early-stage founders for 90 days as their technical and product partner. I help you figure out what to build, then I build it with you. Not an agency. Not a dev shop. Not a contractor who takes a spec and disappears. A partner who thinks about your product from the user's perspective and the engineer's perspective at the same time. If you're a founder stuck on the technical side, let's talk. DM me or book a call at clavislabs.ai

Experience

2 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Clavis labs

Founder

Dec 2025 – Present · 5 mos · Remote

Haqq

AI & Product Advisor

Oct 2025 – Present · 7 mos · Remote

Advising on AI architecture and product strategy for HAQQ, a legal tech startup building AI-powered practice management tools for law firms.

Kudwa

AI Lead

Nov 2024 – Nov 2025 · 1 yr · Remote

Served as fractional AI Lead, providing strategic direction for the company's AI initiatives. Developed rapid proof-of-concept implementations, directly hired AI engineering talent, and supported management of the team to deliver practical AI solutions aligned with business objectives.

Aems.ai

AI Research Engineer

Sep 2024 – Oct 2024 · 1 mo · Remote

Designed and implemented cutting-edge AI systems at aems.ai, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions.
Specialized in Information Retrieval and LLMs to enhance product performance and user experience.

Information RetrievalRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)Systems DesignPrompt Engineering

Machine Learning Engineer

Feb 2024 – May 2024 · 3 mos · Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon · On-site

Led the development of a recommendation system for AsiaCell's loyalty program, targeting an initial user base of 60,000 with potential growth to 3 million users.
Integrated Google Analytics to improve data collection for AI-driven recommendations. Designed and built the entire system, including daily ETL and training jobs, database schemas using Microsoft SQL Server, and a RESTful API for quick recommendation retrieval.
Successfully launched version 1 of the recommendation system, despite limited and sparse data. Managed the entire process independently from start to finish.

MicroservicesFeature EngineeringJupyterExploratory Data AnalysisHyperparameter TuningMicrosoft SQL Server+3

American university of beirut

2 roles

Project Manager

Promoted

Dec 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr · Remote

Led the 'AUB Course Companion' project, mentoring six student developers in building course-specific chatbots using RAG techniques. Guided the team through modern AI frameworks and best practices while managing the full project lifecycle. Created networking opportunities that connected students with startup roles, combining technical leadership with career development mentorship.

Software Project ManagementProblem SolvingChatbot DevelopmentREST APIsMachine LearningTechnical Project Leadership+1

Teaching Assistant

Jan 2023 – May 2023 · 4 mos · On-site

As an instructor, I taught a weekly Python programming lab to a group of 20 students. I also held weekly office hours and corrected exams.

TeachingPython (Programming Language)TutoringProgramming

Gaya

Founding AI Engineer

Mar 2023 – Jul 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Remote

Joined Gaya pre-revenue as the first AI engineer after the team's latest pivot. I was deeply involved in building the core product, contributing broadly across AI, engineering, product strategy, and operations.
What I've done:
Built key components of our core "Super Paste" feature, significantly streamlining user workflows.
Owned and continually enhance our "Structured Document Extraction" API, simplifying complex document data extraction.
Regularly talked with customers, analyzed usage data, and helped define our product roadmap based on real user needs.
Actively participated in hiring, onboarding, and mentoring junior engineers.

MicroservicesJupyterSupabasePrompt EngineeringZapierGitHub+15

Bmb

Coding Instructor

Apr 2021 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr · Lebanon · Hybrid

I taught Python 3 to a diverse range of students, including young learners aged 8 to 13. I also had the opportunity to provide personalized one-on-one instruction to individuals of all ages, focusing on fostering their problem-solving abilities and honing their algorithmic skills.

Python (Programming Language)TutoringProgrammingTeaching