FinTech · Payments · AI architecture

Chahid Arid

Principal Solutions Architect and independent technology advisor

I turn difficult technology decisions into systems teams can ship, operate, and defend.

I help FinTech and AI teams turn difficult architecture decisions into systems they can ship, operate, and defend—across payments, digital banking, cloud, and production AI.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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14+years turning strategy into delivery
End to enddiscovery, architecture, governance, and go-live
High stakespayments, banking, cloud, and production AI

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See how I approach consequential engineering decisions.

Jul

ISO 20022 as a Domain Model, Not an XML Problem

4 min read

Jul

معمارية القيد المزدوج لمهندسي المنتجات

1 min read

Jul

Double-Entry Ledger Architecture for Product Engineers

4 min read

Jul

منع التكرار على نطاق واسع: أكثر من مجرد ترويسة طلب

1 min read

Jul

Idempotency at Scale: More Than a Request Header

4 min read