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

LLM Evaluation for Systems That Must Be Right

4 min read

Jul

التوليد المعزز بالاسترجاع في المالية: الدليل قبل البلاغة

1 min read

Jul

RAG for Financial Operations: Evidence Over Eloquence

4 min read

Jul

وكلاء الذكاء الاصطناعي في التقنية المالية: الرقابة قبل الاستقلالية

1 min read

Jul

AI Agents in Regulated FinTech: Control Before Autonomy

4 min read