My Story

AI-Native Platforms. Engineering Transformation.

Engineering leader focused on AI-native platforms, engineering transformation, and practical automation. Over 16+ years, I have built and scaled SaaS, fintech, recruitment intelligence, communication, and data-intensive systems - combining deep platform engineering, cloud architecture, developer productivity, and organizational leadership.

AI Product StrategyPlatform EngineeringDeveloper Productivity

16+

Years building and leading software systems

20M+

Learners supported on global SaaS platforms

1.3B

Monthly data points processed at platform scale

70%

Reduction in cross-team data analysis effort

95%

False-positive reduction in AI-powered AML detection

80%

Delivery cost reduction via AI-first engineering practices

Why BrighterWorks Labs

I help companies turn technical drag into operating leverage.

Hi, I'm Behrouz.

I started BrighterWorks Labs after building AI-powered products, global SaaS platforms, fintech systems, and engineering organizations from the ground up. My work sits at the intersection of product strategy, platform architecture, AI adoption, and engineering leadership.

Across those environments, the same pattern kept showing up.

Most companies do not need more tools.

They need better systems for deciding, building, automating, and scaling.

I have led transformations that produced measurable outcomes: 4x throughput improvements, 10x scalability gains, 70% less analysis effort, faster deployment velocity, lower cloud waste, and AI-powered product delivery.

That is what BrighterWorks Labs is built for: practical help for founders and teams who need senior judgment close to the work, without hiring a full-time CTO or transformation team.

Recent consulting clients

KlendifyMagicfurnish

Experience

The Work Behind the Judgment

A focused view of the roles that shaped how I think about AI-native products, platform scale, cloud architecture, and engineering organizations.

01

2026 - Present

Senior AI & Engineering Consultant

Selected clients: Klendify / Magicfurnish

United States (Freelance-Remote)

Helping startups adopt AI-native engineering practices, build AI-powered products, and improve developer productivity through automation, agentic workflows, and modern engineering platforms.

  • Architected AI-powered platforms across marketing intelligence, communication, analytics, recommendation systems, and conversational AI.
  • Built assistants and decision-support systems operating on real-time customer, campaign, and product data.
  • Introduced AI-assisted software development workflows for code generation, testing, documentation, architecture reviews, and engineering acceleration.
  • Led cloud modernization, CI/CD transformation, observability improvements, and platform scalability initiatives supporting long-term product growth.
02

Aug 2025 - Feb 2026

Founder | AI Product & Platform Engineering

JobFluxPro

Berlin, Germany

Founded and led an AI-driven B2B recruitment intelligence platform automating candidate evaluation and resume scoring for hiring agencies.

  • Designed AI-powered resume intelligence, candidate scoring, and recruitment analytics using LLMs and automated evaluation workflows.
  • Defined AI product strategy, architecture, and go-to-market execution from concept to production.
  • Built AI-assisted evaluation workflows and scoring models to improve hiring decision quality.
03

Sep 2022 - Jul 2025

Sr. Engineering Manager

Babbel

Berlin, Germany

Led Platform Services and Learner Data teams for a language-learning SaaS platform serving 20M+ learners globally.

  • Led teams supporting critical systems processing over 1.3B monthly data points.
  • Delivered an AI-powered insight platform that reduced cross-team data analysis effort by 70%.
  • Improved deployment velocity by 30% and increased test coverage from 65% to 90% through CI/CD modernization and developer experience improvements.
  • Reduced incident response time by 40% through real-time observability, monitoring, and alerting capabilities.
  • Drove a 4x increase in communication platform throughput while maintaining scalability, reliability, and security standards.
04

Sep 2020 - Jan 2022

Director of Engineering

Calistu Trading

Dubai, UAE

Built and led the full engineering organization from zero for a boutique fintech and enterprise software company.

  • Built and scaled a 25-engineer organization across backend, frontend, mobile, infrastructure, and UI/UX functions.
  • Established engineering operating model, hiring strategy, career framework, and delivery processes from the ground up.
  • Designed an AI-powered AML detection system that reduced false-positive alerts by 95%.
  • Reduced infrastructure costs by 25% and accelerated product delivery by 30% through architecture, CI/CD, and agile process improvements.
05

Sep 2017 - Jan 2020

CTO

VernaTech

Tehran, Iran

Led technology strategy and platform architecture for a live trivia platform with large-scale real-time competitions.

  • Led a cross-functional organization of 15 engineers across backend, frontend, mobile, infrastructure, data, and QA.
  • Executed migration to AWS serverless architecture, achieving 10x scalability improvement and enabling 150K+ concurrent users per live session.
  • Re-architected the core platform to sustain 300K+ concurrent requests under peak load while reducing infrastructure costs by 30%.
  • Established engineering processes, delivery practices, and an eNPS-focused engineering culture from scratch.

Focus Areas

Where My Experience Concentrates

Depth across the areas that matter most when helping founders build, automate, and scale.

3 years

AI & Automation

AI-native products, agentic workflows, and intelligent automation in production.

Depth of experience3 / 15 yrs

10 years

Cloud & Architecture

AWS and GCP platforms, distributed systems, scalability, and cost optimization.

Depth of experience10 / 15 yrs

10 years

Management & Leadership

Engineering org design, delivery excellence, and technical strategy for growing teams.

Depth of experience10 / 15 yrs

4 startups

Startup Building

From zero to product: architecture, team building, and go-to-market execution.

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Core strength

15 years

Software Production Engineering

End-to-end delivery: CI/CD, reliability, developer experience, and shipping at scale.

Depth of experience15 / 15 yrs

AI Focus

AI & Engineering Transformation

How I help organizations adopt AI-native ways of working, in products and in engineering teams.

  • Architected AI-powered platforms across marketing intelligence, communication, analytics, recommendation systems, and recruitment intelligence
  • Introduced AI-assisted engineering workflows with Cursor, Claude, Codex, and LLM-based automation for code generation, testing, documentation, and architecture reviews
  • Designed agentic workflows that analyze business data, generate recommendations, surface insights, and support human-in-the-loop decisions
  • Reduced implementation timelines from months to weeks and lowered delivery costs through AI-first development practices
  • Helping organizations become AI-native through developer productivity, agentic workflows, and engineering automation

Education

BSc, Information Technology

University of Aberdeen International

2004 – 2008

Certifications

  • AWS Cloud Solutions Architect Professional
  • Strategic Leadership & Management (Univ. of Illinois)
  • Leading People & Teams (Univ. of Michigan)
  • DevOps on AWS
  • Information Security Awareness

Expertise

Technical Depth & Leadership Range

Technical Expertise

Cloud-Native Architecture (AWS, GCP)Distributed Systems & Platform EngineeringAI-Enabled Products & Data PlatformsOrganizational Scaling & Technology TransformationServerless & Event-Driven ArchitectureDevOps, CI/CD & Developer ExperienceReliability, Security & ScalabilityData Engineering & Analytics PlatformsObservability & Production OperationsTechnical Strategy & Architecture Governance

Leadership Competencies

Engineering Org Design & ScalingEngineering Strategy & ExecutionStakeholder & C-Suite AlignmentCross-Functional CollaborationEngineering Budget PlanningEngineering Culture & eNPSTeam Building from ZeroOKRs & Goal SettingPerformance Management & CoachingDelivery Excellence & Organizational Effectiveness

Track Record

Problems I've Solved

These are real examples from the work, not hypothetical founder scenarios.

01

AI & Engineering Productivity

How We Reduced Developer Lead Time by 68% Using an AI-Powered Engineering Agent

The challenge was never generating code. It was understanding context.

Read full case study →

02

Platform Engineering

Scaling a Data Platform from 50 Million to 1.3 Billion Events per Month

Scalability is rarely about adding more servers.

03

Data Platforms

Building a Modern Event-Driven Data Platform

Event-driven architectures are most successful when ownership and governance are treated as first-class concerns.

04

Engineering Leadership

Turning Engineering Teams into Predictable Delivery Organizations

Predictability creates trust.

05

Cloud Optimization

Reducing Cloud Costs Without Slowing Engineering Teams

The cheapest architecture is not always the best architecture.

06

AI Product Development

Building an AI-Powered Recruitment Platform from Scratch

AI delivers the most value when it augments human expertise rather than attempting to replace it.

07

Platform Engineering

Designing Cloud Platforms That Teams Actually Want to Use

The best platform is the one engineers choose to use.

08

Technical Leadership

Leading Through Technical and Organizational Change

The most valuable engineering leaders create clarity where others see complexity.

How I Work

Principles That Guide Every Engagement

1

Practical outcomes, not hype

Every recommendation should connect to a real business problem and a measurable result.

2

Understand before you build

The biggest gains usually come from improving architecture, ownership, and clarity, not adding more tools.

3

Leadership as a force multiplier

The goal is not to make every decision. It is to create environments where teams make better ones.

4

Start small, prove value, then scale

One clear problem, one focused implementation, one measured outcome, then expand from there.

A Different Conversation

Sometimes You Don't Need Another Developer

You need someone who can help answer questions like:

Are we building the right thing?

Is our architecture heading in the right direction?

How should we use AI?

Why is delivery slowing down?

Are we wasting money in AWS?

What should we automate first?

That's a very different conversation, and it's the one I'm built for.

What Clients Typically Bring Me In To Solve

Organizations usually reach out when they need help with challenges such as:

  • Scaling systems and infrastructure
  • Cloud architecture and modernization
  • Engineering leadership and team effectiveness
  • Platform engineering
  • Event-driven architectures
  • Data platforms
  • AI product development
  • Technical due diligence
  • Delivery predictability
  • Cost optimization
  • Technical strategy
  • Engineering organization growth

Whether the challenge involves technology, people, or process, my focus remains the same:

Understand the real problem, build practical solutions, and create sustainable outcomes.

Want the full story behind these? See what I do or read the case studies.

Ready to start?

Let's find where your company can work smarter

Send a short note about the technology, people, or process problem you want to solve, and I will reply with a practical next step.

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