Hi, I'm Majd Al Kayyal

Senior Software Engineer & Assistant Manager building scalable AI-powered systems.

Majd Al Kayyal, Senior Software Engineer based in Munich

About Me

I am a Senior Software Engineer and Assistant Manager at KPMG, specializing in the design and integration of AI/LLM-powered systems.

Email: alkayyal.majd@gmail.com
Phone: +49 174 5166916
Languages: English (Professional), German (Beginner), Arabic (Native)

Technical Skills

Languages
C#PythonJavaScript/TypeScriptC++SQL
Frameworks
.NET CoreFastAPIExpressReact
Databases
PostgreSQLMongoDBSQL Server
Cloud & Infrastructure
AWSAzureKubernetesDockerAzure DevOps
AI/NLP Engineering
PyTorchRAGLangChainSupervised Fine-Tuning (SFT)Multi-Agent Systems
Collaboration & Leadership
Agile/ScrumProject ManagementLeadershipCode ReviewsMentorship

Professional Experience

Jul 2024 – Present
Senior Software Engineer – Assistant Manager KPMG, Munich
  • Lead a development tribe in a 40+ engineer team to deliver complex, high-impact features, while also serving as one of the lead developers shaping the technical architecture.
  • Act as a key technical liaison with business stakeholders in KPMG US, translating business needs into technical requirements and leading feature design discussions across multiple teams.
  • Spearhead backend and database optimization initiatives, significantly reducing report generation times by architecting and implementing solutions with Azure and asynchronous messaging.
  • Lead the integration of AI/LLM capabilities into the core application, leveraging unique expertise to pioneer new features.
Apr 2023 – Jun 2024
Software Engineer – Associate PwC, Munich
  • Developed backend modules with ASP.NET Core and SQL Server, supporting enterprise-scale internal platforms.
  • Contributed to developing Authentication-as-a-Service (SSO), enabling secure, unified access across multiple PwC applications.
  • Delivered multiple proof-of-concepts to validate new technologies and accelerate adoption within internal projects.
Feb 2022 – Nov 2024
Senior Software Engineer & Project Manager → Technical Consultant Maaly (Telypay), Muscat
  • Founded and scaled the engineering team from zero to six engineers, leading hiring, mentoring, and process setup.
  • Designed and built Oman’s first Open Banking integration and a personal finance app featuring NLP-based SMS parsing.
  • Deployed and managed the company’s AWS cloud infrastructure (IaaS), ensuring scalability and cost efficiency.
  • Built a financial insights chatbot leveraging NLP and LLMs to enable natural language queries on user data.
Oct 2023 – Apr 2024
Teaching Assistant – Foundations in Data Engineering TUM, Munich
  • Conducted weekly exercise sessions in C++ and SQL for Master’s students, reinforcing core data engineering and distributed systems concepts.
Sep 2021 – Jun 2022
Research & Teaching Assistant GUtech, Muscat
  • Delivered labs and tutorials on C++, Data Structures, Operating Systems, SQL, and ASP.NET Core.
  • Built a voice-controlled object detection system for assistive smart glasses, enhancing accessibility for visually impaired users.
Feb 2020 – Apr 2021
Full-Stack Developer Webware, Muscat
  • Built and deployed a cross-platform charity donation app (Flutter + ASP.NET Core + SQL Server) for Dar Al Atta.
  • Integrated payment gateways, SMS, and email services, enabling seamless donation flows and case management.
  • Launched app successfully on App Store & Google Play, supporting hundreds of active users.

Education

Graduated with Distinction
M.Sc. Data Engineering and Analytics Technical University of Munich (TUM)

cGPA: 1.3 / 1.0 (Top 10% of cohort)
Recipient of the DAAD Master Scholarship

Graduated: Sep 2021
B.Sc. Computer Science GUtech, Oman

cGPA: 4.0 / 4.0
Awarded the Academic Rector’s Medal for graduating first in the university.

Awards & Honors

DAAD Master Scholarship

Awarded by the German Academic Exchange Service for academic excellence and research potential during graduate studies at RWTH Aachen.
Munich, Germany

Academic Rector’s Medal

Awarded to the top graduating student across all majors at GUtech, Oman.
Muscat, Oman

DAAD Bachelor Thesis Scholarship

Competitive funding from DAAD to conduct undergraduate thesis research at RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
Aachen, Germany

Oman Education Services (OES) Scholarship

Full merit-based bachelor’s scholarship, awarded to top 1% of high school graduates in Oman.
Muscat, Oman

Featured Projects

Master's Thesis | Publication at ECML 2025
StrategicAI: Multi-Agent Decision Support System
  • Designed and implemented a multi-agent LLM system for complex decision-making, using RAG, FastAPI, Docker, and MongoDB.
  • Demonstrated superior performance to ChatGPT in strategic problem-solving tasks.
Download Paper (ECML 2025)
Download Poster (ECML 2025)
Download Full Thesis Report
TUM Course Project
CreateData4AI: Scalable Annotation Platform
  • Led development of a scalable annotation platform using embeddings + Ray for GPU/core parallelism.
  • Reduced annotation latency and enabling expert collaboration features.
Bachelor Thesis | RWTH Aachen
Open.ER: OER Awareness Mobile App
  • Developed a cross-platform app (Flutter, .NET Core) to promote Open Educational Resources (OER).
  • Achieved greater than 80% usability satisfaction in a prototype deployed at RWTH Aachen.
Full-Stack Project
Charity Donation App for Dar Al Atta
  • Built and deployed a cross-platform charity app (Flutter, .NET Core, SQL Server) from end-to-end.
  • Integrated payment gateways, SMS/email services, and secure authentication, supporting hundreds of active donors on the App Store & Google Play.