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Michel Bitar

@michelbitar

Hands-on Engineering Manager and Tech Lead building production-grade backend systems and AI-powered knowledge platforms.

Lebanon

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to own delivery of production services end-to-end, stay hands-on in architecture and code reviews, and build reliability and observability that keep systems fast, measurable, and maintainable.

I run delivery for production services at Cardinal Health, leading a cross-functional team while staying hands-on with system design, code reviews, and unblocking complex technical issues. I’ve built an internal AI knowledge platform using LLM APIs, MCP, and RAG to generate grounded, source-attributed answers over internal systems and documentation.

Before that, I led an end-to-end observability platform migration at Sodexo, transitioning Dynatrace to Datadog across thousands of VMs and automating hundreds of dashboards and alerts with Infrastructure as Code. I’ve also worked as a part-time freelance software engineer for 10+ clients, including delivering an ERP for multinational operations and improving existing web apps with LLM-assisted workflows.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Software Engineering Manager

Current

Cardinal Health

Feb 2024 - Present (2 years 6 months)

Lead a cross-functional engineering team of 4 engineers, owning delivery of 10+ production services. Designed and delivered an internal AI knowledge platform leveraging LLM APIs, MCP, and RAG.

Java Spring Boot Docker Kubernetes Terraform AWS GCP Linux Prometheus Grafana LLM APIs RAG MCP CI CD Microservices System Design

Current

Freelance Software Engineer

Current

Independent Consultant

Jan 2019 - Present (7 years 7 months)

Delivered custom backend systems and SaaS-style applications for 10+ clients, owning architecture, development, deployment, and ongoing maintenance end-to-end.

Java C#Python JavaScript TypeScript Spring Boot PostgreSQL Docker AWS GCP

Software Developer Consultant

CBTW

May 2023 - Feb 2024 (9 months)

Led an end-to-end observability platform migration at Sodexo, transitioning from Dynatrace to Datadog across 2,500+ VMs. Designed cross-platform automation tooling using Python, Terraform, Bash, and PowerShell.

Python Terraform BASH PowerShell Datadog Kong Automation

Software Engineer II

Cardinal Health

Jan 2020 - Dec 2023 (3 years 11 months)

Developed and enhanced backend systems using Java, Spring Boot, React, Docker, and Linux. Contributed to a large-scale platform enabling remote control and management of 5,000+ devices.