alhajj.dev

Hi, I'm

Omar

Software Engineer focused on platform engineering and developer experience

I design and build reliable developer platforms, modern CI/CD workflows, and scalable infrastructure that helps teams ship faster with confidence.

About

I am a software engineer with a B.Eng. in Software Engineering from Aarhus University and 7+ years of professional experience. My work centers on platform engineering, infrastructure modernization, and lately, developing agentic AI applications and enabling AI at scale.

I have built agentic workflows, including an application that migrates Jenkins pipelines to GitHub Actions using OpenAI models and Semantic Kernel.

Skills

Frontend

Angular TypeScript JavaScript HTML CSS

Backend

Java Kotlin Python Maven Gradle NPM

Platform

Docker Helm Kubernetes Linux Git Bash PowerShell Terraform

AI

Microsoft Agent Framework LangChain

Other

GitHub Actions Jenkins

Spoken languages

Danish English Arabic

Experience

Jan 2024 — Present

Senior Platform Engineer, Engineering PO

Bankdata

Contributing to migration and platform engineering work across source control, CI/CD, and developer tooling. Part time product owner as well.

  • Built an agentic AI application that migrates Jenkins pipelines to GitHub Actions workflows using OpenAI models and Semantic Kernel.
  • Setup an AI Gateway using agentgateway and implemented authentication with EntraID using OPA Envoy for JWT parsing and claims verification.
  • Migrated Bitbucket to GitHub, including on-premises GitHub runners on OpenShift.

Nov 2019 — Dec 2023

Software Developer

Bankdata

Contributed to a production-critical Artifactory migration from legacy Windows Server infrastructure to a highly available OpenShift setup. Supported the transition from fully on-prem infrastructure to a hybrid private-cloud model and built self-service pipelines for engineering teams.

Feb 2018 — Jan 2019

Intern, Junior Developer

EG Silkeborg Data

Developed and maintained frontend features for an enterprise payroll platform using Angular, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.

Projects

COBOL Modernization Using Agentic AI

Collaborated with Microsoft and Bankdata engineers to design an agentic AI workflow for modernizing legacy COBOL into maintainable Java, with a focus on preserving business behavior while accelerating migration.

Read devblog
AI Semantic Kernel Python OpenAI

Personal NAS and Homelab Setup

Built and maintained a personal NAS environment across custom hardware and Mac Mini systems for reliable storage, backup automation, and experimentation.

Linux Networking Storage Automation

iOS App Learning Track

Ongoing personal project focused on Swift and iOS frameworks, with emphasis on creating practical and user-friendly mobile experiences.

Swift iOS Mobile UX

Recent Posts

View all →

Contact

Open to relevant software engineering conversations, platform-focused roles, and collaboration opportunities.