About

Pooya Golchian

AI Transformation Lead

Dubai, UAE

I turn AI into shipped operating capability for regulated fintech, payments, and BNPL. Not slideware. Not pilots.

I work the forward-deployed way, embedding inside the customer's environment and owning the full arc, from discovery and integration through production build and operations. I work with everyone from line analysts to CTOs. I wire into real APIs, data pipelines, SSO, SAML, OAuth, legacy systems, and compliance. Then I stay on the problem with radical ownership until the system runs reliably, measurably, and safely.

Shipping since 201496 public repos48.1K npm downloads a year

Focus areas

  • AI transformation
  • Forward-deployed engineering
  • Fintech
  • Payments
  • Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL)
  • Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  • Local and private LLMs
  • SSO, SAML, and OAuth integration
  • Next.js
  • Node.js

FAQ

Work with me

I take on a small number of embedded engagements where AI has to ship inside real systems and hold up under compliance. If that sounds like your problem, start here.