Sami Horani

About

Principal Software Engineer with a proven track record of modernizing legacy platforms, leading API-first transformations, and deploying AI-powered enterprise solutions at scale.

With over 30 years of experience in software development and systems integration, I specialize in designing high-performance APIs, automating workflows using machine learning and NLP, and delivering scalable cloud-native applications on Azure and Kubernetes.

🔧 Core strengths:
• API & Microservices Architecture
• AI/ML-Driven Automation
• Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS)
• Enterprise Integration & DevOps
• Technical Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration

I’m passionate about simplifying complex systems with elegant engineering, mentoring high-performing teams, and driving measurable digital transformation across large enterprises.

Let’s connect if you’re working on the next big challenge in cloud, AI, or software transformation.

Experience

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Principal Software Engineer

AT&T / DIRECTV

2004 – Present · El Segundo, CA

Enhanced service delivery and optimized resource utilization by conceptualizing and designing the AiOps application, aimed at AI/ML detection and automating recovery. This innovative solution facilitated comprehensive monitoring of operational databases and application health resources through a customizable dashboard integrated with ServiceNow using tools such as Nagios, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, and Prometheus for metrics collection and ELK and Splunk for logging. It enabled streamlined oversight and monitoring of application deployment and configuration processes.

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Software Engineer

Oracle

1998 – 2004 · Monrovia, CA

Assisted in integrating the financial systems of Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corporation using SWIFT: a secure financial messaging service and Sun’s Proprietary Middleware App Server. This effort saved UBS a $1,000,000 fine that would have otherwise been imposed by the Swiss Government by meeting the deadline for closing the merger of the two banks in a short time of 3 months. Designed and implemented middle and third-tier interfaces between various legacy systems (e.g., HORIZON) and a central RDBMS system for a project called DataHub for Canadian Pacific Ships in an effort to consolidate legacy systems data warehouse. This project required the use of JDEC, RMI, EJB, Oracle, and IBM WebSphere application server.

03

Software Engineer

Hughes Aircraft

1995 – 1998 · El Segundo, CA

Made a number of enhancements to PLOT, MIMICS, and SHAPE: Satellite Health And Performance Evaluation applications written in C for Hughes Aircraft ground systems.

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