Location Amman, Amman, Jordan Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Middle East, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Gender Male
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Usuf Salam is a prolific technical founder and AI engineer specialized in building the infrastructure for the next generation of digital interaction. Currently serving as the Chief Technology Officer at RankCaster AI, Usuf leads the technical strategy to solve how brands are perceived and recommended by AI models, ensuring businesses remain visible
as AI becomes the primary search interface.
A deeply versatile engineer, Usuf’s work spans across high-impact AI applications. He is the Founder of Ma3ak Health, where he developed an AI-driven food logging system that allows patients to track nutrition via voice and image through WhatsApp. Simultaneously, he applies complex mathematical modeling as an AI Engineer at Almarbat AI, where he builds pose estimation models to quantify the physics of Arabian horse anatomy.
Professional Background:
Global Product Engineering: Usuf has a proven track record of scaling remote-first platforms, having served as a Product Engineer at San Francisco-based Pencil Spaces and FullSession, where he focused on EdTech optimization and data pipeline visualization.
Academic & Local Impact: Committed to fostering technical talent, he served as a Co-Teacher in the Computer Science department at An-Najah National University.
Early Entrepreneurship: His journey in leadership began early as the Co-founder of Arfne, a mobile platform connecting tourists with local businesses in Palestine.
Usuf combines deep expertise in full-stack development (including .NET, React, and Node.js) with a specialized focus on AI and machine learning. From the West Bank to San Francisco and Amman, his career is defined by his ability to turn complex algorithms into accessible, life-changing software.
