Etienne Daher
Founder & CTO of Ete-services
Etienne Daher is the founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Ete-services. He works alongside a small team on software architecture, solutions development, and projects for clients, and still spends most of his time close to the code.
- Occupation
- Founder and Chief Technology Officer
- Organization
- Ete-services
- Nationality
- Lebanese
- Education
- Lebanese American University
- Location
- Batroun, Lebanon
- Wikidata
- Q141182812
Early life & career
In the early twenty-tens, Etienne completed his computer engineering studies at the Lebanese American University. In March 2017, he founded Ete-services, a boutique IT firm that provides end to end and bespoke solutions to SMBs, SMEs, as well as large organizations. Etienne currently alternates between Lebanon, UAE and USA. His daily life is mostly office work.
Journey
Etienne is interested in Web3, blockchain and AI. With clients from different industries, he helps define goals, success metrics, budgets, milestones and dependencies, then sets out a timeline and a simple communication plan so everyone stays aligned.
Leadership & Tech Achievements
- Directed cross-functional engineering teams across frontend, backend, QA, and DevOps to deliver large-scale software ecosystems
- Scaled backend infrastructure handling 10K+ concurrent requests through distributed caching and optimized load balancing
- Decreased cloud infrastructure costs by 35–42% via Terraform automation, Kubernetes autoscaling, and efficient resource provisioning
- Built AI-powered ranking, recommendation, and analytics engines using TensorFlow and Bayesian neural networks
- Architected decentralized Web3 applications with wallet authentication, smart-contract flows, and blockchain integrations
- Developed high-availability clusters with Docker and Kubernetes ensuring zero-downtime deployments
- Created full-stack applications using Node.js, React, AngularJS, and microservice APIs backed by MongoDB and Elasticsearch
- Designed and deployed enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines using Bitbucket, Jenkins, CircleCI, and Terraform
- Integrated 3rd-party systems (Stripe, PayPal, PassportJS, Firebase, EasyPost) for seamless user and payment experiences
- Engineered content management and delivery platforms serving multi-channel applications and AI assistants
- Implemented advanced monitoring, alerting, and scaling using CloudWatch, Prometheus, and automated recovery scripts
- Optimized frontend performance with code splitting, asset compression, and lazy loading for 35% faster page load
- Developed internal AI and data-processing daemons powering automation, RSS aggregation, and SEO analytics
- Built secure, high-throughput APIs with JWT rotation, WAF integration, and multi-factor authentication
- Migrated monolithic architectures to modular, service-oriented microservices for improved scalability and maintainability
- Designed custom libraries and SDKs to standardize internal API communication and service orchestration
- Implemented serverless compute using AWS Lambda and Step Functions for event-driven workloads
- Delivered large-scale analytics dashboards and data pipelines for real-time business intelligence
- Orchestrated global deployments using Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform across multiple environments
- Led product vision and technical roadmap alignment between engineering, design, and business teams