About Mahmoud
- Senior Software Engineer with 14+ years of experience driving the architecture and delivery of high-performance backend systems across complex financial services environments. Expertise in leading large-scale cloud migration and system integration initiatives using a polyglot stack including Java, Kotlin, Scala, AWS, and Azure.
- Proven ability to define technical strategy and a long-term architectural roadmap. Skilled in analytical thinking, complex problem-solving, and leveraging functional programming and modern design patterns to build secure, scalable, and resilient distributed systems.
- Certified Blue Security Champion experienced in enforcing security best practices and mentoring cross-functional teams to achieve high performance in Agile/Scrum environments
Arabic
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Dutch
Basic
Experience
- MonotchSenior Sofware DeveloperMay 2025 - May 2026 (1 year)Leiden, ZH, Netherlands• ● Modernized legacy CI/CD infrastructure by migratng Jenkins to a Kubernetes-natve deployment using Helm, implementng shared pipeline libraries that standardized deployment across all teams• ● Optmized real-tme telemetry between smart barrier systems and service vehicles, reducing communicaton latency by 30% and improving automated entry/exit reliability.• ● Confgured Nginx reverse proxy service with custom Lua/Bash scripts to handle complex request routng and enhance edge security.
- INGSenior Sofware DeveloperMarch 2024 - April 2025 (1 year and 1 month)Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands• ● Spearheaded architectural enhancements for the InsideBusiness Wholesale Banking suite, supportng enterprise-grade client operatons.• ● Performed comprehensive security audits across the organizaton, closing critcal gaps and strengthening regulatory compliance.• ● Led the transformaton of legacy codebases into modern, observable, and developer-friendly services
- Free LanceTechnical Lead/Senior Sofware DeveloperAugust 2023 - March 2024 (7 months)Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands• ● Directed the technical strategy for a payment gateway bridging App Store platorms with OneCard's transacton ecosystem.• ● Engineered resilient and secure payment workfows with a focus on high availability and regulatory adherence.• ● Served as the sole technical decision-maker, owning architecture choices across all integrated systems.
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Education
- Bachelor of Computer ScienceCairo University2008Bachelor of Computer Science