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Mahmoud in a few words
A technologist with 15+ years of experience in designing and implementing modern software solutions. Skilled in transforming complex challenges into innovative breakthroughs while driving success through strategic leadership, effective project management, and creative problem-solving. His digital nomad lifestyle and Dutch-Lebanese background shape a unique ability to lead diverse, distributed teams with cultural awareness and adaptability.
Backend specialist with Frontend, DevOps, and ML expertise, excelling in Full-Stack development across web, mobile, and desktop platforms. Combines strong Backend skills with advanced Frontend proficiency, expertly manages end-to-end cloud infrastructure setups, and ensures seamless scalability through robust CI/CD pipelines.
Expert in JavaScript / TypeScript, with substantial experience in Python, PHP and Ruby, as well as previous exposure to Java, C#, and C++. Enthusiastically pursues new insights in AI and Blockchain, inspired by their transformative potential. For him, software engineering is not merely a job but a passion for unlimited creativity.
Recognized for his contributions to open source, he has developed numerous projects, including Laradock.io (a fully Dockerized PHP env) with over 1 million downloads, Apiato.io (a modular API framework), and Porto SAP (a modern software architecture). Mentioned by various sources, including LaravelDaily, as one of the top 10 engineers to follow.
Experience
- TAP KiitosSoftware Engineering ManagerSOFTWARE PUBLISHINGApril 2021 - December 2023 (2 years and 9 months)Amsterdam, NetherlandsResponsibilities: ◉ Leading and supporting remote teams of talented software engineers, as they work across a range of challenging clients projects. ◉ Leading strategic initiatives in a social impact driven organization and overseeing its technical aspects. ◉ Developing, improving and reinforcing strategies, processes and structures within an engaging environment. ◉ Managing technical resources and help building a community to bring the world closer together. Company: Kiitos is more than just a software development company. It's on a social mission to empower and connect emerging software talents from vulnerable regions with international opportunities.
- Recharge.comLead Back-End EngineerFebruary 2019 - January 2021 (1 year and 11 months)Amsterdam, NetherlandsResponsibilities: ◉ Improved the system performance by deflating a monolith, migrating to AWS, upgrading all kinds of tools and setting-up monitoring to detect performance bottlenecks. ◉ Lead the third-party integrations efforts, with all kinds of API's for chargeback insurance, payment gateways and vendors products. ◉ Ensured high reliability of the core services, behind our high traffic e commerce platforms. While providing a smooth and risk-free purchase experience for our customers. Company: Recharge is the #1 destination for digital prepaid credit top-up. At Recharge we develop the latest technology for exchanging digital value. Stack: ➤ Ruby 2.4 / 2.7 - Rails 5.1 / 6.0 - PHP 5.6 / 7.3 - Zend 1 / 2 ➤ MySQL - RabbitMQ - Redis - ElasticSearch - Percona Toolkit ➤ AWS - Terraform - Docker - Kubernetes - GitLab CI/CD - CloudAMQP - Grafana - Kibana - New Relic - Linux - Nginx ➤ Sidekiq - Capistrano - Monit - Sentry - GrayLog - GraphQL - CodeClimate - StatusCake - Vault - Logstash - Git - Jira
- FreelanceFreelance Web & Mobile DeveloperJanuary 2017 - December 2019 (2 years and 11 months)Services: ◉ Helping clients bring their vision to life. ◉ Designing, building, refactoring, and deploying software applications and features. ◉ Troubleshooting, debugging and improving performance of production applications.
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Education
- Bachelor's Degree, ComputingThe Open University2012Bachelor's Degree, Computing