Summary
Senior Software Engineer with 7+ years building, scaling, and rescuing production platforms across automotive, biotech, fintech, and edtech. Former core contributor to Ureed.com — worked across the entire Django codebase from database optimization to third-party integrations to solo feature builds. After Tarjama, went independent, joined the Toptal top 3%, co-founded a startup, then built and ran a crisis engineering consultancy rescuing failing tech projects. Looking to bring everything learned back to focused, high-impact engineering work.
Experience
Crisis engineering consultancy for stalled, over-budget, or failing tech projects.
- Led mission-critical software engineering for Saudi Army defense operations
- Retained post-funding by ArmstrongEdu to re-architect legacy systems for scale
- Core Engineer for multiple AI startups (Wondercraft.ai, Benno.ai, Cybertron-Labs.com, Circadia.ai), shipping MVPs and optimizing pipelines
- Managed full lifecycle recovery and launch for Oshops (mobile) and Kimotive
- Delivered technical infrastructure for Psychometrica.org
Remote
- Built the MVP from zero, established engineering culture, and owned the product roadmap
- Transitioned from Lead Consultant to Co-Founder/CTO to drive long-term technical vision
- Private Jet Services: Rapid deployment for aviation logistics systems
- Civi: Initial MVP architecture and backend (prior to joining as Co-Founder)
- YallaPlus: Full-stack development with focus on architectural integrity
Remote
- MindTales: Backend refactoring and feature integration for a wellness platform
- ShopX & ArmstrongEdu: Payment gateway integrations and core module development
- Hyde Park House: Modernized legacy hospitality management systems
Remote · Core contributor across all major Django modules (wallet, services, freelancers, clients).
- Debugged a Celery background task bug on day one involving hardcoded database IDs referencing missing records
- Led the solo migration of Ureed's backend from a translation platform to a multi-freelancer marketplace
- Optimized a critical initial-settings API by replacing expensive queries with a pre-built static JSON payload, drastically reducing load times
- Identified and resolved a cascade deletion issue caused by a database-level lock, tracing the root cause through the ORM layer
- Eliminated N+1 query patterns and optimized database queries across multiple modules
- Integrated third-party services including Algolia (search) and Checkout.com (payments)
- Built core feature logic including the timesheet system
- Collaborated with the data science team to build dashboards and provided SQL-based reports for the operations team
Alexandria, Egypt · Lead in-house engineer owning the full development lifecycle.
- Built and maintained custom booking and membership management software
- Translated business requirements into functional code supporting daily operations
Skills
Python
Django
FastAPI
Celery
PostgreSQL
REST APIs
React
Next.js
Tailwind CSS
System Architecture
AWS (EC2, S3)
Algolia
Database Optimization
Debugging & Root Cause Analysis
NLP
Git
CI/CD
Technical Leadership
Third-Party Integrations
Education
Alexandria University — Computer Engineering · 2017 – 2018
Alexandria University — Pharmaceutical Sciences · 2015 – 2017