Ahmed Y.

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Ahmed Y. is an accomplished Backend Engineer with over 4 years of experience designing, building, and optimizing scalable, high-performance systems for government and enterprise clients across Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the USA, and Australia. Demonstrating advanced proficiency in technologies such as PHP, Laravel, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, RESTful APIs, OpenAPI, JWT, Sanctum, Elasticsearch, Docker, Docker Compose, AWS (EC2, S3, ECS, ECR), Jenkins CI/CD, Linux, Bash Scripting, Nginx, Apache, and version control tools like

  • Projects completed9
  • Hourly rate
  • 3-4 years experience
  • Cairo, Egypt
  • Member since Jun 2026
Industries
Enterprise & SaaSEdTech
Expertise
PHPLaravelSQLAWSJenkinsGitBashReactNodeJSJQueryKubernetesDatabase:RelationalC++JavaMongoDB
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Great on Count Subarrays with Sum Equal to K, Difficulty Easy · Great on Client-Side Authentication Failure Investigation, Difficulty Medium · Great on Discuss the Advantages of Context API vs. Redux in React, Difficulty Hard

Projects

FilmSA – Saudi Ministry of Culture

• Engineered backend systems for a large-scale platform supporting film production workflows and cash rebate pro- grams up to 40%. • Designed a highly normalized database schema (200+ tables) to support complex business domains with scalability, consistency, and long-term maintainability. • Implemented multi-stage workflow engines for rebate processing, handling 150+ file types and 15+ interdependent forms with strict validation and business rules. • Contributed 70% of backend development, delivering 350+ RESTful APIs with optimized queries and performance- focused design.

DAEM – Saudi Ministry of Investment

• Engineered backend systems for a financial decision-support platform analyzing publicly listed companies and sector performance. • Designed a custom backend text processing algorithm and data processing pipeline to extract and structure financial data from OCR-generated reports, leveraging Elasticsearch-based search pipelines for high-accuracy retrieval. • Architected a normalized PostgreSQL schema (80+ tables) and implemented computation logic for 20+ financial ratios at both company and sector levels. • Processed 90+ financial reports across 32 firms (2021–2023) with 98% data extraction accuracy, enabling reliable financial insights and analysis.

Buy2 – Employee Management Platform (USA)

• Sole backend engineer responsible for designing and delivering a full-scale employee management system supporting web and mobile applications. • Architected and implemented systems like Jira for task and project management, KPI tracking, attendance mon- itoring (check-in/out & breaks), rewards/voucher management, and performance evaluation. • Developed a comprehensive admin dashboard supporting employee accounts, departments, sites, shift scheduling, events, and role-based access control (RBAC). • Engineered a complex shift management module handling multi-constraint validation (site schedules, employee availability, qualifications, overtime rules, and template-based scheduling).

Uniters Academy – Multi-Level Marketing Platform

• Engineered backend systems for a commission-based platform with referral tree structures and integrated e-wallet management. • Designed optimized tree data structures and traversal algorithms (BFS) to efficiently process hierarchical referral networks and compute client network metrics for 6,000+ nodes in the tree. • Built high-performance query logic achieving 1.6 ms response time for complex network computations across 200k+ production records. • Contributed to a system generating 12M+ EGP revenue within 6 months ($220K USD), supporting scalable growth and financial operations.

Graduation Projects Management System (GPMS) – Helwan University

• Architected and deployed a production system replacing a 15+ year manual Excel-based work for managing graduation projects for level 4 students in BIS department, Helwan University. • Designed role-based dashboards and strict ability-based access control serving students, supervisors, and administrators. • Engineered core workflows including multi-layer team registration validation, structured complaint lifecycle man- agement, queue-driven email notifications, and automated CLI pipelines for bulk data operations. • Reduced registration time from 4 months to 1 week, supporting 1,100+ students, 8,000+ student/admin/doctor sessions, 1,500+ system emails, and 32,000+ database records with zero downtime.

Sections Registration System (SRS) – Helwan University

• Developed and deployed a production university course sections registration system supporting concurrent-safe enroll- ment using database-level locking to handle sections’ max capacity during high traffic. • Engineered a custom multi-rule validation engine to enforce complex constraints and academic policies.

Laravel All-In-One Toolkit – Open-Source Package

Developed an open-source Laravel package that standardizes backend development patterns and accelerates API implementation across projects.

K-Hub

• Led the development of a knowledge-sharing platform aggregating curated learning resources (videos, playlists, articles, PDFs) and enabling community collaboration across programming tracks (C++, Java, PHP). • Owned system architecture and backend development, including database schema design, DevOps setup, testing, and frontend integration. • Implemented 80+ platform features, 25+ security safeguards, and 10+ performance optimizations. • Tools: HTML 5, CSS 3, Bootstrap 5, JavaScript, jQuery, JSON, Ajax, PHP 8, OOP, Design Patterns, SOLID, MySQL, Restful APIs, Apache Server, Linux Ubuntu, AWS EC2 & Route 53, Docker, Jenkins, Git & GitHub, Domain, SSL

TSCMS (Tech Schools Control Management System) – Egyptian Ministry of Education

• Developed core backend modules for supporting 60+ technical schools across Egypt (e.g., WE, Elsewedy, Banque Misr, National Bank of Egypt). • Built systems for student data management, administrator accounts, permission/privilege control, and exam hall & building management. • Implemented role-based access controls and performance optimizations while maintaining clean code. • Contributed 90% of the backend codebase, delivering 65 API endpoints and 37k lines of production code.

Experience
  1. Backend Engineer

    Next & Associates· Enterprise & SaaSMar 2025May 2026
    • Led backend development for large-scale government platforms including DAEM and FilmSA, delivering high-performance RESTful APIs and scalable system architectures.
    • Built and optimized production-grade APIs, database schemas, and business logic with a focus on performance, scalability, and maintainability.
    LaravelPHP
  2. Co-Founder & Backend Engineer

    InnovaDigit Software Solutions· Enterprise & SaaSSep 2024Mar 2025
    • Led backend development for multiple production systems including Uniters Academy (WinLife) and TSCMS.
    • Designed and implemented scalable backend architectures, including complex business logic, hierarchical data models, and secure API systems.
    • Owned system design decisions, database architecture, and performance optimization across high-traffic applications.
    LaravelPHP
  3. Teaching Assistant

    Helwan University, Business Information System (BIS)· EdTechSep 2024Mar 2025
    • Taught 4,000+ students Backend (PHP, OOP, MySQL), Advanced Database, System Analysis, Linux.
    • Conducted 550+ lab sessions with 50,000+ views & 7,200+ watch hours on YouTube.
  4. Backend Engineer

    Grand Technology· Enterprise & SaaSSep 2022Sep 2024
    • Developed and optimized RESTful APIs for production web and mobile applications using Laravel.
    • Integrated third-party payment gateways and collaborated with QA to improve system reliability and performance.
    LaravelPHP
Education
  1. Master Degree (MSc)

    Helwan UniversityEl-Zamalek, Egypt2023 — 2025
  2. Bachelor Degree

    Helwan UniversityEl-Zamalek, Egypt2018 — 2022
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