Introduction
Work Experience
Studies
Technical skills
Africa/Cairo
Arabic
English
Ahmed is a Cairo-based backend engineer with a passion for turning complex business problems into clean, scalable systems. His work spans SaaS platforms, e-commerce, API architecture, and the intersection of backend engineering and AI.
Work Experience
IntraZeroJul 2024 - Present
Backend Software Engineer- Architected and built the Itest multi-tenant SaaS platform serving 1.5M+ students, reducing feature delivery time by ~40% and increasing recurring revenue.
- Built UNICEF's National Child Protection Platform end-to-end, improving case coordination between NCCM and the Ministry of Health and reducing report-processing time by ~60%.
- Engineered the Egyptian Red Crescent's UNICEF-funded digital platform for refugee family management, enabling faster case registration and centralized data access nationwide.
- Developed UNICEF Egypt's Child Abuse Case Management platform with secure backend modules for real-time case reporting and cross-agency coordination.
- Built Etmad, a national accreditation platform for social enterprises in Saudi Arabia, enabling digital certification workflows for the Ministry of Human Resources and Monsha'at.
- Developed Terre des hommes (TDH) Egypt's Beneficiary Database web application, enabling centralized case tracking and reporting for child protection and migration interventions.
- Built the digital platform for the Arar Chamber of Commerce, driving regional economic development and investment initiatives aligned with Saudi Vision 2030.
- Developed ARATC's e-learning and training platform, enabling online and classroom-based education across the Arab region with scalable course delivery and instructor tools.
zTechniumAug 2023 - Jun 2024
Backend Software Engineer- Built ThinkTank, a multi-tenant funding and showcase platform for a nonprofit client seeking EU sponsorship, with subscriptions, localization, and payment gateways using Laravel and Filament.
- Migrated the Bee Degree platform from ASP.NET to Laravel, preserving the SQL Server database while ensuring seamless data integrity and API compatibility.
- Built Auto Flex, a multi-vendor e-commerce platform with Laravel (Bagisto), implementing a Filament admin dashboard and REST APIs for the mobile app.
- Enhanced Project Reshape's web dashboard and mobile APIs, developing new backend features and refactoring legacy modules for improved performance and maintainability.
- Refactored the Sustain Egypt web and mobile backend, improving code quality and API stability while integrating secure payment gateways for donation and subscription workflows.
- Designed and developed PPK (Price Per Kilometer), a simplified ERP platform tailored for manufacturing companies such as Bridgestone.
Hsoub AcademyDec 2022 - May 2023
PHP Developer Intern- Built 10+ full-stack Laravel & WordPress applications during an intensive PHP internship — e-commerce with PayPal/Stripe, a CMS with real-time notifications (Pusher), a video-sharing platform (AWS S3), and an Instagram-style social app with image processing and moderation.
- Designed and built RESTful Laravel APIs following REST principles with authentication and authorization.
- Delivered additional projects — a map-based store-rating app, a WordPress + WooCommerce store, a news site, and task-management/to-do apps — applying OOP and clean-architecture principles.
Studies
Misr International University (MIU)Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (2018 - 2022).
IEEE Publication — MIUCC 2022Co-authored and presented "An optimized approach for Paternity Testing using rs numbers and whole genome" at the 2nd International Mobile, Intelligent, and Ubiquitous Computing Conference (MIUCC 2022).
Technical skills
Backend DevelopmentBuilding secure, high-performance APIs and scalable backend systems.
PHP
Laravel
Filament
MySQL
Redis
REST APIs
GraphQL
RabbitMQ
PHPUnit
Pest
FrontendCrafting responsive interfaces with modern frameworks and utility-first CSS.
JavaScript
React
Next.js
Inertia.js
Livewire
Alpine.js
Tailwind CSS
Bootstrap
DevOpsContainerized deployments, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure.
Docker
Git
GitHub Actions
Nginx
Apache
AWS
Linux
Kubernetes
Terraform
Cloudflare
AI ToolsLeveraging AI-powered development tools for faster, smarter engineering workflows.