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Mahdi Mohammad Shibli

@mahdimohammadshibli

Backend engineer focused on secure-by-default payments and distributed systems.

Turkey
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What I'm looking for

I’m relocating to the EU and want backend and secure-system-design roles where payments, distributed systems, or trust boundaries are central—building secure-by-default systems, integrating regulated requirements, and improving reliability, compliance, and security.

For 3+ years, I’ve worked inside the payment stack in Bangladesh, designing APIs, data models, and system architecture for regulated, high-volume infrastructure where correctness, uptime, and compliance aren’t optional. I translate VISA, Mastercard, and Bangladesh Bank mandates into working systems, and I’ve owned end-to-end technical relationships from API handshake to go-live for merchant onboarding and integration.

I bring a security mindset rooted in real trust-boundary failures: when features get bolted on without thinking them through, systems break. My core stack spans Django, DRF, PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, Nginx, and Docker, and I build automation and reporting platforms that remove manual work. Alongside payments, I co-founded monitowl, a multi-tenant SaaS where I own tenant isolation, ABAC-based access control, CI/CD, and near-real-time ingestion—now I’m going deeper on security while finishing an MSc in Cybersecurity, with research in privacy-preserving machine learning.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Current

Research Assistant

Jan 2026 - Present (6 months)

Research at the intersection of data privacy and cloud-based machine learning.

- Investigating privacy-preserving techniques for high-dimensional data in cloud ML pipelines
- Designing manifold-learning-based differential privacy mechanisms, using the geometric structure of data to make privacy guarantees more efficient
- Working toward practical, scalable solutions that balance utility and priva

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Current

Co-Founder (Tech)

Sep 2025 - Present (10 months)

Co-leading a multi-tenant SaaS that gives manufacturers and operations teams real-time supply-chain visibility. I own the technical architecture.

- Designed the core platform: multi-tenancy isolation, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and a data ingestion layer that processes QR-scan events, shipment signals, and location updates in near real-time
- Built policy-driven access control on ABAC, enabling

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Solution Analyst

Jun 2024 - Aug 2025 (1 year 2 months)

On the Design & Solutions team, the technical architecture center for one of Bangladesh's largest Mobile Financial Services platforms.

- Designed high-level API flows and system architecture for Digital Banking and MFS products, turning complex business and compliance requirements into scalable blueprints
- Ran feasibility analysis and architecture assessments for new product initiatives across t

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Associate Manager

Jun 2023 - Jun 2024 (1 year)

Owned in-house automation and payment-acquiring delivery within the cards and payments function.

- Built an internal web platform to automate recurring report delivery, custom report generation, dashboards, and monitoring alerts, cutting ~200 manual hours a month (Django, Pandas, Chart.js; connects to MySQL, Oracle, and MS SQL Server)
- Led a small group of developers delivering in-house automati

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

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SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences

Master of Science, Cybersecurity

2026 - 2027

Year two mobility of EMJM - CyberMACS

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Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje / Универзитет „Св. Кирил и Методиј“ во Скопје

Erasmus+ BIP, CyberFuture - Cybersecurity

2026 - 2026

This is an Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program (1 month long training). During the program we engaged in simulations and practical learning.

* Vulnerability testing and prioritizing flaws under pressure.
* Advanced Cryptography & AI: Lattice-based schemes, machine learning over encrypted data, and the intersection of AI with threat landscapes (RAG and prompt engineering).
* System & Hardware Secu

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Kadir Has University

Master of Science, Cybersecurity

2025 - 2026

Year one mobility of EMJM–CyberMACS with coursework in system security and applied cryptography.

KU

Kadir Has University

Master of Science - MS, Cybersecurity

2025 - 2026

Year one mobility of EMJM - CyberMACS

* System Security & Penetration Testing.
* Operating System.
* Application of Time Series Analysis in Cybersecurity.
* Applied Cryptography.

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North South University

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Engineering

2017 - 2021

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering from North South University (2017–2021).

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North South University

Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Engineering

2017 - 2021

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