Open to opportunities

Mohamed Ahmed

@mohamedahmed24

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I build and lead scalable Node.js and cloud-native platforms for government, enterprise, and IoT products.

Egypt

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What I'm looking for

I'm open to remote or hybrid roles where I can lead backend architecture and engineering teams, build scalable cloud-native platforms, and mentor developers.

I've led backend architecture and delivery at Digitas, Squadio, and IBM for platforms including Abu Dhabi's TAMM government portal, FAB's digital banking platform, and a Saudi talent marketplace. My work spans scalable NestJS and Node.js services, microservices, event-driven systems, APIs, and AWS infrastructure.

At IBM, I led teams of 2–5 engineers, mentored developers, and helped deliver mission-critical products serving millions of citizens and global enterprise clients. I also authored IBM's Cloud Application Developer curriculum and trained 200+ students and professionals in cloud-native development, Docker, Kubernetes, DevOps, and backend engineering.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Back-End Team Lead / Architect

Current

Digitas (Publicis Groupe)

Jul 2024 - Present (2 years 1 month)

Lead the design, architecture, and development of scalable NestJS backend platforms for consulting engagements across the Middle East. Manage and mentor a distributed backend engineering team, driving sprint planning, code reviews, and architectural decisions.

NestJS PostgreSQL AWS Cognito S3 RabbitMQ Algolia Microservices System Design Team Leadership Code Review Sprint Planning

Principal Back-End Engineer

Squadio

Jan 2024 - Jul 2024 (6 months)

Led backend architecture and development for TDRA, an internal platform for the Telecommunications & Digital Government Regulatory Authority of the UAE. Designed and optimized RESTful APIs and data models using Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, and Loopback, and implemented observability dashboards with Grafana.

Node MongoDB LoopBack REST APIs Grafana Observability Data Modeling

Senior Software Engineer / Team Lead

IBM

Jan 2019 - Jan 2024 (5 years)

Led backend and full-stack engineering teams delivering mission-critical platforms for government, banking, and enterprise clients. Architected and developed major projects including TAMM, FAB, Nike Global Customs Compliance, Verge IoT Garage, and Ahmos, driving adoption of microservices and cloud-native patterns.

Angular Java PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB Kubernetes Docker AWS Microservices CI CD GraphQL Redis RabbitMQ Socket.IO Team Leadership

Cloud Enablement Lead

IBM

Aug 2015 - Jan 2024 (8 years 5 months)

Authored and delivered IBM's official Cloud Application Developer certification course, training participants across the Middle East and Africa. Trained over 200 students and professionals in cloud-native development, Node.js, Docker, Kubernetes, and DevOps practices.

Cloud Computing Node Docker Kubernetes DevOps Training Curriculum Design IBM Cloud

Software Developer

IBM

Aug 2015 - Dec 2018 (3 years 4 months)

Contributed to enterprise and government full-stack projects with increasing backend responsibility. Developed backend services for Nike customs compliance platform and built APIs for government and enterprise clients using Node.js, Angular, and PostgreSQL.

Node Java MongoDB Angular PostgreSQL REST APIs Event Driven Architecture

Application Server Administrator

SiliconExpert Technologies

Nov 2014 - Aug 2015 (9 months)

Administered high-availability Java-based systems on Oracle WebLogic and Apache Tomcat, monitoring and tuning JVM performance. Managed continuous delivery pipelines using Jenkins and built Solr search indices.

Oracle Weblogic Apache Tomcat JVM Tuning Jenkins Solr Continuous Delivery