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Raafat Sobhy

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Backend Team Lead at PlanRadar who cut cloud spend 25% and improved sync for 100k+ field users.

Austria
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At PlanRadar, I directed technical vision and system architecture for core business modules, reducing feature rollout time-to-market. I also partnered with Product and Design on a real-time sync engine that reduced collaboration latency for 100k+ field users and increased core feature adoption by 15%.

I developed an engineering team of eight backend developers, with coaching and career roadmaps that resulted in multiple promotions to senior tiers. I scaled backend services on AWS, cut cloud spend by 25%, and revamped CI/CD pipelines to reduce release cycles by 40%.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

PL
Current

Backend Team Lead / Staff Product Engineer

PlanRadar

Jan 2023 - Present (3 years 10 months)

Direct and develop an engineering team of 8 backend developers, instituting structured 1:1 coaching and career roadmaps. Directed technical vision and system architecture for core business modules, reducing feature rollout time-to-market.

PL

Full Stack Developer

PlanRadar

Apr 2018 - Jan 2023 (4 years 9 months)

Engineered mission-critical RESTful APIs and backend services powering core platform collaboration workflows. Optimized complex PostgreSQL queries and indexing architectures, cutting endpoint response times.

AS

Full Stack Developer

AsgaTech

Oct 2017 - Apr 2018 (6 months)

Developed clean, production-grade web applications from scratch across both frontend and backend stacks. Instituted comprehensive test suites and debugging practices to maximize application stability.

SS

Full Stack Developer

Specialized Solutions

Aug 2015 - Oct 2017 (2 years 2 months)

Bootstrapped client and product architectures from ground zero through production release. Participated actively in sprint planning, task estimations, and backlog grooming in an agile setting.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Helwan University logoHU

Helwan University

Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer Science

2012 - 2016

Activities and societies: ACM ECPC Contestant (2013 & 2014): Qualified and competed in the Egyptian Collegiate Programming Contest, solving complex real-time algorithmic, discrete math, and dynamic programming problems under strict time constraints.

Bachelor of Computer Science from Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt. Participated in ACM ECPC as a contestant in 2013 and 2014.

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