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Yahia Hassan

@yahiahassan

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Java backend developer in professional development, focusing on Spring Boot and REST APIs.

Egypt

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What I'm looking for

I'm seeking a Java Backend Developer role as I transition into backend engineering through full-time professional development.

I'm currently undertaking a full-time professional development program to transition into a Java Backend Developer role. I'm focusing on Core Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and system design.

At Digital Egypt Pioneers Initiative - DEPI, I completed a React development program and worked with a five-engineer team to build Travelo, a full-stack travel booking platform with browsing, filtering, reservations, and subscriptions.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Professional development

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Career Break

Jun 2026 - Present (4 months)

Undertaking a full-time professional development program to transition into a Java Backend Developer role. Focusing on Core Java, OOP, Collections, SOLID principles, SQL, Spring Boot, Spring Security, JPA/Hibernate, REST APIs, Docker, Testing, Microservices, GraphQL, and system design.

Gap year

Career Break

Apr 2025 - Jun 2026 (1 year 2 months)

Military Service

Web Developer

Freelance | Self-Employed

Jan 2025 - Apr 2025 (3 months)

Worked as Web Developer at Freelance | Self-Employed.

React Web Developer

Digital Egypt Pioneers Initiative - DEPI

Apr 2024 - Dec 2024 (8 months)

Completed an intensive government-backed React development program under Egypt's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

• Built Travelo — a full-stack travel booking platform with a 5-engineer team in under 2 weeks, covering trip browsing, filtering, reservations, and subscriptions across 20+ components
• Studied modern React ecosystem: hooks, Redux, TypeScript, REST API integrati