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Mohamed Ahmed Khalifa

Backend Software Engineer

Summary

Backend Software Engineer specializing in scalable, high-performance server-side systems. Proven track record modernizing legacy architectures, building ERP/CRM integrations, and optimizing API performance in production commerce and healthcare platforms. Deep expertise in TypeScript/Node.js, Laravel, and PostgreSQL, with strong experience designing asynchronous systems, integration architectures, and business-critical backend workflows.

Experience

Software Engineer
Cartona · Cairo, Egypt
January 2025 — June 2026
  • Played a key role in migrating the retailer backend from Rails to Laravel and Go, helping cut API latency from 500ms & 3s to ~90ms via OpenSearch and Go.
  • Built an Odoo integration to sync orders, inventory, and deliveries in real time with merchants' ERP systems.
  • Redesigned the order lifecycle by separating enterprise and marketplace flows, aligning purchasing, sales, and fulfillment as the business scaled.
  • Diagnosed and resolved a race condition in the async payment pipeline, eliminating a source of duplicate charges and failed transactions in production.
  • Designed the integration and transaction flow architecture for a new credit platform, covering partner integrations, authentication, session handling, and transaction lifecycle.
Backend Software Engineer (Freelance)
Independent Contractor · Remote
July 2023 — December 2024
  • Laboratory Information System (LIS): Developed an Odoo-based laboratory platform managing test ordering, sample tracking, and automated results reporting for clinical workflows; successfully deployed across two production medical laboratories (Mozmen Labs ↗, El Fanar Labs ↗).
  • Mentor.AI (B2B AI Assessment Platform): Architected a backend platform for automated sales training and candidate evaluation via simulated voice calls; integrated LiveKit/WebRTC for low-latency streaming calls alongside OpenAI and Deepgram APIs for real-time transcription and scoring.
  • DealBlaster.ai (Email Outreach System): Engineered the core backend services for an automated email outreach product, integrating GPT-driven content generation, Stripe billing, and the Gmail API to process 100+ daily email workflows reliably.
  • Wasel CRM (Custom Lead & Campaign CRM): Designed a scalable CRM backend using Laravel and Filament, implementing queue-based workers for high-volume lead management and bulk campaign delivery with real-time per-recipient tracking and status error diagnostics.
  • AppAsap (Internal Code Generation Tooling): Built custom LLM-powered developer tooling using GPT models to automate backend project scaffolding, REST API route creation, and boilerplate code generation.
  • Distributed Idempotent Wallet Engine: Architected an event-driven digital wallet settling transactions asynchronously across decoupled services via RabbitMQ, enforcing strict idempotency and pessimistic row locking to prevent double-spending, supported by a tamper-evident SHA-256 audit ledger (PHP/Laravel, PostgreSQL, Docker).

Technical Skills

Programming Languages
PHP TypeScript Node.js Python
Frameworks
Nest.js Laravel Next.js Odoo LiveKit
Databases
PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis
Infrastructure & Tools
Docker AWS GitHub Actions Sentry New Relic Distributed Systems & Microservices RabbitMQ

Education

Alexandria University
B.Sc. in Computer Science
Sept 2019 — Jul 2023

Achievements

ECPC Contestant ↗ · Egyptian Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC)
2022
Linux Administration · ITI Summer Training: Linux Admin I & II, Bash and Python Scripting, and DevOps
2022
Advanced Full-Stack Web Development · Udacity Scholarship – EgyFWD: TypeScript, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, and AWS deployment
2023