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Mohammed Hamdy — Senior Backend Developer

I build fast, secure Laravel backends and APIs that hold up in production.

Mohammed Hamdy, Senior Backend Developer

{ PHP } { Laravel } { REST APIs }

Years building backends — at Taqeem, CAT, AWStreams, ITQAN.

Available for new projects · Cairo, Egypt

See my work $ php artisan serve GET /api/v1/auctions … 200 38ms WS bid.placed … ok { Featured } VYA Auction Platform Real-time auction platform API with live bidding and in-app chat power...

PHP✦ Laravel✦ REST APIs✦ OOP✦ MVC✦ MySQL✦ Git / GitHub / Bitbucket✦ OAuth2 / JWT✦ Postman✦ Agile / Scrum✦ Swagger✦ Redis✦ PHP✦ Laravel✦ REST APIs✦ OOP✦ MVC✦ MySQL✦ Git / GitHub / Bitbucket✦ OAuth2 / JWT✦ Postman✦ Agile / Scrum✦ Swagger✦ Redis✦

/01 About

Senior Backend Developer with 7+ years of experience building scalable backend systems, optimizing RESTful APIs, and delivering secure, high-performance applications.

Proven track record of cutting query response times by 30% and deploying cloud-based solutions on AWS and DigitalOcean. I work mainly with PHP, Laravel and MySQL, following OOP, MVC, CI/CD and documented APIs (Swagger, Postman).

Comfortable in Agile/Scrum teams, mentoring junior developers, and delivering reliable software under pressure.

7+Years building backends
35%Faster API responses (OZZ)
30%Lower query response times
20%Cloud hosting cost cut

/02 Experience

Where I've shipped backends that stay up under real traffic.

Nov 2023 — Present Now

Taqeem

Senior Backend Developer
Gov. Company · Riyadh, KSA (Remote)
- Developed and launched 6+ new features for Taqeem applications using Laravel, improving user engagement by 15%.
- Optimized database queries, reducing response times and improving system scalability.
- Collaborated directly with clients to troubleshoot and resolve backend performance issues.
PHP / Laravel / MySQL / REST APIs / Bitbucket / JWT / Ajax
Jan 2021 — Oct 2023

CAT

Senior Backend Developer
Advertising Agency · Cairo, Egypt
- Built the VYA Auction Platform API with Laravel 9, Redis, and Socket.IO for real-time chat.
- Created the Catalyst Management Platform for web and mobile using Laravel 8.
- Developed the NovoCare Dashboard with Twilio Video integration, increasing customer satisfaction by 25%.
PHP / Laravel / MySQL / Git / JWT / REST APIs / Redis / Socket.IO
Nov 2018 — Jan 2021

AWStreams

Senior PHP Developer
Digital Agency · Cairo, Egypt
- Architected RESTful APIs with Laravel for the OZZ mobile app, cutting average API response time by 35%.
- Worked on Dxpo.ea for companies and Smrt.Cards for individuals using Laravel 6.
- Deployed 2+ scalable applications on AWS, reducing hosting costs by 20%, with Firebase push notifications.
PHP / Laravel / MySQL / Git / JWT / REST APIs / AWS / Firebase
Nov 2017 — Nov 2018

ITQAN

Junior PHP Developer
Software House · Cairo, Egypt
- Engineered 3 web applications with Laravel 5, Google Books API, Vue.js, Axios and Ajax, streamlining book data access and reducing API latency by 20%.
PHP / Laravel / MySQL / Vue.js / Bootstrap / jQuery / Ajax
Nov 2016 — Feb 2017

Canyon Travel

Junior PHP Developer
Cairo, Egypt
- Engineered a web application for booking tourist trips, Hajj and Umrah using Laravel 5.
PHP / Laravel / MySQL
Apr 2015 — Sep 2015

HotSoft EG

Intern
6th of October City, Egypt
- Supported clients facing issues with the ERP system and installed it for new customers.
- Built a new Bootstrap interface for the ERP.
Bootstrap / ERP

/03 Selected work

APIs and platforms I built the backend for.

/01 { CAT }

VYA Auction Platform

Real-time auction platform API with live bidding and in-app chat powered by Redis and Socket.IO.

Laravel 9 / Redis / Socket.IO / MySQL

/02 { CAT }

NovoCare Dashboard

Healthcare dashboard with Twilio Video consultations — lifted customer satisfaction by 25%.

Laravel / Twilio Video / MySQL

/03 { AWStreams }

OZZ Mobile API

Secure REST API for the OZZ mobile app; average response time cut by 35%.

Laravel / JWT / MySQL / AWS

/04 Catalyst Management Platform Management platform serving both web and mobile clients from one Laravel backend. CAT
/05 Taqeem Platform Features Six-plus production features for a government platform, improving engagement by 15%. Taqeem
/06 Dxpo.ea & Smrt.Cards Business expo platform for companies and digital business cards for individuals. AWStreams
/07 Books Web Apps Three book-discovery apps on top of the Google Books API with a Vue.js front end. ITQAN
/08 Hajj & Umrah Booking Booking system for tourist trips, Hajj and Umrah packages. Canyon Travel

/04 Stack

Tools I use every day — and the ones I reach for when it matters.

Languages

PHP
JavaScript
Go

Frameworks

Laravel
CodeIgniter
Vue.js

Databases

MySQL
Redis

APIs & Real-time

REST APIs
GraphQL
Socket.IO

Cloud & DevOps

AWS
DigitalOcean
Git / GitHub / Bitbucket
CI/CD (GitHub Actions)

Practices

OOP
MVC
Agile / Scrum
OAuth2 / JWT

Tooling

Postman
Swagger
Bootstrap
jQuery / Axios
SEO

2011–2015 B.A. in Information Systems Future Academy, Cairo, Egypt

2016 Web Development Diploma AMIT

2014 CCNA, MCSE, MTA 98-364 Microsoft

/05 Contact

Let's build something { reliable } together.

mohammad-hamdy@hotmail.com