Open to Technical Lead / Staff Backend roles

Abdel-Rahman
Saied

Technical Lead / Staff Backend Engineer·Technical Lead

I own distributed backend systems, AI infrastructure, and product architecture from technical strategy through production operations — leading teams while staying close to the code, the data, and the customer impact.

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Engineering Operating Model

Build systems the team can trust under pressure.

My best work sits at the boundary between product and infrastructure: turning ambiguous requirements into service boundaries, queues, data models, observability, and delivery habits that hold when traffic grows.

Reliability firstObservable by defaultSimple under pressureHands-on leadership
prod-readiness loop

Own the boundary

APIs, domains, queues, permissions

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Measure the system

Latency, queue depth, errors, cost

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Simplify operations

Deployments, runbooks, recovery paths

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Lead through evidence

Reviews, incidents, trade-offs, docs

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Read the full philosophy
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01Featured Work

SystemsI'veownedandscaled

OSINT Analytics Platform

Twiscope

Multi-platform OSINT system monitoring Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, Google, and news — 5M+ data points daily. ML-driven sentiment analysis, influencer tracking, real-time alerts, and subscription management.

5M+ data points/day5 platformsML sentiment
PythonDjangoCeleryRedisAWSML
Live Site Case Study

API Security Scanner

Fendix

Open-source hybrid DAST + SAST scanner. Correlated findings cut false positives ~70% — only alerts when both engines independently agree. Single Go binary, SARIF export, zero telemetry.

~70% fewer false positives15+ vuln categoriesZero telemetry
GoNext.jsTypeScriptDocker
Live Site Source Case Study
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02Sectors

IndustriesI'vebuiltfor

Social Intelligence

Twiscope

Cybersecurity

Fendix

Talent & HR

Maxpeak

AI / ML

Sanad AI

Transportation

MURI

Hospitality

Hayyak

Mobile

Check-In, Gymawy

03All Work

EverysystemI'veshipped

Analytics

Twiscope

OSINT Analytics Platform

DjangoCeleryRedisAWS
Security

Fendix

Hybrid DAST + SAST Scanner

GoDockerSARIF
Backend

Maxpeak

Elite Talent Marketplace

Django 4.2React 18Redis
AI / ML

Sanad AI

Twiscope AI Assistant

FastAPIOpenAIElasticsearch
Backend

MURI

Student Transportation Platform

DjangoFlutterAngularPostGIS
Mobile

Check-In

Attendance & Check-In System

FlutterDart
Backend

Hayyak

Hotel Management & Reservation

Django 5.1Opera PMSCelery
Backend

Shmoos

Accommodation System Integration

FastAPIGCPDocker
AI / ML

ElevenLabs Dubbing

AI Voice Dubbing Service

DjangoElevenLabs APIRedis
Mobile

Gymawy

Fitness Mobile App

FlutterDjango RESTFirebase
Open Source

Fendix — Free, Open, Zero Telemetry

A hybrid DAST + SAST API security scanner that only fails your build when both engines agree on the same vulnerability. Single binary. No phone-home. Signed releases via Sigstore. Installable in 30 seconds.

brew tap Abdel-RahmanSaied/fendix && brew install fendix
GoDockerSARIFSigstoreHomebrewGitHub Actions
Live Site Source Case Study

04Expertise

WhereIcreateleverage

Distributed Backend Systems

Python, Django, queues, data models, and APIs built for operational load

AI & Data Infrastructure

High-throughput pipelines, search, ML integration, and real-time analytics

Product Architecture

Service boundaries, deployment flow, reliability targets, and technical trade-offs

Technical Leadership

Architecture reviews, mentorship, security habits, and delivery alignment

05Stack

TechnologiesIworkwith

Backend
PythonDjangoFastAPIDRFNode.js
Data
PostgreSQLRedisMongoDBCeleryElasticsearch
DevOps
DockerAWSGCPNginxCI/CDKubernetes
Security
GoDASTSASTSARIFGitHub Actions
Mobile
FlutterDartFirebase

06Let's work together

Hiring for senior backend leadership?

I'm best suited for roles where backend architecture, AI infrastructure, and hands-on technical leadership need to move together.