Full-Stack Developer (Laravel & MERN)
Backend developer building production APIs and real-time systems for ride-hailing, e-commerce, EdTech and healthcare.
- 2+ years of production experience: Laravel/PHP, Node.js, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis
- Live systems for clients in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain, plus freelance delivery on Mostaql since Jan 2026
- Goal: join a product team, or take on remote contracts, where backend ownership matters
- Based in Cairo, Egypt. Open to remote work worldwide
- Taxi Arab: live ride-hailing platform in Jordan, 10k+ downloads on Google Play. Batch driver invitations, Redis queues and Horizon, Pusher real-time events, double-entry ledger.
- Smart Edu: exam-content extraction for an EdTech platform in Bahrain. A deterministic PyMuPDF + regex pipeline extracted 2,055 of 2,063 questions (99.61%), with an AI fallback for unparsed items.
- Mizan POS: point-of-sale and inventory platform with atomic stock and sales transactions, role-based access, 21 tables and 35 endpoints.
- Le-Souk: multi-vendor marketplace for Kuwait with MyFatoorah v2 payments and full Arabic/English RTL.
- Customer Support System: ITI graduation project built by a 5-person team, 7 connected apps. I was the primary author of the core Node.js + Socket.IO API.
- Backend: Laravel, PHP, Node.js, Express.js, NestJS
- Frontend: React, Next.js, Inertia.js, Angular, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
- Data: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis (queues, caching, Horizon)
- Real-time: Socket.IO, Laravel Reverb, Pusher, WebSockets
- Tools: Docker, Git, GitHub Actions, Linux, Postman
- Dinamo (Apr 2024 - Present): Backend Developer, part-time. Dispatch logic, real-time features and dashboards for the Taxi Arab ride-hailing platform and e-commerce APIs.
- DropIdea, UAE (Nov 2023 - Apr 2024): Backend Developer, intern then part-time. Booking APIs, JWT auth and Stripe payments for the Dr. Car app.
- Freelance (Jan 2026 - Present): backend and full-stack delivery for clients on Mostaql, 4 projects delivered, all rated 5 stars.
- ITI, MEARN Track (Nov 2024 - Apr 2025): intensive full-stack program, completed.
| Project | What it is |
|---|---|
| Taxi Arab | Live ride-hailing backend in Laravel with Redis queues and real-time dispatch (Google Play) |
| Smart Edu | Practice-exam platform with PDF question import, Laravel 12, React 19, Python (demo) |
| Mizan POS | Bilingual point-of-sale with atomic checkout, Laravel 12 + Inertia + React (demo) |
| Le-Souk | Kuwait marketplace backend, Laravel 11 + React (demo) |
| Customer Support System | Real-time support platform, Node.js, Socket.IO, React, Angular (team project) |
| Hospital Management System | Multilingual hospital backend with 5 auth guards, Laravel + Livewire |
| Shakhsni API | Healthcare app backend with an ML symptom checker, graduation project (A+) |
| OK-PIN | Voucher and top-up marketplace with KYC wallet and row-locked code delivery |
| Zai | AI chat app with streaming OpenAI responses, NestJS + Next.js |
| Witness | Practice project: browser-side AES-256-GCM encrypted evidence uploads, Node.js + Next.js (demo, please do not upload real evidence) |
All repositories: github.com/ZiadGamalDev
- Portfolio: ziadgamal.com
- Email: ziadgamaldev@gmail.com
- LinkedIn: ziad-gamal
- Resume: Download CV
- BSc Computer Science, Fayoum University (2020 - 2024), GPA 3.3/4.0. Graduation project: Shakhsni healthcare platform (A+)
- Full Stack Web Development, MEARN Track, Information Technology Institute (ITI), 2024 - 2025
- Deep Web Development (MEARN Fullstack), MongoDB University
- Supervised Machine Learning: Regression and Classification, Stanford / Coursera Verify
- NSE 1 Network Security Associate, Fortinet (issued 2022, expired Sep 2024) Verify
- Google IT Support Professional Certificate (3 courses: Technical Support Fundamentals, Computer Networking, Operating Systems), Google / Coursera
- CS50x Introduction to Computer Science, Harvard