2007 to 2012
Mansoura University
B.Sc., Computer and Information Sciences Engineering
Algorithms, operating systems, databases, programming languages and artificial intelligence. The foundation everything after it is built on.
Emad Rashad
Senior software engineer. Father. Cairo.
Since 2014 I have built booking engines, ERPs, learning platforms and SaaS products in Laravel, Vue and PostgreSQL. Today I lead a team at TryOrder.
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2014 to 2017
Diva Lab
Backend Developer
Built and ran web products on Diva-CMS, a custom native-PHP CMS. Online school systems and an online freelancing marketplace.
- Zewail City: online exams and donations through a bank API
- Medicare Egypt
- Rodymar: global ocean freight rates
- Master Master Piece
- Grand & Prestige Expo
- PHP
- MySQL
Jan 2017 to Mar 2017
Ok Tammam
Mid-level Software Engineer, remote
An ERP for people applying to study or open a business in Turkey.
- Ok Tammam ERP
- Laravel
- Vue.js
- Pusher
- MySQL
Mar 2017 to Mar 2018
Smart Tatweer
Senior Software Engineer
APIs for booking playgrounds, finding craftsmen and publishing newspaper ads, plus a medical consultation platform.
- Ml3bk: book playgrounds and form teams
- Kheel: horse services across KSA and UAE
- Ellelazena: sweets e-commerce with PayTabs
- Gatrah: online medical consultations
- Laravel
- Lumen
- Vue.js
- Firebase
- Pusher
Mar 2018 to Nov 2018
Gatewaves
Senior Software Engineer
A CRM for call-center agents, a transportation booking system, and GateOut, which books flights and hotels through the Amadeus API.
- Gatewaves CRM
- Gatewaves Transportation
- GateOut: flights and hotels with PayFort payments
- Laravel
- CodeIgniter
- Pusher
- Queues
- MySQL
Nov 2018 to Aug 2019
Minds for Integrated Solutions
Senior Software Engineer
A learning management system on Moodle and PostgreSQL, handling a database of more than 6 GB and asynchronous data streams.
- Future Gate: LMS for Ministry of Education schools in KSA
- Moodle
- PostgreSQL
- Lodash
Aug 2019 to Aug 2025
Sure International Technology
Senior Software Engineer
Six years on two SaaS products: one to run hotels and apartments, one to run boards of directors for large companies.
- Fandaqh: hotel and apartment management
- Majles Tech: board-of-directors management
- Laravel
- Vue.js
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
Aug 2025 to Now
TryOrder
Team Leader and Problem Solver
I do my best to keep TryOrder shiny and mature enough.
- Laravel
- PostgreSQL
- Kafka
- Redis
2026 to Now
A tiny arcade
Built for fun
Cabinet 01 is a game where every six seconds your past self comes back to kill you. Survive forty-five seconds.
- Canvas
- Web Audio
What the dust is made of
Every particle you flew through is a tool I have shipped with. Each star is colored by what the work was built on.
- Backend
- PHP, Laravel, Lumen, CodeIgniter, Moodle
- Frontend
- Vue.js, JavaScript, jQuery, Lodash
- Data
- PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis
- Realtime and streaming
- Kafka, Spark, Pusher, Socket.io, Firebase, queues
Let’s build something that keeps working.
I am happy to talk about engineering leadership, hard backend problems and products that have to survive real users.
Cairo, Egypt