Islam Adel
Engineering Manager | Software Architect | Dynamic Team Builder | Microservices & Cloud Expert
Cairo
Summary
Visionary Architect and Dynamic Team Builder with a passion for scaling teams, fostering growth, and creating a lasting impact through innovative, high-quality solutions. I have a proven track record of building robust microservices-based architectures on Kubernetes, leveraging cloud technologies to drive scalability and reliability. My ability to nurture talent and create a gap between where teams are and where they need to be sets me apart as a leader who builds not just systems, but future-ready teams. With expertise across frontend and backend ecosystems, I design and deliver solutions that blend cutting-edge technology with strategic foresight. My leadership isn't just about managing-it's about driving teams to exceed expectations, embrace innovation, and create solutions that scale seamlessly with business needs.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Orders & Payments Engineering Lead
Parkos
4 2023 - Current
- As the Orders & Payments Engineering Lead, I spearheaded the development of microservices-based architectures to streamline order processing and payment workflows, working closely with financial operations like purchases, receipts, and invoices
- I integrated Adyen as a payment aggregator, enhancing transaction efficiency and scalability
- I also introduced Sentry for proactive error monitoring, ensuring system stability across critical financial services
- In addition to payment systems, I maintained and upgraded a legacy system built with Laravel and implemented a permission-based privileged access system for the CMS
- I worked extensively with Kubernetes for deploying and managing services, optimizing performance and reliability
- Using tools like BigQuery, Prometheus, and Grafana, I collaborated with teams to ensure data-driven decisions and operational insights
- My role required technical expertise across microservices, cloud infrastructure, and financial systems, consistently delivering beyond expectations.
Engineering Lead
Englease.com
07.2021 - 02.2023
- As the Engineering Lead at Englease.com, I spearheaded the complete overhaul of the company's technical infrastructure, transitioning a monolithic system to a fully scalable microservices-based architecture
- Leveraging Kubernetes, Docker, ArgoCD, and Helm, I built a resilient, cloud-native infrastructure that enabled faster deployment cycles and streamlined development processes
- This transformation allowed the company to scale rapidly while maintaining operational efficiency
- I designed and implemented a synchronous learning system that seamlessly integrated Zoom, providing real-time class management for teachers and students
- By adopting Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles, I ensured the system was adaptable and aligned with the company's evolving business needs
- I led the development of RESTful APIs and directed the vision and execution of the company's new mobile and web applications, creating a seamless user experience
- I took charge of the entire user journey, optimizing the flow from lead generation to customer conversion, ensuring that potential leads were nurtured through every stage of the pipeline
- Beyond the technical aspects, I played a key role in scaling the engineering team, growing the department to meet the increasing demand for high-quality educational offerings
- I worked closely with stakeholders to drive innovation, define strategic goals, and deliver results that significantly improved both the product and customer satisfaction.
Technical Lead
Contactless.io
06.2019 - 06.2021
- Architected and built MICEtribe, a resilient software platform capable of handling large volumes of event attendees, with robust business-oriented features.
- Collaborated directly with clients and product owners to deliver solutions aligned with business goals and client expectations.
- Scaled the development team, overseeing recruitment and driving the technical vision for the platform.
- Designed a system architecture that has proven to be sustainable and adaptable over time.
- Ensured seamless integration of modern front-end and back-end technologies to improve functionality, performance, and maintainability.
Act. Tech Lead
04.2019 - 06.2019
Senior Software Developer
08.2018 - 04.2019
- Develop functional and fast-responsive web applications, using markup languages
- Elaborate mobile-based and web-based features
- Troubleshoot apps for bugs and improve usability
- Improve apps for maximum speed
- Troubleshoot UI and improve its performance accordingly
- Employ the latest technology in order to re-built legacy apps
- Integrate UI elements with server-side ones
- Detect and fulfill front-end and back-end requirements
- Develop reusable code
- Make sure that high-quality graphic standards are met.
Senior Software Developer Team Lead
Business Boomers
05.2018 - 06.2018
Senior Web Developer
NgageU
10.2015 - 04.2018
- Developed and maintained fast-responsive web and mobile applications using Angular, Laravel, and Lumen.
- Led the design and implementation of features for both web and mobile-based platforms.
- Troubleshot and improved application usability, performance, scalability, and modularity.
- Integrated UI elements with server-side logic, ensuring seamless functionality across front-end and back-end systems.
- Rebuilt legacy applications with the latest technologies to improve performance and maintainability.
- Ensured high-quality graphic standards and developed reusable code to streamline future projects.
Software Engineer
CHANGE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED
01.2015 - 09.2015
- Developing Business Management Systems (BMS) that is based on a thorough Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales, Human Resources Management (HRM), Finance analyzing
- Developing and maintaining Company's Website, Mail Service, Online Education System, Customer Services Online Application
- Initiating (Operator) commands which includes act-as-see-fit models to insure data integrity
- Detecting and neutralizing posing threats that could affect the company in harmful ways.
Software Developer
DSHRT
02.2011 - 03.2013
- Progressively working on solutions that had a time-line set for over 3 months
- Dividing tasks between team members, training and continuously polishing their skills
- Working under-pressure and achieving projects' deadline.
Education
Computer Science -
Thebes Academy
01.2011 - 01.2015
Civil Engineering - undefined
15th May Engineering Institute
01.2007 - 01.2010
Skills
Agile Methodologies
Certification
Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure
Languages
English (Native or Bilingual)
Proficient
C2
Arabic (Native or Bilingual)
Proficient
C2
Timeline
Engineering Lead
Englease.com
07.2021 - 02.2023
Technical Lead
Contactless.io
06.2019 - 06.2021
Act. Tech Lead
04.2019 - 06.2019
Senior Software Developer
08.2018 - 04.2019
Senior Software Developer Team Lead
Business Boomers
05.2018 - 06.2018
Senior Web Developer
NgageU
10.2015 - 04.2018
Software Engineer
CHANGE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED
01.2015 - 09.2015
Software Developer
DSHRT
02.2011 - 03.2013
Computer Science -
Thebes Academy
01.2011 - 01.2015
Civil Engineering - undefined
15th May Engineering Institute
01.2007 - 01.2010
Orders & Payments Engineering Lead
Parkos
4 2023 - Current
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