Khaled Yacout

• Migrated a no-code solution utilizing Airtable, Softr, and Paperform to a robust, full-stack application built with Node.js, Next.js, and a MongoDB database.
• Integrated Elasticsearch to enable clients to search for the most relevant talents, agencies, and case studies based on project requirements, enhancing search efficiency and user experience.
• Developed two distinct front-end applications for Pangea, a two-sided marketplace, using Next.js and TypeScript from Figma designs: one for clients seeking talents and another for agencies providing them.
• Mentored junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill improvement.
• Collaborated with product managers to define technical requirements and develop innovative solutions for complex problems.
• Enhanced application performance by identifying bottlenecks and optimizing code.
• Reduced system downtime with proactive monitoring using Sentry and Datadog.

- Created a SAML identity provider for the business that allows employees to use external services such as Slack, Microsoft Office, and Google in their companies by authenticating through Secfense.

- Created a SAML service provider for the business that allows users to use external services like Okta and Azure to authenticate to Secfense. This allows Secfense to be seamlessly integrated without its UI ever appearing to employees.

- Synchronized users from external services like Okta and Azure into our database to know the identity provider for each user in case a company is associated with multiple identity providers. Used Sidekiq to run scheduled synchronizations.

- Implemented long polling in Ruby to allow secured services with no public interface to know when a user is trying to log in.

• Worked directly with the CTO to develop the main web app using Ruby on Rails
• Created a module that filters taggable models using complex logical queries
• Helped in converting Product requirements documents to Technical specifications that can be implemented by the technical team
• Maintained quality of the codebase by reviewing pull requests and insuring it follows best architectural and technical patterns.
• Developed user-friendly interfaces using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other front-end technologies for seamless user experience.

• Developed a cloud-based music artist/venue matching platform for artists and bands to find a place to play their music
• Developed a back-end Ruby on Rails API with a PostgreSQL database
• Developed a React front-end from Zeplin designs and integrated it with the back-end Restful API
• Followed CI/CD best practices by configuring a pipeline on CircleCI and having separate environments for the application.

• Created reusable React components and integrated them with the Ruby on Rails website
• Modified back-end Ruby on Rails APIs with the required database and data migrations
• Maintained quality of the codebase by reviewing pull requests and insuring it follows best architectural and technical patterns
• Containerized the application using Docker standardizing configuration and versioning over different environments.

• Developed and delivered a full-stack website for a game supporting a research project
• Worked on four other in-house projects that involved back-end and front-end development
• Containerized the application using Docker standardizing configuration and versioning over different environments
• Implemented social-media authentication for sites like Facebook and Google
• Deployed the Meteor Fullstack application to Galaxy
• Designed, deployed, and maintained a MongoDB cluster on Atlas.

• Migrated the old website from vanilla JavaScript to React
• Built a flexible, customizable UI library for the new website
• Gave React training sessions to internal front-end and non-React engineers.

• Built the customized front-end Angular components and deeply refactored the codebase
• Connected Bosta's back-end service to external third-party APIs such as Pipedrive for the sales team
• Created the CI/CD pipelines in CircleCI and incorporated continuous delivery practices in our team
• Collaborated with the product manager to define technical requirements and develop innovative solutions for complex problems.
• Led a team of eight software engineers to design and develop the back-end services that support our complex logistics and operations using Meteor, Node.js, Express, MongoDB, and Mongoose with TypeScript and unit testing using Jest
• Oversaw the development of the new refactored versions of our front-end React websites and the native Android mobile application.

• Led a team of software engineers to create the required client projects
• Designed the back-end APIs using Ruby on Rails to support the mobile applications.
• Oversaw planning, application development, verification and risks involved in software projects.
• Developed, maintained and updated information, policies, standards and guidelines.