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🧑‍💻 About Me

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namespace IslamAbdelkarim;

class SeniorBackendEngineer
{
    public string $name     = 'Islam Abdelkarim';
    public string $role     = 'Senior Backend Engineer';
    public string $location = 'Giza, Egypt 🇪🇬';
    public string $email    = 'islamabdelkarimpro@gmail.com';

    public array $currentWork = ['VDX — advanced backend platform'];
    public array $learning    = ['Advanced Microservices', 'System Design at Scale'];
    public array $expertise   = ['Laravel 10–12', 'Filament v2–v5', 'Spring Boot', 'REST APIs', 'WebSockets'];

    public string $achievement = 'Improved API performance by 40% via Redis + query optimization';
    public string $education   = 'B.Sc. Computer Science — Menoufia University (2022–2026)';

    public function funFact(): string
    {
        return 'I think I am funny 😄';
    }
}

🚀 What I Build

💳 Payment Platforms	🌐 ISP & Network Systems	🏢 ERP & eCommerce	📱 Microservices
Laravel · Spring Boot · Stripe	MikroTik · RADIUS · Billing	Multi-module enterprise apps	Spring Boot · Laravel · Flutter

🛠️ Tech Stack

Backend

APIs & Architecture

Frontend Integration

Databases & Caching

DevOps & Cloud

Tools

💼 Experience

🟢 Backend Engineer — Laravel | Mzaodin · 2024 – 2025 · Saudi Arabia, Remote

🎛️ Built advanced admin dashboards using Laravel Filament and Vue.js components
⚡ Implemented real-time features using WebSockets and event broadcasting
🔄 Designed background job pipelines for async processing at scale
🔗 Developed scalable RESTful APIs consumed by mobile apps and third-party services

⚪ Backend Engineer — Laravel | Q Company · 2023 – 2024 · Giza, Egypt

🏢 Developed ERP modules and backend systems for enterprise clients
🛒 Built scalable eCommerce platforms and secure online examination systems
🚀 Improved API performance by 40% using Redis caching + database query optimization
🔧 Refactored legacy systems to improve scalability, maintainability, and stability

🗂️ Featured Projects

	Project	Stack	Description
💳	FastPay Merchant Platform	Laravel 12 · Filament 4 · Stripe	Multi-panel payment platform with hosted checkout, quick pay links & Stripe reconciliation
☕	FastPay Backend	Java 17 · Spring Boot 3 · JWT	Payment gateway — JWT auth, sessions, refunds, payouts & webhook delivery
🔨	Mzaodin — Auction Platform	Laravel · Filament · WebSockets	Full auction ecosystem with live bidding, wallet system & email notifications
📖	Reo — Manga Platform	Laravel 12 · React 19 · AWS	High-performance reading platform with Octane, AWS S3 & AI content moderation
🌐	Star Misr Pro — ISP Platform	Laravel · MikroTik · FreeRADIUS	ISP billing system with router integration, RADIUS auth & prepaid voucher automation

💳 FastPay Merchant Platform — Laravel 12 · Filament 4 · Stripe

🏗️ Architected a multi-subdomain Laravel 12 app across merchant portal, system ops panel, hosted checkout, quick pay & API surface
💳 Full Stripe card payment integration with webhook reconciliation and real-time transaction sync
📊 Segmented Filament 4 dashboards — merchant KPIs, payments monitor & developer analytics widgets
🔐 Dual auth guards: merchant users vs system operators with fully isolated sessions
🌍 Fully bilingual (Arabic / English) with translation-driven UI labels across all panels
🔄 Background queue workers for async payout processing and outbound webhook delivery

Laravel 12 Filament 4 MySQL Redis Stripe GitHub Actions Queue Workers Multi-tenant

☕ FastPay Backend — Java 17 · Spring Boot 3 · JWT

🔑 API key authentication that issues JWT access + refresh tokens with AES-encrypted merchant secrets
💸 Payment session creation with generated checkout URLs, retry flows, and cancel flows
📋 Paginated transaction listing with aggregate summary endpoints by date range and currency
🔁 Refund creation with refundable-balance validation & payout creation with merchant balance checks
📡 Outbound webhook delivery with HMAC signatures and automatic retries
🧾 Full request/response API & audit logging on all endpoints

Java 17 Spring Boot 3 Spring Security JWT MySQL MapStruct Lombok Maven

🔨 Mzaodin — Auction Platform — Laravel · Filament · WebSockets

🏛️ Full admin CRUD for members, products, and auctions with live participant tracking and payment status management
⚡ Real-time bidding via WebSockets — live auction countdowns and live bid broadcasting
💰 Wallet system with subscription payments, withdrawal records, and winner invoice management
📧 Automated email notifications for wins, invoices, timed payment reminders, and shipping updates
🎟️ Configurable auction parameters: countdown timers, opening bid price, subscriber thresholds & payment deadlines

Laravel Filament Livewire WebSockets MySQL Redis Queue Workers

📖 Reo — Manga Platform — Laravel 12 · React 19 · AWS

🚀 Built a scalable manga reading platform with RESTful APIs and an SEO-optimized React 19 SPA
⚡ Boosted backend performance using Laravel Octane and Redis queue processing
☁️ Integrated AWS S3 for media storage and AWS Comprehend for AI-powered content moderation
🔐 Secure authentication via JWT with multi-provider social login support

Laravel 12 React 19 Redis AWS S3 AWS Comprehend Laravel Octane JWT

📱 Sandenk — Microservices Mobile Ecosystem — Spring Boot · Laravel · Flutter

🏗️ Architected a distributed microservices platform — mobile apps, API services, and admin systems
⚡ High-performance APIs built with Spring Boot and Redis caching for sub-100ms response times
🛡️ Laravel Filament admin panel with advanced RBAC permission system
☁️ AWS cloud services for scalable file storage and AI-powered content analysis

Spring Boot Laravel Flutter Redis AWS S3 Filament RBAC

🌐 Star Misr Pro — ISP Network & Billing Platform — Laravel · MikroTik · FreeRADIUS

📡 Centralized admin dashboard for monitoring subscribers, servers, and network performance in real time
🔌 MikroTik router and FreeRADIUS integration — bandwidth limits, authentication, and active session management
🎟️ Automated prepaid voucher generation, tracking, and expiry system for internet access control
📈 Designed to support large ISP networks with high uptime and horizontally scalable infrastructure

Laravel Filament MikroTik API FreeRADIUS MySQL Redis

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