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Ahmed Shahwan, The BackEnd Engineer

Introduction

A software engineer with extensive experience in the web backend using Python, Django, and The Django REST Framework.

Professional Experience

Career @ Companies:

1 Jul 2019 - 31 Dec 2020, full-time, Backend Developer
@ XPay:

A startup in the fin-tech industry that provides software-based financial services.

• I worked on three projects
  • Payment Gateway
    • API Integration
    • REST API Design and Development
  • Multi-vendor e-commerce
    • REST API Design and Development
    • Database Design and Implementation
    • Dashboard (Admin Panel)
    • Subscriptions (Recurring Payments)
    • Promo Codes
    • Payment Integration
    • Unit Testing
  • XPay Python SDK
• Skills/Tools Learned/Enhanced
  • Teamwork
  • Software Lifecycle
  • Agile, Scrum
  • Jira, ClickUp
  • Git, GitLab, BitBucket, GitHub

Freelance:

Dec 2020 - Precent, part-time, @ Upwork:

• Hours done
• Clients:
  • Companies
  • Persons
  • Personal Acquaintances
• Testimonials
• Rating

With ProgaX team:

• Pizo
• MAIRS

With Force Touches:

• CTB (Task Board for Misk Foundation)
  • Demo
  • Source Code
• iCare
  • Demo
  • Source Code

Side Projects

• Django Dental Clinic
  • Demo
  • Source Code
• Django shop
  • Demo
  • Source Code
• SaaS Inventory, PoS and E-Commerce (XShop) Do the same for all projects(Demo&src)
  • Demo
  • Source Code
• MyShop (e-commerce Proof-of-concept)

Courses I learned

• Linux For Embedded Systems (for Arabs):
  • Course101: Introduction to Embedded Linux
  • Course102: Understanding Linux
• CBT Nuggets
  • Linux Professional Institute LPIC-2 (201-400)
  • CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-004) Online Training
  • CentOS Online Training
• Lynda.com
  • Programming Foundations: Fundamentals (2011)
  • Programming Foundations: Databases (2015)
• LiveLessons
  • Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) Complete Video Course: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) Complete Video Course
• Udemy
  • Build a Backend REST API with Python & Django - Beginner
  • Build a Backend REST API with Python & Django - Advanced
  • Advanced CSS and Sass: Flexbox, Grid, Animations and More!
  • The Complete JavaScript Course: From Zero to Expert!
  • Build Responsive Real World Websites with HTML5 and CSS3
  • CSS - The Complete Guide (incl. Flexbox, Grid & Sass)
  • Angular - The Complete Guide
• Laracasts
  • Laravel From Scratch
  • Modern CSS for Backend Developers <!– - (WIP) Let’s Build A Forum with Laravel and TDD
  • (WIP) Learn Vue 2: Step By Step –>
• FrontendMasters
  • Complete Intro to React, v5
• Other Tutorials
  • The Flask Mega-Tutorial

Books I read

• Django 2 by Example: Build powerful and reliable Python web applications from scratch