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Mhamad El Itawi
Backend Tech Lead & Solutions Architect · Beirut, Lebanon · mhamadelitawi@gmail.com · +961 70 20 29 98
Summary
Tech leader with 9+ years building and transforming software systems while leading teams to deliver high-impact results. Focused on scalable architecture, legacy modernization, cloud migrations and cost efficiency, aligning engineering work with measurable business outcomes. Backed by an executive MBA and a growing focus on applying AI and automation to production systems.
Experience
Backend Tech Lead
LYXA · Beirut
Jan 2026 – Present
- Lead the backend team for a grocery and food-delivery platform, driving architecture decisions and delivery quality across services.
- Contributed to the safe transition from a monolithic architecture to microservices (V2), improving scalability and modularity.
- Optimized multiple APIs, improving response times by up to 30×; reduced build time by 83%.
- Introduced and executed a cost-optimization strategy projected to cut infrastructure spend by ~$50K/year.
- Stack: TypeScript, MongoDB, GCP, Kubernetes, Redis, RabbitMQ.
Senior Software Engineer / Integration Team Lead
eddress · Lebanon
Jul 2023 – May 2026
- Led backend and integrations for a SaaS provider specializing in marketplaces and delivery-management systems; served as software and solution architect for critical services.
- Migrated the platform from GCP to AWS, improving scalability and control.
- Reduced cloud hosting costs by ~$120K through architecture refinement and resource optimization.
- Refactored legacy modules and delivered multiple third-party integrations to expand platform capabilities.
Technical Lead
Intalio · France
Mar 2022 – Jun 2023
- Led multiple technical units as software and solution architect across several SaaS-minded projects.
- Delivered the core microservice system within the first month; containerized the product suite.
- Built and delivered a medical solution and a data-management solution from scratch; supported 10+ projects in production.
Senior Software Engineer
HiCart.com · Lebanon
Feb 2018 – Apr 2022
- Owned the delivery-management system (DMS) handling orders, tracking, drivers and reporting (Java Spring Boot, Angular).
- Restructured the DMS for high traffic; ensured availability during 11/11 campaigns: ~$1.6M (2018) and ~$3M (2020) in sales.
- Built and launched Egenie DMS in Iraq; migrated infrastructure from GCP to AWS; delivered integrations with delivery, mail and SMS providers.
Software Engineer (Part-time)
GARAGECO · Kuwait
Jan 2021 – Sep 2021
- Built backend APIs for an automotive platform (React / React Native clients), in sync with a distributed India team.
- Migrated the solution from raw Servlet to Java Spring Boot and from GCP to AWS; integrated SMS-Kuwait.
Data Analyst & .NET Developer
Intelligit · Beirut, Lebanon
Apr 2017 – Jan 2018
- Developed .NET / ASP.NET applications; designed and maintained SQL databases and stored procedures.
- Imported, cleaned and matched data; built business-intelligence reports (Rapid Miner, QGIS, Qlik Sense).
Education
Executive MBA, International Business
Paris-Dauphine PSL · IAE Paris-Sorbonne · Saint-Joseph University of Beirut
2019 – 2021
M.Eng, Computer & Telecommunications (System & Network Engineering)
Université Antonine (UA)
2012 – 2017
Certifications
AWS Solutions Architect – AssociateAmazon Web Services
AWS Developer – AssociateAmazon Web Services
AWS Cloud PractitionerAmazon Web Services
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)CNCF / Linux Foundation
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)CNCF / Linux Foundation
Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)Scrum.org
Skills & Languages
EngineeringMicroservices · System design · Legacy modernization · Cloud migrations · Cost & performance optimization · DevOps / CI-CD
StackTypeScript · Node · Python · Java Spring Boot · MongoDB · Redis · RabbitMQ
Cloud & platformsAWS · Google Cloud · Azure · Kubernetes
Leadership & languagesTeam leadership · Scrum / Lean · Solution architecture · English, French, Arabic