--- title: "Résumé & CV | Mhamad El Itawi, Backend Tech Lead" url: https://mhamadelitawi.com/resume description: "Résumé of Mhamad El Itawi, Backend Tech Lead & Solutions Architect. Building software since 2017, executive MBA, AWS × 3 and Kubernetes × 2 certified." --- Résumé # Mhamad El Itawi Backend Tech Lead & Solutions Architect · Beirut, Lebanon · mhamadelitawi@gmail.com · +961 70 20 29 98 ## Summary Tech Lead and Senior Backend Engineer with 9+ years of experience building and scaling high-traffic marketplaces and cloud-native systems. Specialized in backend architecture, cloud cost optimization, distributed systems, and leading cross-functional engineering teams. Proven record of delivering scalable platforms, reducing infrastructure costs, and owning systems end-to-end in production. ## Experience ### Backend Tech Lead LYXA · Lebanon (remote) _Jan 2026 – Present_ - Lead the backend team for a grocery and food-delivery platform, driving architecture decisions and ensuring high-quality delivery across services. - Contributed to the safe transition from a monolithic architecture to microservices (V2), improving scalability and system modularity. - Optimized multiple APIs, improving response times by up to 30× and overall system performance. - Conduct code and architecture reviews to enforce best practices, maintain code quality and keep systems reliable through better logging and monitoring. - Introduced and executed a cost-optimization strategy that cut infrastructure spend by $72K per year. - Stack: TypeScript, MongoDB, GCP, Kubernetes, Redis, RabbitMQ. ### Tech Lead / Senior Software Engineer eddress · Lebanon (remote) _Jul 2023 – May 2026_ - Led the backend and integration teams for a marketplace and delivery-management system. - Reduced infrastructure and hosting costs by $120K+ per year. - Designed, implemented and maintained 20+ third-party integrations (payments, logistics, messaging, external services). - Oversaw the cloud migration from GCP to AWS in collaboration with an external partner. - Optimized backend services to reduce resource usage and improve scalability; refactored core modules for performance, maintainability and reliability, with better traceability, logging and monitoring. - Acted as solution architect and technical bridge between engineering and management. - Stack: Java Spring Boot, Kotlin, MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, Datadog, Kubernetes, Docker, Cloudflare, AWS, GCP. ### Tech Lead / Senior Software Engineer Intalio · Lebanon–France (hybrid) _Mar 2022 – Jun 2023_ - Led multiple technical units across SaaS and microservices-based products. - Led and delivered projects with a combined value of about $2M, coordinating technical execution, timelines and stakeholders. - Designed and delivered the core microservices architecture within the first month. - Containerized Intalio products and standardized deployment and CI/CD pipelines. - Led and delivered medical and data-management solutions from scratch; supported and maintained 10+ production systems. - Owned AWS infrastructure and DevOps practices. - Stack: Java, .NET, MongoDB, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Azure, AWS, Docker. ### Software Engineer HiCart.com · Lebanon (hybrid) _Feb 2018 – Apr 2022_ - Led the design and evolution of the delivery-management system (DMS) handling all e-commerce orders, driver coordination, tracking and reporting. - Architected and enhanced backend services in Java Spring Boot for high-traffic, business-critical operations. - Kept the system stable and available during major sales campaigns, including $1.6M (11/11/2018) and $3M (11/11/2020) single-day sales events. - Refactored and restructured the DMS to improve scalability, performance and fault tolerance. - Designed and implemented APIs consumed by Android applications and third-party services; led integrations with multiple logistics and messaging providers. - Managed CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure across GCP and AWS. - Played a key role in expanding the DMS internationally, including launching Egenie DMS in Iraq. - Stack: Java Spring Boot, AngularJS, MySQL, Cloudflare, Docker, AWS. ### Software Engineer (Part-time) GARAGECO · Kuwait (remote) _Jan 2021 – Sep 2021_ - Owned and maintained backend services for an automobile marketplace platform. - Migrated the backend from raw Java Servlets to Spring Boot, improving maintainability and scalability. - Led and coordinated the cloud migration from GCP to AWS. - Performed code reviews and coordinated development and delivery with a distributed team based in India. - Stack: Java Spring Boot, MongoDB, Docker, AWS, GCP. ### Software Engineer Intelligit · Lebanon (on-site) _Apr 2017 – Jan 2018_ - Built .NET data-processing solutions for large-scale data import, cleansing and analytical reporting. - Stack: .NET, SQL Server. ## 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 – Associate**: Amazon Web Services - **AWS Developer – Associate**: Amazon Web Services - **AWS Cloud Practitioner**: Amazon 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 ## Community & Speaking - **Speaker**: [26 technology events and conferences](https://mhamadelitawi.com/events) on AI, AWS, high-scalability architecture, cloud-native systems and software engineering - **AWS Community Builder**: Since 2022 - **Awards of Appreciation**: IEEE and the .NET Community - **Mentoring**: Junior and early-career engineers on software best practices ## Honors - **UA Competitive Programming Competition**: 1st in 2016 · 2nd in 2015 - **Lebanese Collegiate Programming Contest**: 9th in 2016 ## Skills & Languages - **Engineering**: Backend architecture · Microservices · Distributed systems · Cloud migrations · Cloud cost optimization · DevOps / CI-CD - **Stack**: TypeScript · Java Spring Boot · Kotlin · .NET · MongoDB · MySQL · PostgreSQL · SQL Server · Redis · RabbitMQ · Kafka - **Cloud & platforms**: AWS · Google Cloud · Azure · Kubernetes · Docker · Cloudflare · Datadog - **Leadership & languages**: Team leadership · Solution architecture · Scrum · English, French, Arabic