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I BUILD SCALABLE BACKENDS

Backend engineer focused on production-grade systems, event-driven architecture, real-time applications, and scalable infrastructure.

NestJS • TypeScript • PostgreSQL • Redis • Docker

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About

A backend engineer who builds systems that last.

I design and ship production-minded backend platforms with a focus on reliability, clear architecture, and real-world product behavior.

I focus on backend systems that are dependable under real traffic: event-driven services, queue-driven workflows, data consistency patterns, and APIs that are easy to reason about and evolve.

My work spans delivery platforms, digital queues, configurators, and analytics-driven applications, always with an emphasis on clean architecture, observability, and maintainability.

Production systems Real-time applications Event-driven architecture Clean backend design

I enjoy bridging business logic and infrastructure, turning complex requirements into systems that are resilient, testable, and straightforward to operate.

The stack I use most often includes NestJS, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, and modern API patterns, but the goal is always the same: build software that scales without becoming fragile.

Featured Systems

Production-minded projects.

Featured Project

E-Commerce Delivery Backend

Production-ready backend for a 4-role delivery platform: Customer, Vendor, Deliverer, and Admin. Built from scratch with batch ordering, immutable event log, CQRS-style projections, real-time namespaces, Redis location patterns, and Docker Compose.

  • NestJS
  • PostgreSQL
  • Prisma
  • Redis
  • Socket.IO
  • Docker
  • Event-driven architecture
  • Redis GEO + Write-Behind
  • 3 Socket.IO namespaces
  • Immutable event log
GitHub

3D T-Shirt Design Tool

Live product configurator with real-time 3D customization. NestJS handles persistence, asset storage, and provider-abstracted AI design suggestions.

  • Three.js
  • Next.js
  • NestJS
  • PostgreSQL
GitHub Live Demo

Waitless - Digital Queue System

QR/link-based queue platform with WebSocket position updates and BullMQ email jobs for asynchronous, restart-safe notifications.

  • NestJS
  • Redis
  • BullMQ
  • Socket.IO
  • MongoDB
GitHub

Job Application Tracker

Full-stack tracker built for a real Germany job search, with a code-first GraphQL API, stats dashboard, and application lifecycle pipeline.

  • NestJS
  • GraphQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Prisma
GitHub

Multi-Store E-Commerce Platform

Earlier Laravel full-stack product with role-based access, order lifecycle management, delivery workflows, maps, and real-time notifications.

  • Laravel
  • MySQL
  • Leaflet
  • Pusher
GitHub

Journey Social Platform

Earlier Laravel and Flutter social platform for sharing travel journeys, with REST APIs, route visualization, real-time chat, and notifications.

  • Laravel
  • Flutter
  • Mapbox
  • Pusher
GitHub

Technical Focus

Backend

NestJSTypeScriptNode.jsLaravel REST APIGraphQLSocket.IOBullMQJWT

Database & Cache

PostgreSQLPrisma ORMRedisMongoDB Schema DesignQuery OptimizationCache-AsideWrite-Behind

Architecture

Event-Driven SystemsCQRS ProjectionsDomain Modeling Batch ProcessingState MachinesConsistency Models

DevOps

DockerDocker ComposeNginxGitHub ActionsGit

Frontend & 3D

Next.jsThree.jsFlutterBlender

Writing

Thinking out loud.

System design concepts that I'm actively learning and applying

Security

Why I Chose a Simple Capability Token for Waitless — and When I Would Harden It

Capability URLs vs sequential IDs, UUIDv4 vs UUIDv7, and the trade-off between anonymous access and session-based identity.

Read on Coderlegion

Backend Architecture

Why I Used BullMQ + Redis for Background Jobs in My NestJS Application — and When I Wouldn't

Workload-driven architecture: why queue workloads shouldn't always share a database with transactional data, and when they should.

Read on Coderlegion

System Design

PostgreSQL Events vs MongoDB Event Logs

How I Used PostgreSQL Events and MongoDB Event Logs in Two Different Real-World Systems

Read on Coderlegion

Database Design

SQL vs NoSQL — How to Choose the Right Database for Your System

When to use each, how I combine both in real projects, and the hybrid approach I used in my delivery backend.

Read on Dev.to

Database Internals

Understanding SQL Transactions: ACID, Isolation Levels, and How to Handle Locks

ACID guarantees, isolation levels, and how getting this wrong causes real production bugs.

Read on Dev.to

Performance

Indexing & Query Optimization: How to Make Your Database Fast

How indexes work under the hood, when to add them, when not to, and the real cost of over-indexing.

Read on Dev.to

Contact

Available for backend roles in Europe.

Backend Engineer roles • English professional B2/C1 • B2 ÖSD certified

github.com/Mhamd021 linkedin.com/in/mhamd-ghanoum-234325227 mhamdghanoum82@gmail.com
Syria • Open to relocation