Tech Lead and Senior Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience building scalable software and leading cross-functional teams. I specialize in backend development, system optimization, and agile project delivery — passionate about writing clean code and mentoring engineers to drive innovation.
name: Youssef Jad
role: Tech Lead / Senior Software Engineer
focus: Backend architecture · System optimization · Agile delivery
experience: 8+ years
currently: Tech Lead @ Inovola / Zid.sa
mission: Build robust systems · Mentor engineers · Ship value
location: Zayed, Egypt 🇪🇬GYO-AGENTS — an open-source MCP server exposing 24 tools across 11 AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, Kiro, Windsurf, and more). It turns any AI tool into a "Developer Digital Twin" with persistent, cross-project memory of how you build. Working at the frontier of AI-assisted engineering.
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🏛️ Architecture Design and scale backend systems — modular monoliths, queue-driven workloads, and APIs built to last. I optimize for clarity and longevity, not cleverness. |
👥 Technical Leadership 8+ years leading cross-functional teams: code reviews, SDD/PRD ownership, Agile delivery, and mentoring engineers toward higher standards. |
⚡ Pragmatic Delivery Ship value reliably — 150+ PRs to production, 90% test coverage, measurable performance wins. Clean code that teams can build on. |
Languages
Frameworks
Databases
Tools / DevOps
Methodologies
Familiar With
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A prompt-driven tool to generate your own |
A practical reference of software design patterns in PHP — demonstrating the architecture fundamentals behind clean, maintainable backend systems. |
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A reusable Laravel trait that walks a model's columns and relations to auto-build paginated JSON responses — speeding up API development on non-complex resources. |
A Laravel implementation exploring queue-driven payment processing — handling asynchronous workloads reliably, a core backend-scaling pattern. |
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A lightweight Socket.IO emitter with an easy API for sending and tracking real-time events — backing my real-time systems experience. |
A self-hosted AI automation stack — n8n + Ollama + Postgres in Docker — wiring local LLMs into workflow automation. |
📌 34 public repositories spanning PHP/Laravel backend tooling, real-time Node/Socket.IO services, and AI/automation experiments. Browse them all →
Sep 2022 – Present
Contributing to a large-scale enterprise project: developing and maintaining Software Design Documents (SDD) and Product Requirement Documents (PRD), collaborating with planning teams to enhance user journeys and optimize performance.
Achievements
- 🔀 Merged 150+ pull requests to production
- ✅ Achieved 90% unit-test coverage on delivered features
- ⚡ Reduced API response time by 40% for critical endpoints
2019 – 2022
Led Agile ceremonies to align stakeholders, plan quarterly goals, and manage project backlogs while supporting teams with complex problem-solving and cross-team communication.
Achievements
- 📄 Documented business logic in comprehensive SRS (Software Requirements Specifications)
- 📈 Improved team productivity by 25% through streamlined Agile practices
2016 – 2019
Coached project teams to maintain high-quality standards, led code reviews, designed database schemas, and collaborated with product managers to define project pipelines.
Achievements
- 🎯 Launched 10+ client projects, driving revenue growth
2013 – 2016
Developed 15+ new features for existing projects and migrated legacy systems (CodeIgniter → Laravel). Refactored WordPress sites into Laravel applications and optimized database performance.
| Certification | Issuer | Year |
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| 🎓 Google Project Management | Coursera | 2021 |
| 🏃 SCRUM Development | ALISON | 2021 |
| 📊 Data Science Diploma | Institute of Management Professionals | 2020 |
- 🏗️ Transition to a Staff / Principal Engineer role focused on architectural leadership
- 🌱 Mentor 20+ junior developers through open-source and internal training programs
- ☁️ Deepen cloud-native expertise (AWS / GCP) to expand infrastructure capabilities
“Clean code always looks like it was written by someone who cares.”