Software Engineer · Data Engineer

Building robust systems & data‑driven solutions.

A software engineer focused on building excellent backend systems, with a growing data science interest in healthcare, bioscience, and data-driven solutions that improve real-world outcomes.

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4+Years experience

20+Projects shipped

10K+Users served

Backend Systems

Machine Learning

Open to work

01 — About

Where engineering meets data

A tech professional with a foundation in full-stack development (PHP, Laravel, and Symfony), I bridge the gap between software engineering and data-driven decision making. My experience leading teams and optimizing software to be more efficient and handle a large scale of users.

What truly drives me is data. I am curious about discovering insights, automating processes. from scripting with Python and SQL to building dashboards.I really enjoy turning data into intelligent strategies and technology that enhance business outcomes and insight has greate benefits for bussiness.

I am strongly interested in collaborating on projects at the intersection of software development and data science—whether it’s designing analytical tools, refining algorithms for smarter applications, or delivering insights that inform critical decisions.

Ahmad Abotrab

Damascus,Syria · Open to relocation

Experience4+ years

Projects20+ delivered

FocusBackend & Data

AvailabilityOpen to work

02 — What I Do

How I Can Help

Services I provide to help your business succeed

Web Development

Building fast, scalable web applications using modern frameworks like React, Next.js, and Vue.js with clean, maintainable code.

Data Engineer

Building scalable data systems that deliver clean, reliable data for analytics and decision-making

Data Analysis

Data processing, visualization, and business intelligence solutions to drive informed decision-making.

03 — Experience

Professional journey

Software Engineer | Backend DeveloperCurrent

Brain Socket

March 2025 — Present · Damascus, Syria

Integrated Mailer, SMS, and Registration systems using Symfony, MongoDB, and KaDa, ensuring seamless communication and supporting over 1,000 daily user interactions.
Streamlined user account management processes across systems, reducing synchronization errors by 25% through optimized creation, update, and permission handling.
Enhanced real-time synchronization between master and sub-systems, improving overall system consistency and boosting operational eﬃciency by 30%.
Scaled mother & baby e-commerce/community platform (momilly) from MVP → production (10K users); cut critical API latency from seconds → ~20ms; added Redis caching.

laravel

symfony

docker

redis

mySQL

mongoDB

apachekafka

Software Engineer, Data Analyst

Stratum Admin

Feb 2025 — 8/2025 · UK,Birmingham

Led evaluation of the legacy system and database schema for an existing electronic healthcare records system, defined requirements for a new system through technical reports, and vendors selection compatibility study.
Managed system migration steps including database extraction and conversion, overseeing data cleaning and preparation for +15K records.

Agile MethodologiesData ManagementData AnalysisSystem analysisSQL ServerData Security

Full Stack Developer

AM-team

April 2020 — January 2025 · Damascus, Syria

I worked as a freelance developer from 2021 to 2025, delivering 5 client projects that solved real business problems and achieved measurable results
My roles depend on project I worked in mobile side in some project and a backend in others
Full project details and outcomes are available in my portfolio, linked in my CV

Laravel

Flutter

HTMLCSS

javascript

php

codeigniter

Instructor RoboEc and Programming

Syra Robo Academic

December 2018 — September 2019 · Damascus, Syria

Taught and mentored children and adolescents in foundational robotics and programming, focusing on EV3, Arduino, MBot, and Edison Robots.
Trained over 150 students, fostering a passion for robotics, coding, and hands-on problem-solving.

TeachingPresentationLego Ev3

Arduino

Python

04 — Projects

Featured Projects

Some of my recent work

Training project

Patient survival prediction

Developed a machine learning model to predict patient survival rates based on medical history and treatment data.

python

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Training project

Arabic sentiment classification

Built a machine learning model to classify Arabic text into positive, negative, or neutral sentiment categories.

python

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Mobile App

Easy App – Healthcare Job Application

Expanded a mobile app to simplify healthcare job applications in the Gulf, supporting secure document uploads and processing over 200 submissions monthly.

Flutter