Hey, I'm

AHMED

DAWOOD

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JAVA•PHOTOGRAPHY•DOCKER•ARCHERY•NODE.JS•PIZZA•SPRING BOOT•ILLUSTRATOR•REST APIs•WEIGHTS•TYPESCRIPT•TOUCH DESIGNER•REDIS•COOK•MICROSERVICES•GIT•NOSQL•SQL•VIDEO GAMES•JAVA•PHOTOGRAPHY•DOCKER•ARCHERY•NODE.JS•PIZZA•SPRING BOOT•ILLUSTRATOR•REST APIs•WEIGHTS•TYPESCRIPT•TOUCH DESIGNER•REDIS•COOK•MICROSERVICES•GIT•NOSQL•SQL•VIDEO GAMES•

01 / Engineering

SOFTWARE
ENGINEER

Building robust backends, obsessing over performance, and documenting the war stories along the way.

Resume

High-Throughput Order API

REST API handling 15k+ daily orders with Redis caching, PostgreSQL read replicas, and rate limiting. Reduced p95 latency from 800ms to 120ms.

JavaSpring BootPostgreSQLRedisDocker

Real-time Notification Service

WebSocket-based notification system built on Node.js. Supports 5k+ concurrent connections with guaranteed delivery and retry logic.

Node.jsSocket.ioRedisMongoDB

Auth & Access Control System

JWT-based authentication with refresh token rotation, RBAC, and audit logging. Integrated with OAuth2 providers (Google, GitHub).

JavaSpring BootPostgreSQLRedisJWT

Monolith-to-Microservices Migration

Led the architectural migration of a legacy monolith to a microservices system on GCP. Improved deployment independence and cut release cycle time significantly.

JavaSpring BootGCPDockerPostgreSQL

02 / Art

VISUAL ARTIST

I create whatever my mind demands. Some days it's illustration, others it's photography, animation, or video — or maybe all of them at once. No fixed medium, just whatever the day calls for. Everything lives on my Instagram.

@dawoodmekky
Neon Cityscape
Fluid Motion Loop
Glitch Portrait
Abstract Geometry
Dark Matter
Fractal Dreams
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03 / Interests

BEYOND THE CODE

I'm more than the work I ship. Here's what keeps me curious and sane outside of terminals.

🎵

Music

I literally listen to everything — from 18th century classical to whatever's trending right now. Music is always on.

🏹

Archery

Spent two years with a bow to sharpen focus and calm my nervous system. It worked better than I expected.

🏋️

Gym

A habit that's been with me for years. It helped me through a lot and at this point I simply can't let it go.

🎮

Gaming

Story-driven games mostly. Big fan of DMC games and anything with a great narrative.

📸

Photography

Street photography, architecture, and animals. Picking up a camera changed how I see light and shadow entirely.

🌅

Morning Walks

Up at 5 AM, walking to the gym, watching the sunrise before it turns into a fireball. Best part of the day.

🌿

Gardens

Lying on grass, birds all around, completely off-grid. Nothing resets the mind quite like it.

🔧

Tinkering

Side projects, hobby electronics, random scripts that solve non-existent problems. It's about the process that matters.

04 / Contact

LET'S TALK

Got a project, a question, or just want to say hey? Drop me a message — I read everything.


Available

Open to backend roles, freelance projects, and interesting collaborations.