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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."
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Résumé

# Mhamad El Itawi

Backend Tech Lead & Solutions Architect · Beirut, Lebanon · mhamadelitawi@gmail.com · +961 70 20 29 98

## Summary

Tech leader with 9+ years building and transforming software systems while leading teams to deliver high-impact results. Focused on scalable architecture, legacy modernization, cloud migrations and cost efficiency, aligning engineering work with measurable business outcomes. Backed by an executive MBA and a growing focus on applying AI and automation to production systems.

## Experience

### Backend Tech Lead

LYXA · Beirut

_Jan 2026 – Present_

- Lead the backend team for a grocery and food-delivery platform, driving architecture decisions and delivery quality across services.

- Contributed to the safe transition from a monolithic architecture to microservices (V2), improving scalability and modularity.

- Optimized multiple APIs, improving response times by up to 30×; reduced build time by 83%.

- Introduced and executed a cost-optimization strategy projected to cut infrastructure spend by ~$50K/year.

- Stack: TypeScript, MongoDB, GCP, Kubernetes, Redis, RabbitMQ.

### Senior Software Engineer / Integration Team Lead

eddress · Lebanon

_Jul 2023 – May 2026_

- Led backend and integrations for a SaaS provider specializing in marketplaces and delivery-management systems; served as software and solution architect for critical services.

- Migrated the platform from GCP to AWS, improving scalability and control.

- Reduced cloud hosting costs by ~$120K through architecture refinement and resource optimization.

- Refactored legacy modules and delivered multiple third-party integrations to expand platform capabilities.

### Technical Lead

Intalio · France

_Mar 2022 – Jun 2023_

- Led multiple technical units as software and solution architect across several SaaS-minded projects.

- Delivered the core microservice system within the first month; containerized the product suite.

- Built and delivered a medical solution and a data-management solution from scratch; supported 10+ projects in production.

### Senior Software Engineer

HiCart.com · Lebanon

_Feb 2018 – Apr 2022_

- Owned the delivery-management system (DMS) handling orders, tracking, drivers and reporting (Java Spring Boot, Angular).

- Restructured the DMS for high traffic; ensured availability during 11/11 campaigns: ~$1.6M (2018) and ~$3M (2020) in sales.

- Built and launched Egenie DMS in Iraq; migrated infrastructure from GCP to AWS; delivered integrations with delivery, mail and SMS providers.

### Software Engineer (Part-time)

GARAGECO · Kuwait

_Jan 2021 – Sep 2021_

- Built backend APIs for an automotive platform (React / React Native clients), in sync with a distributed India team.

- Migrated the solution from raw Servlet to Java Spring Boot and from GCP to AWS; integrated SMS-Kuwait.

### Data Analyst & .NET Developer

Intelligit · Beirut, Lebanon

_Apr 2017 – Jan 2018_

- Developed .NET / ASP.NET applications; designed and maintained SQL databases and stored procedures.

- Imported, cleaned and matched data; built business-intelligence reports (Rapid Miner, QGIS, Qlik Sense).

## 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

## Skills & Languages

- **Engineering**: Microservices · System design · Legacy modernization · Cloud migrations · Cost & performance optimization · DevOps / CI-CD

- **Stack**: TypeScript · Node · Python · Java Spring Boot · MongoDB · Redis · RabbitMQ

- **Cloud & platforms**: AWS · Google Cloud · Azure · Kubernetes

- **Leadership & languages**: Team leadership · Scrum / Lean · Solution architecture · English, French, Arabic