operationalopen to relocation · abu dhabi fintech
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uptime—

service: backend-engineer

Omar Kotb

I build and own backend systems end to end — schema design, API delivery, cloud deployment, production stability. Python, Django/DRF, AWS serverless. One engineer, fully accountable, no hand-off required.

contact.sh github linkedin

role

sole engineer

primary stack

Python · Django · AWS

DRF · Lambda · DynamoDB · Railway

incidents resolved

2

domain hijack · platform handover

based in

Abu Dhabi, UAE

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$ systemctl status --all

Services

Every role, treated as a service in production — what it runs, where, and what shape it's in today.

teleios-corev3.x

Teleios Global FZ — Backend & DevOps Engineer

Abu Dhabi, UAE · Jul 2025 — present

live

Sole engineer owning end-to-end development, deployment, and production stability of the company's venue booking platform — and every other system attached to it.

  • Owns a Python (Django/DRF) API covering bookings, events, promos, and lead management with secure API-key access and full OpenAPI documentation.
  • Maintaining a multi-language remote simulator control system (Node.js + PHP Laravel + Python), including the full admin dashboard used by operations staff.
  • Implemented payment-critical flows: Stripe Checkout session creation, dynamic pricing and promo logic, and transactional booking orchestration tying pricing, availability, and persistence together.
  • Integrated Zoho CRM for lead management and sales-pipeline sync; independently owns all deployments on Railway — frontend, backend, database, and S3 storage with MySQL-backed data models.
DjangoDRFPythonNode.jsLaravelStripeRailwayMySQLZoho CRM
technip-fullstackv1.2

Technip Energies — Full Stack Developer Intern

Remote · Dec 2024 — May 2025

archived

Shipped full-stack features inside an Agile team, with a focus on API design and query performance across multiple sprint cycles.

  • Built full-stack features using Angular (TypeScript), C# ASP.NET, Python, and MS SQL Server.
  • Designed and optimised REST APIs and improved database query performance across the sprint cycle.
AngularPythonASP.NETMS SQL Server
fleet-carbon-calcv1.0

GPS Fleet Sdn Bhd × Pinetop — Software Developer Intern

Malaysia · Oct 2022 — May 2023

archived

Built and shipped a production-ready carbon footprint calculator end to end, from data source to deployed app.

  • Developed a Carbon Footprint Calculator using React, Django, and the OpenStreetMap API — delivered as a production-ready web application.
ReactDjangoOpenStreetMap API

$ tail -f incidents.log

Incidents

The moments infrastructure had no owner. Both were closed by the same person.

INC-001sev-1

Company domain inaccessible after admin offboarding

detected: 2025status: Resolved by Omar

A departing Google Workspace admin withheld credentials, locking the company out of its own domain and every employee account on it.

resolution log

  • ›Ran per-employee data backups via Google Takeout before anything else could be lost.
  • ›Coordinated directly with Google Support to reclaim ownership of the company domain.
  • ›Restored all employee data and access, then took over as sole Workspace administrator going forward.
INC-002sev-1

Mass staff departure leaves infrastructure unowned

detected: 2025status: Resolved by Omar

Following a wave of departures, deployment ownership across the company's frontend, backend, and database systems on Zoho Catalyst had no clear owner.

resolution log

  • ›Took over complete deployment ownership across all company systems, independently.
  • ›Absorbed the surrounding scope as a one-person IT department — backend engineering, DevOps, CRM administration, and infrastructure, simultaneously.
  • ›Implemented and administers Zoho CRM company-wide to keep lead management and sales pipeline tracking running without a dedicated team.

$ cat manifest.json

Stack

What's installed and actively used — not a wishlist, a working dependency tree.

manifest.json
{
"languages": [
"Python","TypeScript","JavaScript","PHP","SQL","Java"
],
"backend": [
"Django","Django REST Framework","Flask","Laravel","Node.js"
],
"data & storage": [
"PostgreSQL","MySQL","DynamoDB","SQLAlchemy","Single-table NoSQL design"
],
"devops & cloud": [
"Docker","Kubernetes","AWS Lambda","API Gateway","SAM","Cognito","CloudFront","Railway","GitHub Actions","Terraform (in progress)"
],
"platforms & tools": [
"Git / GitHub","Google Workspace Admin","Zoho CRM","IBM Cloud"
]
}

$ git log --oneline --decorate

Builds

Personal repos, shipped rather than shelved.

urlsh — White-Label URL Shortener

github.com/omaramkotb22/urlsh-backend

A fully serverless, white-label URL shortener platform. Single-table DynamoDB design covering all access patterns with zero table scans, and automated per-customer SSL provisioning so custom domain onboarding is completely zero-touch.

Zero table scans · automated SSL per domain
PythonAWS SAMLambdaDynamoDBAPI GatewayCognitoCloudFrontCloudflare Workers

Portfolio Tracker

github.com/omaramkotb22/portfolio-tracker

A production-grade investment portfolio REST API using the Flask app-factory pattern, with Swagger/Flasgger docs and Claude API integration server-side with prompt caching — cutting input token costs by ~80% on repeated calls.

~80% token cost reduction via prompt caching
PythonFlaskSQLAlchemyMySQLDockerpytest

$ ls certifications/

AWS Certified Developer – AssociateAWS Certified Cloud PractitionerIBM Full Stack Cloud DeveloperTerraform Associatein progress

BSc Computer Science, Second Class Honours — University of Nottingham Malaysia, 2024

~/omar-kotb/contact

$ ./reach_out.sh

Open to backend & infra roles in Abu Dhabi.

Currently weighing offers from fintech and SaaS teams. If you need someone who can own a stack end to end — and has already proven it under pressure — let's talk.

omaramkotb22@gmail.com+971 55 202 6057github.com/omaramkotb22linkedin.com/in/omaramkotb

built with next.js & typescript · last deploy 2026