Omar Swailam

SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Lifelong Learner

Turning ideas into production-ready systems.

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VALEX PLATFORM

impact Took Valex from manual contract modeling to a production healthcare platform with secure workflows, automated calculations, and cloud delivery.

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DOXTER

impact Built backend systems that handle 10,000+ document types per day across multiple microservices.

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Employment History

January 2026 — PRESENT

Backend Engineer II @ Synapse Analytics

  • Improved CI/CD pipelines to support multiple environments and build variants across different deployment targets.
  • Improved system reliability and stability by identifying bottlenecks and driving architectural improvements across asynchronous pipelines and service communication layers.
  • Enhanced system observability and performance by analyzing runtime behavior, debugging complex issues, and contributing to performance tuning efforts.
  • Accelerated feature delivery by taking end-to-end ownership of backend features, from requirements through architecture, implementation, and deployment.
  • Strengthened deployment confidence by testing and validating services in cloud-based environments, including exposure to Kubernetes-based setups.
  • Improved team efficiency and onboarding by documenting system architecture, workflows, and deployment processes.
JANUARY 2026 — MAY 2026

Software Engineer @ Valex

  • Designed and shipped a SaaS platform for innovative healthcare contracting as the sole technical hire, handling architecture, development, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Engineered a contract calculation engine for different types of contracts, replacing the client’s manual spreadsheet process with an auditable, automated system.
  • Implemented a granular role-based and resource-based permission system enforced at the UI and data layers, giving organizations full control over user access.
  • Provisioned and managed all cloud infrastructure using Terraform, evolving from a lean MVP setup to a production-grade environment.
  • Automated the full deployment pipeline from code commit to production rollout using Docker and GitLab CI.
JULY 2024 — DECEMBER 2025

Backend Engineer @ Synapse Analytics

  • Designed and scaled the core backend platform for Doxter, around a microservices-based AI pipeline, orchestrating multiple services (OCR, eKYC, eKYB, classification, extraction) to reliably process 10,000+ documents per day.
  • Enabled seamless coordination between microservices by building robust orchestration, data flow, and error-handling layers using Django Rest Framework, Celery, Redis, and PostgreSQL.
  • Improved system reliability under load by optimizing asynchronous task pipelines, retries, and failure handling.
  • Enhanced platform flexibility by implementing configurable document processing workflows, enabling clients to customize classification and extraction pipelines.
  • Reduced system instability by ~50% through systematic debugging and stabilization of legacy backend components.
  • Contributed across the stack by delivering frontend fixes and feature implementations, improving overall product usability.
APRIL 2024 — AUGUST 2024

Backend Engineer @ Yosr.AI

  • Transformed company operations by designing and building a comprehensive Point of Sale (POS) system integrated with Kitchen Display System (KDS) and a Customer Service application, resulting in a reduction in operational costs.
  • Utilized GraphQL to create flexible and efficient data queries, reducing the number of API calls and optimizing performance by 40% compared to traditional REST APIs.
  • Ensured system integrity and enhanced data security by implementing robust permission and role-based access control mechanisms, safeguarding sensitive customer and transactional data.
SEPTEMBER 2023 — MARCH 2024

Python Backend Developer @ Mega Dev

  • Enhanced mobile app performance used by over 1,000 daily active users by developing backend solutions and designing RESTful APIs with Flask, improving user interaction insights by 30%.
  • Leveraged Neo4j to model relationships between users, app activities, and trends, creating a data pipeline that processed and visualized over 10,000 daily interactions for deeper user behavior insights.
  • Utilized Neo4j’s graph analytics to uncover patterns like preference clusters and seasonal trends, driving app updates and marketing strategies that boosted engagement by 20%.
  • Created APIs for real-time analytics monitoring, enabling stakeholders to visualize user behavior graphs, key performance metrics, and trend predictions.
  • Utilized Docker to containerize the backend, mobile app, and web dashboard, ensuring efficient deployment, scalability, and streamlined development processes.

About Me

Hi, I'm Omar

I turn ideas into working software, from the interface people use to the systems and cloud infrastructure behind it.

How I work
  1. Understand the problem
  2. Shape the solution
  3. Build end to end
  4. Deploy and improve
01

Understand the problem

I ask questions before assumptions, then define what the user, client, and system all need to handle in real usage.

02

Shape the solution

I map product flows, data models, APIs, edge cases, and the tradeoffs between speed, clarity, and maintainability.

03

Build end to end

I work across frontend, backend, databases, integrations, and async workflows so the product feels complete, not stitched together.

04

Deploy and improve

I ship with cloud deployment, CI/CD, logs, monitoring, rollback paths, and the habit of improving the system after it meets real users.

Knowledge & Skills

Certifications & Learning

Certifications & Learning Notes
CERTIFICATE

Infrastructure as Code with Terraform

MAR 2026

Built AWS infrastructure with modular Terraform, remote state, and multi-environment patterns.

  • VPC, subnets, EC2, security groups, and reusable modules.
  • Remote state with S3 and DynamoDB locking.
  • Dev, staging, and production isolation.
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AWS DevOps 90%

DEC 2025

Covered cloud architecture, compute, networking, automation, serverless, and availability practices.

  • EC2, VPC, ELB, Auto Scaling, IAM, and Route 53.
  • AWS CLI, Lambda, API Gateway, and deployment workflows.
  • Security and availability patterns for production systems.
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Frontend Developer Path

APR 2025

Completed 100+ interactive challenges and built projects across HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, and UI workflows.

  • Built solo projects from scratch.
  • Practiced React state, components, and interface polish.
  • Strengthened the frontend side of full-stack delivery.
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Harvard CS50sql

SEP 2024

Focused on SQL, relational design, normalization, indexing, and Python-backed data applications.

  • Designed normalized schemas and relational queries.
  • Worked through performance and indexing tradeoffs.
  • Connected SQL thinking to Python application code.
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McKinsey Forward

JULY 2024

Practiced structured problem-solving, communication, leadership, and resilient decision-making.

  • Worked on communication under ambiguity.
  • Practiced structured problem-solving frameworks.
  • Strengthened collaboration and decision-making habits.
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Harvard CS50w

MAR 2023

Built full-stack web applications with Python, JavaScript, Django, SQL, APIs, and security considerations.

  • Built Django and JavaScript web applications.
  • Practiced APIs, authentication, testing, and persistence.
  • Completed 6 full-stack projects.
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Harvard CS50x

JAN 2023

Learned the fundamentals of computer science through C, Python, SQL, memory, algorithms, and web basics.

  • Worked through C, memory, algorithms, and data structures.
  • Practiced Python, SQL, Flask, and web fundamentals.
  • Completed labs, problem sets, and final project work.
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Let’s Collaborate

Whether you need a full-stack solution or focused backend expertise,

I design and implement robust, scalable software and well-architected APIs that handle real-world complexity.

Let’s turn your idea into a production-ready system.

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