Leading backend engineering for 120M+ users across MENA's premier entertainment platform
Backend engineer and technical leader with a passion for building scalable distributed systems. McGill Computer Engineering graduate (2012-2016) currently architecting streaming infrastructure that powers entertainment for millions across the Middle East and North Africa.
Specializing in high-performance backend systems, real-time streaming infrastructure, and developer tooling. Leading engineering teams at the intersection of music and video streaming technologies.
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Cross-Platform Behavioral Analysis SDK
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Digital Library Platform
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120M+ Active Users |
4 Months OSN+ Platform Rebuild |
50 Engineers Team Leadership |
- 2024 - Led OSN+ platform complete rebuild in record time following Anghami-OSN merger
- 2023 - Promoted to VP Engineering at Anghami
- 2022 - Architected Anghami Chats with WebSocket infrastructure
- 2021 - Key figure in Anghami's IPO - first MENA tech company on NASDAQ
- 2019 - Promoted to Engineering Lead at Anghami
- 2018 - Launched Anghami Live Radios for real-time social music streaming
- 2017 - Joined Anghami as Backend Engineer
- 2016 - Graduated from McGill University
- 2015 - Accepted offers from Amazon, Meta, and Google - chose Amazon
- 2014 - Software Engineering Intern at Ericsson
- 2012 - Started Computer Engineering at McGill University
📖 Deploying Ideas to Production Deep dive into building and deploying production-ready features at scale
📻 Anghami Live Radios Architecture of real-time social music streaming
- Global Scale: Engineering infrastructure for millions of concurrent streams
- Edge Computing: Optimizing content delivery with CDN strategies
- Developer Experience: Building next-gen tools for the Go ecosystem
- Platform Convergence: Unifying music and video streaming architectures