Ahmed Atef
Senior Software Engineer at ELARABY Group
Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
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Top SchoolAhmed Atef is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience specializing in Magento and PHP-driven e-commerce solutions, currently based in Riyadh. He has a strong engineering foundation from a mechanical engineering degree and a postgraduate diploma in computer science, which informs his methodical approach to refactoring, performance optimization, and system upgrades. At companies from Unilever to Avenga and Uniparticle he has delivered custom Magento 2 extensions, resolved production issues, and improved backend workflows to boost stability and scalability. Comfortable across the stack, he pairs PHP, Magento, and WordPress expertise with earlier exposure to C++ and CAD tools like AutoCAD and SolidWorks—a combination that helps him bridge technical and product-facing requirements. Colleagues rely on him for clean, maintainable code and pragmatic migrations to current Magento versions, often turning complex business needs into robust extensions. Outside typical developer experience, his background in mechanical production and technical office roles gives him uncommon insight into process-driven optimization and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree in Power Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree in Power Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering at College of Engineering BenhaBachelor’s Degree Mecahnical Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Mecahnical Engineering at Benha UniversityPost graduate CS diploma Computer Science, Post graduate CS diploma Computer Science at Cairo University
Arabic, English
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Github Skills (10)
mercadopago8
payment7
adyen7
payment-gateway7
oracle6
iptv6
android6
database6
gateway5
magento4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
tiefanovic/FawryGateway
Feb 2019 - Oct 2020
Magento 2 Fawry Payment Gateway
Contributions:10 commits, 4 PRs, 11 pushes in 1 year 8 months
magento-2magento2mercadopagopayment-gatewayadyen
tiefanovic/dpdfrance_shipping
Apr 2018 - Jul 2019
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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