Ahmed El-helw
Principal Engineer at HudHud Maps
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Summary
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RockstarAhmed El-helw is a Principal Engineer based in Dubai with 17 years of experience building scalable web and API systems. He combines full-stack craftsmanship with operational sensibility, shipping front-end UI improvements and hardening backend APIs for performance and maintainability. Recently he has driven site-wide HTTPS and deployment changes, Dockerizing services and streamlining audio and search data flows for a high-traffic content platform. Now leading engineering efforts at HudHud Maps, he focuses on architectural clarity and reliable delivery across teams. Notably, his open-source contributions to the widely used quran.com projects show practical expertise in both UX polish and backend optimization—skills he brings to product-focused, real-world systems.
17 years of coding experience
Arabic
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Github Skills (33)
git10
ruby-rails10
javascript10
apidoc10
amazon-elasticsearch10
css10
rails10
ruby10
elasticsearchquery10
api10
aws-elasticsearch10
html10
elasticsearch10
react10
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
quran/quran.com-frontend
Jun 2015 - Oct 2017
quran.com frontend
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 72 commits, 97 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Ahmed primarily focused on front-end development, implementing UI enhancements and fixing bugs in the `quran.com-frontend` project. They addressed issues such as Chrome theme-color support and fixed a repeat range bug. Furthermore, the user made changes to various configurations files, including the sitemap, to update the site to HTTPS. These changes suggest a focus on both front-end features and overall site configuration and maintainability.
reactredux-thunkvuefrontendredux
quran/quran.com-api
Jun 2015 - Jan 2021
Quran.com content APIs
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 4 reviews, 52 commits in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Ahmed primarily contributed to the backend of the Quran.com API. Their work involved updating the application for Docker deployment, fixing search functionality, and optimizing the audio file structure. They also removed obsolete audio files and streamlined API responses, focusing on database efficiency and data transfer optimization. The changes reflect a focus on API performance and data management.
apiquran
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