Firass Ziedan
Backend Team Supervisor at Several Brands
Amman, Amman, Jordan
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Top SchoolFirass Ziedan is a Backend Team Supervisor and seasoned software engineer with 9 years of experience building scalable PHP and Node.js systems, microservices, and database-driven applications. Based in Amman, he progressed from Drupal/PHP intern to senior engineer and now leads backend teams, blending hands-on coding with technical leadership. He has practical experience integrating third-party services, exemplified by his open-source contributions to Novu where he implemented a custom SMS provider to extend notification infrastructure. Comfortable across the full backend stack, Firass focuses on pragmatic solutions that balance performance, maintainability, and deployment best practices. His academic foundation in Computer Information Systems underpins a systematic approach to engineering, while a penchant for concise, curious thinking is hinted at by his GitHub bio, "How Many Seconds in Eternity."
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Information Systems, Bachelor's degree Computer Information Systems at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University
English, Arabic
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Github Skills (13)
sms-messages10
typescript10
nodejs10
typescripts10
integrate10
apidoc10
integrations10
sms10
typescript-types10
axios10
api-design9
api9
apim9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
novuhq/novu
Apr 2023 - Jan 2025
Open-Source Notification Platform. Embeddable Notification Center, E-mail, Push and Slack Integrations.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 reviews, 1 PR, 15 comments in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Firass primarily contributed to the implementation of a custom SMS provider for the Novu notification infrastructure. They added the core files for the new provider, including the provider class, configuration options, and associated handlers. The contributions show a focus on integrating a new SMS gateway, with modifications to the provider configuration and service factories. These commits include changes to the core application-generic and shared libraries to support the new SMS provider.
jsvue-reactnotificationsvuereactjs
firassziedan/SetupEnv
Jul 2018 - Jun 2021
Contributions:43 commits, 4 PRs, 42 pushes in 2 years 11 months
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