Summary
Mahdi Sahib is a software architect and backend specialist with over a decade of experience designing API-driven, scalable systems for startups, SaaS platforms, and high-traffic applications. He brings deep expertise in Laravel, PostgreSQL, microservices migration, and performance optimization, with a practical focus on avoiding costly architectural mistakes. Beyond hands-on engineering, Mahdi blends technical leadership with ecosystem-building experience from roles at the Baghdad Chamber of Commerce and the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity, where he led entrepreneurship programs and IT operations. He also consults on API security, caching, and database tuning while continuing freelance and operations work, demonstrating an ability to move between strategic planning and low-level optimization. Known for a pragmatic, sometimes wry view of programming, he treats code as both craft and inevitable source of surprises.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, computer engineering, Bachelor's degree, computer engineering at AL-Mamoun University College
COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES, COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES at Institute of technology baghdad