Mahdi Youseftabar is a seasoned technology leader with 11 years of experience building and scaling web and infrastructure platforms across fintech and consumer services. He has served as CTO and VP of Technology—most recently at Wallex and Sibche—where he led large rewrites, launched Kubernetes clusters, and grew Sibche’s user base from 194k to 2.2M. Skilled in PHP, Laravel, Node.js, React, Java, DevOps and cloud-native tooling, he blends hands-on engineering with strategic roadmap and cost-optimization leadership. Mahdi also advises startups and has a track record of rapidly modernizing infrastructure (introducing Ad-Hoc installs, Docker/Kubernetes, and internal monitoring) to improve reliability and developer productivity. Based in Istanbul, he pairs product-minded architecture with people development, routinely building and mentoring high-performing teams. A former teacher turned CTO, he brings both practical engineering depth and a knack for translating complex systems into operational practices.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) Computer Software Engineering at Islamic Azad University
High School Diploma Mathematics and Physics, High School Diploma Mathematics and Physics at Allameh Helli school
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Mahdi Youseftabar - Advisory Board Member at Altex