Maher Shaker
System Architect & Backend Engineer at Gigapay
Strängnäs, Sweden
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Top SchoolMaher Shaker is a System Architect and Backend Engineer with 8 years of experience, currently leading architecture and backend work at Gigapay from Strängnäs, Sweden. He progressed rapidly from a junior Django developer to spearheading cross-border payout integrations and shaping CI/CD, deployment and Linux infrastructure practices. Maher blends hands-on backend development with strategic decision-making, driving technical standards, project ownership and team knowledge sharing. His work on multi-provider payment integrations enabled international expansion and reflects a practical focus on scalable, maintainable systems. With a Master's in Computer Engineering from Karlstad University and early experience in electronics manufacturing, he brings both hardware-aware pragmatism and software architecture rigor to solve operational challenges. Colleagues rely on him for clear technical direction, efficient workflows and thoughtful trade-offs between speed and long-term maintainability.
8 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Master's degree, Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians at Karlstads universitet
Swedish, Arabic, English
Github Skills (27)
programming-language9
python9
react8
gender-classification8
ecommerce8
django-cache7
jetbrains7
filter7
typescript7
nudity-detection7
language-server7
api7
ide6
chrome-extension6
face-recognition5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
gigapay/Documentation
Dec 2021 - Jun 2026
Gigapay API Reference
Contributions:15 reviews, 19 PRs, 26 pushes in 4 years 6 months
apiapi-reference
EmberCraze/NvChad
May 2023 - Feb 2026
Blazing fast Neovim framework providing solid defaults and a beautiful UI, enhancing your neovim experience.
Contributions:1 PR, 16 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 9 months
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