Mahmoud Hanafy
Lead Software Engineer at Xero
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolMahmoud Hanafy is a lead software engineer based in Melbourne with 17+ years of hands-on experience delivering end-to-end solutions, specializing in backend architecture and reliable, UX-focused systems. He has progressed from systems developer and database support roles to technical leadership positions at APM Terminals, MYOB, Bunnings, WooliesX and now Xero, consistently owning solution design through production operation. Known for building and scaling cross-functional squads, Mahmoud blends people leadership—coaching engineers and coordinating with architects—with pragmatic implementation of fully automated delivery pipelines. His background spans enterprise financial and logistics applications, large multi-target products serving hundreds of thousands of customers, and integration-heavy automation projects. Comfortable across databases, cloud platforms and integration stacks, he brings a systems-thinking approach informed by early career ops and DB support experience that helps prevent production surprises.
8 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Social Work, Bachelor's degree Social Work at The Higher Institute of Social Work
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Github Skills (53)
perforce9
bulk-insert9
roslyn9
csharp9
visual-studio9
dotnet8
insert8
asp-net-core7
c-programming7
linux7
asp-net7
code-analysis7
generics6
moq6
entity-framework6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
MHanafy/EntityExtensions
Oct 2017 - Feb 2020
Contributions:2 releases, 9 commits, 14 PRs in 2 years 4 months
bulk-insertaccessibleexposepurposeupdate
MHanafy/GitP4Sync
Feb 2020 - Nov 2020
A 2-way integration workflow between a Github repository, and an on-premises Perforce repository.
Contributions:3 releases, 58 commits, 25 PRs in 9 months
perforceservicenowsingeron-premisesworkflow
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