Summary
Mehdi Shahdoost is a Development Team Lead based in Amsterdam with 14 years of hands-on experience building high-performance payment and banking systems across startups and large enterprises. He combines deep Java/Kotlin backend expertise, microservices architecture, and cloud-native tooling with front-end experience (React) to deliver scalable, secure transaction platforms handling millions of users. His background includes leading teams at flatexDEGIRO and architecting high-availability payment stacks for major players like Worldline, HamrahCard, and Digipay, plus practical blockchain product work on Stellar-based wallets. A pragmatic, people-oriented leader, he thrives in Agile environments where customer needs and developer motivation drive outcomes. He’s equally comfortable optimizing Kafka/Cassandra event streams as mentoring engineers and translating complex compliance requirements into robust technical solutions.
14 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Mazandaran University of Science and Technology
English, Persian