Samy Massoud
Senior Manager Product Management, Middle East & Africa PayPal
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Top SchoolSamy Massoud is a seasoned FinTech product and engineering leader with over 16 years in IT and more than seven years focused on payments, currently shaping PayPal’s product strategy across the Middle East & Africa. He has progressed from hands-on software engineering and backend architecture to executive roles driving solution delivery, product roadmaps, and cross-functional teams at scale. Known for blending technical depth (Go, MySQL, backend systems) with strong people management, he has led product and delivery organizations through complex regulatory and regional market requirements. Samy’s background includes building payment gateways, wallets, and integrations end-to-end, and he often acts as the escalation point between clients and engineering to ensure successful launches. He emphasizes continuous learning and process optimization, introducing agile practices and delivery standards that improved outcomes across geographically distributed teams. Based in Dubai, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with operational rigor to deliver secure, locally tailored payment experiences on global platforms.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Systems and computers, Bachelor's degree Systems and computers at Al-Azhar UniversityB Systems and Computer, B Systems and Computer at Faculty of Engineering
Arabic, English
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Github Skills (96)
api10
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laravel9
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
samymassoud/flarum-ext-rtl
Aug 2019 - Jul 2022
RTL for flarum
Contributions:3 commits, 3 PRs, 8 pushes in 2 years 11 months
rtlbackportazerothcoreeagleflarum
bintable/data
Dec 2019 - Jul 2021
BinTable Data Repository
Contributions:1 review, 2 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 6 months
databasedata-repositorydatabase-access
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