I engineer software with a bias toward simplicity, clarify, and elegance. Big fan of open-source principles and standards.

My journey with coding started in college. I learned the basics there. Post-graduation, I picked up Python and built a simple Notepad-like app. My very first “real-world” app. Incredible feeling to eventually see my code turn into a GUI app I can interact with. I don’t have the code anymore, but it was neat as I recall it.

Shortly after, I learned Android development. Applied the knowledge through a couple of freelance projects.

A year later, I joined Earthlink, the leading ISP in Iraq. A great place to boost my backend skills, work on real infrastructure, and learn to handle big scale. I worked on the workflow automation project as an individual contributor, then promoted to lead the engineering side of the project.

A few years later, I joined Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, and many other great products. A globally distributed company with a strong engineering culture. I joined the MailPoet team as a backend engineer, part of WooCommerce. MailPoet handles millions of emails per day.

I no longer work at Automattic.

Travel is my passion. I’ve visited +15 cities. Lived in Istanbul for over a year. Also lived in Kuala Lumpur for a while. I love to explore new countries, meet new people, and experience different cultures.

I love to read books. Some of my favorites:

• Design Patterns (Gang of Four book). A foundational guide to solving common software design problems through language-agnostic patterns.
• Building Microservices. A practical guide to building microservice architectures with real-world patterns and trade-offs.
• Getting Things Done. A system for clearing mental clutter, turning overwhelm into calm, methodical productivity.
• The Psychology of Money. Great lessons on how behavior, more than knowledge, drives financial success.
• The Righteous Mind. Explores how morality is shaped by intuition more than reason. Explains deeply why smart people disagree on politics and religion.

When I’m not working, you’ll probably find me doing one of these things:

• Sightseeing (when I’m traveling). I find pleasure in exploring museums, historical sites, natural wonders, among other places.
• Hiking. My favorite activity. The joy that comes from physical movement in nature is hard to replicate anywhere else. If you have AllTrails account, find me here.
• Reading. Mostly through RSS feeds. I enjoy reading about many things, including (but not limited to) software engineering, psychology, and politics.
• Watching TV shows. Seen a ton of shows. An episode every day with Meta Quest 3. Some of my favorites: Hunter x Hunter, The Last of Us, and Black Mirror.
• Playing Warzone (COD). A great way to unwind after a long day.