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Ahmed A.

Ahmed A.

Senior Software Engineer with Cybersecurity Background

Bottom line: Canadian engineering quality with Egyptian living pricing! Technical profile: * 18+ years of eclectic software engineering/development work, building batch pipelines, middleware, and web platforms, * Solving difficult problems in parallelism/distribution, integrity (idempotency, transactions, fault-tolerance), architecture (modularity, composition), cybersecurity (web, network), and low-level protocol details (HTTP, OS internals), * Using multiple technologies including Python/FastAPI, Erlang/OTP/Elixir/Phoenix, many Javascript frameworks; I choose the right tool for the job, * Resourceful and self-reliant to solve incidental issues in system and network administration (e.g., devops) Technical projects: 1. Batch pipeline to process major record label digital assets (music and video): 1M+ tracks 2. DDoS testing platform: performs various attacks using 1000+ VPS's 3. Environmental science platform serving scientists and the general public on the national level Interpersonal profile: * Master communicator: eloquent, concise, and articulate * Independent and self-directed: led projects, ran my own software consultancy, and managed junior engineers * Mature and very easy to work with with an ethical commitment to quality no matter how small the job may be. P.S., no AI was used in the above write-up

🇪🇬Cairo, Egypt$23/hr100% JSSSince Jun 2026

Earnings and projects

MRR
$721

Last 6 months ÷ 3.3 months active (since Jul 2026)

World#62,353 / 412k
🇪🇬Country#790 / 6,384
Revenue, last 30 days
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Read daily since Oct 25, under 30 days

Total earnings
$2.3k

Billed in all: $2.7k

World#320,416 / 412k
🇪🇬Country#4,728 / 6,384
Per project
$2.3k

$2.4k in the last 6 months

World#68,560 / 412k
🇪🇬Country#755 / 6,384
Projects, last 6 months
1
100% fixed0% hourly
World#128,095 / 412k
🇪🇬Country#1,858 / 6,384
Projects in all
1
100% fixed0% hourly
World#360,674 / 412k
🇪🇬Country#5,638 / 6,384

Earnings, last 30 days

$2.7k+$793 earned since Oct 25Billed in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$1.5k$2.0k$2.5k$3.0kOct 25Nov 1Nov 8

Tracked from Oct 25, 2026.

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