Backend Engineer

// Experience

HelloBetter ⬤ Germany

Backend Engineer

Nov 2023 - Present

I was later promoted to Professional Backend Developer, taking on greater responsibilities such as leading project maintenance, driving new initiatives, and tackling more complex technical challenges — a role I continue to grow in to this day.

Junior Backend Engineer

Oct 2022 - Nov 2023

I joined HelloBetter as my first company in Germany, stepping into the role of Junior Backend Engineer. Here, I’m responsible for maintaining existing features and actively contributing to the development of new ones, helping to improve our platform’s performance and scalability.

Lezzoo(YC W19 Alumni) ⬤ Iraq

Full Stack Developer

Jan 2022 - Sep 2022

Developed, maintained, and optimized various systems. Focused on back-end tasks, designed ERDs, and improved customer UI. Built the Lezzoo Pay admin dashboard, tested back-end services, and contributed to Dispatching system with microservice enhancements.

Lucid Source ⬤ Iraq

Technical Team Leader

Jun 2021 - Jan 2022

Managed the back-end development team, oversaw code reviews, requirement engineering, and served as bridge between dev and business.

Full-stack Developer

Feb 2021 - Jun 2021

Contributed to APIs in real estate, accounting, and inventory systems. Led dashboards and handled CI/CD setup on VPS.

Backend Developer

Sep 2020 - Feb 2021

Built and optimized APIs, implemented logic for Dr.Online system, and ensured smooth front-end integration.

Re:Coded ⬤ Online

React Developer Apprenticeship

Jan 2021 - May 2021

Built responsive web apps using React, learned hooks, state, and routing through team projects.

// Education

Software and Informatics Engineering

Salahaddin University • Sept 2018 - Jun 2022

Bachelor’s degree focused on software systems, algorithms, data structures, and databases. Applied theoretical knowledge through real-world projects.

// Skills

JavaScript TypeScript Node.js Express.js Nest.js Fastify SQL MariaDB MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB PHP Laravel Git Docker AWS Kubernetes Jenkins Terraform AWS SQS RabbitMQ Jest Python Java Jira React

// Contact

GitHub LinkedIn My Blog

Email: me@alyiz.com

Location: Berlin, Germany