I build the systems other teams depend on.

Streaming, payments and government platforms that stay up under load. Baghdad, remote-first.

Now: building a telecom billing platform · open to backend and architecture work

get in touch selected work

01 / THE SHELL

Poke at it.

Everything here has an ordinary section too. Type help to look around.

Windows PowerShell — C:\Users\saba

gr-ix.space

Type 'help' for commands, or 'dir' to look around.

PS C:\Users\saba>

02 / SELECTED WORK

Work that shipped.

Three systems, three sectors. Each opens to the problem, the approach and what changed.

01A streaming CMS that publishes in secondsContent, media operations and enterprise workflows for a national streaming service, on one backend.Media · 2025 — present 02Payment rails for banks, under PCI-DSSProcessing, settlement reconciliation and biometric authentication for a payment services provider.Fintech · 2023 — 2024 03A ministry system, from SRS to productionRequirements, architecture and delivery for a Ministry of Interior engagement with government security constraints.Government · 2023 — 2024

03 / WHAT I WORK ON

The stack, honestly.

Platforms

ASP.NET CoreEntity FrameworkNode.jsDjango NinjaReact

Data

PostgreSQLOracle / PL-SQLSQL ServerRedisElasticsearchClickHouse

Architecture

Distributed SystemsEvent-DrivenDDDCQRSMulti-TenantCaching

Operations

AWSDockerGitHub ActionsRabbitMQHangfireLinux

Integration

RESTSOAPSignalRTUS Resumable UploadsSAP BRIMAuth Protocols

Practice

Requirements GatheringTechnical DocumentationMentoringStakeholder Management

04 / EXPERIENCE

Six roles, one thread.

Newest first. The PDF has the long version.

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2025 — present

Asl Al-Uroba · Baghdad, Iraq · Hybrid

Currently leading the backend of a large-scale telecom billing platform.
Own the core of a national streaming CMS: content, media operations and enterprise workflows on one platform.
Redis caching and versioned reads took publish-to-live from minutes to seconds and cut backend load.
Media pipeline end to end — TUS uploads, RabbitMQ workers, transcoding — running unattended in production.
CRM and billing: provisioning, offers, vouchers, configurable business rules, SAP BRIM integration.

ASP.NET CorePostgreSQLRedisElasticsearchRabbitMQClickHouseDockerHangfire

Software Engineer

Mar 2024 — Jan 2025

Creative Advanced Technologies · Baghdad, Iraq · Remote

Backend for high-volume media delivery; introduced profiling and removed the bottlenecks it found.
Owned releases and the integration layer over legacy systems.

ASP.NET CoreEntity FrameworkPostgreSQLRedisElasticsearchDocker

Solution Architect Consultant

2023 — 2024

NewLake Technologies · Baghdad, Iraq · Online

Led a Ministry of Interior system from requirements to production; authored the SRS and SDD that were signed off.

Enterprise IntegrationSecurity ArchitectureSRSSDD

Full Stack Developer

Jan 2023 — May 2024

Arab Payment Services · Baghdad, Iraq · On site

Payment processing and settlement reconciliation for banks, under PCI-DSS.
Biometric authentication service and modernisation of a mission-critical platform.

ASP.NET CoreDapperSQL ServerOraclePL/SQLReactSignalRPCI-DSS