SCAYLE Commerce Engine
HEAD → mainSenior Software Engineer
Aug 2023 — Present · Hamburg, Germany
Building the commerce engine that powers large-scale online retail. Backend systems, APIs, and the plumbing nobody sees but everybody depends on.
~ $ whoami
HamzaAleess
Senior Backend Engineer · Cloud‑Native Architectures @ SCAYLE GmbH
// about
The human behind the API
const hamza = {
Software engineer with a passion to build — an early Internet Dweller from a young age. As a Senior Software Engineer, I focus on leveraging 13+ years of experience in back-end web development, API development, and database design to build scalable and efficient software solutions. My career spans corporate and startup environments, where I've collaborated with teams to ship impactful products.
Based in Hamburg, Germany. When not shipping commerce infrastructure by day, I build indie tools under the GarlicLambda banner by night.
};
13+
years of engineering
6
companies & startups
2
countries, one keyboard
// experience
git log --career
ABOUT YOU GmbH
Back End Developer
May 2020 — Aug 2023 · Hamburg, Germany
Backend development for one of Europe's largest fashion e-commerce platforms. Scale, performance, and reliability at millions-of-users level.
Trteeb — ترتيب
Sr. Back End Developer
Mar 2020 — Apr 2020 · Remote
A short, sharp engagement building backend foundations for an early-stage product.
HelloWorldKids Organization
Sr. Software Engineer
Dec 2017 — Mar 2020 · Amman, Jordan
Engineering for an organization teaching kids how to code — building the software that teaches software.
The Online Project
Full Stack Engineer
Jan 2015 — Dec 2017 · Amman, Jordan
Full-stack work at a leading digital agency in the MENA region — web platforms, campaigns, and everything in between.
LIVEmena
Web Developer
Jan 2013 — Dec 2014 · Amman, Jordan
Where it started professionally. Web development in the wild early days of the MENA startup scene.
$ cat education.txt
B.Sc. Computer Information Systems, Information Technology
University of Jordan · 2005 — 2011
// skills
Weapons of choice
backend.core()
Back-End Web Development
13+ years of designing and shipping server-side systems that stay up and stay fast.
cloud.native()
Cloud‑Native Architectures
Designing container-first systems with production-grade reliability, observability, and sane operational workflows.
api.design()
API Development
Contracts, versioning, and endpoints that other teams actually enjoy consuming.
db.schema()
Database Design
Modeling data so it scales gracefully instead of collapsing at the worst moment.
sys.scale()
Scalable Architecture
From startup MVPs to enterprise commerce engines serving millions of users.
ship.it()
Product Engineering
Corporate and startup environments alike — collaborating with teams to ship impactful products.
i18n.human()
Arabic / English
Professional working proficiency in both — bridging MENA and European tech scenes.
// projects
Built after midnight
PodcastArabi
liveThe largest guide to Arabic podcasts. Hundreds of shows from YouTube and Apple Podcasts, curated in one place.
Omniscient
coming soonSomething big is watching. The next all-seeing AI layer — details stay under wraps for now.
BoostMyCTR
coming soonA/B test your YouTube thumbnails before you publish. For creators who treat the frame as seriously as the content.