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Karim Abdulrahman

Mid-level PHP / Laravel ยท 3+ years

Backend Developer
building systems that scale.

Mid-level PHP & Laravel backend developer with 3+ years of experience building reliable APIs, SaaS platforms, business management systems, healthcare solutions, and third-party integrations.

PHP Laravel MySQL REST APIs Filament Livewire WebSockets Docker Git

01 / ABOUT

About Me

Karim Abdulrahman Gaber

3+

Years of experience

Mid-level

PHP & Laravel

Mid-level Backend Developer with 3+ years of experience in PHP and Laravel, focused on building reliable, scalable backend systems that align with real business requirements.

DOMAINS

Healthcare Real Estate Marketplaces Transportation Government services SaaS Billing systems

ENGINEERING FOCUS

RESTful APIs Business workflows Database design Performance optimization Authentication & authorization RBAC Payment integrations Real-time communication Notifications AI integrations

Qesm Elmaadi, Cairo, Egypt

Bachelor of Information Systems and Management ยท 2018โ€“2022

The Egyptian Academy of Computers and Information and Technology Management โ€“ Tanta

Arabic โ€” Native ยท English โ€” Very Good

02 / SERVICES

What I Can Build

Backend Development

Build reliable backend systems using PHP and Laravel with clean architecture and maintainable business logic.

PHP Laravel MySQL

REST API Development

Design and develop secure, structured RESTful APIs for web and mobile applications.

REST APIs Authentication JSON

SaaS Development

Build business-oriented SaaS platforms with complex workflows, billing, reporting, dashboards, and management systems.

Laravel SaaS Filament

Admin Dashboards

Develop powerful administration panels for managing users, workflows, reports, billing, and operational processes.

Filament Livewire Laravel

Third-Party Integrations

Integrate external services and APIs such as payment gateways, notifications, SMS, and other business services.

Stripe Tabby Tamara Firebase FCM SMS Masr

Real-Time Applications

Implement real-time communication and live updates using WebSockets and Laravel Reverb.

Laravel Reverb WebSockets Real-time

Database & Performance Optimization

Design relational database structures, optimize queries, implement caching, and improve application performance.

MySQL SQL Caching Query Optimization

Existing Laravel Application Improvements

Help improve existing Laravel applications through debugging, optimization, new features, integrations, and backend improvements.

Laravel Debugging Optimization

03 / SELECTED WORK

Selected Work

Real-world systems built across healthcare, SaaS, marketplaces, real estate, transportation, and government services.

Food Wholesale & Distribution

Maged Habib

Wholesale platform for food distribution, with catalog, invoicing, cart, and wallet workflows.

Backend Developer

PHP Laravel MySQL REST APIs

Car Rental Platform

Alrehab

Car rental platform for Alrehab in Saudi Arabia, covering a large vehicle fleet and booking workflows.

Backend Developer

PHP Laravel MySQL Tabby Tamara Caching

04 / SKILLS

Technical Skills

Backend

PHP Laravel Laravel Modules RESTful APIs GraphQL OOP MVC SOLID

Database

MySQL SQL Oracle PL/SQL Database Design Query Optimization

Laravel Ecosystem

Livewire Filament Laravel Reverb WebSockets

Integrations

Stripe Tabby Tamara Firebase FCM Third-party APIs

Performance

Caching Query Optimization Image Processing Scalable Backend Architecture

Tools

Git GitHub GitLab Docker CI/CD Apache Jira Slack

Operating Systems

Linux Windows

05 / ACHIEVEMENTS

Certificates of Achievement

Course certificates from Cloud Native Base Camp.

Node.js From Scratch certificate

Node.js From Scratch

Cloud Native Base Camp

Completed with Ahmed Metwally

Data Structures Decode certificate

Data Structures Decode

Cloud Native Base Camp

Completed with Ahmed Metwally

Algorithms Analysis and Design from scratch certificate

Algorithms Analysis and Design from scratch

Cloud Native Base Camp

Completed with Ahmed Metwally

06 / EXPERIENCE

Experience

  1. HUDHUD Information Technology

    Backend Developer

    11/2025 โ€“ Present

    Healthcare ERP Platform

    HUDHUD Healthcare ERP
    Details
    • Modular Laravel backend development
    • RESTful APIs
    • Real-time features
    • Database optimization
    • Authentication & authorization
    • RBAC
    • Collaboration
    • Debugging
    • Testing
    • Code reviews
    • Maintenance
  2. Codumatic

    Backend Developer

    10/2024 โ€“ 10/2025

    Web applications, SaaS, marketplaces, and domain systems

    LendHands Alrehab Aqark-365 Hania Medical
    Details
    • Web applications
    • SaaS platforms
    • Business management systems
    • Marketplace systems
    • Healthcare systems
    • Real estate
    • Transportation
  3. MCWW

    PHP Developer

    Date to be confirmed

    Government services and SaaS billing

    Digital Customer Portal Industrial Wastewater SaaS Platform
    Details
    • Customer-facing digital services
    • SaaS billing workflows
    • Backend architecture
    • Database optimization
  4. Freelance

    Backend Developer

    โ€”

    AI-powered healthcare

    Al-Hakim โ€” AI-Powered Healthcare Platform
    Details
    • Laravel APIs
    • Appointment and queue workflows
    • AI and notification integrations

07 / APPROACH

How I Approach Backend Development

01

Understand the Business

Start with requirements and business workflows before writing code.

02

Build for Maintainability

Use clean structure, OOP, MVC, SOLID principles and clear separation of responsibilities.

03

Design for Performance

Optimize database queries, use caching where appropriate, and avoid unnecessary operations.

04

Secure by Default

Implement authentication, authorization, RBAC and proper API security.

05

Integrate Carefully

Design reliable integrations with external APIs, payment gateways, notifications and real-time services.

08 / CONTACT

Let's Build Something Useful

Have a project, an existing Laravel application, or a backend problem that needs solving?