Nehad

A curious software engineer

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Who am I

Software engineer building core trading infrastructure with a focus on resilience, correctness, and performance. Experience in market making across regulated and crypto markets. Strong C++ and Rust background in mission-critical systems.

Experience

Core Trading Software Engineer

@Blocktech
Sep 2025PresentAmsterdam, Netherlands
  • Building core trading systems handling real-time positions, trades, internal transfers, hedging, and gamma drip across multiple exchanges.
  • Designing resilient infrastructure for instrument management and exchange connectivity.
  • Integrating AI/LLM tooling into trading workflows and internal systems.
RustC++PythonPostgreSQLRedisKafka

C++ Software Engineer

@Optiver
Sep 2024Sep 2025Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Developed automated trading risk controls to mitigate market exposure in real-time.
  • Built and optimized core C++ systems processing millions of trades per second with global position tracking.
C++PythonPostgreSQLKafka

Fullstack Software Engineer

@Otani Trading FZCO
Sep 2023Jul 2024Dubai, UAE
  • Worked on providing logistic solutions for international trading.
  • Connecting merchants, vendors, and freight forwarders.
PythonVueFastAPIPostgreSQLAWS

Part-time Session Lead

@Udacity
Sep 2022Nov 2023Remote
  • Facilitated group discussions and provided support to help 8000+ Udacity students achieve their learning goals while experiencing modern IT and AI concepts.
TeachingAIIT

Founder, Software Engineer

@Red - Blood Donation App
Apr 2019Jun 2022Egypt
  • Founded Red, a technology platform designed to aid patients in need of blood in locating active donors in their vicinity.
  • Scaled the app to serve +15,000 users across 25 countries. Helped to save +1,000 lives.
  • Secured seed investment based on a valuation of 1.4M EGP.
FlutterFirebaseGoogle CloudFCM

Software Intern

@Egyptian Space Agency
Jul 2021Sep 2021Cairo, Egypt
  • Worked on a project predicting the behavior of the Egysat1 satellite using multiple machine learning models, achieving 96% accuracy.
  • Researched solar behavior and intercept satellite telemetry to predict solar catastrophes up to 96 hours before occurrence.
PythonKerasTensorFlowPyTorch

Projects

Give me a market

Market Making Simulation

Built a matching engine and trading simulation where players quote markets and compete on PnL. Features options pricing visualization and real-time order management.

Bee A Dev

Learn programming with the bee

An AI agent that guides you through problem understanding and walks you through solutions.

LeeRule

Leetcode for AI agents

Practice writing rules to AI agents to get the job done with the least possible overhead.

Joynme

Life's better joyned

An app that lets you share real experiences with people around you.

MicroDeep

Award Winning Graduation Project

Automated TB bacterial cell diagnosis via Embedded Deep Learning.

Changdle

Annoying Wordle clone

A wordle-like game that changes the secret word after a wrong guess.

Awards

🏆2019

First Place - Nawah Innovation Egypt

Winner of First Place in Nawah, one of the biggest competitions for entrepreneurship and innovation in Egypt. Funded with 100,000 EGP.

🏆2022

First Place - Abu Dhabi University Research Competition

Winner of First Place for the Best Graduation Project in the Middle East in biomedical field, presented by Abu Dhabi University for undergraduate research competition.

Get in Touch

I'm always open to discussing trading systems, product development, or new opportunities.