Hi, I’m Hossam Fares

Senior Tech Lead & Software Engineering Expert

Passionate about building scalable software solutions and leading high-performance engineering teams. Expertise in full-stack development, system architecture, and agile methodologies.

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Experience at

Adyen
Zoover
VONQ
HelloPrint
Namshi

Engineering leadership, grounded in code.

I’ve led and mentored development teams through more than 50 projects across fintech, e-commerce and enterprise software, from monolith migrations to cloud-native platforms.

My approach pairs technical depth with strong leadership: clear architecture, self-organizing teams, and continuous learning.

Years of experience: 17+
Projects delivered: 50+
Engineers mentored: 25+
Technologies: 20+

What I do

Leadership & engineering management: Team management, technical leadership, Agile (Scrum & Kanban)
AI & automation: AI integration, LLMs, automation and process optimization
Backend development: Node.js, Python, PHP and service-oriented architecture
Cloud & DevOps: AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD
FinTech & payments: Payment systems, financial APIs, e-commerce

Where I’ve worked

All 10 projects

May 2023 - Present
Staff | Senior Payments Integration Engineer
Adyen
Leading fintech innovation and payments integration development at one of the world's largest payment processors, serving global giants like Facebook, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft.
PHPJavaScriptMagento 2Shopware 6+4
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Nov 2020 - Apr 2023
Backend Engineering Lead
Zoover
Led backend service architecture and team development at Zoover, focusing on scalable service implementation, technical vision, and team enablement using Google Cloud Platform.
Google Cloud PlatformApp EngineCloud RunPython+6
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Aug 2019 - Oct 2020
Senior Software Engineer
VONQ
Led Salesforce modernization and job marketing platform maintenance while building self-organizing Scrum teams using AWS, PHP, and modern development practices.
AWS ECSTerraformPHPMySQL+5
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What colleagues say

“Over the past 5 years, Hossam has established himself as one of the key figures in our tech team. As the company grew, his contributions did as well.”

Alessandro NadalinSenior Vice President of Technology, noon

“I got to know Hossam as an experienced engineer that is full of innovative ideas and eager to learn. Not only did he pitch several innovative ideas. Furthermore he executed several of them.”

Bart van de GardeCTO, VONQ

“Hossam works methodically and thoroughly researches his suggestions, always documenting his thought process and citing sources.”

Elwin KampCEO, Zoover & Vakanties.nl

Latest articles

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AIOct 17, 2026

Version Three: I Rebuilt My Site From My Phone

V1 took 3 days on Replit. V2 took an afternoon and 87 cents. V3 took two hours of my time, Claude Opus in the cloud driven from my phone, and I never read a single diff.

AgileOct 4, 2026

The Squirrel Burger Story: Where Agile's Weirdest Lesson Actually Comes From

The full story every Scrum trainer tells, scene by scene, plus its real origin in Ken Schwaber's blog and why a missing squirrel became software's best lesson about risk.