Ashraf Samir Ahmed Youssef
Riyadh
Summary
Organized Team Leader builds positive rapport, inspire trust and guide teams toward achievement of organizational goals. Strong facilitator adept at working cross-departmentally with co-management and top-level leadership. Excellent trainer and mentor.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Integration Team Leader
National Housing Services Company (NHC Innovation)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
01.2025 - Current
- Directed cross-functional teams to streamline project workflows and enhance operational efficiency.
- Mentored junior staff, fostering professional development and improving team performance.
- Implemented process improvements that increased project delivery speed and reduced errors.
- Coordinated resource allocation to optimize task completion and maintain budget adherence.
Integration Team Leader
CCC by STC, D4DS & NGC (Outsourced-MOMAH)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
06.2021 - 12.2024
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs and devise integration strategies that align with organizational goals and IT infrastructure.
- Evaluate existing software systems, databases, and applications to identify integration requirements, data mapping, and potential challenges.
- Create integration architectures, selecting appropriate integration patterns, tools, middleware, APIs, and protocols based on the specific needs of the systems being integrated.
- Develop custom APIs, and connectors, or adapt existing APIs to facilitate smooth communication between different software components.
- Diagnose and resolve technical issues related to integration failures, performance bottlenecks, and data synchronization problems.
- Monitor the performance of integrated systems, identifying and addressing any anomalies or degradation in performance to maintain optimal functionality.
- Outsourced to the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs in Saudi Arabia for full engagement in the integration team.
Integration Team Leader
Tamkeen Technologies (Outsourced-HRSD)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
05.2019 - 05.2021
- Design, develop and implement applications that support day-to-day operations.
- Design, develop and implement new integration.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers.
- Outsourced to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in Saudi Arabia for on-site support and development of existing Intranet and public E-Services, as well to develop new solutions and services.
Senior Software Engineer
ITWORX (Outsourced-HRSD)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
06.2013 - 04.2019
- Determine design strategies and methods for developed modules.
- Responsible for activities like coding using software building tools, unit testing, integration with other software modules, root cause analysis, debugging code, bug fixing, and process measurements.
- Supports and develops software engineers by providing advice, coaching and educational opportunities.
- Outsourced to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development in Saudi Arabia for on-site support and development of existing Intranet and public E-Services, as well to develop new solutions and services.
Software Engineer
ITWORX
Cairo, Egypt
06.2012 - 05.2013
- Maintain and manage existing source bases.
- Coordinate with architects and business analysts to determine functionalities.
- Create software design documents and user documentation.
- Design, develop, and implement solutions to users’ needs and requirements.
Junior .Net Developer
Victory Link
Cairo, Egypt
09.2011 - 05.2012
- Developed and maintained scalable .NET applications to enhance system performance.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define software requirements and specifications.
- Implemented best practices in coding standards, resulting in improved code quality and maintainability.
- Analyzed, evaluated and developed new web and database applications.
Junior .Net Developer
Fekrasoft Co.
Cairo, Egypt
01.2009 - 09.2011
- Working closely with upper management.
- Involved in developing Content Management System (CMS) for 'National Center for Social & Criminological Research'.
- Making presentations to customers.
- Assisting in the development, implementation of technology-based business solutions to improve our clients delivery approach.
- Involved in developing various systems, for example, Events Management System for 'Arabic Water Council' in Egypt.
Education
Bachelor of Computer Science - Information Systems
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt01-2009
Skills
- Leadership and People management
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Team motivation, supervision, and leadership
- Software Design & Architecture
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Employee training
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Quality improvement
- Idea development and brainstorming
Accomplishments
- Acted as a technical authority and advisor in integration and data architecture, contributing to strategic decisions, technology selection, and long-term digital roadmaps.
- Architected and delivered enterprise-grade integration platforms (API-led, event-driven, and microservices-based) aligned with Saudi Vision 2030, enabling scalable, secure, reusable digital services across government ecosystems, and supporting AI use cases.
- Designed high-performance API architectures using API gateways (e.g., Apigee), implementing policies for security, throttling, caching, and observability, resulting in improved latency, resilience, and governance.
- Drove cloud-ready and modern architecture adoption (containerization readiness, Kubernetes-aligned patterns, scalable infrastructure), enabling future migration to cloud platforms such as GCP.
- Ensured high availability and reliability of mission-critical systems by implementing robust error handling, retry mechanisms, and observability (logging, monitoring, alerting).
Certification
- Design Patterns course, Issued by ExpertWave Egypt, October 2012.
- Fundamental Microservice Technology Training, Issued by Arcitura Education, May 2025.
Languages
Arabic - Advanced
Native or Bilingual
English - Advanced
Full Professional
Timeline
Integration Team Leader
National Housing Services Company (NHC Innovation)
01.2025 - Current
Integration Team Leader
CCC by STC, D4DS & NGC (Outsourced-MOMAH)
06.2021 - 12.2024
Integration Team Leader
Tamkeen Technologies (Outsourced-HRSD)
05.2019 - 05.2021
Senior Software Engineer
ITWORX (Outsourced-HRSD)
06.2013 - 04.2019
Software Engineer
ITWORX
06.2012 - 05.2013
Junior .Net Developer
Victory Link
09.2011 - 05.2012
Junior .Net Developer
Fekrasoft Co.
01.2009 - 09.2011
Bachelor of Computer Science - Information Systems
Ain Shams University