Eslam Allam

Backend software engineer with 2+ years of experience designing and operating high-performance microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and cloud infrastructure. Experienced in distributed systems, search technologies, and large-scale data pipelines. Strong background in performance optimization, scalable architectures, and production infrastructure.

Electrical & Computer Engineering Lab Demonstrator at American University of Bahrain (2024-10 – Present)

Designed and delivered hands-on labs covering microprocessors, FPGA systems, networking, and data analytics. Developed course materials and projects to support applied engineering education. Built and maintained websites for international engineering conferences.

• Designed and delivered hands-on labs covering microprocessors, FPGA systems, networking, and data analytics
• Developed course materials and projects to support applied engineering education
• Built and maintained websites for international engineering conferences

Senior Backend Developer at Arabic Digital Research Institute (2024-02 – 2024-10)

Led backend optimization and architectural improvements for microservices infrastructure.

• Reduced infrastructure storage costs by 26% by designing and deploying a proprietary object-storage microservice replacing AWS S3
• Led backend refactoring efforts across multiple microservices, reducing overall resource consumption by 30%
• Designed and implemented a semantic search microservice, improving search precision by 20% and recall by 9%
• Collaborated with stakeholders to translate product requirements into scalable backend architecture

Java Backend Developer at Arabic Digital Research Institute (2023-01 – 2024-02)

Developed high-performance RESTful APIs and distributed systems solutions for research data indexing.

• Developed high-performance RESTful APIs using Spring Boot, improving system response times by 22.5%
• Designed a new search algorithm improving precision by 26.5% and recall by 8.5%
• Implemented a centralized microservice controller improving reliability and simplifying monitoring for AI services
• Built distributed scraping pipelines that collected 5.5M+ open-access research articles for indexing
• Managed production deployments across 35+ servers using Jenkins pipelines and AWS infrastructure

Trainee Java Developer at Arabic Digital Research Institute (2022-08 – 2023-01)

Developed REST APIs and optimized database schemas for internal microservices.

• Developed REST APIs using Java Spring Boot for internal microservices
• Optimized relational and NoSQL schemas to improve data consistency and reduce redundancy

Master of Technology in Cyber Security – University of Bahrain (2026)

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Engineering – University of Bahrain (2017 – 2022)