Salma Youssef

Backend Engineer building Fintech APIs and data systems with Java Spring Boot and GCP. Comfortable across the full lifecycle environments; production support, UAT, and local testing. working hands-on with front-end, DevOps, business, and app support teams.

Background in AI/ML brings a data-driven edge to performance decisions.

Software Engineer at Egabi FSI (2025-10 – Present)

• Designed and maintained RESTful APIs for consumer and micro-finance core systems across PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, HeidiSQL, and MyBatis.
• Resolved production tickets, ran UAT and local testing, and worked with business and app support teams to triage and fix issues.
• Built and tested new enterprise app screens end-to-end, collaborating with front-end and DevOps teams on deployment and integration.
• Optimized database queries, cutting response times and memory footprint on critical financial transactions.
• Engineered a multi-threaded bulk SMS integration for Airtel Sudan, handling high-volume data streams through API Gateways.
• Refactored legacy persistence layers with DTO/DAO patterns, migrating Native SQL to JPQL/JPA.

Java Backend Intern at Link Development (2025-06 – 2025-08)

• Developed backend modules for a real-world financial e-commerce platform using Java 17 and Spring Boot.
• Wrote unit and integration tests with JUnit and Mockito.
• Joined daily sprints and code reviews under Tech Lead mentorship, following clean code practices.

Associate Cloud Engineer Intern at Google Cloud Get Certified Program (2024-10 – 2025-02)

• Trained in deploying and managing scalable cloud solutions using GCP. Gained hands-on experience in IAM, Compute Engine, VPCs, Cloud Storage, and CI/CD fundamentals.

B.Sc. in Computer Science – Ain Shams University (2019 – 2024)