Hey, I’m Ahmed Helaly — a backend engineer focused on Go, distributed systems, and reliable high-load services.
I build and operate production microservices, design service architecture, and work across product and platform boundaries. My recent work includes services handling up to 250K requests per second, reducing p99 latency from 50 ms to 5 ms, integrating government and banking APIs, and owning the architecture and delivery of a critical courier-service initiative.
Alongside product engineering, I have taught Software Architecture at Innopolis University and built open projects including a Raft key-value store, a Go microservice framework, and a serverless prayer-times bot. This site is where I turn those interests into practical engineering notes and tutorials.
I was born in Alexandria, Egypt, and work in an international environment in English, Arabic, and Russian. I earned a bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering from Kazan Federal University in 2024 and am completing a master’s degree in Software Engineering at Innopolis University.
You can view my current resume, or explore the article series on Production Go, Distributed Systems, Backend APIs, Data Systems, Reliable Platforms, and Architecture Practice.