# Amer Hamdan

> Senior Full-Stack Engineer · Tech Lead · AI-Product Development. Based in Istanbul, Türkiye. Open to senior full-stack, tech lead, and AI-product roles — remote or Istanbul.

Senior full-stack engineer and team lead with ten years building and rebuilding production web platforms across news, recruitment, healthcare research, and SaaS. Leads small teams through legacy migrations — PHP to Laravel, WordPress to Next.js — and ships the result with measurable gains in performance, engagement, and delivery rate. Comfortable owning the whole path: data model, API, interface, cloud deployment, and the SEO and Core Web Vitals work that decides whether anyone finds the product at all.

## Contact
- Email: amer.m.hamdan@gmail.com
- Phone: +90 553 327 11 00
- Website: https://amerhamdan.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/amerhamdan3
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amerhamdan3/
- WhatsApp: https://wa.me/905533271100

## Currently
- Senior Full-Stack Developer / Team Lead, ID8 Media (2023 — Present) — Lead engineer across the agency's product portfolio — multi-client platforms, newsroom tooling, and large-scale hiring products.
- Web Lead & Site Administrator, Multifaith Alliance (2021 — Present) — Rebuilt and now maintain the public platform for a US non-profit working across the MENA region.
- Founder & CEO, Amenu (SaaS) (2020 — Present) — Menu-management SaaS for restaurants, designed, built, and operated solo.
- SEO & Technical Consultant, Freelance (2020 — Present) — Independent technical SEO and site-health consulting.

## Full CV
- [PDF](https://amerhamdan.com/Amer-Hamdan-CV.pdf): formatted CV for humans and applicant tracking systems
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- [Plain text](https://amerhamdan.com/Amer-Hamdan-CV.txt): unstyled text of the whole CV
- [HTML](https://amerhamdan.com/cv): the same CV as a web page

## Core skills
- Backend: Node.js, Express.js, Laravel (PHP), Strapi, RESTful API design, Authentication, Role & permission systems, Caching
- Frontend: TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, HTML5, CSS3, Responsive design, UI/UX, shadcn/ui, Material UI, REST API integration
- Data: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Prisma ORM, Schema design
- Cloud & DevOps: Google Cloud Run, Google Cloud Build, Docker, Linux server management, Nginx, CI/CD pipelines, Git, GitHub
- AI Integration: LLM API integration, AI-assisted product features, Workflow automation, AI-assisted development tooling
- Practice: Technical & on-page SEO, Core Web Vitals, Team leadership, Agile / Scrum, Accessible layouts, Jira, Trello, Slack

## Languages
- Arabic: Native
- English: Professional working proficiency
- Turkish: Advanced