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GHADY
ZIADEH

// SOFTWARE ENGINEER //

Crafting scalable microservices & event-driven systems with Java, Spring Boot & Kafka. Based in Manchester, UK. Currently building billing solutions at Allstate.

JAVA MASTERY

82 / 100

SPRING BOOT

73 / 100

MICROSERVICES

70 / 100

KAFKA / EVENT-DRIVEN

65 / 100

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EXPERIENCE

ALLSTATE · BELFAST, UK

Software Engineer

SEP 2024 – PRESENT

Engineered scalable RESTful API endpoints using Java 17 & Spring Boot to manage complex payment method changes and cost center logic.
Designed Ruby & Perl automation scripts for production support, leveraging AI-assisted tools (Copilot) to eliminate repetitive manual tasks.
Integrated Drools (DRT templates & CSV mapping) for dynamic business rule automation — decoupling logic from core code.
Architected event-driven workflows using Apache Kafka for asynchronous payment processing across distributed systems.
Optimized database performance with Flyway-managed schema evolution & indexing strategies on high-traffic tables.
Orchestrated CI/CD pipelines via Jenkins & Groovy; monitored production health with Datadog.
Maintained >85% code coverage via TDD practices, reducing regression bugs during active sprints.

PROJECTS

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BILLING ENGINE API

Scalable RESTful billing microservice handling payment method changes, cost center logic, and state machine transitions for enterprise insurance workflows.

JAVA SPRING BOOT 3 KAFKA SQL

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DROOLS::RULE

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LIVE

DROOLS RULES ENGINE

Dynamic business decision automation using Drools DRT templates and CSV mapping. Decouples business rules from core application code for zero-deploy updates.

JAVA DROOLS CSV MAPPING

⚠ PRIVATE REPO

MSC::THESIS

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DISTINCTION

MSC PROJECT: GAMIFY MOBILE APP

Software Engineering research project completed with Distinction at Cardiff University. Gamify data collection, by creating a mobile app that rewards users for going to specific locations.

NodeJs REACT NATIVE MICROSERVICES

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SKILLS & ARSENAL

⚔ LANGUAGES

Java 17/21 Python SQL JavaScript ES6+ Ruby Perl

🛡 FRAMEWORKS

Spring Boot 3 Spring Cloud Hibernate React.js JUnit Mockito Drools

⚡ INFRASTRUCTURE

Apache Kafka Docker Kubernetes Jenkins AWS S3 Flyway Datadog Git

🎮 METHODOLOGIES

Microservices RESTful APIs TDD Agile/Scrum CI/CD Event-Driven

EDUCATION

MSC · SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Cardiff University

Cardiff, UK · Sep 2022 – Jan 2024

🏆 DISTINCTION

BSC · COMPUTER ENGINEERING

University of Balamand

Koura, Lebanon · Sep 2018 – Dec 2021

CONTACT

Open to new opportunities, collaborations, and interesting conversations. Ping me anytime.

✉ ghadyzia@gmail.com EMAIL 📱 +44 7765 809340 PHONE 🔗 linkedin.com/in/ghadyzia LINKEDIN 📍 Manchester, UK LOCATION

ghady@dev ~ terminal

$ whoami

ghady_ziadeh :: software_engineer

$ cat skills.txt

Java · Spring · Kafka · Docker · AWS

$ echo $STATUS

OPEN TO OPPORTUNITIES ✓

$ ping ghady --message