Senior Software Engineer & Technical Lead

Ammar
Sammour

I architect enterprise platforms across regulated industries: civic-tech reaching all three branches of US government, multi-tenant systems for competing clients, and the UK's first displaced-talent integration platform, reviewed by the UK Home Office.

London, UK7+ yrs experience
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Ammar Sammour
ammar.sammour/ London · est. 2023
Founding Engineer, American VoxPop/UK Home Office advisor/Speaker · Geneva · London · Lisbon/UK's first displaced-talent platform
Congress.gov/CourtListener/BillTrack50/Federal Register/Democracy Works/Cicero/OpenFEC/FiscalNote/Zoho/Salesforce/Apollo/Close CRM/ShipStation/FedEx API/Google Chat/SendGrid/Twilio/RingCentral/Builder.io/React Native/Expo/AWS/GCP/Terraform/Congress.gov/CourtListener/BillTrack50/Federal Register/Democracy Works/Cicero/OpenFEC/FiscalNote/Zoho/Salesforce/Apollo/Close CRM/ShipStation/FedEx API/Google Chat/SendGrid/Twilio/RingCentral/Builder.io/React Native/Expo/AWS/GCP/Terraform/
01 / Selected Work

Systems I've architected

Enterprise platforms, first-of-kind integrations, and self-initiated products, built across regulated industries.

01

American VoxPop

Founding Engineer & Technical Lead · Apr 2025 - Present

Civic engagement platform giving citizens access to all three branches of US government. Argued for and built owned data infrastructure end-to-end rather than reselling a third-party feed.

490+Endpoints
101Tables
800+Components
8Data Sources
  • Launched at americanvoxpop.com on 11 Mar 2026
  • 935 weekly active users in 8 weeks, no paid marketing
  • AWS ECS Fargate/RDS/ElastiCache/S3 via Terraform; 2,598 CI/CD runs
  • Designed & built the Patriot Pay civic engagement engine
Next.jsNestJS 10PostgreSQLAWSTerraformBullMQ
02

Regen Therapy B2B Platform

Lead / Sole Developer · Sep 2025 - Present

Multi-tenant API middleware letting a regenerative-medicine distributor sell through wholesale clients who are direct competitors, without ever exposing one client's data to another.

110+Endpoints
5Systems
0Incidents
3 moBuild
  • Dual-layer tenant isolation: cross-tenant leakage architecturally impossible
  • Saga orchestration with automatic rollback across 5 external systems
  • Zero data-security incidents since launch
  • Complete platform delivered solo in 3 months
NestJSPostgreSQLGCP Cloud RunZohoShipStation
03

Dymapak Enterprise Integrations

Lead Contract / Sole Developer · Mar 2025 - Present

Four enterprise integration systems automating shipping, sales, support, and production for a US packaging manufacturer.

30+/wkHours Saved
13New Markets
120xFaster
4Systems
  • SalesIQ-Google Chat: first known integration, 70% faster responses
  • FedEx: 95% time reduction, automated customs, zero rejected shipments
  • Apollo-Close CRM: 4-5 hrs/day saved, 157 duplicates resolved
  • Factory import: 6 hours → 3 minutes (120x faster)
Node.jsZohoGoogle Chat APIFedEx APIOAuth 2.0
04

DAR Platform

Founding Engineer · Jan 2025 - Present

SWANA diaspora discovery platform (findyourdar.xyz). Re-architected a non-functional prototype into a production web app and admin dashboard the non-technical founders run themselves.

90+Lighthouse
22Tables
AR/EN RTLSearch
0Outages
  • Turborepo monorepo: shared tRPC, Prisma, UI & XState packages
  • Builder.io headless CMS for non-technical founder independence
  • Multilingual Arabic/English fuzzy search with RTL handling
  • Lighthouse 90+ across all categories; stable since launch
Next.jstRPCPrismaXStateBuilder.ioVercel
05Voluntary

Displaced Talent Integration Hub

Founder & Developer · 2024 - Present

The UK's first centralised platform for displaced-talent integration (dtintegrationhub.com). Reviewed by the UK Home Office and supported via an Integration Grant to TBB.

500+Users
280Active Users
8Categories
£0/moInfra Cost
  • Reviewed by the UK Home Office; live since Dec 2023
  • Searchable resources across 8 integration categories
  • 75% load-time reduction via code-splitting
  • Serverless architecture at £0/month infrastructure cost
Next.jsReactTypeScriptFirebase
06Voluntary

Residay

Founder & Developer · 2025 - Present

Visa-compliance tracking platform for immigrants and visa holders (residay.app), live on the Apple App Store. Counts absence days so a single miscount never costs years of residency progress.

iOS liveApp Store
3Apps
4+Visa Types
0 depsCalc Engine
  • Published on the Apple App Store; Android in public beta
  • Compliance engine runs on server, browser & mobile offline
  • AI document scanning and what-if trip simulator
  • UK ILR, Schengen 90/180 & Global Talent; free for refugees
NestJSNext.jsReact Native / ExpoTurborepo
02 / By the Numbers

Impact, not vanity metrics

01
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API endpoints

across 60 modules and 101 tables powering American VoxPop

02
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government data sources

integrated across all three branches of US government

03
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hours/week eliminated

of manual work across Dymapak’s operations

04
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cross-tenant incidents

data leakage made architecturally impossible for competing clients

05
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UK displaced talents

supported via the UK’s first integration platform, Home Office reviewed

06
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international stages

Geneva, London & Lisbon, speaking 2023 to 2025

03 / Experience

A track record of ownership

Senior Software Engineer & Technical Lead

Apr 2023 - Present

Alsaab Ltd · London, UK

Leading technical delivery for enterprise clients, making all architectural decisions and building systems from scratch.

  • American VoxPop: architected the platform with 490+ API endpoints, 101 tables, and 8 government data sources across all 3 branches
  • Regen Therapy: built a multi-tenant B2B platform solo in 3 months; cross-tenant data leakage made architecturally impossible
  • Dymapak: four enterprise integrations eliminating 30+ hours of manual work per week; opened 13 new markets
  • DAR Platform: re-architected a prototype into a production app with Lighthouse 90+ across all categories

Coding Trainer → Senior Trainer & Software Engineer

Nov 2019 - Early 2025

Re:Coded · Remote

Direct employment Nov 2019 to Mar 2023; continued via Alsaab Ltd through early 2025. Led digital transformation while training the next generation of engineers.

  • Built an automated learning platform serving 50,000+ students and 3,000 alumni across 15 countries
  • Salesforce integration eliminating 40+ hours of weekly manual work
  • Mentored 200+ students to employment; 85% graduate employment rate
  • 92% retention rate across frontend/backend bootcamps

Voluntary Initiatives

2024 - Present

DT Integration Hub · Residay · UK

Self-initiated digital products built outside employment, serving communities Ammar belongs to.

  • Displaced Talent Integration Hub: the UK's first centralised integration platform, reviewed by the UK Home Office
  • Residay: visa-compliance tracker live on the Apple App Store, free for refugees and displaced people
  • Giving back as a TBB alumnus who successfully integrated into the UK
04 / The Stack

Tools of the trade

Languages & Frameworks

TypeScriptJavaScript (ES6+)React 19Next.js 15Node.jsNestJS 10Python

Backend & Data

PostgreSQLMongoDBRedisFirebasePrisma ORMREST APIstRPCWebSocketsBull Queues

Cloud & DevOps

AWS (ECS Fargate, RDS, ElastiCache, S3)GCP (Cloud Run, Cloud SQL)DockerVercelRailwayTerraformGitHub ActionsCI/CD

Architecture

Multi-tenant SystemsEvent-DrivenSaga OrchestrationServerlessCI/CD PipelinesInfrastructure as CodeRESTful APIsWebSockets

Security & Auth

OAuth 2.0JWTCSRF ProtectionRate LimitingEncryptionAES-256TLS/SSLPCI Compliance

Integration & APIs

Government APIsPayment GatewaysCRM IntegrationWebhooksReal-time SyncThird-party APIsAPI DesignOpenAPI/Swagger
05 / Speaking & Recognition

On stages, and in the room where policy is made

UN Conference

UNHCR CRCP 2025

Speaker

The fundamental building blocks of skills-based pathways: effectively engaging the private sector

25 Jun 2025Geneva, Switzerland
Tech Conference

London Tech Week 2024

Panellist

Tech Jobs: Empowering Refugees Beyond Displacement. Moderated by Mike Butcher MBE (TechCrunch); 45,000+ attendees

12 Jun 2024London, UK
UN Forum

UN Global Refugee Forum 2023

Speaker

Unlocking Potential: Spotlight on Refugee Labour Mobility. Alongside the IOM Director General & Canada's Immigration Minister; 4,000+ delegates

Dec 2023Geneva, Switzerland
Tech Conference

Web Summit 2023

TBB Ambassador

EU-funded Displaced Talents for Europe (DT4E). Invited by IOM; 70,000+ attendees

Nov 2023Lisbon, Portugal

Advisory & Policy

UK Home Office

Refugee Labour Mobility Pathways Advisor

Community-led Sponsorship Roundtable (2 Marsham St, Apr 2025) and the UK delegation to CRCP Geneva (Jun 2024).

Global Task Force on Labour Mobility

Founding Member, Refugee Advisory Committee

Contributing to global policy on refugee labour mobility.

Talent Beyond Boundaries UK

Inaugural Alumni Advisory Committee

Supporting UK displaced-talent integration as a successful alumnus.

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National Karate Champion / 12 yrs competing · 2009 World Championship

06 / Contact

Let's build something

Whether you need a technical lead, help with a hard integration, or want to discuss a speaking opportunity, I read every message.

Emailammar.n.sammour@gmail.comPhone+44 7833 063568
LocationLondon, United Kingdom