Jalal

Jalal Maqdisi


Software Consultant & Solutions Architect

Delivering Secure, Scalable, High-Performance Solutions

I help organisations design, build and scale modern software systems. I lead high-performance agile teams to deliver cloud-native, component-based solutions that prioritise security, data integrity and performance.

End-to-end software services: architecture, implementation, automated testing, CI/CD and deployment to private & public cloud infrastructure.

  • Architecture & Solution Design — cloud-native, component-driven
  • Team Leadership — building & coaching high-performance agile teams
  • Cloud Migration & Operations — private & public cloud strategy and deployment
  • CI/CD & Automation — pipelines, testing & release automation
  • Security & Data Integrity — secure-by-design systems and compliance-aware patterns
  • Performance & Scalability — profiling, optimisation & resilient design

Work with me See selected projects

Frontend & UI

Frontend engineering focused on React and TypeScript with production-ready testing.

  • React (Hooks), TypeScript, Redux-Saga
  • Styled-components, Material UI, Bootstrap
  • Jest, Cypress (testing)

Backend & JVM

Server-side systems, APIs and JVM services.

  • Node.js, Express
  • Kotlin, Java, Spring
  • TDD, IntelliJ, Gradle, Maven

Databases & Data

Data modelling, relational and document stores.

  • Postgres, MySQL, SQLite
  • MongoDB

Cloud & DevOps

Infrastructure, deployment and operations across cloud and private hosts.

  • AWS, Azure, GCP, Linode, DigitalOcean
  • Docker, container-based deployments
  • Jenkins / Bamboo, Azure DevOps, Travis CI

Languages & Paradigms

Polyglot experience; pragmatic functional and multi-paradigm programming.

  • JavaScript, TypeScript, Kotlin, Python
  • Functional: Erlang, Racket (experience)

Project & Collaboration

Delivery practices and team tools.

  • Agile, Kanban, Jira, Trello, Slack

Legacy / Past

Past PHP experience (Symfony2, Behat) — listed for legacy context.

Trusted by Global Brands

I’ve delivered solutions for enterprises across finance, healthcare, consumer tech, and digital services.

“Jalal is a very pro-active, solution focused Software Engineer. A good listener, he will take on board the initial brief, enhance it, and always deliver the best solution — going the extra mile to make it work for the company and the end client.”

Former Client CEO