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Ahmed Adnan Sherzad

Software Engineer based in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. I build software that holds up in production.

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About

I'm a passionate software engineer with experience building software for businesses. I enjoy working on the whole product, from understanding what a team needs to delivering a system people rely on every day, and I pay close attention to the details that shape the user experience.

That focus on understanding people also drives my work as a trainer in entrepreneurship, design thinking and business skills. I've trained hundreds of people through bootcamps and workshops, helping them develop their ideas and learn what it takes to start a business. In turn, training has shaped how I build software, helping me connect business needs with technical decisions and turn requirements into clear, well-built features.

Building software and teaching others have both taught me to learn quickly and keep growing, and together they point to where I'm heading: leading and mentoring engineering teams.

“Real artists ship.”

Steve Jobs
  • Koya University · Bachelor in Software Engineering2021 – 2025
Platforms contributed to
10
Commits authored
470+
Technologies
35

Stack

The tools I reach for, grouped by where they sit in the stack.

Languages
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Java
  • HTML
  • CSS
Frontend
  • React
  • Next.js
  • React Router
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Shadcn UI
  • MUI
  • Ant Design
  • Redux
  • React Hook Form
  • Zod
  • TanStack Table
Backend
  • Node.js
  • NestJS
  • Express
  • REST APIs
  • JWT
  • Passport.js
Data
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Drizzle ORM
  • TypeORM
  • Mongoose
DevOps & deployment
  • Docker
  • Docker Compose
  • GitHub Actions
  • Coolify
  • Vercel
  • DigitalOcean
Design
  • Figma
  • Canva
  • Wireframing
  • User flows
  • Usability testing

Experience

  1. Full-Stack Developer · KRD Holding

    May 2026 – Present · On-site

    Full-stack web applications for teams across the group.

    • Build and maintain apps with Next.js, NestJS and PostgreSQL.
    • Containerise services and automate deployments with GitHub Actions and Coolify.
    • Turn requirements from different departments into technical tasks.
    • Next.js
    • React
    • NestJS
    • PostgreSQL
    • Drizzle ORM
    • Docker

  2. Full-Stack Developer · Dekoras

    Sep 2025 – May 2026 · On-site

    A multi-tenant e-commerce platform with a full admin dashboard.

    • Built the storefront and admin in React, in four languages including right-to-left layouts.
    • Built the NestJS API: role-based permissions, OTP verification, S3 media and transactional email.
    • Designed the price-request lifecycle and a promo-code engine with targeting rules and usage caps.
    • React
    • TypeScript
    • NestJS
    • PostgreSQL
    • TypeORM
    • AWS S3

  3. Front-End Developer · Fastlink

    Jul – Sep 2024 · Jul – Sep 2025 · Hybrid

    Internal systems, across two stints.

    • Built the HR leave-request system in React and Tailwind CSS.
    • Maintained and extended the Fast SIM and WSC systems with React, TypeScript and MUI.
    • React
    • TypeScript
    • Tailwind CSS
    • MUI
    • React Hook Form
    • Zod

  4. Front-End Developer · Lezzoo

    Oct 2024 – Jan 2025 · Remote

    Worked on Lezzoo Medicine and the Lezzoo local marketplace.

    • Built features with Next.js, Ant Design and Redux in an Agile Scrum team.
    • Next.js
    • Ant Design
    • Redux
    • SASS

  5. Head of SoftSpace Tech Event · Soft Space

    Dec 2024 – Mar 2025

    Led and moderated a tech event held on 24 February 2025.

    • Built and mentored a team of junior members across planning, logistics and media.
    • Secured partners including Fastlink Telecom, Koya University and the University of Kurdistan Hawler.

  6. Programming Instructor · Coding Bootcamp for Kids

    Jan – Mar 2021

    Taught Scratch and ScratchJr to 11 children, in English and Kurdish.

General experience

  1. Co-founder & Coordinator · Soft Space

    Oct 2022 – Present

    Training, seminars and activities for software engineering students.

    • Teach design thinking, web development and mobile app development.

  2. Participant, Techlana Program · 51 Labs

    Dec 2024 – Sep 2025

    A startup programme: design thinking, user research and rapid prototyping.

  3. Trainer, Economic Empowerment for Women · WFP & Ministry of Agriculture

    Jan – Feb 2024

    A four-day training for 30 women, delivered in Kurdish.

  4. Trainer, Design Thinking & Entrepreneurship · The Station, EPU & TIU

    Jul – Aug 2023

    Three bootcamps for about 150 trainees, in English and Kurdish.

    • Prepared agendas and materials, ran sessions and collected pre- and post-training evaluations.

Projects

Selected work — each one opens a short case study.

Visit Kurdistan

Tourism platform · 2025

A travel platform for the Kurdistan Region — website, admin dashboard and mobile app, with an AI assistant and trip planner.

Leave Request System

Internal HR tool · 2024

Leave requests, approvals and balances for Nawroz Telecom — in one place instead of an email chain.

Dekoras

Construction materials platform · 2025

A building-materials supplier online — browse certified brands, request a price, and track the order through to delivery.

All 5 projects

Code

Pulled live from GitHub — what I've committed over the last year.

Commits
1,148
Pull requests
180
Projects contributed to
26
1,342 contributions in the last yearlessmore

Certifications

  • Techlana Program · 51 Labs2025
  • Frontend Development Internship · Fastlink Telecom2024
  • StepUp Program · OIC2024
  • Training Instructor in Programming · Future Citizen2024
  • Entrepreneurship & Design Thinking trainer · The Station2023
  • Regional Summit competitor · Hult Prize2022

Contact

Got something to build, or just want to compare notes? Either works.