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Open to full-stack & Odoo work / Damascus, Syria / Remote

Mhd Alaa Mrad Full-stack developer
PHP · Python · Laravel · Odoo

I build the software behind bookings, payments and inventory — reservation platforms, ERP modules and e-commerce backends. Nine of them are running in production right now, across car rental, retail, healthcare and education.

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Portrait of Mhd Alaa Mrad
Mhd Alaa Mrad Damascus · UTC+3
Building since2020
Live systems9
Industries5
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Production registry

Nine platforms · Two engagements
Rental group — VIP, Faster & Zin · 2023 → now
vipcarrental.ae Reservation & rental management Odoo ERP · Python · MySQL Live fastercars.ae Fleet operations & booking flow PHP · MySQL · Odoo Live luxurycarrental.ae Rental platform & CRM modules Python · PHP · Odoo Live chauffeurservicedubai.ae Chauffeur booking & dispatch PHP · MySQL · API integrations Live zencarrental.ae Reservations & accounting sync Odoo ERP · Python Live
Freelance — independent clients · 2020 → now
laurusaroma.com Cosmetics e-commerce store Laravel · Stripe · Eloquent ORM Live medica.sy Medical services portal Laravel · MySQL · Admin dashboard Live turbocode.io Software studio platform Laravel · Vue.js Live coursy.sy Bilingual course discovery & enrolment Laravel · Arabic / English Live
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Selected work

What each system actually does
Rental group · in-house2023 → now

Five car-rental platforms on one operations backbone

Reservation and rental management systems for VIP, Faster and Zin, built in Python, PHP and MySQL and wired into Odoo ERP so fleet, accounting and CRM share one source of truth. Third-party APIs and automated workflows connect the custom systems to the Odoo modules, and rigorous QA with Jira and Trello keeps downtime low.

30%less manual effort after the Odoo process rebuild
vipcarrental.ae fastercars.ae luxurycarrental.ae chauffeurservicedubai.ae zencarrental.ae
Odoo ERPPythonPHPMySQLAPI integrationQA
Laurus Aroma · e-commerceFreelance

Cosmetics store with Stripe checkout

A Laravel MVC storefront covering product listings, cart management, user authentication and payments. Query load handled through Eloquent ORM, with Git-based deployment.

laurusaroma.com
LaravelStripeEloquentBootstrap
Medica Syria · healthcareFreelance

Medical services portal

Patients search and book services; administrators run the platform from a dedicated dashboard. Secure payments, authentication and advanced search, with UI/UX handled end to end through deployment.

medica.sy
LaravelMySQLAuthUI/UX
Coursy · educationFreelance

Bilingual course marketplace

Learners across Syria discover and enrol in courses from verified institutes. Built Arabic-first and English-second, so both language directions are first-class rather than a translation layer.

coursy.sy
LaravelRTL / LTRSearch
Turbo Code · software studioFreelance

Platform for an engineering studio

The public platform for a studio that delivers custom applications, resilient systems and cloud infrastructure — the shop window for the work and the way clients start a project.

turbocode.io
LaravelVue.jsGit
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The stack, top to bottom

Where I spend the most time: the middle two
InterfaceWhat users touch
AngularVue.jsBootstrapUI/UX
ServerBusiness logic
PHPLaravel (MVC)PythonDjangoJavaREST APIs
DataStorage & queries
MySQLSQLNoSQLEloquent ORMDatabase optimisation
OperationsAcross every layer
Odoo ERPStripeAPI integrationGitQA & testingJiraTrello

Strongest on the server and data layers — request handling, schema design and query performance — with enough front-end range to ship a feature on my own from database to screen.

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Experience

Two roles, running in parallel
2023 → presentVIP, Faster & Zin
rent-a-car companies

System developer & quality assurance

Reservation systems, Odoo ERP, QA
  • Built and maintained the reservation and rental management systems behind five rental platforms, in Python, PHP, MySQL and Odoo ERP.
  • Rebuilt fleet management, accounting and CRM processes on Odoo — cutting manual effort by 30% and improving data accuracy across departments.
  • Integrated third-party APIs and automated workflows so customer-service processes run the same way in the custom systems and the Odoo modules.
  • Ran QA end to end: test passes, bug tracking in Jira and Trello, and fixes that measurably reduced downtime.
2020 → presentFreelance
independent clients

Senior full-stack developer

E-commerce, healthcare, education, software services
  • Delivered four client platforms end to end — architecture, database, backend, interface and deployment.
  • Implemented secure payment gateways with Stripe and authentication flows across every project.
  • Worked in Laravel with Bootstrap, Angular and Vue.js on the front end, optimising performance through Eloquent ORM.
  • Collaborated through Git, with testing and live deployment handled directly with each client.
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Study

Overlapping on purpose · Dashed = in progress
BSc Mathematical StatisticsDamascus University · 2018 → present
BSc Information Technology Engineering — Artificial IntelligenceSyrian Virtual University · 2019 → 2025
MSc Web ScienceSyrian Virtual University · 2026 → 2028

Statistics and AI alongside six years of production work — which is why the systems I build tend to be judged on measured behaviour rather than on how they look in a demo.