Fouad Rabah
Software engineer building systems that run themselves.
About
I'm Fouad, a software engineer and founder. I designed and built the entire software platform behind VIPECOMUK LTD, a UK online-retail company, from catalogue automation and live pricing to order orchestration, risk scoring and financial reconciliation.
My background spans software engineering, network infrastructure and digital systems design; the common thread is patience, precision and consistency.
When I'm not coding, I'm usually training MMA or wrestling. I've learned that the discipline you build on the mat translates directly into focus and endurance at the keyboard.
Principles
- •Reliability over complexity
- •Systems that scale quietly
- •Discipline over motivation
- •Calm code, strong systems
Work Experience
Founder & Software Engineer
Feb 2024 - PresentVIPECOMUK LTD
UK online-retail company
- •Design, build and run the entire software platform: a distributed Elixir/Phoenix system covering catalogue, pricing, ordering, finance and risk
- •Live pricing with snapshot-versioned concurrency control, plus order-workflow orchestration with structured retries, failure classification and safe-halt conditions
- •Risk models that decide when the system shouldn't trust an order; OAuth token-lifecycle management, circuit breakers and automated financial reconciliation
Technical Support Intern
Jun 2021 - Apr 2022Exa Networks Ltd
Business-focused internet service provider
- •Deployed and configured network hardware across client installations nationwide
- •Delivered technical support for enterprise broadband solutions
- •Troubleshot complex networking issues, minimising downtime for business clients
Digital Assistant
Dec 2020 - Mar 2021Creative Thinking Media
Digital marketing agency
- •Maintained and optimised client websites
- •Ran PPC campaigns in Google Ads
- •Produced competitive analysis and marketing content
Education
BSc (Hons) Computer Science
2022 - 2025First Class Honours
Manchester Metropolitan University
- •100% in Operating Systems, 97% in Mobile Computing, 96% in Distributed Computing
- •Advanced work in databases, web development and systems architecture
- •Focused on concurrent programming, cloud systems and scalable infrastructure
T Level Digital Production, Design & Development
2020 - 2022Distinction
Shipley College
- •Specialised in digital production and design principles
- •Industry placement with hands-on project experience
- •UX/UI design and multimedia production
BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate in Computing
2019 - 2020Distinction
Leeds City College
- •Foundational computer science and programming
- •Mobile application development
- •Computer architecture and systems fundamentals
Projects
Adaptive Automation Platform
OngoingA long-term platform automating complex e-commerce workflows and fulfilment orchestration. Designed for reliability, observability and safe concurrency.
UK Telephony Gateway
2026Self-hosted gateway that keeps a UK number reachable from anywhere: direct cellular-modem control over AT commands, a Telegram call and SMS surface, WebRTC audio and remote eSIM management, run as supervised background services.
Repricer Engine
2025Live repricing service focused on profit stability under marketplace competition. Snapshot-versioned concurrency control keeps stale updates from overwriting fresher market state.
Event Processor
2024High-throughput email & event pipeline that turns noisy inputs into event-sourced projections for downstream systems.
Tooling & Ops
OngoingSmall but essential ops tools: monitoring dashboards, safe deploy workflows, and back-office reporting and reconciliation CLIs.