Backend Developer | Laravel & AI Integration

Omar Seyam

I build Laravel-backed SaaS platforms, REST APIs, AI-powered workflows, and reusable packages with a focus on clean architecture, maintainable code, and practical backend systems.

3 featured backend apps
2 open-source packages
86.21% IUG final grade
Portrait of Omar Seyam
Core stack
  • Laravel APIs
  • AI agents
  • Queues & caching
Focus Laravel, REST APIs, AI integration, queues, caching, and data-backed systems.

About Me

Backend work that stays close to product value.

Omar Seyam is a Backend Developer specializing in Laravel and PHP, with hands-on experience building REST APIs, SaaS platforms, AI-powered applications, and reusable Laravel packages.

His work spans MySQL, PostgreSQL, queues, jobs, scheduling, events, WebSockets, caching, embeddings, semantic search, and RAG-based solutions.

REST APIs AI workflows Reusable packages Production setup

Skills

Technical Expertise

Backend

  • PHP
  • Laravel
  • REST APIs
  • Eloquent ORM
  • Authentication
  • Authorization
  • Laravel Fortify
  • Laravel Sanctum

AI Integration

  • Laravel AI
  • LLM Integration
  • Conversational AI
  • Embeddings
  • Semantic Search
  • RAG
  • Structured AI outputs

Architecture

  • Queues
  • Jobs
  • Scheduling
  • Events
  • WebSockets
  • Caching
  • Observers
  • Reusable packages

Database

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • SQLite
  • SQL
  • Redis
  • Vector-backed search

Frontend

  • Blade Templates
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Vite
  • JavaScript ES Modules
  • Laravel Echo
  • Responsive UI

Tools & Mobile

  • Git
  • Composer
  • Docker
  • Nginx
  • Supervisor
  • PHPUnit
  • PhpSpreadsheet
  • Kotlin
  • Android
  • Firebase

Featured Projects

Selected Backend & AI Work

Editorial project mockup showing dashboard, AI writing assistant, and post management screens
01

SaaS Publishing Platform

Repository

Editorial

A modern SaaS article and blog publishing platform built with Laravel, Vite, Tailwind CSS, Pusher Channels, and integrated AI assistance.

  • AI-assisted article generation, drafting, editing, and topic brainstorming.
  • Real-time updates and notifications using Pusher Channels and Laravel Echo.
  • Complete REST API surface for home, dashboard, authentication, posts, users, categories, follows, and notifications.
  • Fortify and Sanctum authentication with role-based access for Super Admin, Admin, and User.
  • Content management with categories, Markdown, code highlighting, author profiles, and follow/unfollow features.
PHP 8.3+ Laravel 13 Laravel AI Fortify Sanctum Pusher Tailwind CSS 4 Vite
OutWallet project mockup showing finance dashboard, AI expense assistant, and Excel report screens
02

Finance Tracking Platform

Repository

OutWallet

A full-featured web application for tracking incomes, managing expenses, exporting financial reports, and receiving AI-powered financial assistance.

  • Income and expense management with categories, editing, monitoring, and daily/monthly views.
  • AI expense assistant for categorizing, summarizing, and logging expenses.
  • Monthly Excel export reports generated with PhpSpreadsheet.
  • User sign-up, login, email verification, password reset, profile settings, and multi-currency support.
PHP 8.4 Laravel 13 Laravel AI MoneyPHP PhpSpreadsheet Symfony Intl Vite
TaskMaster Pro project mockup showing task dashboard, AI planner, and task form screens
03

AI Task Management Platform

Repository

TaskMaster Pro

An intelligent task management platform built with Laravel, Tailwind CSS, and Laravel AI for natural-language task generation and semantic task search.

  • AI project and task generation from natural-language prompts.
  • Vector semantic search using Laravel AI embeddings.
  • Background queue processing for generated tasks and embedding calculation.
  • Task filtering and organization by status, priority, and due date, with notifications and reminders.
PHP 8.3+ Laravel 13 Laravel AI Embeddings Tailwind CSS 4 Redis PostgreSQL Docker

Education & Experience

Credentials

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology

Islamic University of Gaza (IUG)

September 2020 - November 2025

Final grade: 86.21%. Ranked 6th in the batch at the time.

Practical Experience

Backend & AI Project Work

Built Laravel-based SaaS, finance, task management, e-commerce, and package projects covering REST APIs, authentication, AI agents, embeddings, semantic search, queues, WebSockets, caching, and deployment preparation.

Open Source

Laravel Packages

Published Cacheable for Eloquent result caching and Laravel Chatbot for conversation-persisted AI chat scaffolding on top of Laravel AI.

Contact

Let's build something practical and maintainable.

Available for backend development conversations around Laravel, APIs, AI integration, and production-oriented web systems.