Sebastien Melki

VP Engineering @ Anghami & OSN+

Leading backend engineering for 120M+ users across MENA's premier entertainment platform

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About

Backend engineer and technical leader with a passion for building scalable distributed systems. McGill Computer Engineering graduate (2012-2016) currently architecting streaming infrastructure that powers entertainment for millions across the Middle East and North Africa.

Specializing in high-performance backend systems, real-time streaming infrastructure, and developer tooling. Leading engineering teams at the intersection of music and video streaming technologies.

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Featured Open Source

sebuf ⭐ 81 Go Protobuf Toolkit for Type-Safe APIs Zero runtime dependencies 85% test coverage Mock server generation OpenAPI v3.1 documentation

causality Cross-Platform Behavioral Analysis SDK iOS, Android, Web support gomobile/WASM powered Real-time anomaly detection Event tracking via protobufs

iskandaria Digital Library Platform Self-hosted media server Music, movies, audiobooks Built with Go and sebuf Modern Alexandria-inspired

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Technical Stack

Languages & Core

Data & Messaging

Infrastructure & Monitoring

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Impact & Achievements

120M+ Active Users

4 Months OSN+ Platform Rebuild

50 Engineers Team Leadership

Career Timeline

• 2024 - Led OSN+ platform complete rebuild in record time following Anghami-OSN merger
• 2023 - Promoted to VP Engineering at Anghami
• 2022 - Architected Anghami Chats with WebSocket infrastructure
• 2021 - Key figure in Anghami's IPO - first MENA tech company on NASDAQ
• 2019 - Promoted to Engineering Lead at Anghami
• 2018 - Launched Anghami Live Radios for real-time social music streaming
• 2017 - Joined Anghami as Backend Engineer
• 2016 - Graduated from McGill University
• 2015 - Accepted offers from Amazon, Meta, and Google - chose Amazon
• 2014 - Software Engineering Intern at Ericsson
• 2012 - Started Computer Engineering at McGill University

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Technical Writing

📖 Deploying Ideas to Production Deep dive into building and deploying production-ready features at scale

📻 Anghami Live Radios Architecture of real-time social music streaming

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Current Focus

• Global Scale: Engineering infrastructure for millions of concurrent streams
• Edge Computing: Optimizing content delivery with CDN strategies
• Developer Experience: Building next-gen tools for the Go ecosystem
• Platform Convergence: Unifying music and video streaming architectures

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Let's Connect

Open to collaborating on high-impact projects in streaming, distributed systems, and developer tools