Ziad Alghawi

About

I’m a software engineer with two years of professional web development behind me, and I’m now doing my M.Sc. in Computer Science at the University of Passau. I build full-stack apps with React, Next.js, Node.js and PostgreSQL, and ship them with Docker, CI/CD and Kubernetes. I enjoy taking a project from the first idea all the way to production, like my AI study platform Quiz AI. I speak English (C1) and German (B2).

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Studying

M.Sc. Computer Science, University of Passau

Experience

2 years of professional web development

Languages

English (C1), German (B2), Arabic (native)

Experience

1. 04/2022 – 08/2023

   Junior Software Developer

   Smart Methods · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

   • Built a web interface for a reception robot (greeting visitors, answering questions, coffee ordering) with JavaScript, PHP and MySQL.
   • Integrated IBM Watson Assistant with Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech so visitors could talk to the robot by voice.
   • Worked with the mechanical, electrical and AI teams to integrate software with hardware and deliver finished robots.

2. 06/2021 – 09/2021

   Software Developer Intern

   Smart Methods · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

   • Developed a web interface to control robotic arm movements.
   • Supported the integration of an IBM Watson chatbot and speech-to-text services.

3. 01/2021 – 06/2021

   Frontend Developer (Part-time)

   Saudi Number IT · Qassim, Saudi Arabia

   • Built responsive web interfaces for robot-integrated platforms with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript.
   • Implemented an AI chatbot interface and its conversation flow to support visitors and answer their questions.

1. Full-stack · AI01

   Quiz AI

   10/2025 – Present

   A full-stack app that generates quizzes from course material with Gemini (LangChain), including courses, attempts, statistics, quiz sharing and a guest trial. Deployed on Vercel, with unit and E2E tests (Vitest, Playwright), GitHub Actions CI with Docker image scanning, and a Kubernetes demo with Helm and Argo CD.

   • Next.js 16
   • React 19
   • TypeScript
   • LangChain + Gemini
   • PostgreSQL (Drizzle)
   • Better Auth
   • Stripe
   • Vitest
   • Docker

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2. Team project · Infra X workshop02

   PraxisForm: Kubernetes Platform

   06/2026 – 09/2026

   Deployed a Spring Boot, Angular and MongoDB app to OVHcloud managed Kubernetes using Helm. Built CI/CD with GitHub Actions and GHCR, with GitOps deployment through Argo CD.

   • Spring Boot
   • Angular
   • MongoDB
   • Docker
   • Kubernetes
   • Helm
   • GitHub Actions
   • GHCR
   • Argo CD
   • OVHcloud

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3. Backend · REST API03

   E‑Commerce API

   A modular REST API with JWT login and role-based access. Products, cart, coupons, orders, reviews and Stripe payments, documented with Postman.

   • Node.js
   • Express.js
   • MongoDB
   • Mongoose
   • JWT
   • Stripe
   • Postman

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4. Frontend · E-commerce04

   React E‑Commerce

   A storefront built with React 19, TypeScript and Vite: product search, cart, checkout and order history, connected to an Express backend.

   • React 19
   • TypeScript
   • Vite
   • React Router
   • Vitest

   View codeLive demo

   The demo runs on a free server, so it may take about a minute to wake up.

   

Education

1. 10/2023 – Present

   M.Sc. Computer Science

   University of Passau · Passau, Germany

   Thesis: Federated Learning for Automotive Cybersecurity Risk Assessment (ISO/SAE 21434)

2. 01/2017 – 01/2022

   Bachelor of Computer Engineering

   Qassim University · Qassim, Saudi Arabia

Contact

The quickest way to reach me is email. You can also find me on LinkedIn and GitHub.

Ziad97Alghawi@gmail.com