Shaker Al-Masri
العربية

Final-year Computer Engineering · Backend-focused Software Engineering

Backend-focused engineering, with full-stack delivery.

I’m Shaker Al-Masri, a final-year Computer Engineering student at An-Najah National University focused on backend/software engineering. My project work spans server-side validation, databases, authentication, testing, deployment, and the frontend needed to deliver complete applications.

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About me

Backend-focused by direction, full-stack by capability.

I’m building toward backend/software engineering roles, with particular interest in data flow, validation, authentication, reliability, testing, and maintainable application structure.

I still work across the full stack when a project needs it. Frontend work is part of delivering complete, usable applications—not the main direction I’m pursuing.

How I approach work

  • Start with clear structure before adding visual complexity.
  • Keep content, components, accessibility, and performance in mind from the beginning.
  • Build in focused checkpoints so every change can be reviewed and improved.

Projects

Selected work, presented with honest scope and clear outcomes.

A focused place for projects that can show the problem, stack, implementation choices, and what was learned.

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Wasel Palestine

A university team backend for Palestinian mobility intelligence with versioned APIs for checkpoints, incidents, reports, alerts, and route estimation. My verified contribution focused on route-mobility and external routing reliability.

Project highlights

  • Team project: modular NestJS/TypeScript REST API with PostgreSQL, TypeORM, JWT, validation, and external integrations.
  • My contribution: route estimation using route modes, nearby checkpoints, verified incidents, and requested avoid-areas.
  • My contribution: OpenRouteService integration with caching, configurable timeouts, environment-based configuration, and local fallback.
  • Team engineering evidence includes Swagger/OpenAPI documentation, automated tests, and k6 performance testing.
  • NestJS
  • TypeScript
  • PostgreSQL
  • TypeORM
  • JWT
  • Swagger / OpenAPI
  • Docker

Project actions

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Clothing E-commerce Template

An independently built bilingual full-stack ecommerce template where checkout, pricing, variant stock, catalog queries, and admin rules are enforced on the server.

Project highlights

  • Transactional checkout recomputes prices, reserves variant stock, snapshots purchase data, and uses idempotency to avoid duplicate orders.
  • Size/color combinations are modeled as database-backed variants with normalized unique keys and variant-level stock.
  • Product search, category filtering, and capped pagination run server-side instead of loading the full catalog in the browser.
  • Better Auth sessions, role-based admin guards, same-origin checks, optional Redis rate limits, and automated tests protect important flows.
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Prisma
  • PostgreSQL
  • Better Auth
  • Zod
  • Vitest
  • Playwright

Project actions

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Skills

Backend-focused skills backed by real project work.

A focused view of the technologies and engineering practices I have used across backend, data, frontend, and testing work.

Backend & APIs

Server-side development demonstrated through backend and full-stack projects, with emphasis on APIs, validation, authentication, and business logic.

  • TypeScript / Node.js
  • NestJS
  • Next.js server routes
  • REST APIs
  • Authentication & authorization
  • Validation
  • Transactional business logic

Databases & Data Modeling

Relational data work across project backends, including schema design, ORM usage, relationships, constraints, and server-side querying.

  • PostgreSQL
  • Prisma ORM
  • TypeORM
  • Relational data modeling
  • Server-side querying & pagination

Frontend

Frontend tools used to build responsive, accessible interfaces while supporting full-stack application work.

  • React
  • Next.js App Router
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Responsive layouts
  • Semantic HTML
  • English / Arabic & RTL

Engineering Tools / Testing / Infrastructure

Tools and practices used to keep project changes testable, reviewable, and maintainable without overstating infrastructure experience.

  • Git & GitHub
  • ESLint
  • TypeScript type checking
  • Vitest
  • Playwright
  • GitHub Actions CI

Focused by design

This list stays focused on skills I can demonstrate through real project work. The case studies explain how these tools were used in context.

Education

Computer Engineering with a backend/software engineering direction.

A concise view of my current academic background, kept secondary to the project work above.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering

An-Najah National University

Final-year student

Relevant academic context

  • Advanced Software Engineering · Spring 2026

Certifications & Workshops

Learning milestones that support my project work.

A compact record of completed and in-progress learning that supports the project work above.

CourseCompleted

Front End Web Developer Nanodegree

Udacity

June 2025

Certificate of Nanodegree program completion focused on frontend web development.

CourseIn progress

The Complete Full-Stack Web Development Bootcamp

Udemy / Dr. Angela Yu

62+ hours

Currently working through a project-based full-stack web development course covering frontend foundations, React, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, authentication, APIs, deployment basics, and modern developer workflows.

CourseCompleted

Arduino Training Course

IEEE An-Najah National University / RAS Community

September 2025 · 42 training hours

Completed a practical Arduino training course connected to electronics and embedded systems fundamentals.

WorkshopCompleted

RASCadia Bootcamp Workshop Certificates

IEEE RAS

September–October 2025 · 4 workshop certificates

A grouped workshop series from the same bootcamp to keep the portfolio concise while still showing the covered topics.

Contact

Open to junior software engineering opportunities and meaningful technical collaboration.

I’m especially interested in backend and full-stack roles, internships, graduate opportunities, and collaboration on technically meaningful software projects.

Good reasons to reach out

  • Junior backend and software engineering roles
  • Full-stack, internship, and graduate opportunities
  • Collaboration on technically meaningful software projects