Engineering Degree (Master's level) in Software Engineering
National Institute of Applied Science and Technology (INSAT)
Sep 2022 – expected Sep 2027 · Tunis
Open to an end-of-studies internship · Feb 2027
Hello, I'm
Amir Mallek
Software & Data Engineer
I build backend systems, distributed storage and data pipelines. I'm a software engineering student at INSAT, an AWS Certified Data Engineer and a two-time ACPC finalist. I've shipped production services used by 170K+ people and I like problems where correctness and performance both matter.
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Education
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Certifications
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Experience
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Software Engineer
Flouci (by Kaoun)
Tunisian fintech behind a mobile wallet and an online payment platform for individuals and merchants.
I merged three tightly coupled services (subscriptions, billing and privilege limits) into one, with a new data model that made it faster and lighter for 170K+ users. I also built payment features such as payment links and self-serve checkout.
- Django
- Python
- PostgreSQL
- GCP
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Software Engineer Intern
International IT services and digital consulting group delivering software, cloud and business solutions to companies across Europe and beyond.
I built an incident-tracking app on Microsoft Dataverse that field agents use to report client incidents and follow them through to resolution.
- .NET
- C#
- Microsoft Dataverse
- Angular
- TypeScript
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Software Engineer
A company of passionate software crafters that believes in ethical development, craftsmanship, DevOps culture and continuous delivery.
I rewrote the file-matching algorithm in the storage service, which made searching files in Google Cloud Storage about 70% faster.
- Quarkus
- Java
- Hibernate ORM
- React
- TypeScript
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- Google Cloud Storage
- Docker
- Linux
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Software Engineer Intern
Tunisian technology group offering engineering, R&D outsourcing and IT services in telecom, embedded systems and software.
I built a secure API for an on-premise database that's closed to outside connections. Queries are sent as validated syntax trees instead of raw SQL, which rules out injection.
- Spring Boot
- Java
- Hibernate ORM
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- Angular
- TypeScript
- Bootstrap
- Docker
- Nginx
- Linux
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Projects
Distributed Dataset Repository
A Google File System inspired store for large ML datasets, public or private, with advanced search.
- Chained replication of 64 MB chunks across nodes.
- Failure and corruption detection with automatic re-replication.
- Go
- gRPC
- Protobuf
- BoltDB
- Docker
CineStream: Big Data Pipeline
Batch and streaming movie-rating statistics over MovieLens 1M. Ratings from a dataset replay and a live Letterboxd scraper flow through Kafka into Spark, with live results in HBase.
- Java
- Hadoop
- Spark
- Kafka
- HBase
Awesome DFS
A fault-tolerant distributed file system inspired by the Google File System.
- Chain replication, plus storage nodes that can be added as data grows.
- Connection pooling keeps gRPC channels from saturating.
- Go
- gRPC
- Protobuf
- Docker
- Linux FS
Prompt Craft
An NFT marketplace where users generate art from AI prompts, then sell it through live auctions or resale. Includes wallet integration and a GraphQL API.
- NestJS
- Vue.js
- TypeScript
- GraphQL
- PostgreSQL
- RabbitMQ
- Docker
Let Em Cook
A recipe blogging platform with a personalized feed, post scheduling, background jobs and search by ingredient.
- .NET
- ASP.NET Core
- Entity Framework
- C#
- Elasticsearch
- Redis
- Azure Blob
- Docker
Takwira
Football stadium booking. Teams reserve time slots, and owners manage schedules across their stadiums.
- Symfony
- Doctrine ORM
- PHP
- Twig
- JavaScript
- CSS
- MySQL
- Supabase
CP Online Coach
A competitive programming coach: practice problems, track your progress, and let admins manage the problem set.
- PHP
- MySQL
- JavaScript
- HTML
- CSS
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Skills
Programming
- C++
- Go
- Java
- C#
- Python
- TypeScript
- C
- PHP
- SQL
Frameworks
- Spring Boot
- Quarkus
- .NET / ASP.NET Core
- Django
- NestJS
- Symfony
- Angular
- React
- Vue
Data engineering
- Spark
- Kafka
- Hadoop / HDFS
- HBase
- Elasticsearch
- RabbitMQ
- AWS data services
Databases
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- Redis
- BoltDB
- Microsoft Dataverse
Cloud & infrastructure
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure Blob Storage
- Docker
- Linux
- Nginx
- gRPC / Protobuf
- GraphQL
- Git
Languages
- ArabicNative
- FrenchFluent
- EnglishFluent
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Achievements
Competitive programming in C/C++ with three-person teams at the national (TCPC) and regional (ACPC, the Africa & Arab stage of ICPC) contests.
36 / 148ACPC · Dec 2025
Africa and Arab Collegiate Programming Championship: Finalist
Ranked 36th of 148 teams in the regional ICPC final and 2nd in the Maghreb region.
8thTCPC 2026
Tunisian Collegiate Programming Contest
My fourth TCPC. A problem solved in the last three minutes pushed team ALL IN up the scoreboard and earned a spot at ACPC 2026. Next goal: qualify for ICPC.
With Mohamed Kmiha & Mohamed Yousfi
4thTCPC 2025
Tunisian Collegiate Programming Contest
A comeback after missing ACPC 2024. Months of work on team coordination paid off, and team Sigma Boiz placed 4th to qualify for ACPC.
With Adem Ben Yarou & Mehdi Khelil
29 / 128ACPC · Mar 2024
Africa and Arab Collegiate Programming Championship: Finalist
Solved 6 problems to finish 29th among the region's best teams, one problem short of a bronze medal.
With Mahmoud Nefzi & Wissem Yousfi
2ndTCPC 2023
Tunisian Collegiate Programming Contest
My first TCPC, in my first year of university. Team Automorphisme took second place and qualified for my first ACPC.
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Extracurricular
INSAT ACM Student Chapter
Training Manager
Sep 2024 – Sep 2025- Directed a team of 20 trainers designing and running competitive programming and problem-solving curricula.
- Managed the problem-setting team for algorithmic contests, hosting events for up to 80 teams (240 participants).
Competitive Programming Trainer
Sep 2023 – Sep 2024- Taught C++, data structures and algorithms, and wrote original problems for university-level programming contests.
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Let's build something
I'm looking for a 4–6 month end-of-studies internship in software or data engineering, starting February 1, 2027. Have a role, a project or just a question? My inbox is open.
- startFeb 1, 2027
- duration4–6 months
- locationOpen to relocating anywhere
- paperworkVisa sponsorship needed · internship agreement provided by INSAT