Get to know
Ala
Biography
I'm a full-stack software engineer who likes turning rough ideas into software people use every day.
Since 2021 I've worked part-time at Retain Health on RetainYourBrain, a brain health platform with 25,000+ users. Until May 2026 I also worked on NORA at Wequity, an AI platform that helps law firms and notaries process legal documents.
On the side I build my own products, like MenuMate, a SaaS I designed, built and launched so restaurants can run digital menus, QR codes and orders. I'm also Top Rated on Upwork, where I build stores, booking systems and landing pages for clients.
- Based in
- Monastir, Tunisia
- Works
- Remote, worldwide
- Speaks
- English, French, Arabic
- Freelance
- Top Rated on Upwork ↗
- Years building software
- 5+
- Users on a platform I help build
- 25K+
- Job success on Upwork
- 100%
- Projects live in production
- 10+
Experience
Retain Health
Software Engineer
Aug 2021 – today / Part-time contract, remote (Boston, US)
I help build RetainYourBrain, a brain health platform with 25,000+ users. I ship features across the whole stack, built the form engine behind its personal routines, and set up automated tests and analytics.
AngularJS, Express.js, Next.js, TypeScript, MySQL, AWS
Upwork
Freelance Web Developer
Aug 2024 – today / Self-employed, remote
Top Rated with a 100% Job Success Score. Seven contracts, all rated five stars: booking systems, Shopify themes, online stores with Stripe and landing pages.
Next.js, React, Node.js, Supabase, Shopify, WordPress, Stripe
Wequity
Full-Stack & AI Engineer
Oct 2025 – May 2026 / Part-time contract, remote (Brussels, Belgium)
I built full-stack features for NORA, an AI platform that processes legal documents in English, French and Dutch: a knowledge base that answers questions with sources, a module that learns edits from example documents, and DeepL translation.
React, FastAPI, Supabase, GCP, Vertex AI, OpenAI API, DSPy
Satoripop
Full-Stack Developer Intern
Jul 2023 – Aug 2023 / Internship, Sousse, Tunisia
I built a Google Meet-style video meeting app on my own, front end and back end: sign-in, meeting scheduling, protected pages and calls powered by Jitsi.
React, TypeScript, Express.js, MySQL, Jitsi
Realinflo
Full-Stack Developer Intern
Feb 2021 – May 2021 / Internship, remote (Hong Kong)
I built an admin dashboard to manage and chart property data for a real estate platform, shipping in weekly milestones with the CTO.
Vue.js, Quasar, Node.js, Feathers.js, MongoDB
Satoripop
Web Development Intern
Jul 2020 – Aug 2020 / Internship, Sousse, Tunisia
I built an HR platform with separate dashboards for managers, HR, project managers and employees, documented its API, and turned a PSD design into a responsive landing page.
Vue.js, Laravel, MySQL, Bootstrap
Education
Engineering degree, Software Engineering
ISSAT Sousse
Sep 2021 – Jun 2024
Picked among the top computer science students for the engineering program, with a focus on software architecture, back-end design and industry practice.
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
ISSAT Sousse
2018 – Jul 2021
Ranked in the top 5 of 90 students, which earned direct entry to the engineering program. Final-year project: Internly, a full-stack internship platform.
Certifications
CCNA: Introduction to Networks
Cisco, 2022
MTA: Introduction to Programming Using Python
Microsoft, 2021
MTA: Database Fundamentals
Microsoft, 2021
MTA: Programming Using JavaScript
Microsoft, 2019
MTA: Programming Using HTML and CSS
Microsoft, 2019