Mohamed El Messaadi

Collaborative Workspace Platform

ft_transcendence · Node.js, Fastify, PostgreSQL

• Architected the backend for a multi-tenant workspace platform with a secured, rate-limited public API.
• Built an organization system with strict role-based access control (RBAC).
• Implemented user management and identity, including OAuth 2.0 sign-in, profiles, avatars, and social features.

Inception

Docker, Nginx, MariaDB, Redis

• Designed and deployed a multi-container infrastructure with Docker Compose, cutting manual environment setup time by 80%.
• Configured networking between 4+ isolated services (Nginx, WordPress, MariaDB, Redis) with automated restarts and persistent volumes.

Webserv

C++98, socket programming

• Built a non-blocking HTTP server from scratch in C++98 that complies fully with HTTP/1.1.
• Managed sockets with fcntl and poll/epoll I/O multiplexing to handle 1,000+ concurrent connections at sub-10ms latency.

BookLibrary

Java, Spring Boot, Spring Security, JWT

• Developed a full-stack book management app with role-based access for 500+ simulated users and admins.
• Secured the API with Spring Security and JWT authentication and authorization flows.
• Integrated the Open Library API and cached 10,000+ records, cutting average response time by 40%.

AI, DevOps & Cybersecurity Events

• Competed in an AI hackathon: rapid prototyping, API integration, and applying external models.
• Took part in a DevOps workshop on modern deployment pipelines and continuous integration.
• Played a Hack The Box CTF, solving practical cybersecurity and backend penetration-testing challenges.

1337 Coding School (42 Network)

Software engineering student

• Focus on low-level systems programming, API architecture, foundational algorithms, and containerization.
• Peer-to-peer, project-based curriculum built around independent problem-solving and picking up new technology quickly.