Hussam Al-Safady

Software Engineer — Full-Stack Web, Backend & Applied AI
Gaza Strip, Palestine · Bachelor of Intelligent Computer Systems, Al-Aqsa University

Profile

I build full-stack web platforms end to end and ship them. Two of my projects are live and publicly accessible right now — the links are at the top of this page, and they are a better description of my work than anything I could write here.

My focus is the modern web and data layer: typed backends, server-rendered APIs, authentication, cloud deployment, and applied AI features that ship into real products rather than sitting in a notebook. I am comfortable owning a feature from database schema through to deployment, and I care about the unglamorous parts — payment and subscription flows, notification systems, admin tooling — because that is what decides whether a product survives past its launch.

Projects

Nabd — Arabic Stories & Novels Platform

Astro · TypeScript · TailwindCSS · Cloudflare · PostgreSQL

A complete publishing and subscription platform I designed, built and deploy myself. Readers discover and read long-form content; writers publish, manage and analyse their own work.

  • Designed and implemented 60+ REST API endpoints across auth, novels, chapters, comments, ratings, subscriptions, messaging and a role-gated admin area.
  • Implemented JWT authentication with HttpOnly cookies, bcrypt hashing, and SQL prepared statements throughout to prevent injection.
  • Shipped applied AI: a personalised rules-based recommendation engine, an AI-assisted customer support layer, and text-to-speech narration for long-form reading.
  • Engineered for Core Web Vitals — static generation, IntersectionObserver lazy image loading, font preloading, DNS prefetch and HTML compression.
  • Full SEO instrumentation: Schema.org structured data, XML sitemap, Open Graph, robots.txt, canonical metadata.
Visit nabdhbooks.com →

AiOM — Maintenance Services Platform

JavaScript · Firebase · Firestore · Cloud Functions · PWA

A service marketplace I built and deployed, running as an installable progressive web app. Customers connect with service providers through the full request lifecycle.

  • Built the multi-step provider onboarding flow, service requests, provider task views and a two-way review system.
  • Wrote Cloud Functions for automated provider-account creation and admin notifications, with Cloudinary-backed media handling.
  • Admin side with live statistics, filterable tables, detail views and approve / reject / status-update workflows.
  • Fully responsive Arabic (RTL) interface built on a reusable CSS design-token system.
Visit aiom-maintenance.web.app →

Technical Skills

TypeScript JavaScript (ES6+) Node.js Astro React TailwindCSS Express REST API Design PostgreSQL MySQL / MariaDB Redis Firebase Cloud Functions PWA JWT Auth Docker Nginx PM2 Cloudflare Firebase Hosting Linux / VPS Git Postman

What I do well

  • Typed backends and server-rendered APIs
  • Authentication and role-based access control
  • Database schema design and query performance
  • Cloud deployment and CI-ready infrastructure
  • Applied AI features in production products
  • Mobile-first and RTL interface design

Boundaries I state up front

  • No deep embedded firmware or microcontroller experience
  • No formal language certification
  • Mid-level, not senior — I say so rather than imply otherwise

Languages

Arabic — Native
English — Advanced working proficiency

Current

Third-year Computer Systems Engineering student at Al-Aqsa University, available for remote full-stack, backend or internship work.

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