Mohammed Alalaya - Portfolio

Education

Academic journey and achievements

CertificateIn Progress

2023 - Present

Professional Certificates In in AI Development & AI Engineering

IBM Skills Network•Online / Self-Led

Completed hands-on labs covering LLM orchestration, prompt engineering, and ML deployment pipelines.

Applied IBM AI Engineering curriculum to production prototypes, reinforcing self-directed learning habits.

Master's

2022 - 2024

Master's in Management Information Systems

İstanbul Topkapı University•Istanbul, Turkey

Enterprise systems strategy and data governance

Capstone focused on telecom analytics

Certificate

2020 - 2021

certificate in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React

Re:Coded (Flatiron School Curriculum)•Online

Immersive full-time program with project-based learning

Built production-ready React and Next.js applications

Bachelor's

2015 - 2019

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

UCSI University•Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Specialised in software engineering and AI fundamentals

Collaborated on cross-university hackathons and research

Degree

2013 - 2015

Higher National Diploma in Information Technology

Pearson BTEC (Level 5)•Istanbul, Turkey

Focused on full-stack fundamentals and systems design

Graduated with distinction and mentorship responsibilities

Professional Experience

Building solutions and driving innovation

Lead Full-Stack & AI Engineer

NewsCord

2025 - PresentIstanbul / Remote

Shipped cross-platform clients with React Native (Expo), React Query v5, and Zustand.

Implemented OpenAI + LangChain pipelines for automated summarisation, categorisation, and credibility scoring.

Coordinated Supabase Edge Functions, push alerts, and caching to keep breaking news near real-time.

PythonSupabaseTypeScriptReact NativeHugging FaceLangChainReact Query v5ZustandOpenAI API

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Ooredoo Qatar

2021 - 2025Remote

Facilitated weekly cross-functional rituals, accelerating delivery timelines by 20% in three months.

Drove adoption of server-side rendered JavaScript frameworks to enhance performance and scalability.

Partnered closely with UI/UX and backend teams to deliver resilient, high-performance interfaces.

React.jsReduxTypeScriptReact NativeNode.jsAngularJSSCSSLinuxSwaggerJenkinsAgile

Mobile Developer (Freelance)

Pixel Studio AS

2021 - 2024Remote

Produced maintainable JavaScript codebases that elevated client satisfaction and retention.

Built and integrated Node.js APIs with front-end applications to optimise performance.

React NativeReact.jsTypeScriptNode.jsExpressPuppeteerTailwind CSSREST APIsAgile

Full Stack Developer

ARMATX

2020 - 2021Istanbul, Turkey

Designed and shipped RESTful APIs powering the organisation's CRM ecosystem.

Mentored two junior developers, elevating team capability and delivery quality.

Delivered a full e-commerce experience for body care and supplements brands during the pandemic.

LaravelAngularJSNode.jsMySQLWordPressAgile

Web Applications Developer (Intern)

Elbruz

2019 - 2019Istanbul, Turkey

Supported full-stack development efforts, contributing features across modern front-end and back-end stacks.

Delivered a car battery warehouse management platform with Laravel and AngularJS in two months.

JavaScriptHTMLCSSNode.jsLaravelMySQLAngularJS

Website Developer (Intern)

Nexo Ajans

2018 - 2019Istanbul, Turkey

Implemented multilingual capabilities for existing sites and streamlined CMS workflows.

WordPressJavaScriptCSSHTMLWPML

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Mohammed Alalaya