Ali Aydi

Full-Stack Engineer & Data Engineering Student

Bridging the gap between scalable software and intelligent data.

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My philosophy

Quiet focus. Precise action. Consistent progress.

I’m Ali Abdelkader Aydi, from Sfax, Tunisia. My journey is defined by a relentless pursuit of knowledge.

I combine software craftsmanship with data engineering to design, scale and deploy intelligent platforms, from cloud-native backends to modern RAG and ETL pipelines.

What I do

Back End Developer and Architecture

Whether it’s Node.js with Express, Laravel, or even Flask, I excel at crafting efficient and scalable systems with precision. I apply SOLID principles and proven design patterns to ensure industry-best practices in every project.

Front End Developer (Web/Mobile/Desktop)

As a front-end developer, my work isn’t limited to the web. Thanks to my expertise in JavaScript and its ecosystem, I build cross-platform solutions for mobile and desktop using React, Next.js, React Native, and even Electron.js.

SEO Optimizer

I optimize your website to improve search engine rankings, increase organic traffic, and boost overall online visibility. My work covers technical SEO, on-page optimization, site performance tuning, keyword research, structured data, mobile-first optimization, and content strategy—helping your site rank higher and convert better.

Data Engineering

Proficient in SQL and its extensions such as T-SQL, and experienced with ORMs, Python, and DBT. Strong knowledge of data warehousing and big data technologies including Hadoop, Spark, and Airflow. Experienced with cloud platforms like GCP and Azure. I excel at data modeling, building ETL/ELT pipelines, and working with both SQL and NoSQL database systems.

AI Developer

I am an AI developer combining my software engineering skills with ML, NLP, and RAG advanced tech to create practical, intelligent platforms. I build and integrate AI models into real applications and deploy them using Flask for fast, reliable delivery.

Tools I work with

  • React Native
  • Next.js
  • Node.js
  • Docker
  • ETL
  • Spark
  • Hadoop
  • RAG Pipelines
  • GCP
  • Python

Selected work

Things I build, end to end

Web App / Data / SEO

Calculi

A PWA used by 151,000+ Tunisian students: university and Bac grade calculators, target-grade simulations, and the full national orientation guide, extracted from a 203-page PDF into 870+…

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Web App / Mobile App

Ahjez

Built a cross-platform appointment & business discovery platform (React Native, Next.js) with multilingual support. Designed scalable backend (Node.js, MongoDB, Docker, Cloud Run) cutting…

ahjez.online

Web App / SEO

Calculi Blog & Invariant

Two publications from one custom CMS: an Arabic RTL blog for Tunisian students and Invariant, an English engineering publication, with a shared render pipeline for mixed-direction text,…

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Web App / SEO

WonderTech: Website, CMS & ERP

Website and back office for an IT solutions company in Sfax: a fast French catalogue of 160+ products and 9 services, plus a custom CMS with roles and 2FA, a client and supplier CRM, and…

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My journey & accomplishments

Work experience

Sep 2024 – Apr 2025

Full-Stack & Data Engineer

Ahjez SaaS Platform | Remote (France)

  • Built a cross-platform appointment & business discovery platform (React Native, Next.js) with multilingual support.
  • Designed scalable backend (Node.js, MongoDB, Docker, Cloud Run) cutting hosting costs 99% via autoscaling + caching.
  • Integrated real-time notifications (Socket.IO, Firebase), geospatial APIs (Google Maps, Mapbox), and Cloudinary media storage.
  • Automated CI/CD (GitHub Actions), reducing deployment cycles 90%.
  • Boosted SEO (SSR, structured data, dynamic sitemaps), driving higher client visibility

Feb 2024 – Jul 2024

Software Engineering Intern

Pixel Pro Agency | Sfax, Tunisia

  • Developed a fiscal management system (Laravel, Inertia.js/React, MySQL) with RBAC and audit logging.
  • Automated document workflows + PDF generation; delivered scheduling, dashboards (Big Calendar, Chart.js).
  • Streamlined committee management by developing a system that reduced data access and decision-making time from days to minutes.
  • Deployed an unsupervised learning-based (IsolationForest) anomaly detection system to identify unusual patterns in fiscal transactions.

Education

2024-2026

MSc, Data Engineering & AI

FSEGS

Focused on Data Engineering and AI: covering big data ecosystems (Hadoop, Spark, Hive), advanced SQL (T-SQL, PL/SQL), OLAP, BI, and KPI design.

Trained in machine learning and AI fundamentals, including statistics, probability, regression, classification, deep learning, and NLP, with a strong emphasis on model testing and evaluation.

Also studied data ethics, governance, and marketing fundamentals.

2021-2024

BSc, Business Computing (Top 10%)

FSEGS

Graduated in the Top 10% with a BSc in Business Computing: The program emphasized mathematics, logic gates, and hardware architecture fundamentals.

Strong focus on SQL, object-oriented programming (OOP, SOLID, UML), and algorithmic problem-solving using C—covering trees, stacks, queues, graphs, and complexity theory (P, NP, optimization, dynamic programming).

Also gained a solid understanding of concepts such as Turing machines and memory management.

Certifications

  • CDOSS Managing Big Data in Hadoop Cluster, CDOS, 2025
  • CDOSS Hadoop Cluster Installation and Administration, CDOS, 2025
  • CDOSS Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Fundamentals, CDOS, 2025
  • Complete React Developer (w/ Redux, Hooks, GraphQL), Andrei Neagoie, Yihua Zhang, 2025
  • CDOSS Big Data Analytics with Hive Query Language and Beeline, CDOS, 2025
  • Ethical Hacking From Scratch, z Security, 2023
  • SEO Masterclass: Easy Google SEO, Mobile SEO, Wordpress SEO+, Phil Ebiner, Ryan Breitkreutz, Video School, 2023
  • The Web Developer Bootcamp 2022, Colt Steele, 2022

Awards

  • 3rd place for "Eco-token Blockchain" project, MTC Code Fiesta, 2024
  • 2nd place for "AI for Urban Waste Management" project, MTC Geek Challenge v°4, 2022

From the pixel to the pipeline

Every tool I build with, in the layer of a system it works in. Pick a build to trace the stack it shipped on.

Interfaces

  • React
  • Next.js
  • React Native
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Sass
  • Three.js
  • Framer Motion
  • PWA
  • Inertia.js
  • Chart.js

Content & reach

  • Sanity
  • Cloudinary
  • Google Maps
  • Mapbox
  • Technical SEO

Services

  • Node.js
  • Express
  • GraphQL
  • Socket.IO
  • Laravel
  • Java
  • RabbitMQ
  • Passport

Data & AI

  • Python
  • SQL
  • PL/SQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Firebase
  • Spark
  • Hadoop
  • Hive
  • ETL pipelines
  • RAG pipelines
  • scikit-learn

Cloud & systems

  • Docker
  • Google Cloud Run
  • GitHub Actions
  • Cloudflare
  • Netlify
  • Linux
  • Git
  • C

Ahjez (Mobile and web platform)

Appointments and business discovery on phones and the web, in several languages. Hosting costs cut 99% with autoscaling and caching; deployment cycles cut 90% with CI/CD. Built with React Native, Next.js, Google Maps, Mapbox, Cloudinary, Technical SEO, Node.js, Socket.IO, MongoDB, Firebase, Docker, Google Cloud Run, GitHub Actions.

Calculi (PWA for Tunisian students)

Grade calculators, target simulations and the national orientation guide in one installable app, used by more than 151,000 students. Built with PWA, JavaScript, Technical SEO, Node.js, Express.

Fiscal system (Pixel Pro Agency)

Fiscal management with role-based access, audit logs, automated documents and dashboards, and anomaly detection on the transactions. Built with React, Inertia.js, Chart.js, Laravel, MySQL, Python, scikit-learn.

This site (Portfolio)

A fog city drawn in WebGL, a 3D tour beside it, content from a headless CMS, and a page for every crawler that cannot run it. Built with React, Three.js, Framer Motion, Sass, Sanity, Technical SEO, Netlify, Cloudflare.

Data & AI (Master’s in data engineering)

Big data, warehousing and machine learning: from raw records to models, and the pipelines that feed them. Built with Python, SQL, PL/SQL, Spark, Hadoop, Hive, ETL pipelines, RAG pipelines, scikit-learn.

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