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
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
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
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