Alhamzah Makkiyah
Back End Engineer at SiFi - Simplified Financial Solutions Company
Kuwait
Summary
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Top SchoolAlhamzah Makkiyah is a back-end engineer with nine years of experience building and scaling web applications, currently focused on financial systems at SiFi in Kuwait. He brings strong Django and Python expertise demonstrated through contributions that restructured and extended project architecture, and a history of shipping production features from his time as a co-founder and engineering instructor. Previously he bridged engineering and product at Keepers Advisory by automating financial and internal tools, and he has deep experience mentoring developers as an Education Lead and Sensei. Alhamzah pairs academic grounding (MS in Computing Information Systems) with hands-on workshop and robotics experience, and—true to his GitHub bio—is a committed Pythonista who balances technical rigor with a long-standing passion for teaching and practical product delivery.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering at American University of the Middle East (AUM)Full Stack Web Development, Programming, Full Stack Web Development, Programming at Coded AcademyMaster of Science - MS, Computing Information Systems, Master of Science - MS, Computing Information Systems at Kuwait University
English, Arabic
Github Skills (7)
python10
django10
testing9
restful-api7
api-design7
api-rest7
rest-api7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
JoinCODED/task_02
Apr 2018 - Feb 2020
Django Task 02
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 5 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Alhamzah contributed to a Django project, demonstrating proficiency in backend development. Their work included renaming project files, creating a new app, and implementing a partial URL structure. The changes encompassed modifying settings, URL configurations, and views, indicating a focus on structuring and extending the application's core functionality within the Django framework. The commits show a progression of development, adding features, and correcting issues.
djangopythonpython3
JoinCODED/task_11
Apr 2018 - Jul 2020
Django Task 11
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 3 months
djangopythondjango-frameworkpython3
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