Malek Hakim
Staff Solution Architect, Customer Growth at Priceline
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMalek Hakim is a Staff Solution Architect with 11 years of experience designing and scaling backend systems and improving web performance at Priceline, where he progressed from software engineer to architecture leadership and now leads customer growth initiatives. He combines hands-on engineering—contributing front-end UI components to Priceline’s public design system—with strategic expertise in cloud, platform automation, routing, and site performance. Malek has led performance engineering teams to measurably improve site speed, observability, and operational processes across large consumer-facing systems. His background includes founding a startup and applied data science work in healthcare, giving him a rare mix of product intuition and data-driven decision making. Comfortable bridging product, design, and infrastructure, he excels at turning complex performance and scalability requirements into pragmatic, testable solutions. Based in Toronto, he pairs entrepreneurial experience with deep technical leadership in large-scale web platforms.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science Data Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science Data Science at Winona State University
French, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (22)
javascript10
ui-components10
styled-components10
carbon-design-system10
ui-design10
system-design10
component-kit10
sys10
react10
storybook9
testing9
css8
css-in-js8
eclipse6
mongodb6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
priceline/design-system
Jul 2017 - Sep 2018
Priceline.com Design System
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 50 commits, 44 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Malek primarily focused on developing UI components for the Priceline design system. Their contributions include implementing new components like `Box`, `Image`, and `Button`, along with associated tests and Storybook integrations. The user also made iterative improvements and refactoring of existing components. Their work is centered on building and maintaining a cohesive and reusable component library.
reactstyled-systemcssjavascriptcss-in-js
hakimelek/hakimelek.github.io
Dec 2015 - Mar 2020
A lightweight handlebars personal website with tab views [not anymore]
Contributions:41 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 3 months
javascripthandlebars
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