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Houssem Kouki

@houssemkouki

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Backend developer focusing on scalable APIs, migrations, and database modernization.

Portugal

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What I'm looking for

I seek backend or full-stack roles focused on API development, database modernization, and scalable systems within collaborative teams that value technical growth.

I am a backend developer with experience migrating systems, building APIs, and modernizing databases across startups and enterprise environments.

At OPKOD I led a Strapi v2 to v3 migration, created new API endpoints, and migrated data from MongoDB to PostgreSQL using NodeJS, Strapi, Docker and Git.

Earlier roles include developing a J2EE insurance management application with Hibernate and Oracle, and building a customer-facing Q&A forum during a web development internship using HTML, PHP, JavaScript and SQL.

I hold a Master's in Informatics Engineering from Universidade de Aveiro and a Bachelor's in Business Computing from Université de Tunis Manar; I am fluent in Arabic, English and French.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Backend Developer

Opkod

Mar 2022 - Jul 2022 (4 months)

Migrated codebase from Strapi v2 to v3, created new API endpoints and performed database migration from MongoDB to PostgreSQL to improve maintainability and data integrity.

NodeJS Strapi PostgreSQL MongoDB Docker API Design Git Backend Development

Software Developer

Société Tunisienne d'Assurance et de Réassurance

Jan 2017 - Apr 2017 (3 months)

Developed a Java-based home insurance management application with customer and employee interfaces, implementing persistence and server components to streamline policy management.

Java J2EE Hibernate Tomcat Oracle MySQL Apache Git

Web Developer Intern

Hewlett Packard

Jul 2015 - Sep 2015 (2 months)

Built a simple question-and-answer forum to support customer service, implementing front-end interfaces and basic back-end data storage.

HTML CSS PHP JavaScript SQL jQuery

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Universidade de Aveiro

Master of Science, Informatics Engineering

2018 - 2023

Completed a Master's in Informatics Engineering (120 ECTS) with a thesis on using virtual reality to support exploration of prospective memory and contamination.