Zainab Salah

Full-stack developer Cybersecurity student

I build clear interfaces backed by secure, carefully considered systems.

A little about me

Based in Istanbul, Türkiye

Mathematics taught me to look for structure. Development taught me to make it useful.

I am a full-stack developer working across AI products, business platforms, and real-time experiences. I enjoy making complicated workflows easier to understand and use.

Alongside product work, I am pursuing a master’s in cybersecurity at Üsküdar University. It brings another perspective to the systems I build: how they behave, who they trust, and what they protect.

Skills

Follow the frog through the way I work

Frontend Development

Next.js
React
TypeScript
Tailwind CSS
TanStack Query
Zustand
Zod validation
SSR & SEO

Backend Development

Python
Django
Node.js
Express
REST APIs

Databases

PostgreSQL
MySQL
MongoDB
Redis

DevOps & Cloud

Docker
Vercel
DigitalOcean
Google Cloud
Cloudflare
VPS

Security

Application Security
Penetration Testing
OWASP
Secure SDLC
Session management
AI for Security

Tools

Git & GitHub
VS Code
Postman
Linux
CI/CD
Claude

Always Learning

AI
Systems Design
Clean Architecture
Better UX

Selected Work

Screenshot of AI Document Workspace — PDFPal
A document-chat application that combines retrieval with streaming responses, so people can ask questions about the files they upload.
Visit PDFPal
My contribution
Connected the document pipeline, vector search, authentication, subscriptions, and conversation state into a complete SaaS application.
Next.js
TypeScript
AI
RAG
OpenAI
Pinecone
Stripe

Experience

A journey of growth

Dizayn VIP

Full-stack developer

Mar 2025 · Present

Building AI-assistant administration, customer portals, voice experiences, and the DTEC rewards ecosystem.

Next.js interfaces, Django services, LiveKit integration, email workflows, and feature-scoped data management.

Invizion Holding

Part-time frontend developer

Sep 2025 · Mar 2026

Led frontend delivery for CRM, order tracking, and finance applications across a shared product foundation.

Secure session handling, granular permissions, a pnpm monorepo, and public-facing website delivery.

Mazaya Integrated

Full-stack developer → Frontend team leader

2022 · 2024

Grew from full-stack development into frontend leadership, supporting engineers and reviewing work across concurrent projects.

Performance, SEO, and browser reliability improvements across more than 50 pages.

Ibtekar

Frontend developer · Remote

Nov 2023 · Jun 2024

Developed interfaces for QR voting, financial operations, and education administration.

Next.js, Laravel, and MySQL workflows with authentication and validation.

Education

Master of Science
Cybersecurity
Üsküdar University
2026 · Present
Currently in progress
- Application security
- Penetration testing
- Linux systems
- AI-assisted threat detection
Bachelor of Science
Mathematics Science
Baghdad University
2015 · 2019
Graduation research: Operations Research · Grade A
- Mathematical reasoning
- Cryptography
- C++ programming
- MATLAB