Hi, I'm

Waleed Alzahrani

Software Engineer & Product Officer

Cloud-native development & DevOps engineering • Full Stack Development • Google Cloud Platform • Product Management

☁ GCP ⚙ DevOps 🐳 Docker 📦 CI/CD 📈 Product
waleed@cloud:~

$ whoami

waleed-alzahrani

$ cat role.txt

Product Officer @ Salam

$ echo $LOCATION

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

$ kubectl get skills

NAME          STATUS

fullstack    Running

gcp          Running

docker       Running

product      Running█

About Me

I'm a Software Engineer & Product Officer focused on cloud-native application development and system reliability, with an interest in bridging engineering and product to deliver scalable solutions that improve user experience and drive business value.

2+ Years Experience
3 Projects Shipped
5 Certifications
80+ Team Members Led

Experience

Product Officer

Salam

07/2026 – Present Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Do market research for new opportunities.
  • Make a product strategy plan.
  • Collaborate with cross functional teams.
Product Strategy Market Research Cross-functional

Software Engineer

Motaqademah Schools Company

01/2026 – 07/2026 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Built and shipped full-stack features based on user needs and internal stakeholder requirements.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to translate requirements into APIs and UI components.
  • Monitor the database activity and backups.
  • Use App Engine to deploy the frontend and the backend.
Full Stack App Engine APIs

President, Yearbook Committee

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

09/2024 – 08/2025 Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
  • Led 80+ members to deliver the KFUPM yearbook for 2,000+ graduates on time.
  • Document the effort for the last 3 years to keep sustainability.
  • Take more than 15,000 photos for the graduates.
Leadership Project Management Dashboards

Extracurricular

KFUPM Volunteering Festival

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

2024 – 2025
  • Supported annual festival operations, coordinating activities between students and organizations to drive community impact.
Volunteering Community

Volunteer – KISEF & KTMC

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

2024
  • Organized KISEF 2024, supporting logistics, guest coordination, and session management.
  • Volunteered with KFUPM Toastmasters Club, managing meeting setup and member support.
Event Management Logistics Toastmasters

Projects

2024 – 2025

KFUPM Yearbook Committee Website

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

  • Designed and deployed a cloud-hosted system for student registration, file uploads, and internal dashboards.
  • Built and maintained backend APIs supporting real-time data updates.
  • Troubleshot production issues across application and API layers.
  • Supported system scalability during peak usage periods.
Cloud Hosting REST APIs Dashboards Scalability
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2025

SpeedSafe Website

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • Developed a bilingual platform with secure data management and dynamic dashboards for performance monitoring.
  • Deployed using scalable cloud infrastructure to support business continuity and growth.
Bilingual Cloud Infrastructure Data Security Dashboards
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08/2024 – 04/2025

Hiyakah — Senior Project

  • Built a 30+ endpoint Node.js/PostgreSQL REST API with MVC architecture and a polymorphic product catalog.
  • Secured the platform with JWT/Twilio multi-role authentication (Customer/Tailor/Admin) and OTP rate limiting.
  • Optimized data integrity via PostgreSQL transactions and parameterized queries for atomic order processing.
Node.js PostgreSQL REST API JWT MVC

Skills

💻 Development

Full Stack Development Git & GitHub Docker Linux (Ubuntu)

☁ Cloud & Infrastructure

Google Cloud Platform Compute Engine, IAM, VPC CI/CD: Google Cloud Build Terraform (IaC)

🤝 Methodologies

Agile / Scrum

📈 Finance & Business

Corporate Finance Private Equity

Education & Certifications

Education

🎓

Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering

King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals

08/2019 – 05/2025 | Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Relevant coursework: Operating Systems, Requirements Engineering, Web Engineering & Development, Information Security, Software Project Management, Machine Learning, Business & Entrepreneurship, Academic & Professional Communication.

Certifications

GCP

Google Cloud Associate Engineer Bootcamp

Tuwaiq Academy • 80 hours

FIN

Preparatory Certificate in Finance and Financial Markets

Coursera | Corporate Finance Institute • 45 hours

SEC

Foundations of Cybersecurity

Google | Coursera

SEC

Play It Safe: Manage Security Risks

Google | Coursera

NET

Connect and Protect: Networks and Network Security

Google | Coursera

Get In Touch

I'm currently open to new opportunities. Whether you have a question or just want to say hi, my inbox is always open!