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Open to opportunities — Leuven, Belgium

Zakaria Shahruri

Computer science student, building software that works as good as it looks.

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About Me

I'm Zakaria Shahruri, an Applied Computer Science student at UCLL focused on building modern, scalable software. My interests span full-stack development, cloud infrastructure, data engineering, and AI.

I enjoy solving complex problems and creating products that are both technically robust and thoughtfully designed. I'm always exploring new technologies and looking for opportunities to build impactful software while continuing to grow as an engineer.

Portrait of Zakaria Shahruri
Around the globe
  • Educated atUCLL, Belgium
  • Based inBelgium
  • Open to workAnywhere in the world

Selected Projects

Smart Car Race

Browser-controlled RC car on a Raspberry Pi — a persistent GPIO daemon and Apache CGI, no frameworks. 1st place, BusITWeek 2026.

FinFlow

Cloud-native personal finance tracker — React and Spring Boot, running on Azure.

Leuven Go

A 24-hour hackathon build turning a citizen's photo and location into a city work order, with pro and gamified student dashboards.

Sentinel

Encrypted wireless sensor platform — ESP32 nodes stream AES-encrypted data over 433MHz RF to a FastAPI backend and a real-time Next.js dashboard.

Forma Studio

Creative studio portfolio with scrollytelling — Next.js, Tailwind, and GSAP.

Data Pipelines

Batch and real-time data pipelines orchestrated with Apache Airflow, written to Azure Blob Storage.

Maison Noir

Upscale restaurant website — Next.js, Tailwind, and Framer Motion.

Sabotage Runners

A 1v1 local multiplayer racing and combat game in Python and Pygame. 2nd place, UCLL Project Week 2024.

Skills

Languages

JavaPythonTypeScriptJavaScriptSQLJPQLHTML5CSS3

Frameworks

ReactNext.jsVue.jsSpring BootHibernate / JPANode.jsPygame

Data & AI

scikit-learnPandasNumPyMatplotlibMongoDB

Networking & Ops

LinuxDockerOKDCisco Packet TracerWireshark

Tools & Methods

GitPostmanSwaggerAgile / Scrum

My Journey

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  1. 2024–2027

    Applied Computer Science, UCLL

    Building a broad foundation across software engineering, data, and networking.

  2. Next

    First internship

    Applying what I've learned on a real engineering team, and learning what I haven't yet.

  3. Later

    Professional experience

    Growing into a role where I can own features end-to-end.

  4. Future

    Career growth

    Moving toward work that blends engineering with creative and product thinking.

Proof of work

Achievements

Hack the Waste 2026

Hack the Waste 2026

Hackathon
Hurricane Electric IPv6

Hurricane Electric IPv6

Certification
Smart Car Race

Smart Car Race

Busitweek

Get in touch

Let's talk.

Got an opportunity, a question, or just want to talk shop? I'd love to hear from you.

zakaria.vegaaa@gmail.com