Islam Touares

In my role as a Backend Developer focusing on Django and Django REST Framework, I've applied a dynamic stack including DRF, TDD, Agile practices, CI/CD, Docker, and Google Cloud to enhance backend functionalities. My key contributions include: Led Agentic AI interns projects with Crew AI, automating workflows and reducing manual review time by ~40% across departments. Improved backend architecture to remove key bottlenecks, cutting downtime incidents by ~10% and enhancing stability. Built subscription management for 30k+ users with efficient role and permission controls, reducing access errors by ~20%. Optimized API performance by ~35% via caching and query tuning, lowering average response times for critical endpoints. Integrated Stripe payments with PCI-compliant processing, reducing payment errors by ~8% Leveraged multiple Google Cloud services to resolve platform bottlenecks and improve overall performance, and automated large-scale data workflows via Google Sheets API, cutting manual user tasks by ~70%. Introduced TDD & CI/CD pipelines, reaching ~85% coverage and lowering post-release bugs by ~15%.

• Engineered a fully responsive ERP dashboard leveraging Material UI and Redux Toolkit, significantly optimizing user interactions. • Designed a secure JWT authentication system with granular instance-level permissions, enabling precise control over user access. • Implemented internationalization supporting Arabic, English, and French, enhancing platform accessibility and user experience. • Developed an advanced analytics dashboard with real-time data and visualizations, providing insights for decision-making.