Current role
September 2026–Present
Alarm.com
Software Quality Engineer
Zaid Qourah
Software Quality Engineer at Alarm.com
September 2026–Present
Computer Science graduate, Michigan State University.
Experience
August 2025–December 2025
East Lansing, Michigan
Kohl’s
Software Engineer
MSU capstone
Kohl’s Cash Hero
- Developed and delivered “Kohl’s Cash Hero,” a gamified product discovery system, boosting sales among Gen Z and Millennial shoppers.
- Engineered an enterprise-grade, full-stack architecture using React, Spring Boot Java, and Axios for frontend/backend communication, ensuring a seamless user experience.
- Developed an item-item collaborative filtering recommendation algorithm to personalize the user experience and drive product discovery within the Kohl’s ecosystem.
June 2025–August 2025
Amman, Jordan
Quality Logistics Co Ltd.
Software Engineering Intern
- Modernized the company website by migrating to a Next.js, React, and TypeScript tech stack, improving website performance by 300%.
- Built backend API routes and edge functions with an automated CI/CD pipeline, reducing deployment time by 90% and security vulnerability response to less than 24 hours.
Selected Works
01
GreenSync
Python
FastAPI
JavaScript
Firebase
Built the FastAPI backend for a decentralized distributed-computing platform that spreads AI and compute workloads across idle user devices, coordinated through Firebase.
Designed for greener compute using spare capacity on existing devices instead of spinning up dedicated servers, cutting the energy and hardware footprint of running AI workloads.
02 / DayDream Technologies
3D Database Visualizer | MCP Server
Software Engineer · Project collaboration
April 2026–June 2026
React
Three.js
TypeScript
Node.js
Built and published an MCP server that lets AI agents drive a 3D database-schema visualizer on command through the Model Context Protocol.
Shipped as the documented AI integration for DayDream Technologies.
Built on a rigorous Claude-assisted workflow of my own design: custom skills, reviewer subagents, and guard hooks enforcing a strict plan → build → verify discipline.
03
Code Review Tool
Go- TypeScript
Svelte
ScyllaDB
Architected a platform to streamline team code review workflows.
Deployed using SSH key authentication, encrypted Git diff storage in ScyllaDB, and Docker/TLS for efficient, scalable containerization.
04
Fantasy Soccer Predictor
- Python
Pandas
Scikit-learn
PostgreSQL
Programmed a predictive model to forecast match outcomes using statistics from 700+ players, achieving 72% accuracy on held-out test data from the 2023/2024 season.
Leadership
December 2023–December 2025
East Lansing, Michigan
MSU Software Engineering & Computing Society Club
Co-founder
- Mentored over 200 students in navigating careers in software engineering.
- Partnered with nonprofits, including Footprints of Michigan and Lansing Catalyst, to refine frontend designs, backend systems, database management, and digital presence.
August 2023–May 2024
East Lansing, Michigan
MSU AI Club
Project Team Lead
- Led a team of 10 members building an AI-powered nutrition recommendation web app, hosting 1,000+ users and achieving 95% positive feedback and 80% retention.
- Engineered an AI nutrition assistant by fine-tuning an LLM on Kaggle datasets.
Education
Michigan State University
College of Engineering
August 2022–December 2025
East Lansing, Michigan
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Minor in Economics
- Cumulative GPA
- 3.964 / 4.0
- Degree distinction
- With Honor
Selected coursework
- Algorithms and Data Structures
- Software Design
- Database Systems
- Mobile App Development
- Big Data Analysis
Technical skills
- Languages
Java- Python
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- SQL
- Go
C#
C++
- Developer tools
Git
Azure
AWS
Postman
Docker
Vercel- Firebase
- Libraries & frameworks
Django- React
Next.js
Tailwind CSS
Spring Boot- Pandas