Sam Al Jaboury

Backend & systems engineer who ships

Bit Academy · MBO 4 Software Engineer (Backend) · React / Laravel internship · Go-first · next: Hanze NSE

About

Building systems that stay simple, fast, and reliable

I'm a junior engineer at Bit Academy on the MBO 4 Software Engineer — Backend track, currently interning on a React frontend and Laravel backend. Outside work I go deep on Go and Echo — concurrency, APIs, and infrastructure that holds up. Next step: Hanze NSE.

Education

Schooling

Current

Bit Academy — MBO 4 Software Engineer

Backend track. Server-side design, APIs, databases, Docker, Git. Internship: React + TypeScript frontend, Laravel backend.

Next

Hanze — NSE

Continuing into Hanze NSE to deepen systems fundamentals while keeping a shipping mindset on Go / Laravel / React work.

Capabilities

Stack

A backend-first toolkit with enough frontend craft to ship polished surfaces — plus AI tooling baked into how I work.

Core — Backend

  • Gofavorite
  • EchoAPIs
  • Laravelinternship
  • GORM / SQLdata

Frontend

  • ReactTSX
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • JavaScript

Tooling & AI

  • Docker
  • Git
  • Cursor / agents
  • MCP workflows

I handcode the critical path, decide architecture myself, and use Cursor skills when AI help is useful — then I take the reins again.

Selected work

Projects that show how I think

Systems toys and full-stack builds. Open any card for the repo.

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Workflow

AI as a tool — I still take the reins

I still handcode the important parts. I decide architecture and take over wherever judgment matters. AI speeds me up through Cursor skills — it does not replace my craft.

I decide the architecture

Layers, boundaries, repository contracts, migration strategy — those calls stay mine before any agent runs.

Skills for focused AI help

I use Cursor skills so agents follow my Echo/Laravel conventions instead of inventing random patterns.

Handcode where it counts

Concurrency, auth, data integrity, tricky UI — I write and review that myself. AI can draft; I take the reins.

Human gate on every merge

AI-assisted review is welcome. Shipping is still my decision.

Contact

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