About
The engineer behind the work.
I'm a Computer Science & Engineering student at the University of Toledo, graduating May 2027, and a software engineer who ships production-grade products end to end.
I build software that solves real problems. Most recently, that was a live, bilingual (Arabic-first RTL) production platform for a Saudi pharmaceuticals firm, shipped solo from spec to deploy. I work spec-first, lean on agentic AI workflows to move fast, and care about the parts that don't show: security, compliance, performance, and SEO. Bilingual in Arabic and English.
I independently drive a project from spec to a live, production-grade product in roughly 3 days, and feature-complete in about 10. I build scalable, zero-downtime systems through spec-driven development, sound system design, and security-minded engineering, paired with deep research and efficient, hands-on use of Claude Code and agentic AI workflows.
Journey
Experience & education.
Experience
May – Aug 2026Experience
Software Engineering Intern, Full-Stack Web Development
Scientific · Remote (Saudi Arabia)
Summer 2026 Co-OpClick to expand
- Solo-engineered and shipped a production bilingual website (Arabic-first RTL and English) for a Saudi pharmaceuticals and medical-devices firm on Next.js 15, React 19, TypeScript, and Sanity CMS, reaching production in 3 days and feature-complete in 10 across 71 commits, owning spec, architecture, build, and deploy with no technical management.
- Architected a fully static (SSG) site with on-demand ISR revalidation for zero-downtime deploys on a lean $21/month footprint, letting non-technical staff publish through an embedded Sanity CMS with no redeploy.
- Hardened a serverless contact pipeline with Upstash Redis rate limiting, Cloudflare Turnstile, a durable CMS-write-before-email guarantee, and a read/write API-token split so the public path can never mutate data, all covered by roughly 48 Vitest and Playwright tests.
- Built a multilingual SEO system (hreflang and canonical alternates, Organization/Product/FAQ JSON-LD, IndexNow and Bing submission) and tuned KSA mobile Core Web Vitals, taking a previously unindexed domain to full search visibility.
- Engineered SFDA and PDPL compliance into the product (product-specific disclaimers, registration-number governance, a bilingual privacy policy) behind a four-workflow CI/CD pipeline with release-gated production deploys.
- Delivered the go-to-market package beyond code: a bilingual brand and letterhead system, a low-budget KSA marketing playbook, and custom-domain email (Resend SPF/DKIM), all delivered solo across US and Saudi time zones, languages, and a regulated industry.
Next.js 15React 19TypeScriptSanity CMSVercelCI/CD
View Live May – Aug 2025Experience
Technical Documentation Intern
BrandEg Co. · Remote (Saudi Arabia)
Summer 2025 Co-OpClick to expand
- Authored and maintained technical documentation and process standards that supported knowledge transfer and consistency across the engineering team.
Technical WritingProcess Standards
Sep 2023 – May 2024Experience
Peer Advisor, International Student Services
Owens Community College · Perrysburg, OH
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- Built executive-level Excel dashboards that cut manual reporting time by roughly 35% for office leadership, and advised 60+ students in Arabic and English in a high-stakes, people-first role.
ExcelBilingualAdvising
Education
Expected May 2027Education
B.S. Computer Science & Engineering
The University of Toledo · Toledo, OH
GPA 3.578Click to expand
- University President's List (Fall 2025, Spring 2026)
- Relevant coursework: Data Structures (C++), Object-Oriented Programming (Java), Data Communications, Embedded Systems, Signals & Systems
Aug 2023 – Jul 2024Education
Associate of Applied Science in Computer Science
Owens Community College · Perrysburg, OH
GPA 4.0Click to expand
- Dean's List (Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Summer 2024)
What I value
Bilingual in Arabic and English.
FAQ
Frequently asked.
- Who is Omar Abdalla?
- Omar Abdalla is a software engineer and Computer Science & Engineering student at the University of Toledo, graduating May 2027. He ships production-grade, full-stack software solo, from spec to deploy, and recently delivered a live bilingual platform for a Saudi pharmaceuticals firm.
- What does Omar Abdalla build?
- He builds full-stack web products end to end: frontend, backend, infrastructure, security, and deploy. His work spans live production platforms, open-source developer tooling, and spec-driven engineering exercises, most often on Next.js, React, TypeScript, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL.
- What technologies and skills does Omar Abdalla use?
- His core stack is Python, TypeScript, React / Next.js, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Docker, CI/CD, and Vercel. He also works with Sanity CMS, spaCy/SciSpaCy NLP, and agentic AI workflows in Claude Code, with a focus on spec-driven development, web performance, SEO, and security-minded engineering.
- Is Omar Abdalla available for hire?
- Yes. Omar is open to full-time software engineering roles and co-ops, available remotely and open to relocation. The fastest way to reach him is email at info@omaression.com, and he usually replies within a day.
- Where is Omar Abdalla based?
- Omar is based in Toledo, Ohio, in the United States, and is open to both remote work and relocation.
- Does Omar Abdalla speak Arabic?
- Yes. Omar is bilingual in Arabic and English and has shipped an Arabic-first, right-to-left (RTL) production platform, making him a strong fit for bilingual and internationalized (i18n) software work.
- What is Omar Abdalla's most notable project?
- His strongest work is Scientific, a live bilingual (Arabic-first, RTL) production website for a Saudi pharmaceuticals and medical-devices firm. He shipped it solo: spec to production in three days, feature-complete in ten, owning architecture, security, SEO, and compliance.