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Saad Batwa

I'm Saad, a software engineer at Qanoniah. I build web apps with Laravel and Vue, and I've built tools that thousands of Umm Al-Qura University students use.

About

I'm a full-stack engineer who leans toward the backend. At Qanoniah, a legal-tech company, I work on a contract management platform in Laravel: contract editing with live collaboration, approval workflows and e-signatures. I graduated in Software Engineering from Umm Al-Qura University in 2026 with a 4.0 GPA. Outside work I teach programming and build tools for UQU students, like the majors guide and the system that assigns medical interns to hospitals.

Saad Batwa
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Software engineer at Qanoniah
Education
BSc in Software Engineering, Umm Al-Qura University, 4.0/4.0 GPA
Teaching
Taught programming to more than 2,000 students

Tools I work with

Backend

  • PHP
  • Laravel
  • Filament
  • Livewire
  • Inertia
  • ASP.NET
  • Python
  • FastAPI

Frontend

  • TypeScript
  • Vue
  • Svelte
  • React
  • Alpine.js
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Astro
  • three.js

Data

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Redis
  • SQLite
  • PocketBase

Shipping

  • Docker
  • Linux
  • Nginx
  • GitHub Actions
  • Coolify
  • Cloudflare
  • Git

GitHub activity

Data from October 8, 2026

14,926 contributions since 2022, one tower per day: the taller it is, the busier the day. Most of it is private work for clients and at my job, so only the counts show here.

Last 12 months 8,928 contributions

contributions
8,928
+191% vs the 12 months before
of days had a contribution
85%
312 of 365 days
longest streak
77 days
May 29 to Aug 13, 2026
on the busiest day
215
Oct 6, 2026

What I can help with

Systems for organisations

Admin panels, approval flows and reports that replace spreadsheets and paper. Usually Laravel with Filament or Vue, deployed on a server I can hand over.

Products from idea to launch

The whole thing: data model, backend, UI, payments and deployment. S-Grade, Catodemy, Warsha and Ploof all started as a blank repo.

Teaching programming

One-on-one tutoring and summer courses for university students, mostly web development with Laravel and Svelte.

Awards

  1. 2026

    Dean's Honor List, 4.0/4.0 GPA

    College of Computing, Umm Al-Qura University

    Graduated in Software Engineering with a 4.0 GPA, plus the department's Academic Excellence Medal.

  2. 2026

    Certificate of appreciation

    College of Medicine and Surgery, Umm Al-Qura University

    For building and running the system that allocates medical interns to tracks and hospitals.

  3. 2026

    91 on the national Software Engineering readiness exam

    Umm Al-Qura University

    Placed on the Dean's Honor list for the exam.

  4. 2026

    Excellence medal in competitions and challenges

    Software Engineering Department, Umm Al-Qura University

  5. 2024

    Led the "ORMs in the backend" workshop

    UQU Computer Club

    Built a Telegram bot with Drizzle ORM live with the attendees.

  6. 2023

    Finished every C# challenge, ranked 13th

    CoderHub

  7. 2023

    2nd place, student clubs hackathon

    Hackathonat

    Built Clubs Space, a site for finding and joining university clubs, in one week.

Saad's technical expertise was crucial in the success of our UQUCC Majors project. His dedication and problem-solving skills helped us reach over 4,800+ students across Saudi Arabia.
Anas Almehmadi, Computer Science Student, UQU Computer Club

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