Smati Salah

About me

The engineer behind the work.

How I approach problems, the tools I reach for, and what I do when I'm not shipping.

What I Bring

What I bring to an engineering organization

I combine software engineering, quality engineering and business understanding to deliver systems that are reliable, maintainable and ready for real-world constraints.

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    I Think Beyond Code

    Software succeeds when it satisfies business requirements, operational constraints, security expectations and quality standards — not only when it compiles. I work with business stakeholders to turn requirements into working systems that fit the organisation.

    Business–IT AlignmentSDLCEnterprise Architecture (TOGAF)
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    I Automate What Shouldn't Be Manual

    Automated testing across web, desktop, API and performance layers, integrated into CI/CD — cutting manual testing effort by over 80% at Gulf Bank Algeria.

    SeleniumFlaUIPostmanJMeterPlaywright
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    I've Worked Where Failure Matters

    Banking, payments and interbank settlement in a highly regulated environment: SWIFT/ARTS integration for real-time settlement, nationwide branch deployments, regulatory compliance from launch.

    SWIFT / ARTSRegulated bankingCritical systems
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    I Measure Outcomes

    Responsibilities are cheap; verified results are not. 177 branches served by one platform, 80%+ manual testing effort removed, compliance held from day one of launch.

    177 branches80%+ manual testing removedCompliance at launch
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    I Improve Engineering Culture

    Defining testing standards and quality governance, integrating SonarQube into pipelines to enforce code quality and security, mentoring junior developers, and working close to development teams so regressions surface early.

    SonarQubeCode reviewMentoringAgile
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    I Connect Business & Technology

    Business requirement → technical solution → quality validation → production. IT governance, strategic IS planning and data-driven decision making are part of how I scope work, not an afterthought.

    IT GovernanceCOBITBI & Analytics

How I Work

A lifecycle, not a hand-off

The same six steps whether it is a nationwide platform or a regression suite.

  1. 01

    Understand

    Understand business requirements, regulatory constraints and what failure would actually cost.

  2. 02

    Design

    Translate requirements into a practical technical approach: architecture, integrations, data, boundaries.

  3. 03

    Build

    Develop maintainable software with SOLID principles, clean architecture and reviewed code.

  4. 04

    Validate

    Automate the critical paths and validate functional, API, desktop and performance requirements.

  5. 05

    Deliver

    Use CI/CD and quality gates — SonarQube, automated suites — so delivery is repeatable, not heroic.

  6. 06

    Improve

    Monitor production, reduce incidents and technical debt, and feed findings back into the next cycle.

Engineering Toolbox

Technology, organized by capability

No proficiency bars. These are the tools behind the outcomes above.

  • Quality Engineering

    SeleniumPlaywrightPostmanJMeterFlaUISonarQubeTest Automation

  • Delivery & DevOps

    Azure DevOpsCI/CDDockerJenkinsGit

  • Programming

    C#.NETASP.NET CoreREST APIsJavaReactJSNextJS

  • Architecture

    MicroservicesMonolithicMVCMVVMSOLIDClean ArchitectureDesign Patterns

  • Data

    SQL ServerOracle DatabaseMySQLPostgreSQLBI & Data Warehousing

  • Domain

    BankingPaymentsSWIFT / ARTSRegulated environmentsCritical systems

Beyond the Stack

Engineering quality is decided long before the framework is chosen

Architecture
Application architecture and scalable system design, monolith or microservices, chosen for the constraint — not the trend.
Maintainability
SOLID, clean architecture, design patterns and code review practices that keep systems changeable.
Testing
Automated UI, desktop, API and performance coverage treated as part of the product, not a phase.
Security
Cybersecurity risk awareness, secure integrations, and static analysis gates on every pipeline.
Performance
Performance optimization and load validation before production discovers the limit.
Observability
Production support, incident reduction and traceable flows in critical systems.
Delivery
CI/CD, DevOps culture and automation so releases are repeatable and boring.
Business impact
IT governance, business–IT alignment and data-driven decision making tie engineering to outcomes.

Leadership

I don't just deliver — I help teams improve

Quality is a team property. Most of my impact comes from what other people ship afterwards.

  • Mentoring junior developers

    Experienced in mentoring junior developers and raising the baseline of what the team ships.

  • Quality governance

    Defining testing standards and quality governance for banking applications in production.

  • Cross-functional collaboration

    Working with development teams, QA and business stakeholders from concept to production.

  • Agile & change management

    Agile project management, stakeholder management, change management and design thinking.

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The Short Version

For recruiters, in 20 seconds

  • QA Automation Engineer & Full-Stack Software Engineer
  • Banking · Payments · SWIFT/ARTS · Critical systems
  • Test automation · DevOps & CI/CD · .NET and React engineering
  • Gulf Bank Algeria (current) · Banque de Développement Local
  • Platform live in 177 branches · 80%+ manual testing removed
  • MBA in Management Information Systems (in progress)
  • Master's in Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence
  • Algiers, Algeria
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Whether you're improving an existing platform, building a critical system, or looking to strengthen engineering quality, let's talk about the problem — not the job description.

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salahedsmati@gmail.com · Algiers, Algeria