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Yaman Tarakji

yaman@queryqode.com (619) 919-8810 Berkeley, CA

UC Berkeley EECS graduate and full-stack software engineer with 4+ years of professional software development experience. Background in backend systems, SQL optimization, access control, and multi-tenant architecture. Track record of owning production systems end-to-end, with a focus on database performance, API design, and secure data access.

Work Experience

Founder & Full-Stack Developer - QueryQode CRM queryqode.com/crm
Remote  |  – Present
  • Architected and shipped a multi-tenant CRM for education consultancies (PHP, JavaScript, MySQL), serving 5 offices, 54 users, and 323 sub-agents managing 11,200 leads and 13,779 enrolled students.
  • Implemented async API operations for CRUD operations and status changes, cutting response time from ~2-4s to ~300-600ms via preloaded reference data and SQL indexing.
  • Designed an audit logging system capturing before/after diffs, user identity, timestamp, and operation type, enabling recovery from user errors and providing a complete change history for compliance and debugging.
  • Designed a three-tier RBAC system (admin/employee/sub-agent) with per-user operation-level permissions, scoped data visibility, and financial data isolation from sub-agents; extended to a read-only partner portal via per-partner URLs.
  • Built a lead capture pipeline with path-based routing to database-driven per-sub-agent landing pages, source attribution tracking, customizable auto-reply emails, and automatic commission attribution on application financials.
Web Developer - Small Business Incubator Program, San Diego Mesa College
Remote  |  – Present
  • Delivered 9 production websites as an independent contractor for a college-sponsored small business incubator, managing each engagement end-to-end from requirements through 12-month post-launch support, with 2 actively maintained today.
  • Designed a reusable PHP/JS CMS framework with configurable branding, SEO metadata, form handling, and navigation management, deployed across all 9 client sites, reducing per-site build time by ~50% over successive engagements.
Tutor / Course Staff - CS169A Software Engineering, UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA  |  Summer 2025, Fall 2025
  • Ran weekly office hours for 35 student teams building Rails applications, diagnosing architectural issues, reviewing test suites, and guiding teams from introductory projects through a 2-iteration final delivery.
  • Refined and maintained GitHub repository provisioning scripts for 35 student teams, cutting per-semester setup from 3 hours to 15 minutes and eliminating manual consistency errors.
Web Developer - New Style Technology
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia  |  –
  • Integrated a SQL Server-based ERP accounting system with Shopify and OpenCart, automating invoice entry for hundreds of daily transactions and eliminating ~1 min/invoice of manual data entry.
  • Built a full event management platform with ticketing, payments (Payfort), attendance verification, automated certificate issuance, and integrations to Kajabi, InfusionSoft, and Shopify, reducing per-attendee processing from ~30-45s to ~5s and post-event staffing from 3-4 employees to 1.

Projects

Software Engineer (Team Project) - Flextensions flextensions.berkeley.edu
UC Berkeley  |  –
  • Built the core student-facing request workflow for a UC Berkeley extensions platform (Canvas API + Gradescope), including forms, alerts, and email notifications, enabling students to submit and track extension requests in a unified interface.
  • Reduced review time from ~30-45s/request to ~2-5s/request by improving the approval UI flow and TA/instructor tooling.
  • Increased automated test coverage from ~10% to ~80%, adding critical-path tests and improving CI/CD pipeline reliability.

Education

University of California, Berkeley
B.S. Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS), December 2025
CS 61A, CS 61B, CS 61C, CS 70, CS 161 (Security), CS 164 (Compilers), CS 168 (Internet Architecture), CS 169A/L (Software Engineering)
San Diego Mesa College
A.A. — Liberal Arts & Sciences, Mathematics & Pre-Engineering (Computer Science) · High Honors
A.S. Transfer — Mathematics · High Honors

Skills

Languages: JavaScript, Python, PHP, SQL, Ruby, Go, Java, C/C++
Frameworks/Libraries: FastAPI, Node.js, Express, Rails, React, Bootstrap
Databases: MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB
Tools/DevOps: Git, Docker, Linux, Webpack, GitHub Actions, RSpec, Cucumber, Heroku
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