{ byzia }

> byzia._

/resume.pdf — if you're into that

welcome to my little playground on the web 👋 this is where i tinker, break stuff, rebuild, and mess with ideas that sound cooler in my head. i've got professional experience — but truth be told, i've been messing with code since i was a kid. it wasn't great code, but it was mine. coding's fun. always has been. if it solves something useful? bonus. this site? not perfect. but it's mine. and i’m building here every chance i get.

// work history

Manufacturing Technician → Shift MT Lead

Northvolt Ett AB · Skellefteå, Sweden

Sep 2023 – Apr 2025

  • Kept 16+ machines behaving like decent citizens on shift.
  • Debugged MES & PLC issues faster than most bug reports were written.
  • Collaborated across teams to boost uptime and kill bugs.
  • Unofficially: the guy who fixes things when they go weird.

Backend Developer

Media Express (Pvt.) Ltd. · Islamabad, Pakistan

Sep 2019 – Aug 2020

  • Wrote APIs in Node.js, Express, and Python — fast, reliable, and well-fed.
  • Shrank React bundle size by 30% (devs cheered, maybe).
  • Covered 85% of the backend with tests. It didn’t break (much) after that.
  • CI/CD with Docker & GitHub Actions — because manual deploys are for villains.

// education

Bachelor's in Software Engineering

COMSATS University Islamabad · Islamabad, Pakistan

2015 – 2019

  • Learned CS foundations: data structures, OS, networking, architecture.
  • Final project: a Dockerized MERN stack social platform (ship it!).

Master's in Information Security

Stockholm University (on pause) · Stockholm, Sweden

2021 – ∞

  • Forensics, legal frameworks, network security, and a healthy dose of paranoia.
  • Thesis (in progress): *Post-Certification Breach Dynamics in ISO 27001-Certified Organisations*

// tech stack

TypeScriptReactNext.jsTailwind CSSPythonNode.jsPostgreSQLMongoDBDockerGitHub ActionsAWSJest

// certs

IBM Cybersecurity Analyst

IBM / Coursera · 2020

SIEMSOC workflowsThreat analysisSQL

TensorFlow Developer Certificate

Google / TensorFlow · 2020

CNNsNLPComputer Vision

AWS Solutions Architect – Associate

AWS (in progress) · 2025

Scalable cloud systemsArchitecture designDisaster recovery

// extra() stuff

Languages I speak

English — FluentUrdu — NativeSwedish — Basic (learning)

Things I’m into

Coding (shock!)Hackathons + side questsWeb animation & micro-interactionsCamping, hiking, and pretending to be outdoorsyChess (a consistent blunderer)