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Zaki Gouizi
An engineering background, software and data experience, and a freelance journey alongside a search for opportunities in Paris and abroad.
A little about me
I’m Zaki Gouizi, an engineer with a computer science background from JUNIA HEI in Lille, following preparatory studies at Lycée LaSalle.
I’ve worked on forecasting at Decathlon and full-stack development at StudentBank. I’m also co-founder and CTO of Enka.
I’m developing my freelance work with a small team of collaborators, offering automation, cybersecurity, marketing, content creation and other services based on each client’s needs. Alongside that, I’m looking for job opportunities in Paris and abroad.
Engineer and Enka co-founder building applications, automation and data workflows. I connect product needs with interfaces, backend systems and the way people use them.
Work I can help with
I work across software, data and automation. My strength is connecting the parts of a problem: understanding the need, designing the workflow, building the application and making the information move between the right people and tools.
- Build a product across frontend and backend. At Enka, I am co-founder and CTO, working across customer ordering, courier workflows and administration. My earlier StudentBank internship covered user interviews, modeling, React interfaces and backend development.
- Turn repetitive computer work into a usable tool. Murmur, Screen to Calendar and my prospecting workspace grew from practical needs: dictation, moving information into a calendar, and keeping research and outreach drafts organized.
- Connect AI generation to a reviewable workflow. Flow Studio brings prompts, image and video generation, versions and feedback into a working interface. My Thinking Partner explores how questions, evidence and revisions can support longer research.
- Investigate a forecasting or data question. At Decathlon, I worked on forecasting covariables, including weather, holidays and events. My crypto research shows the same willingness to investigate a question deeply, inspect the experiment and change the conclusion when the evidence changes.
- Contribute to a project that needs technical and creative thinking. Alongside engineering, I co-preside over Recto Verso, an association for art, photography and visuals. I also contribute camera work and ideas to friends’ films, and I am learning to make clothes.
For freelance work, I collaborate with a small team across automation, cybersecurity, marketing and content creation. We shape the scope around the client’s needs and the strengths of the people involved.
What connects these projects
I like taking a problem beyond the first idea. Enka connects an application with restaurant and courier operations. StudentBank connected user journeys with interfaces and a data model. My automation projects turn repeated actions into tools I can return to and use.
That is the kind of work I want to do more of: turn a need into a clear workflow, build the useful parts and keep improving them through use. I am developing my freelance activity and looking for opportunities in Paris and abroad.
How I work
I'm Zaki, an engineer and co-founder of Enka. When I run into a problem, my first question is often: “Would it be faster to make it myself?”
That's why I became an engineer: to have the tools to turn my ideas into something I can use. Sometimes that means automating an annoying task. Sometimes it means spending months exploring a question until I understand it for myself.
My interests also take me into building a business, helping friends make films, and learning to sew my own clothes. These are some of the things I've made and what I've learned along the way.
Tools & research
- Murmur
Local French and English dictation, from a spoken thought to usable text.
- Crypto research
Months of models, wallet analysis and paper trading—and learning to question the experiment itself.
- Flow Studio
A visual workspace connecting references, prompts, versions and feedback around Google Flow.
- Screen to Calendar
Turn copied text or a screenshot into an event you can review and save to Apple Calendar.
- Video outpainting
Expand a video’s canvas by generating the missing regions, with a focus on consistency from frame to frame.
- Thinking Partner
A research workspace that keeps questions, evidence and revisions connected, even when I change direction.
- Video distribution pipeline
From a source video to clips ready for review in TikTok: a persistent workflow that keeps its place, tracks delivery and leaves publication in my hands.
- Brainrot or Not
An experimental media interface around Meta’s TRIBE v2: brain-response visualizations, custom summaries and a question about what they could bring to editing.
- Prospecting workspace
From 1,907 LinkedIn profiles found to a 1,449-profile research workspace, with source context, activity signals and a draft desk that preserves my edits.
- Job search abroad
3,494 listings across five countries, narrowed into 178 shortlisted postings. A personal search turned into a repeatable data workflow.
Experience
- Enka
A food-delivery app in Montpellier, built around a shared aim: a fairer arrangement for couriers and restaurants.
- Decathlon
Exploring how holidays, weather and events can improve sales forecasts through covariate research and feature engineering.
- StudentBank
From student needs to product diagrams, React interfaces and a Node.js/MongoDB backend.
- Engineering studies
A general engineering education, a computer science specialisation, and the tools to start building my own solutions.
Creative work
- Making films with friends
Camera work on my phone, ideas for a scene and helping friends bring their projects to life.
- Cooking
About two years of learning to cook, from desserts to savoury meals. Mediterranean and Chinese food are my favourites, especially Kung Pao.
- Learning to make clothes
From shortening trousers to trying to make pieces of my own: an Enka delivery-bag cover prototype, black trousers waiting to be sewn and a jacket planned next.
- Recto Verso
Art, photography and visual projects, shared with a creative collective.
Beyond work
- Games
From Pokémon on a Game Boy Advance to RPGs, with a PSP somewhere along the way.
- Esports
Following Karmine Corp from its early days, and watching League of Legends for the moments that give me goosebumps.
- Anime
Comics and manga first, then Death Note showed me what an animated story could make me feel.
- Volleyball
A lunch-break invitation at Decathlon became a sport I kept playing in Lille and Montpellier.
- The gym
After several combat sports, I found a routine I could fit around my own schedule. Now I’m working on consistency and strength.
- What’s next
Freelance work and Enka, time abroad, and more room to make things with the people around me.
Contact
- Let’s talk
A project, a collaboration, or a question about something I have made—send me a message.
- Find me on LinkedIn
Connect with me and keep in touch.
- Explore my GitHub
Browse the public side of my projects and experiments.