Rafik
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I'm a senior full stack software engineer with over 7 years of experience building high-impact, scalable digital products. I specialize in TypeScript, React, Node.js, and CMS-driven systems, with a strong focus on developer experience, reusable architecture, and empowering non-technical teams through automation and modularity. I've worked across AI-powered platforms, fintech, insurance, and real estate mapping solving complex problems from both product and infrastructure perspectives.
Interests
Software Development
Building robust applications
Web Technologies
Modern web development
Problem Solving
Creative solutions
User Experience
Intuitive design
AI Product Engineering, Cloud-Native Development, LLM Tools (LangChain, vector search), Low-Code Platforms, DevEx, Real-Time Collaboration, Systems Programming (Go, Rust), Generative AI, Tech-enabled Marketing Automation
Experience
- Led engineering efforts in the Content Experience Team, managing 3000+ localized pages in 12 languages (landing pages, blogs, webinars, careers, legal).
- Refactored DeepL's core product components (Translator, Write, Document Translator) to be CMS-compatible and reusable, enabling non-technical teams to build product-integrated pages via drag-and-drop interfaces.
- Enabled marketing and paid-acquisition teams to launch custom product pages from live ad campaigns with a single click, delivering ROI > 2:1.
- Built an AI-assisted drafting tool within the CMS to auto generate first draft templates using pre-wired components, reducing manual effort and content creation time.
- Implemented live-preview infrastructure, giving editors real-time visualization of content changes before publishing.
- Architected a 3D geospatial web application displaying land parcel data with 99.5% accuracy, enabling users to visualize zoning regulations and development potential.
- Built a scalable TypeScript + Next.js 13 template with tRPC, Prisma, Chakra UI, and React Server Components for rapid development.
- Migrated legacy NestJS APIs to tRPC, increasing development velocity by 30% through improved type safety and developer experience.
- Engineered a dynamic parcel pricing calculator that reduced customer inquiries and pricing errors while enhancing user experience.
- Established a comprehensive design system with reusable components and styling guidelines for consistent UI/UX across the platform.
- Spearheaded digital transformation initiative, modernizing the entire insurance customer journey across Lebanon and UAE markets.
- Architected microservices platform using NodeJS and ExpressJS, replacing legacy monolithic systems with scalable, maintainable services.
- Enforced frontend best practices and atomic design methodology, accelerating development cycles by 20% and improving code maintainability.
- Migrated authentication infrastructure from WSO2 to Red Hat SSO, enhancing security posture and operational flexibility.
- Integrated DocuSign API for seamless document signing workflows, supporting both embedded and email-based signature processes.
- Developed high-performance fintech user interfaces using React.js and React Native, delivering seamless cross-platform experiences.
- Designed and implemented scalable NodeJS microservices with Express, handling high-volume financial transactions and real-time data processing.
- Shipped production fintech solutions for MENA region: Zaky (P2P multi-currency wallet), ViaCard (USD Mastercard with collateral), and AreebaPay (NFC payment solution).
- Delivered mission-critical fintech applications in Agile environments, ensuring 99.9% uptime and regulatory compliance standards.
- Engineered custom mobile applications for restaurant management and school administration using React Native, Firebase, and real-time databases.
- Crafted responsive, performance-optimized web applications using modern React ecosystem, HTML5, SASS, and progressive web app technologies.
- Automated document generation workflows with Python, creating PDF reports from Word templates and Excel data using python-docx and PyPDF2.
- Delivered full-stack e-commerce solutions using WordPress, WooCommerce, Mailchimp integration, and custom PHP development.
- Portfolio includes: akl-orient.de (restaurant), fill-full.com (restaurant), larex-global.com (coffee trading), letsvip.co.uk (luxury services), ambank.com (banking), solarappstore.com (renewable energy).
Toolbox
TypeScript
JavaScript
Go
Python
SQL
Functional Programming
Jest
React.js
React Native
Next.js
Tailwind
CSS
HTML
Webpack
Framer Motion
Node.js
Express
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
tRPC
REST
GraphQL
Docker
Argo CD
Kubernetes
Terraform
CI/CD pipelines
Vercel
Netlify
Cloudflare Workers
Sentry
OpenAI API
CMS-AI content integration
LangChain (exploration)
vector search concepts
Contentful
Strapi
DocuSign
Mapbox
Google Firebase
Auth0
Red Hat SSO
Stripe
CyberSource
Mastercard APIs
Projects
Areeba merchant portal offers Custom Branded Invoice Design Recurring Invoicing & Auto-Bill Clients Custom Late-Payment Auto-Reminder Emails etc.
Larex Global is an international coffee trading company in Europe and Middle East.
Zaky is a digital mobile payment platform that enables consumers, merchants and services providers to make and receive their payments in a seamless and secure way.
ViaCard is the perfect answer to the needs of Lebanese people travelling abroad, shopping online or even those whose children are studying overseas.
