profile.json

// Developer Profile

{
  "name": "Sam Al-Rashid",
  "role": "Software Engineer",
  "experience_yrs": 9,
  "location": "Dubai, UAE",
  "open_to_work": true,
  "stack": [
    "TypeScript", "Python",
    "React", "Next.js",
    "Node.js", "PostgreSQL"
  ],
  "github_stars": 2847
}

$ echo "Hello, World!" 👋

Full-Stack
Software Engineer
& Open Source Dev

Building scalable web applications, APIs, and developer tools. Passionate about clean code, performance, and contributing to the open source community.

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9yrs

Experience

120+

Projects

2.8K

GH Stars

// featured_work

Projects

📦

GitHub ↗Live ↗

APIForge — Developer Platform

REST & GraphQL API management platform with auto-documentation, testing sandbox, and rate limiting. Used by 5K+ developers.

TypeScriptNode.jsRedisPostgreSQL

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GitHub ↗

ReactQuery Toolkit

Open-source caching and state management library for React. 2.8K GitHub stars, 40K weekly npm downloads.

ReactTypeScriptVite

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Live ↗

NexShop — E-Commerce Engine

Headless e-commerce platform built for a UAE retail client. 300K+ transactions processed monthly with 99.98% uptime.

Next.jsStripePrismaAWS

🤖

GitHub ↗

LLM Chat Interface

Multi-model AI chat interface supporting OpenAI, Anthropic, and Mistral — with conversation branching and export features.

PythonFastAPIReactLangchain

// skills

Technical Skills

// languages

TypeScriptPythonGoRustSQLBash

// frontend

ReactNext.jsVue 3Tailwind CSSGraphQLWebSockets

// backend & infra

Node.jsFastAPIPostgreSQLRedisDockerAWSTerraform

// experience

Work History

2022–Now

Senior Software Engineer

Careem (Uber) · Dubai, UAE

Built real-time mapping microservices handling 2M+ daily active riders. Led architecture of driver incentive platform. Mentored 5 junior engineers.

2018–2022

Software Engineer II

Noon.com · Dubai, UAE

Core contributor to product listing engine serving 10M+ SKUs. Reduced search API latency by 60% via Elasticsearch tuning and query optimisation.

2015–2018

Junior Full-Stack Developer

Bayt.com · Dubai, UAE

Developed candidate matching algorithms, built internal recruitment dashboard, and maintained Rails API serving 1M+ registered users.

Full-StackSoftware Engineer& Open Source Dev