October 2017. First real job, first real PRs, first real bugs in production. Learned quickly that shipping is its own skill — separate from writing code — and one I'd spend the next eight years getting better at.
Picked up React Native, then Flutter, then native Android when the situation called for it. The right tool for the job — every time. Shipped my first apps to the stores and watched real users actually use them.
Stopped specializing. Started building products end-to-end: Figma to API to App Store. Touching every layer is the fastest way to learn what's worth your attention and what isn't.
Consumer apps, SaaS platforms, F&B ordering. Discovered that 1:1s aren't a meeting — they're the work. Hiring, mentoring, code review, the boring infrastructure that makes a team fast.
Emirates Red Crescent. UAE Pass plugin for Flutter. Araby AI. Al Ain Finance. EPIC Padel. The bar got higher: real users, real stakes, real deadlines. Loved every minute of it.
Now: leading engineering at MVP Apps, working on AWQAF UAE, and still happiest in a terminal at 11 p.m. Eight years in, the most exciting part is still the next ship.
Product thinking before pixels. UI in Figma, design systems that scale, prototypes that survive contact with users.
Cross-platform mobile (Flutter, React Native, native Android), web (React, Vue, Next.js), backend (Node.js, TypeScript, Postgres).
Performance budgets, accessibility, automated testing. Shipping fast is easy. Shipping fast without breaking things — that's the work.
Monitoring, retainers, post-launch support. The launch is the start of the relationship, not the end of it.
Hiring, mentoring, 1:1s, code review. The org chart is a product — iterate on it the same way you iterate on anything else.
Eight years in, still reading PRs, still picking up new stacks, still happiest debugging at 11 p.m.
Official UAE national Zakat payment platform — المنصة الوطنية للزكاة
Flutter plugin for the national digital ID
Arabic-first generative AI product
Financial services platform
Padel court booking platform
F&B ordering & loyalty
Working on AWQAF UAE and a small portfolio of consumer + enterprise apps from Abu Dhabi. Open to select consulting engagements alongside the day job — design audits, build sprints, technical due diligence.