Software engineerBasra, Iraq
I build digital products for tomorrow
Full-stack engineer building web and mobile products end to end — React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node and Postgres. Founder of Produx Studio, currently building an e-commerce platform at Lartha Labs.
- 6+
- Years building
- 24
- Projects shipped
- 9
- Clients served
- 100%
- On-time delivery
Selected work
Things I have built
Four projects where the engineering mattered as much as the outcome.
2026E-commerce
Lartha — e-commerce platform
An e-commerce platform built from scratch. I own the web editor and the mobile application, working on scalable features, user experience and performance across both.
- TypeScript
- React
- React Native
2023Mobile
Ortimar — grocery delivery app
A React Native application for online grocery sales, built with an international team working to an Agile Kanban process.
- React Native
- TypeScript
2022Travel
Skyscanner — date picker
A date-picking web application built against Backpack, Skyscanner's open-source design system — a component that sits on one of the most-used paths in travel search.
- React
- JavaScript
Career
Where I have worked
Six years of shipping, mostly on teams small enough that everyone owns production.
Software Developer - AI Engineer
Dec 2025 — PresentLartha LabsFull-timeBasra, Iraq
Building an e-commerce platform from scratch, owning the web editor and the mobile application — scalable features, user experience, and performance across both.
- TypeScript
- React
- React Native
- PostgreSQL
Founder & Developer
Dec 2022 — PresentProdux Studio LTDFull-timeRemote
Designing and building digital products with a small team, focused on performance, scalability and clean design. Lean and deliberate over complex.
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
Mobile Developer
Apr 2023 — Oct 2023Ortimar LtdContractRemote
Built a React Native app for online grocery sales, working with an international team on an Agile Kanban process.
- React Native
- TypeScript
Frontend Developer
Jul 2022 — Dec 2022WorkanaContractRemote
Frontend development on client projects.
- React
- TypeScript
Front-end Software Engineer
Jul 2022 — Jul 2022SkyscannerContractRemote
Built a date-picking web application against Backpack, Skyscanner's open-source design system — a component used heavily across travel search.
- React
- JavaScript
- Backpack
Branding Designer
Jan 2022 — Mar 2022PASTELContractBasra, Iraq
Brand identity design.
UI/UX Designer
Jul 2020 — Aug 2021Freelancer.comFreelanceRemote
Interface and experience design for freelance clients.
Toolkit
What I work with
Chosen for boring reliability more than novelty.
- Languages & frameworks
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- React
- Next.js
- Node.js
- Python
- Data & infrastructure
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Prisma
- Docker
- AWS
- Vercel
- Practice
- Testing
- CI/CD
- Accessibility
- Design systems
- Technical writing
Writing
Notes from the work
Occasional posts about the parts that were harder than expected.
6 min read
Why I stopped reaching for an ORM
Three projects in, the abstraction cost more than it saved. The reasoning, and what I use instead.
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9 min read
Arabic-first interfaces are not a translation job
RTL is the easy part. Numerals, typography and line length are where bilingual products actually break.
Read more7 min read
Shipping offline-first to low-coverage regions
What we learned building a driver app for areas where connectivity is the exception, not the rule.
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Courses
Things worth teaching
Short, practical courses built from the work on this site.
Free12 lessons4h 20mIntermediateArabic + English
Building bilingual interfaces that actually work
RTL, numerals, typography and the layout traps nobody warns you about.
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Free18 lessons6h 05mIntermediateEnglish
Postgres for people who ship
Indexes, query plans and materialised views, taught by fixing slow queries.
View course- Free9 lessons2h 40m
BeginnerEnglish
Design tokens end to end
Figma variable to CSS custom property to component, without the pipeline breaking.
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Get in touch
Have something worth building?
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