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Abdulkader El Rawas

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

10 years shipping marketplaces and impact platforms across legal-tech, agriculture, and sustainability, and leading the teams that build them.

React / Next.js · Node / NestJS · AWS

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10+
years of experience
15
engineers led as Tech Lead
5
languages spoken
3
countries lived & worked in

01 · Selected work

Case studies

SustainChain

2025 – 2026

Senior Software Engineer

A US public-service platform uniting investors, innovators, government, and non-profits to rebuild supply chains and drive progress toward a sustainable future. Full-stack ownership: React/TypeScript frontend architecture and Kotlin/Ktor backend services on AWS.

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Material-UI
  • Kotlin
  • Ktor
  • PostgreSQL
  • AWS Cognito
  • AWS SES / S3

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GlobalFarms

2023 – 2024

Tech Lead · team of 15

A global agricultural marketplace connecting farmers, wholesalers, and consumers across 22+ categories, on web and native mobile. Led a cross-functional team of 15 and the platform's move to a microservices monorepo.

  • Next.js
  • NestJS
  • NX Monorepo
  • Microservices
  • AWS EC2 / Route53
  • S3 / SES / CDN
  • JIRA

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360LEX

2025 – present

Freelance Full-Stack Engineer

A legal-tech marketplace for Lebanon connecting clients with verified notary professionals, with map-based discovery of notary offices and procedures across every Lebanese region, in multiple languages.

  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Map integration
  • i18n
  • PostgreSQL
  • AWS

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Cotenos

2025 – present

Creator · Full-Stack & Mobile

A mobile app for discovering and booking sporting venues, built end to end: NestJS API, Next.js web, and a React Native app. Currently in closed testing on TestFlight ahead of public release.

  • React Native
  • NestJS
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript

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02 · Experience

Where I've worked

  1. Senior Software Engineer · SustainChain

    Sep 2025 – May 2026

    USA · Remote

    • ›Led frontend development of a React/TypeScript sustainability platform; built and scaled Kotlin/Ktor backend services.
    • ›Delivered multi-tenant features with capability-based permissions, AWS Cognito auth, and PostgreSQL data models.
    • ›Improved performance, accessibility, and release quality through testing, static analysis, and CI/CD.

  2. Tech Lead · Tech Quarters

    Dec 2023 – Jul 2024

    Lebanon · Australia

    • ›Led a cross-functional team of 15 (backend, frontend, mobile, QA) building GlobalFarms; owned technical direction, PR quality, and delivery.
    • ›Migrated the platform to an NX monorepo with microservices; managed AWS infrastructure end to end.
    • ›Designed the technical interview process and led hiring, sprint planning, and performance management.

  3. Head of Web Development / CLO · Codi Tech

    Jul 2022 – Feb 2023

    Lebanon

    • ›Designed and standardized a national full-stack web development curriculum with a 5-year technology vision.
    • ›Supervised the mentorship process across three cities: Beirut, Tripoli, and Zahle.
    • ›Led outreach with local and regional companies hiring from Codi's graduate pool.

  4. Full-Stack Engineer · Eve Yemek

    Mar 2021 – Sep 2021

    UK · Turkey

    • ›Co-designed the architecture and built the backend (NestJS) and frontend (Next.js) of a food-delivery platform.
    • ›Managed AWS EC2 deployments and mentored junior developers across the stack.

  5. Earlier

    • Full-Stack Engineer · Innovation & Partners (Silicon Valley) · 2020–21
    • Full-Stack Engineer · CK Dijital Ajans (Istanbul) · 2020
    • Full-Stack Developer · Cyprus International University · 2017–18

03 · Skills

What I work with

Frontend

  • Next.js
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Vue.js
  • Redux
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Material-UI

Backend

  • Node.js
  • NestJS
  • Kotlin / Ktor
  • Laravel
  • REST APIs
  • Microservices

Data

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Exposed ORM
  • Flyway

Cloud & Delivery

  • AWS (EC2, S3, SES, Cognito, Route53)
  • CI/CD
  • NX Monorepos
  • Testing & Static Analysis

04 · About

Beyond the stack

I'm a Russian-Lebanese engineer who has spent ten years building products end to end, from a university exam-analysis system in North Cyprus to a multi-tenant sustainability platform for a US company. Along the way I've been an IC, a tech lead running a team of fifteen, and head of a web development program that trained developers across three Lebanese cities.

The thread through all of it is marketplaces and platforms with real-world impact: agriculture sourcing, legal services, public programs, education, food delivery. I like domains where software meets messy offline processes. That's where good engineering judgment matters most.

Before industry, I was a researcher: I built the first virtual-reality project in North Cyprus (a VR gamification system supporting anxiety treatment), published on VR perception in education, and was a TÜBİTAK finalist. I speak five languages, have lived and worked in three countries, and mentor developers whenever I get the chance.

05 · Contact

Let's build something.

Open to senior / staff remote roles. Based in Lebanon · Remote-friendly (GMT+3). The fastest way to reach me is email.

abdulkaderelrawas@gmail.com
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