Rafik Al Shmoury_
Senior Software Engineer · Germany
Journey
From fintech, insurance, real estate, and SaaS/AI, I helped build products used by millions.
Cologne, DE
Growth, SEO, and AI-enabled engineering at deepl.com: turning core products into modular, embeddable components. 10,000+ localized pages, 18 languages.
Hamburg, DE
A real estate startup in Germany. I built a 3D geospatial web app that visualises land parcels, zoning rules, and development potential before you ever sign a contract.
- ↗ relocated to Germany
Beirut, LB / Dubai, UAE
Insurance isn't glamorous. Modernising it is. I overhauled the entire customer journey for an insurance group operating across Lebanon and the UAE, moving from a legacy monolith to microservices.
Beirut, LB
Three payment products shipped from scratch: a P2P wallet, a USD Mastercard, and a tap-to-pay app across the MENA region. Built Node.js microservices handling real-time financial flows and designed the web and mobile interfaces used in production. First time real money was on the line.
Lebanon · Germany · Turkey
Running my own projects on the side since the beginning. Restaurants, banks, coffee traders, luxury services. If it needed building, I built it.
Independent Work
DevZero is my freelance practice, running alongside full-time roles since 2018.
paceo.co
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AI-built training plans for athletes and coaches, one engine across running, cycling, swimming, and strength.
akl-orient.de
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A custom internal operating system for the restaurant: real-time order queue, supply requests to the central kitchen, and reservations.
my-nura.com
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Meal delivery tuned to your macros. Fresh, personalized meals every morning, no tracking apps, no meal prep.
solarappstore.com
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Multi-vendor e-commerce platform for solar equipment in Lebanon, with iOS and Android apps and dashboards for vendors, admins, and operators.
ticktaxi.co.uk
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Fixed-price airport transfer booking for Bristol. Quote and book in under two minutes, no surge pricing.
larex-global.com
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Online shop for specialty coffee and espresso equipment, built for a Dubai-based roastery.
education
- M.Sc. Computer Engineering········································2018 – 2020
Bahcesehir University · Istanbul, TR
- B.Sc. Communication Engineering········································2015 – 2018
Lebanese International University · Bekaa, Lebanon
Selected Work
- 01Areeba Merchant Portal········································2022
A full payments dashboard for merchants — invoicing, auto-billing, late-payment reminders, branded receipts. The unsexy infrastructure that makes commerce work.
- 02
P2P multi-currency digital wallet for the MENA region. Built for a generation that doesn't own a bank account but does own a smartphone.
- 03
A USD Mastercard for Lebanese users — collateral-backed, designed for travel, online shopping, and overseas students when the local banking system couldn't be trusted.
Expertise