Cited
Finds the buyer questions AI assistants answer without naming a business, drafts answer pages to fill the gaps, and blocks thin or unsafe pages with a 20+ rule quality gate.
- Next.js
- Supabase (RLS)
- Postgres
- Gemini
- Zod
Hi, I'm Usama.
I build frontends for data-heavy products.
Senior Software Engineer in Dubai with 10+ years across React, Next.js, Node and Laravel. Most recently I led frontend architecture for a fleet management SaaS. I also build AI tools that answer questions from real data, safely.
Featured work
Recent work
Open-source projects and the products I run in production. Projects with public code link to GitHub.
Chat with DB
Ask a Postgres database a question in plain English and get the answer, the SQL, the rows and a chart. Every query is parsed, allow-listed and run read-only with a timeout and row cap.
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- LangChain
- Postgres
- pgvector
- Claude / OpenAI
Fleet Ops Dashboard
Operations console for a fleet of heavy equipment: 5,000 assets, work orders and a live vehicle map, built as React micro-frontends composed with single-spa.
- React
- single-spa
- TanStack Query
- TanStack Table
- WebSockets
- Vite
Tools HubsLive
Code is private
Salary, tax and cost-of-living calculators for the UAE, US, Saudi Arabia and Germany, in two languages each, built as one Next.js monorepo. The UAE hub is live.
- Next.js
- Turborepo
- next-intl
- TypeScript
- Playwright
- Vercel
W-MeetLive
Code is private
Video meetings in the browser with no downloads: HD video, screen sharing, live chat, recording and custom branding, with Google or email sign-in.
- Video calls
- Screen sharing
- Live chat
- Recording
CompressImagesLive
Code is private
45 free PDF and image tools in one place: merge, split, compress, convert to and from Word, Excel and images, OCR, sign and redact. No signup and no watermark.
- PDF tools
- Image compression
- OCR
- File conversion
downloadvideo.ccLive
10K+ monthly visitors · Code is private
Video downloader for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook with MP4 and MP3 output up to 4K, plus an in-browser tool that crops and splits clips for Reels and Shorts.
- Parallel downloads
- MP4 + MP3
- In-browser video editing
Temp MailLive
Code is private
Disposable inboxes in one click that receive mail in seconds, pull out verification codes, and render messages in a sandbox. Includes a self-destructing 10 minute inbox.
- Live inbox
- OTP detection
- Sandboxed email
More projects
Ledger
Debt payoff planner: simulates every month with avalanche or snowball, shows the debt-free date and total interest, and updates as real payments are logged.
- Next.js
- ts-rest
- Supabase
- Stripe
- Recharts
Flyt
Flight metasearch on the redirect model: one search, every fare side by side, booking handed to the partner. A swappable provider interface sits between the UI and the fare source.
- Next.js
- Turborepo
- pnpm
- Zod
- TypeScript
Divido
Mobile app that splits group bills by line item and settles them in as few payments as possible, with receipt OCR and offline sync.
- React Native
- Expo
- Laravel
- PHP
- TanStack Query
- SQLite
Waypoint
A keyboard-driven Chrome new tab for developers: pull requests, bookmarks, snippets and dev tools behind Cmd+K, with GitHub, Linear, Jira and Slack connectors.
- Chrome MV3
- React
- TypeScript
- Vite
- Zustand
Postpilot
LinkedIn posts drafted in your voice and scheduled, published only after you approve them over WhatsApp.
- Next.js
- Supabase
- OpenAI / Anthropic
- Twilio
- Vercel Cron
Experience
Where I have worked
Jun 2023 – Present
Senior Software Engineer
TENDERD · Dubai, UAE
- Lead frontend architecture for an AI-powered equipment and fleet management SaaS used by enterprise customers managing thousands of assets.
- Lead a team of 3 frontend engineers: technical direction, code review and hiring interviews.
- Worked on the move to single-spa micro-frontends so product modules can be developed and released independently.
- Reworked rendering and state management on real-time dashboards for about 40% faster load times.
- React
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- single-spa
- Node.js
- Laravel
- AWS
Oct 2021 – Jun 2023
Full Stack Developer, Team Lead
TNC IT Solutions Group · Dubai, UAE
- Led the team behind Real Research, a survey app with 1M+ downloads on iOS and Android, and a set of crypto wallet apps.
- Built Node.js and NestJS services on MongoDB, Redis and Docker for 100K+ daily active users.
- Led the conversion of a native Kotlin and Swift app to React Native, improving performance by about 35%.
- Worked on site in Seoul, South Korea, on an AI research and development initiative, mentoring 5+ junior developers.
- React
- Next.js
- NestJS
- MongoDB
- Redis
- React Native
Aug 2018 – Oct 2021
Full Stack Developer
HousekeepingCo. Tadbeer · Dubai, UAE
- Led frontend development of an enterprise platform for hiring domestic workers, serving 100K+ active users across several countries.
- Built 30+ modules for CRM, call center, HRM, ERP and ticketing systems from a shared component set.
- React
- Redux
- Material UI
- Ant Design
- Node.js
- Laravel
May 2016 – Jul 2018
Web Developer
LAMPDO · Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Built full-stack web applications in Laravel, CodeIgniter and WordPress for 50K+ monthly active users.
- Moved slow work to queued background jobs, cutting request latency by about 40%.
- PHP
- Laravel
- CodeIgniter
- MySQL
- WordPress
Skills
What I work with
- Frontend
- React
- Next.js (App Router)
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- shadcn/ui
- Material UI
- State and data
- TanStack Query
- TanStack Table
- Redux Toolkit
- RTK Query
- Zustand
- React Hook Form
- Backend
- Node.js
- NestJS
- Express
- Laravel
- PHP
- REST
- GraphQL
- WebSockets
- Databases
- PostgreSQL
- pgvector
- MongoDB
- MySQL
- Redis
- AI and LLM
- OpenAI API
- Claude API
- LangChain
- RAG
- Tool use
- Agents
- Architecture
- Micro-frontends (single-spa)
- Design systems
- Turborepo monorepos
- SSR / SSG / ISR
- Mobile
- React Native
- Expo
- Cloud and DevOps
- AWS (S3, Lambda, ECS, RDS)
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- GitHub Actions
- Vercel
- Testing
- Jest
- React Testing Library
- Playwright
- Cypress
- Storybook
Contact
Hiring a senior frontend or full‑stack engineer?
I am open to senior and lead roles from December 2026, in Dubai or remote. Email is the fastest way to reach me.
Email me