Mohamed Raafat

AI, Web & Mobile EngineerEgypt · GMT+3

Raafat, AI, Web & Mobile Engineer. I turn ideas into AI‑powered products.

One engineer who ships the whole product: the AI, the web app and the mobile app, from first idea to production.

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01 / Telemetry

Numbers fromreal launches.

Outcomes from products that shipped, measured after they left the launch pad.

T—01
Homepage retentionHireHeroAI
+35%
T—02
Faster site after the Next.js migrationYalla Kafala
50%
T—03
Support reply time with WhatsApp + AI chatYalla Kafala
30+ min to seconds
T—04
Years shipping AI, web and mobile productsSince 2022
3+

The stack

in orbit

  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • LangChain
  • Pinecone
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • GraphQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Convex
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Stripe
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud
  • Vercel

02 / Services

One engineer.Three orbits.

The AI, the web app and the mobile app, held together by one person who owns the whole system.

RAIWebMobile

R · one engineer · now viewing AI Engineering

Orbit 01

AI Engineering

I build assistants, agents and AI features that answer from your data, not guesswork, and hold up in production.

  • AI assistants and agents inside your product
  • Search and Q&A over your documents (RAG)
  • LLM features added to an existing app
  • Evals and guardrails that keep answers accurate
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Gemini
  • LangChain
  • LangGraph
  • Pinecone

Orbit 02

Web Apps

I take full-stack web products from the first prototype to a production launch, fast.

  • SaaS products and dashboards
  • Marketing sites that load fast and rank well
  • Payments, auth and third-party integrations
  • Migrations off no-code tools onto real code
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • GraphQL
  • Stripe

Orbit 03

Mobile Apps

I ship cross-platform apps for iOS and Android, from the first build to the App Store and Google Play.

  • iOS and Android apps from one codebase
  • Streaming and real-time features
  • Store submissions and release management
  • The backend and admin tools to run it
  • React Native
  • Firebase

03 / Selected work

Worlds I'velaunched.

Real products in production. Scroll to approach each one.

World 01 / 04 · Full-stack developer

In Light

Visit livein-light.tech(opens in a new tab)

Market research with real consumers across MENA.

A research platform that connects brands with real consumers across the Middle East and North Africa. I built the public site and its CMS, plus portals for clients, respondents, moderators and admins: campaign creation and review, audience targeting, video interview scheduling, reward points and WhatsApp notifications, all in English and Arabic.

portals in one app
4
languages, English and Arabic
2

Built with

  • Next.js
  • Convex
  • Clerk
  • TypeScript
  • WhatsApp API
  • Resend
  • UploadThing

World 02 / 04 · Sole engineer

HireHeroAI

AI resume enhancement and live AI interviews.

A platform that improves résumés with AI and runs live mock interviews with an AI interviewer. I built it alone, from the first commit to launch: résumé parsing and scoring, the real-time interview system and the document editor.

homepage retention
+35%
Concept to production, solo

Built with

  • Next.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • AWS S3
  • Stripe
  • LangGraph
  • TipTap

World 03 / 04 · Full-stack developer

Yalla Kafala

Visit liveyallakafala.org(opens in a new tab)

A charity site with a 24/7 AI support assistant.

A charity's website, moved from Webflow to Next.js and made 50% faster. I added an AI support assistant connected to WhatsApp that cut reply times from 30+ minutes to seconds, a Google Sheet the team uses to update the site without a developer, and a Facebook feed that stays in sync on its own.

faster after migration
50%
Support replies
30+ min → seconds

Built with

  • Next.js
  • SSR
  • SSG
  • Vercel AI SDK
  • PostgreSQL
  • RAG
  • WhatsApp API
  • Google Sheets
  • Facebook API

World 04 / 04 · Full-stack developer

Photontown

Visit livephotontown.com(opens in a new tab)

A cinematic website for a 3D, VFX and animation studio.

The website for a studio that makes 3D characters, automotive visuals, animated series and VFX. I built the showcase site and the admin panel behind it, where the team manages projects, media, clients, messages and a course waitlist, and shares private media links with clients for review.

Team runs the whole site from its own admin
Private review links for client media

Built with

  • Next.js
  • Convex
  • Clerk
  • UploadThing
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS

04 / Trajectory

The flightpath so far.

From a mobile radio app in 2022 to AI assistants in production today.

  1. Waypoint 05 · 2025 — NowIn orbit

    AI Engineer at Way2b1(opens in a new tab)

    I lead the AI work across the product: an in-app assistant that guides users and automates tasks, plus small AI helpers built into everyday flows.

    • Launched the in-app AI assistant, which answers questions and completes tasks for users
    • Added AI helpers across key flows: autocomplete, smart search suggestions and form filling
    • OpenAI
    • Anthropic
    • Google Gemini
    • Node.js
    • TypeScript
    • React
    • Next.js
    • Express
    • GraphQL
    • PostgreSQL
    • Event Sourcing
    • Domain-Driven Design
  2. Waypoint 04 · 2024 — 2025

    Full Stack Developer at HireHeroAI

    I built HireHeroAI alone, from the first commit to launch: AI résumé improvements, live AI mock interviews and a fast site.

    • Took the product from concept to production as the only engineer
    • Built a real-time AI interviewer that talks candidates through mock interviews
    • Sped up the site and lifted homepage retention by 35%
    • Next.js
    • PostgreSQL
    • AWS S3
    • Stripe
    • LangGraph
    • TipTap
  3. Waypoint 03 · 2023 — NowIn orbit

    Full Stack Developer at Yalla Kafala(opens in a new tab)

    I moved the charity's site off Webflow onto Next.js and built an AI assistant that answers supporters around the clock.

    • Moved the site from Webflow to Next.js and made it 50% faster
    • Built an AI assistant that answers common questions from the charity's own content
    • Connected support to WhatsApp, cutting reply times from 30+ minutes to seconds
    • Next.js
    • Vercel AI SDK
    • PostgreSQL
    • RAG
    • WhatsApp API
    • Google Sheets
  4. Waypoint 02 · 2023 — 2024

    Full Stack Developer at Kelma AI

    I built an AI assistant platform for many companies at once, designed to answer from their documents and not make things up.

    • Built a personal AI assistant that answers from each customer's documents and checks its own answers
    • Cut wrong answers by having a second model verify every response
    • LangChain
    • Pinecone
    • Next.js
    • PostgreSQL
    • Redis
  5. Waypoint 01 · 2022 — 2023

    Mobile Developer at Palm Beat Studio

    I built and shipped a radio and music streaming app for iOS and Android on a tight deadline.

    • Built and shipped a React Native radio app in two weeks
    • Got the app through App Store review for licensed music
    • React Native
    • Firebase

05 / About

Mission controlis in Egypt.

Raafat holding three cats: Lilly, Marshmellow and Juhayna
The review team: Lilly, Marshmellow & Juhayna

I'm Raafat, an AI engineer and full-stack developer based in Egypt. I like owning a product end to end, from the model and the API to the screen your users tap, so you get one person who cares about the whole thing.

I work with clients across time zones and keep things simple: clear updates, honest estimates and code you can build on.

Home sky

Egypt · GMT+3

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Local time in Egypt

After hours

Tennis

Where you'll find me when I'm away from the desk.

Working together

Clear updates, honest estimates and code you can build on.

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06 / Contact

Taking new projects

Send asignal.

Have a project in mind? Tell me what you're building and where it needs to go.

mohamedraafat060@gmail.com
Email me

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