I'm Nikko, a full-stack developer and tech lead in Dubai. I've spent thirteen years turning early product ideas into reliable web, mobile, and SaaS systems that teams can keep improving.
ScrollIn short
I help turn early product ideas into reliable systems that teams can keep improving. I stay involved from the first architecture sketch through release.
I've worked with
(01) Selected work
A closer look at products I've built and led across fitness, retail, and digital assets, including what I owned on each. More projects follow below.
01/ 03Fitness platform
A fitness platform with 300+ training videos, AI coaching, and a watch-to-earn reward system.
What I did
02/ 03E-commerce
Search and personalization on the storefront of Carrefour UAE, one of the region's largest grocery retailers.
What I did
03/ 03Marketing site
A multilingual marketing site for a digital-asset trading platform, built in Astro.
What I did
(03) · live sites
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(opens in a new tab)(02) Capabilities
I work on every layer of the stack, down to the systems a product runs on. Changes in one layer need to make sense in the others.
Interfaces people use
ReactNext.jsAstroTypeScriptTailwind CSSRadix UIshadcn/ui
Cross-platform mobile apps
FlutterReact Native
Backend logic and APIs
Node.jsNestJSExpressGraphQLWebSocketsTypeORM
Databases, state, and caching
PostgreSQLMySQLRedisMongoDB
Deployments and production operations
DockerNginxGitHub ActionsCI/CDPortainerObservability
Beyond the toolset
(03) About
Thirteen years in, I've worked across frontend, backend, and mobile. I started with HTML templates. Today I lead engineering on production systems, from architecture and delivery to reviews, mentoring, and day-to-day execution.
Much of my work starts with unclear requirements. I work out what the team needs to build and how to keep the product maintainable without unnecessary complexity.
How I work
Good architecture tells the next engineer where things belong.
Auth, queues, caching, deploys, and observability should just work.
Good leadership clears up decisions early and helps the team deliver better work.
(04) Contact
I help build production software with clear architecture and reliable systems that teams can maintain and improve after launch. Tell me what you're working on.
