ZAKAN

ZAKAN — Full-Stack Engineer

Full-stack engineer who builds complete products, from backend to interface.

Thinks like a co-founder, not a contractor. Has opinions about architecture, asks the question nobody thought of, and ships things that still work six months later.

RABAT, MOROCCOREACT/NEXT.JS + TYPESCRIPT7 SHIPPED PRODUCTS

PROJECTS

CH 01FEATURED
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FORMATEX

FLAGSHIP PROJECT

LaTeX-to-PDF as a service

Overleaf has 12 million users and no public API — FormaTeX is the answer. A modern browser editor with real-time collaboration, a production REST API across four LaTeX engines, and Smart Compile that silently fixes AI-generated LaTeX errors before they ever reach the user. Ships with SDKs for five platforms, an MCP server so any AI agent can compile documents directly, and a free tier. No TeX Live, no setup.

GoNext.jsPostgreSQLRedisWebSocketMCP
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CH 02ON AIR

WATCHFOLIO

Movie & TV tracker — web, desktop, soon mobile

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CH 02ON AIR

WATCHFOLIO

Movie & TV tracker — web, desktop, soon mobile

Most watchlist apps track shows. Watchfolio tracks individual episodes — with timestamps, per-season progress, and auto-completion detection. Local-first with RxDB so the library is instant even offline, Appwrite for cloud sync, and a Gemini-powered mood engine that recommends what to watch next based on your actual history. Ships as a web app and a native desktop app for Windows, macOS, and Linux from a single React codebase via Tauri v2.

React 19TypeScriptRxDB
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CH 03ON AIR

TEKCIRCLE

B2B IT talent marketplace for the MENA market

A B2B marketplace connecting freelancers, ESNs, and corporate clients in the Moroccan and North African tech market. Clients post offers anonymously (ESNs see 'client non spécifié', only trusted suppliers see the real identity), GPT-4o parses CVs and ranks candidates, and the platform covers the full operational chain: BDCs, monthly activity reports (CRA), digital contract signing in-browser, and invoice generation. Owned the entire stack solo — frontend, backend, and DevOps.

React RouterExpressSocket.io
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CH 04ON AIR

ASSURTEK

Schengen visa insurance marketplace

A multi-party digital insurance marketplace for Schengen visa applicants in Morocco and Francophone Africa. Customers compare plans from licensed providers, pay via Polar.sh, and get a PDF attestation with an embassy-verifiable QR code in under 2 minutes. Travel agencies get their own portal to create orders and send direct payment links to clients. Providers manage their catalog, track sales, and view analytics under their own branding. Built solo, end-to-end.

Next.jsDrizzle ORMPolar.sh
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CH 05ON AIR

GESTHUB

Internship lifecycle management for institutions

Built for the DSI of Morocco's Education Ministry — not a side project. Manages the full internship lifecycle from posting offers to issuing completion attestations. Five role-based dashboards (super-admin, admin, supervisor, intern, public applicant), server-side data tables on every entity, a Kanban board for task tracking, and Tiptap WYSIWYG for offer authoring. Deployed to production with real staff using it.

ReactLaravelPostgreSQL
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CH 06ON AIR

HODOUR

University management platform — attendance, grades, and academic workflow

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CH 06ON AIR

HODOUR

University management platform — attendance, grades, and academic workflow

Universities run on paper, emails, and spreadsheets. Hodour replaces the entire stack: QR code + GPS-verified attendance that eliminates proxy fraud, grade management with weighted calculations and official transcript generation, a recommendation letter workflow with eligibility enforcement, and an absence justification pipeline. Three interfaces — Next.js web for staff, React Native mobile for students, Spring Boot API underneath — with 179 endpoints serving five distinct user roles across an entire faculty.

Spring BootJavaNext.js
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CH 07BUILDING

SUBDAY

Track every SaaS subscription you pay for

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CH 07BUILDING

SUBDAY

Track every SaaS subscription you pay for

A calm, visual way to track every SaaS subscription you pay for — Spotify, Netlify, GitHub, Figma, whatever. Calendar view with spending heatmap, a 242-service directory for instant add, real-time conversion across 168 currencies, and email reminders before every renewal. Your subscription schedule also exports as a webcal feed so it lives in Apple/Google/Outlook Calendar.

Next.jstRPCDrizzle ORM
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SERVICES

SERVICE 01FLAGSHIP

FULL-STACK PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

From idea to live product, solo. I design the architecture, write the API, build the frontend, and handle deployment — staying accountable until it ships and beyond.

BEST FOR
StartupsSolo foundersEarly-stage teams
STACK
Next.jsGoTypeScriptPostgreSQLDocker
SERVICE 02AI · LLMs

AI INTEGRATION & LLM PRODUCTS

Add intelligent features to existing products or build AI-native from scratch — document analysis, generation pipelines, RAG systems, agentic workflows, and private model deployment.

BEST FOR
SaaS companiesAutomation needsAI-first products
STACK
PythonLLMsRunPodn8nMCP
SERVICE 03CROSS-PLATFORM

MOBILE APP DEVELOPMENT

iOS and Android from a single React Native codebase. Auth, push notifications, offline sync, and app store deployment — pairs naturally with a backend I have already built for you.

BEST FOR
Web products needing mobileGreenfield mobile apps
STACK
React NativeExpoEAS BuildNativeWind
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Not sure which fits? Describe what you're building and I'll tell you how I can help — no commitment required.

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ABOUT

FULLSTACK OWNERSHIP
7+PRODUCTS BUILT
6CURRENTLY LIVE
6PLATFORMS SHIPPED
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THE ENGINEER

Most teams split the stack across people. I own the whole thing — from the first database migration to the CSS that makes it feel right. Architecture, API design, frontend, deployment. One person, zero gaps, no one to pass the blame to when something breaks.

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THE WORK

Overleaf has 12 million users and no public API. MENA has no real B2B tech talent marketplace. An entire university faculty managing attendance on paper. The projects I build start from a gap that's obvious once you look — not side projects, but real products with deliberate architecture, considered tradeoffs, and a clear answer to the question: why does this need to exist?

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THE CRAFT

Systems that scale under load, interfaces that need no manual, code that another engineer could open three years later and understand. And if the brief doesn't make sense for the user — I say so. The job isn't to write code. It's to ship something that works.

ACTIVE FREQUENCIES
Developer toolingAI-native productsReal-time systemsCompilers · parsers · language designNative apps · web-quality UI
SIGNAL PROFILEREV·26
TRANSMITTING
WZ-01 · 88.0 FM

Walid Zakan

CALLSIGN · WZ-0188.0–108.0 MHz
ROLEFull-Stack Engineer
SPECIALTYEnd-to-end products
LOCATIONRabat, Morocco
STATUSOpen to work
ID · WZ-88.108-26ISSUED · RABAT
SIGNAL ACTIVE · REACHABLE

EXPERIENCE

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CH 01100.6 FMJul 2025 — Present
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Tech Lead & Full Stack Developer

STATION · TEKCIRCLEFRANCE
  • Core development of a B2B IT talent marketplace serving freelancers, ESNs, and corporates across MENA — full operational pipeline from anonymous job postings to digital contract signing and invoicing
  • Built an AI-powered financial audit and recovery platform: document ingestion (OCR, parsing), rules engine, anomaly detection, automated reporting, and private LLM infrastructure with RunPod
  • Built a multi-party travel insurance marketplace: plan comparison, online payment, PDF attestations with embassy-verifiable QR codes, agency and provider portals, i18n (FR/EN/AR)
  • Real-time multi-context messaging via Socket.io, DevOps infrastructure (server provisioning, database administration, CI/CD pipelines, Docker)
React Router v7ExpressTypeScriptMySQLSocket.ioDockerRunPodn8n
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EDUCATIONARCHIVED SIGNALS · TIMELINE
2025 — Present

Master's · Digital Governance & AI

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Faculty of Sciences · Rabat

Sept 2024 — Jun 2025

Prof. Bachelor's · Software Engineering

Higher School of Technology · Fes

Sept 2022 — Jun 2024

Specialized Technician Diploma · Digital Development

SIATP, Hay Salam · Salé

Jun 2022

Baccalaureate · Physical Sciences

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I don't take slices of the work — I build the whole thing. + up front, in your pocket, + on the backend, underneath, in the loop — all containerized with and ready to ship anywhere.

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Available for startups that need a full product built, not a slice of one. Full-time, contract, or an interesting one-off. Remote from Morocco — async is fine.

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