FullstackDeveloper
& Founder

Crafting digital experiences that blend innovation with intuitive design

About Me

Hey! I'm Seif Zakaria, a Software Engineering student who's all in about technology and leadership. I love creating solutions that make an impact, whether through coding or empowering the people I work with. My journey has taught me the value of teamwork, mentorship, and staying curious. Whether it's leading a team, exploring the latest tech trends, or diving into meaningful conversations.

I fully and unapologetically support Palestine. I will never collaborate with, contribute to, or accept a cent from anyone complicit with the genocidal, terrorist state of Israel. If you stand with oppression, stay away. Human rights are not for debate.

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Services

Comprehensive solutions to help you build and grow your digital presence.

Web Development
Building scalable, performant, and secure web applications using modern technologies like Next.js, React, and Node.js.
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Mobile App Development
Creating native and cross-platform mobile applications that provide seamless user experiences on iOS and Android devices.
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UI/UX Design
Designing intuitive and beautiful user interfaces that prioritize user experience, accessibility, and engagement.
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Brand Identity
Crafting unique and memorable brand identities, including logos, typography, and color palettes that resonate with your audience.
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Consulting & Strategy
Providing expert advice on digital strategy, technology stack selection, and product roadmap to ensure your project's success.
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SEO & Digital Marketing
Optimizing your digital presence to improve visibility, drive organic traffic, and convert visitors into loyal customers.
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My Journey

A chronological journey through my education, startup ventures, internships, and hackathon-driven milestones.

Sep 2022

Attended Ain Shams University

Began my B.Sc. in Computer Science & Statistics at Ain Shams University.

Went beyond just coding; from shipping real projects to running events, mentoring, and experimenting with everything from software dev to data analysis and machine learning. All while stirring things up in the Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) and formerly the Open Source Community (OSC).

Sep 2023 – Present

Founded Masons

Launched Masons, my startup focused on building meaningful, impact-driven software for real-world problems.

Flagship Project:

Rafiqi — an AI-powered mental health platform tailored for Egyptians.

Rafiqi combines culturally informed design with AI to provide mental health support that’s accessible and relevant to the people it serves.

Competitive Builds:

Oct 2023 — NASA Space Apps Challenge

🌦️ NAVERIS: A weather-based early warning system for climate hazards

Oct 2024 — NASA Space Apps Challenge

🌌 Orbit: A real-time 3D solar system sim using NASA APIs

Mar 2025 — GDG Cairo AI Finance Hackathon (Top 7 Finalist out of 88 teams)

♻️ RepAi: AI-powered recycling rewards platform with dynamic cashback

Oct 2025 — NASA Space Apps Challenge

🪐 Umbra: Interactive platform to explore, filter, and visualize NASA’s space biology experiments; empowering researchers and citizen scientists to fuel the next era of human space exploration

Sep 2024

Fintech Intern @ CIB Egypt

Completed a 2-week internship at CIB, one of Egypt's top-tier banks.

Gained solid experience in banking operations, financial systems, and risk strategy, while refining professional communication and critical thinking in a corporate setting.

Nov 2024 – May 2025

Full Stack Intern @ DEPI

Spent 6 months with the Digital Egypt Pioneers Initiative as a Full Stack Web Developer, building and refining React web applications with the MERN stack.

Strengthened my core skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Git/GitHub, while picking up TypeScript, TailwindCSS, and Bootstrap. Gained practical exposure to backend development with Node.js and Express, plus a solid intro to containerization using Docker.

Beyond coding, learned UI/UX design principles, code quality practices, documentation workflows, and unit testing; all the stuff that turns code into a maintainable product.

Wrapped up with a capstone project: Convo, a full-stack real-time chat application built from scratch using React and Node.js. It pulled together everything I’d learned into a production-grade, working product, a hands-on challenge that shaped the way I now approach development.

Projects

Umbra
Umbra
Built for the 2025 NASA Space Apps Challenge, Umbra empowers researchers, mission planners, and citizen scientists to explore, filter, and visualize NASA’s vast library of space biology experiments. Designed to fuel the next era of human space exploration.
Next.jsShadcn/UIFramer MotionTypeScriptTailwind CSSNASA's space biology database

Impact: Enabled researchers to visualize 600+ space biology experiments.

Masons Landing Page
Masons Landing Page
The landing page for my startup focused on building meaningful, impact-driven software for real-world problems.
Next.jsShadcn/UIFramer MotionTailwind CSS

Impact: Increased inquiry rate by 40% through improved UX.

Orbit
Orbit
Orbit is an interactive 3D web application designed to simulate the solar system and track Near-Earth Objects (NEOs). This was our official submission for the NASA Space Apps Cairo 2024 hackathon.
Next.jsThree.jsBlender

Impact: Visualized the entire solar system with some NEOs.

repAI
repAI
An AI Powered Recycling App with Rewards and Cashback for building a Sustainable Future, Built for Google's AI-Finance Hackathon 2025 by GDG Cairo
ReactGoogle AITailwind CSS

Impact: Won 5th place at Google's AI-Finance Hackathon 2025.

My Github Contributions
 

Logs

Personal notes and deep dives from my journey—building apps, leading teams, and exploring the craft of modern web development.

AIProject PitchNLP

Building world's first ITE "Integrated Thinking Environment"

A proposal for a local-first Markdown editor that uses real-time Sentiment Analysis to dynamically adjust its AI assistant's persona, featuring a multi-agent debate system ('The Council') and personalized memory recall.

Seif Zakaria•2025-11-28
Building world's first ITE "Integrated Thinking Environment"
Mental HealthAICase Study

Rafiqi: Our Journey Building Egypt's Mental Health Companion

How we built Rafiqi, an AI-powered mental health companion designed for Egyptians. From tackling cultural stigma to building tech that speaks Egyptian Arabic, here's the story of creating a platform rooted in accessibility, cultural respect, and real impact.

Seif Zakaria•2025-5-20
Rafiqi: Our Journey Building Egypt's Mental Health Companion
LeadershipAudio AIStrategy

Rebuilding MSP for a High-Velocity Future

The story of how I led the complete structural and cultural rebuild of the MSP chapter, installing professional engineering standards (Unix/GitHub mandate) to foster technical excellence, culminating in the launch of the high-velocity Audio AI committee, Resonance.

Seif Zakaria•2025-11-20
Rebuilding MSP for a High-Velocity Future
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Let's Work Together

I'm always interested in hearing about new projects and opportunities. Whether you have a question or just want to say hi, I'll try my best to get back to you!

My Local Time Is: in Cairo, Egypt

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