About

Rakan Nimer is a Lead Full Stack Software Engineer with over a decade of experience creating modern and robust applications and leading performant engineering teams for high traffic businesses. He excels at planning and developing scalable, documented, and well-tested solutions while mentoring and pair-programming with others around him. Rakan is currently a Software Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he is shipping features and products for WorkSpaces and AppStream2.0. Rakan's technical expertise includes TypeScript, Node.js, PWAs, React(-Native), Java, CDK, Serverless, AWS, and GCP. He is passionate about using his skills to create innovative solutions that solve complex problems. Prior to joining AWS, Rakan co-founded et3arraf sal - اتعرف ش.م.ل, where he served as CTO and Full Stack Software Engineer. He also worked as a Full Stack Software Engineer at Eastline Digital. Rakan holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from the American University of Beirut, where he graduated in 2012. As a Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years of relevant experience, Rakan is a valuable asset to any team. He is committed to staying up-to-date with the latest technologies and methodologies, and he is always looking for new and innovative ways to approach software development challenges.