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Merouane Amqor

hi — I'm Merouane

I build & ship SaaS products designed to make a difference.

Rails, Next.js & AI — simple, senior, and fast !

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Engineering Profile

Senior engineer who
owns the outcome

R&D Engineering Lead at Cegid · 700k+ businesses · 8+ yrs shipping SaaS, growth platforms, and AI systems. I scope, architect, and deliver — full stack, no hand-holding.

What I deliver

Architect and ship SaaS MVPs to production in weeks, not quarters
Build conversion-optimized landing pages and growth surfaces fast
Design scalable API layers, data models, and cloud infrastructure
Integrate LLMs, RAG pipelines, and AI features with real business impact
Connect and orchestrate any third-party SaaS, payment, or data API
Establish engineering processes that let your team move 2× faster
Merouane Amqor at his desk in Casablanca
that's me — Casablanca
Languages
ARArabic·Native
FRFrench·Fluent
ENEnglish·Professional
Services

Senior-Level Execution
Across the Full Stack

Web Platform Engineering

Production-grade platforms built to scale and convert

  • Custom architecture from Figma or brief
  • Core Web Vitals — sub-1s LCP targets
  • Next.js / React with SSR & edge delivery
  • Headless CMS integration (Contentful, Sanity)
  • SEO-structured semantic markup
  • Micro-interaction & animation layer
From $1,500 / projectGet a quote →

Compressed Time-to-Market

Growth pages in 3–7 days. Fully architected MVPs in 4–8 weeks.

Distributed & Async-Ready

Embedded with teams across France, UK, Germany, Morocco, and beyond.

Fixed-Scope or Retainer

Predictable fixed-price delivery or hourly retainer — no billing surprises.

Skills & Tech Stack

Production-Grade Depth,
Every Layer of the Stack

Next.js / React92%TypeScript88%Tailwind CSS90%HTML & CSS95%
Full Ecosystem
40+ tools
Next.jsReactTypeScriptTailwind CSSShadcn/uiFramer MotionRuby on RailsNode.jsGraphQLREST APIsWebSocketsHotwireTurboStimulusSidekiqRSpecMinitestDeviseStripeTwilioPostgreSQLMySQLRedisElasticsearchPrismaDockerAWS S3AWS EC2AWS LambdaVercelRenderHerokuGitHub ActionsOpenAIClaude APILangChainn8nZapierMakeFigmaNotionLinearSentryDatadogNew Relic
Experience

IC to Engineering Lead —
8 Years of Compounding Depth

Trajectory
Full-Stack DeveloperSenior Full-Stack EngineerR&D Engineering Lead · Cegid

Leading R&D engineering teams inside one of Europe's top enterprise SaaS companies — trusted by 700,000+ businesses across finance, HR, and retail. Accountable for technical roadmap, architectural decisions, and end-to-end delivery velocity across multiple product squads.

Responsibilities

  • Own technical architecture & engineering roadmap
  • Drive 0-to-1 feature delivery across squads
  • Establish DORA metrics & CI/CD best practices
  • Mentor engineers from mid to senior level
  • Lead cross-functional alignment with product & design
  • Govern code quality, PR reviews & incident response
Ruby on RailsPostgreSQLDockerGitHub ActionsRedisAWS

Full timeline & references on request · Verify on LinkedIn →

Case Studies

Hard Technical Problems,
Quantified Business Impact

LLM / RAG Engineering#01

Enterprise AI Knowledge System

Designed and shipped a RAG-based knowledge assistant that gives employees instant, cited answers across thousands of internal documents — eliminating the support queue for institutional knowledge.

Ruby on RailsOpenAI APIpgvector+2

60%

Support tickets eliminated

SaaS Architecture#02

Legacy Rails Monolith → Scalable Multi-Tenant SaaS

Led a full architectural re-engineering of a Rails monolith buckling under 50k users. Delivered 4× performance headroom and 45% infrastructure savings without a rewrite or downtime.

Ruby on RailsPostgreSQLRedis+3

4×

Throughput improvement

Engineering Leadership#03

Broken Dev Team → High-Velocity Delivery Engine

Embedded as engineering lead into a 15-person team shipping once a month with chronic rollbacks. Rebuilt the delivery system from the ground up — DORA metrics, CI/CD pipeline, sprint discipline, and psychological safety.

GitHub ActionsLinearDatadog+3

Daily

Deployment frequency

Testimonials

What CTOs & Founders
Say After Shipping Together

“Merouane completely transformed how our engineering team operates. We went from shipping every month to shipping every day. He brought structure, clarity, and genuine care for both the technical quality and the people on the team.”
SL

Sophie Laurent

Co-founder & CEO · Flowie

Paris, France

50+

Production Systems Shipped

8+

Years in Production Engineering

4.9★

Client Satisfaction Score

12+

Countries & Markets Served

Let's Work Together

Let's Solve a
Real Engineering Problem

Currently Available · Q3 & Q4 2026
Engagement ModelProject · Retainer · Fractional
Time ZoneGMT+1 — overlap-friendly
Response SLA< 24 hours
Preferred Duration3–6+ months

No sales deck. Direct technical conversation.