Bilal Ben Aouad

One of Morocco's largest hypermarket chains, with 13 locations nationwide, competing with major retailers, is a subsidiary of Ynna Holding, serving millions of customers across Morocco since 1998.

Key Achievements:

• Responsible for refactoring the existing Aswak Assalam e-commerce platform, modernizing the legacy codebase, and improving the system architecture.
• Developed a custom checkout solution, replacing Shopify's default checkout system with a tailored implementation featuring: a custom payment flow optimized for the Moroccan market, CMI (Centre Monétique Interbancaire) payment gateway integration, enhanced user experience with a streamlined checkout process, and improved conversion rates through localized payment options.
• Implemented a comprehensive notification system for the back office platform: role-based notification delivery system, real-time alerts for order status changes and actions, customizable notification preferences per user role, and email and in-app notification integration.
• Created KPI dashboard for business intelligence and performance monitoring: Real-time sales metrics and order analytics, revenue tracking, and conversion rate analysis, user behavior insights, and engagement metrics, interactive data visualization using Chart.js and D3.js.
• Enhanced platform performance through code optimization and modern development practices.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business requirements.

Yakeey is Morocco's pioneering digital real estate platform, revolutionizing property transactions and financing through innovative technology solutions.

Key Achievements:

• Responsible frontend development of Morocco's first fully digital real estate loan application, in partnership with CIH Bank, serving over 3 million active users.
• implemented a comprehensive end-to-end digital loan platform for customers and bank agents, streamlining the entire journey from simulation to final approval.
• Developed a sophisticated JSON-driven loan simulator using React and react-hook-form, featuring: dynamic step rendering with a modular, schema-based structure, support for multiple loan purposes (purchase, construction, credit buyback), adaptive forms for various property types (villa, apartment, land), and real-time input validation and seamless step navigation.
• Spearheaded the development of an AI-powered document processing feature: Built a dynamic upload system for single/multiple mixed loan documents, integrated AI classification and structured data extraction, designed a flexible UI with a sortable metadata preview, implemented real-time classification correction and anomaly detection, and created a floating modal system for seamless multitasking across the application.
• Optimized landing page performance using Next.js and Tailwind CSS, achieving a 60% improvement in load times.
• Transformed legacy applications to match modern design specifications using React and Styled Components.
• Established a comprehensive testing infrastructure with Jest and React Testing Library, achieving 80% test coverage across components and critical user flows.
• Demonstrated full-stack capabilities by supporting backend development with Spring Boot.

FinaMaze: An award-winning AI WealthTech platform empowering banks and asset managers with personalized investment solutions.

Key Achievements:

• Developed real-time market data displays and investment tracking interfaces using React, Styled Components, Redux, and Socket.IO.
• Created an interactive risk assessment questionnaire flow, increasing the user completion rate by 30%.
• Built a comprehensive investment dashboard featuring: portfolio analytics with real-time performance metrics, dynamic asset allocation charts and strategy comparisons, personalized AI-driven investment recommendations, and advanced data visualization using D3.js and Chart.js.
• Implemented WebSocket connections for live market data streaming.
• Optimized application performance through code-splitting and lazy-loading techniques.
• Collaborated with the data science team to integrate ML models into frontend interfaces.
• Enhanced user experience with responsive design and accessibility improvements.

A strategic partnership is developing an innovative digital banking platform (Pocket Bank) for Banque Populaire's next-generation mobile banking services.

Key Achievements:

• Developed a responsive, mobile-first banking interface using React Native and React.js for cross-platform compatibility.
• Implemented secure authentication flows with biometric integration and multi-factor authentication.
• Built real-time account management features: live balance updates and transaction history, interactive spending analytics with data visualization, budget tracking, and financial goal-setting tools, instant money transfer, and payment functionalities.
• Created an intuitive onboarding experience with progressive disclosure and guided user flows.
• Integrated banking APIs for seamless transaction processing and account synchronization.
• Ensured compliance with banking security standards and GDPR regulations.
• Collaborated with the 1337 Labs team in an agile development environment.
• Delivered pixel-perfect UI components matching Banque Populaire's design system.
• Optimized app performance, achieving sub-2-second load times for critical banking operations.

Innovative marketplace platform connecting unused local spaces with entrepreneurs seeking retail locations.

Key Achievements:

• Implemented real-time chat functionality, enabling direct communication between space owners and entrepreneurs using Socket.IO.
• Built an interactive map interface for location-based space discovery using the MapBox API.
• Developed a dynamic property listing system with advanced search and filtering capabilities using React and TypeScript.
• Designed responsive UI components following modern design principles and a mobile-first approach.
• Contributed to the component library development for a consistent UI across the platform.