George Faraj
Staff Software Engineer at Playbite
Plano, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGeorge Faraj is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of professional experience and a two-decade trajectory in systems and game-engine development, currently driving platform work at Alkami Technology while co-founding and leading engineering for Playbite. He blends deep low-level expertise (C++, physics, graphics, custom engines) with modern full-stack and enterprise work (C#, T-SQL, cloud-ready services), delivering both stakeholder-facing product features and robust backend systems. His career includes long-term ownership of PACS solutions for public-sector clients and building tooling that automated complex workflows, reflecting a strong mix of product design, architecture, and hands-on implementation. Based in Plano, Texas, he’s comfortable moving between startup scrappiness and structured corporate delivery, and unusually for a staff engineer, his background spans election software and mobile/embedded game platforms—evidence of a broad technical curiosity and practical adaptability.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Highschool, Highschool at Escuela Internacional SampedranaBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Texas A&M University
Spanish, English
Github Skills (145)
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react-native-web10
continuous-delivery10
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jsonnet10
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continuous-deployment10
kubernetes10
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
gfaraj/super-bot
Sep 2019 - Sep 2021
A simple but extensible bot written in Node (with Whatsapp, Slack, and Discord interfaces)
Contributions:78 commits, 18 PRs, 91 pushes in 2 years
whatsapp-webwhatsappdiscordbotslack
gfaraj/super-bot-whatsapp
Sep 2019 - Feb 2020
Whatsapp client for super-bot (https://github.com/gfaraj/super-bot)
Contributions:19 commits, 4 PRs, 20 pushes in 4 months
whatsappbotnodejswhatsapp-clientwhatsapp-bot
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