Summary
Nicolas Zein is a director-level data architect and tech lead with 11 years of hands-on experience building end-to-end systems and leading technology teams across emerging African markets and the U.S. He has founded and run multiple ventures—designing e-commerce and logistics platforms that combine mobile Flutter apps, a Laravel/PHP API layer with MySQL and MongoDB, and integrated hardware like RFID scanners—effectively shipping a scaled-down Amazon-plus-UPS solution. Equally comfortable in product, UX/UI and infrastructure, he handles design assets, onboarding flows, server log analysis and performance optimizations while maintaining Git-based source control. Based in Pasadena and active as a senior engineer at Smartrr, Nicolas blends entrepreneurial strategy with practical delivery, often managing migrations, security, and BI dashboards to turn operational data into near-real-time decisions. A background in film and multimedia informs his attention to UX and polished customer experiences that help technology gain local market traction.
11 years of coding experience
Associate's degree, Associate's degree at Pasadena City College
Lycee Francais Charlemagne
Lycée Français Renée Descartes
Lycée du Golf
Lycee Francais Saint-Exupery
University of California, Los Angeles