Summary
Sam El-borai is a versatile software engineer with 12 years of experience building backend and full-stack systems across FinTech and startup environments, currently contributing to Stainless and running his own consultancy, Elborai Software, from Hamburg. He combines hands-on product development for financial services with a personal passion for graphics programming, reflecting a breadth from infrastructure and codegen to front-end craftsmanship. Previously he led engineering efforts at companies ranging from OptioPay to WIPO and several startups, often stepping into lead and founding roles that required both technical delivery and operational ownership. An enthusiastic contributor to developer tooling and customer-facing engineering at Stainless, he pairs practical system-building skills with curiosity-driven exploration of visual computing.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
English, French, German