Wael Nafee
Partner at RAED Ventures
United Arab Emirates
Summary
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Top SchoolWael Nafee is a seasoned technology leader and partner based in the UAE with 15 years of experience building product-led platforms and mobile experiences. He rose through hands-on engineering roles into senior product and platform leadership at Careem, where he led the Super App Platform and shaped ride-hailing product strategy. A former founder and YC alumni, he blends startup grit with corporate-scale delivery and now invests and advises startups as a partner and board member. Wael remains an active engineer at heart—his open-source Android work includes UI and animation contributions (e.g., MorphButton and page-curling UX improvements) that show a focus on polished user interaction and performance. He combines deep embedded and firmware roots with modern mobile/product expertise, enabling him to move fluidly between low-level systems thinking and customer-facing product decisions.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (10)
javas10
ui-design10
android10
animation10
java10
front-end-development9
widgets9
javascript9
uid9
xml8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
wnafee/vector-compat
Apr 2015 - May 2015
A support library for VectorDrawable and AnimatedVectorDrawable classes introduced in Lollipop
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:79 commits, 2 PRs, 71 pushes in 29 days
Contributions summary:Wael primarily contributed to the development of UI components and enhancements within the repository. Their work involved adding and modifying components such as a `MorphButton`, and integrating them with existing code, including refactoring of existing components. This included the implementation of animations and state management, demonstrating a focus on user interaction and visual design aspects. The user also fixed bugs related to the state machine and made improvements to the MorphButton.
lollipopsupport-libraryvectordrawable
quran/quran_android
Jun 2011 - Feb 2012
a quran reading application for android
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:16 commits in 8 months
Contributions summary:Wael primarily focused on developing and improving the Quran reading application for Android. Their contributions include implementing page curling animations, fixing bugs related to page rendering and touch interactions, and adding features like D-pad page navigation. They also addressed highlighting issues and optimized code for performance, specifically concerning screen ratios and audio synchronization.
kotlinandroidquran
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