Nr 23 Lot El Waha 
Ismail Ghallou  Errachidia, 52000 
+212663532761 
Full Stack JavaScript developer  ismai23l@hotmail.com 
ismail16smakosh23@gmail.com 
https://smakosh.com 

EXPERIENCE 
 
4D, ​Rabat, Morocco — ​Software engineer  SKILLS 
May 2020 - Present 
Front end development: 
Working mostly on building fast and performant web and mobile apps 
using React Native and Next js, my daily tasks include:  - HTML / CSS / JavaScript 
- Code refactoring 
- Pug (jade) / SASS / SCSS / ES6 
- Setting up codebases 
- Coming up with the app architecture and file structure  JavaScript Eco-system: 
- Benchmarking  - Npm / yarn / webpack / Gulp Js / 
- Writing E2E, integration and unit tests  Gatsby js / Next js / Jekyll / Netlify / 
- Contributing to other internal open source projects like IZM js  Vercel / Firebase / Heroku 
documentation website   
  Version control: Git 
​ ront-end developer 
Elliot, ​Remote — F  
December 2019 - June 2020  JavaScript frameworks & libraries: 
- Built Elliot’s headless open source package with a great team of 
- React Js / Redux / Recompose/ React 
developers and worked with the Next js core team: 
router dom / @reach/router / 
https://github.com/helloiamelliot/elliot-serverless-ecommerce 
Styled-components / CSS modules / 
- Contributing in implementing features, fixing bugs and refactoring 
Styled-system / theme-ui / Express Js / 
code on the CMS 
Mongoose / React Native / 
- Refactoring code and implementing new features on the checkout Next  react-navigation / 
js app  react-native-navigation / 
  react-native-config / Bootstrap / 
Smakosh LLC, R
​ emote—Owner  react-intl / react-apollo / axios / 
November 2015 - Present  Tachyons / Moment Js / Formik / Yup / 
I was doing some work for my clients while learning, I was offering  Jquery… 
services such as Graphic, UI/UX Design & web development, it went well & 
Back end development: 
had a good experience. 
- Node js / Mongodb / Serverless/Cloud 
- Design work: h
​ ttps://www.behance.net/ismail16sm9991 
functions 
- More Design work: ​https://dribbble.com/smakosh 
- Stories: ​https://smakosh.com/blog  Design: 
- Dev: ​https://github.com/smakosh 
Graphic, UI/UX Design 
 
But now, Smakosh LLC is a one man software company that crafts  - Adobe Illustrator / Photoshop / XD / 
software for startups using JavaScript tools like Gatsby, Next and React  Invision Studio / Sketch / Figma 
Native.   
AWARDS 
 
Maltem Africa, ​Casablanca, Morocco — ​Full stack developer 
November 2019 - April 2020  Guinness World Record​ ​ Most 

- Contributing in building internal projects built with the MERN stack  participants in a hackathon: 
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7g2F_
- Organized ZEIT community meetup 
kgc-p/ 
- Managed my team through different strategies and methodologies 
- Managed internal projects using Scrum methodology and Kanban lean 
First Prize LeMatin Hackathon​ ​ Got the 
method 
first prize of a 36 hours hackathon, full 
- Built h
​ ttps://7arackathon.com​ using the JAM stack in 4 days  details: h
​ ttps://goo.gl/hwbRUx 
 
Dribbble’s invite ​ Got invited to share 
Better, R ​ obile developer 
​ emote — M my shots. dribbble.com/smakosh 
November 2018 - January 2020 
- Contributed in building the following mobile apps using React Native:  Product of the day​ ​ Unnamed got 

- Uvo Health: h
​ ttps://uvohealth.com/  product of the day on Producthunt.com 

- Whiz Tutor: h
​ ttps://whiztutorapp.com/  Second Prize FreeCodeCamp online 
- Mega Trainer: h
​ ttps://megatrainer.com/  hackathon​ - Got the second prize for 
  building a pwa with the JAMStack: 
Obytes, ​Remote— ​Front end developer  https://pawn-shopify.netlify.com/ 
August 2017 - October 2019 
Design of the day​ One of my daily UI 
- Contributed in building Candid (​candidco.com​) Angular web beta app.  received the design of the day award on 
- I've also re-coded Obytes official Jekyll website and started the  Uplabs.com 
migration to Gatsby. 
 
- Contributed in building Barmej (​barmej.com​) on both the web app 
LANGUAGES 
(Gatsby app) and the landing page (it was a Jekyll website that I've 
English, Arabic & French 
successfully migrated it to Gatsby), both websites interact with a REST 
and GraphQL APIs. 
- Migrated JoinCoded (​joincoded.com​) from create-react-app web app to 
Gatsby web app. 
- Explored different agile methodologies like Scrum and lean methods 
like Kanban using Trello and Jira. 
- Deployed numerous websites using Netlify and have configured CircleCI 
pipelines. 
- Come up with the right approach in handling Legal Aid Foundation 
website (​test.legalaidarabia.org​) (a Gatsby website that supports over 12 
languages and its content can be managed from Contentful). 
- During my work, I've contributed to Gatsby by making a source plugin, 
starters and a Gatsby theme that can be found on my GitHub account: 
https://github.com/smakosh 
- Have contributed in improving the docs of some JavaScript libraries like 
testing-library, Gatsby and more 
- I helped build Pawp (​pawp.com​) the first iteration of the Gatsby blog 
which was managed by Contentful. 
- I published an article to Obytes blog about Gatsby and i18n: 
https://www.obytes.com/blog/2018/implement-i18n-to-gatsby/​ and 
organized Obytes 1st online webinar about Gatsby & Airtable: 
https://youtu.be/RGlUrsH6sr8 
- I've given 3 tech talks: 
- 1st in Casablanca, about the perceptron (single NN) which I wrote an 
article about on my blog:​ smakosh.com/blog 
- 2nd in Casablanca, about Gatsby as the best SSG for react developers: 
https://introducing-gatsby.netlify.com/ 
- 3rd in Penang Island, about building Gatsby apps: 
https://building-apps-with-gatsby.netlify.com/ 
- I mentored new developers who joined us 
- I coded the landing page of an internal Slack bot we use: C
​ ouscous.bot 
 
Gemography (Hidden Founders), ​Rabat, Morocco— I​ ntern 
front-end developer 
May 2017 - June 2017 
I was working on 2 web apps on the front end side: 
- Coded some user interfaces. 
- Learned Git workflow, an intro to vue Js, bulma css framework, lostgrid 
css framework, got an idea about NoSQL database specially mongoDb and 
the MEAN stack overall. Full details: h
​ ttps://goo.gl/UTt2rG 
 
AMTIC, ​Rabat, Morocco— I​ ntern Designer 
July 2016 - August 2016 
Spent one month working as a product designer: 
- Designed some logos, business cards, book cover, social media ad 
banners. 
- Made A facebook chatbot. 
- Made one wordpress website 
- Made a responsive landing page with no frameworks. 
 
PROJECTS 
 
Ai Hashtags ​— A​ n iOS and Android app to get precise hashtags 
based on what’s on your picture. 
Using Clarifai API, it recognizes what’s on the picture and returns 
accurate hashtags to copy and store them for reusability. 
Link: ​https://ai-hashtags.com 
 
Beaf ​— A
​ social media platform 
The first iteration was built in 24 hours while streaming on Twitch, the 
full videos can be found at my YouTube channel, a react app, an express 
API & a Gatsby landing page, both client side apps are deployed on Netlify, 
the API was first deployed on Heroku then migrated it to Digital Ocean. 
Link 
 
Unnamed —
​ A
​ simple colorful open source css framework 
A simple framework that you can install using `npm i unnamed` or `yarn 
add unnamed`, it’s useful while learning something non related to css and 
hate to see the default styled components. 
Link: ​http://unnamed.smakosh.com/ 
 
Todo App —
​ A
​ PWA todo app 
Built it while learning React/Redux & Firebase. 
Link: ​https://firebaseapp.smakosh.com 
 
Smakosh.com —
​ ​My personal portfolio/blog (pwa) 
Open sourced on Github and listed on Gatsby showcase, built with React, 
GraphQL and a bunch of nice Gatsby plugins, works offline and loads 
blazing fast, scores top on lighthouse google audit. 
Link: ​https://smakosh.com 
 
Gatsby js starters and plugins —
​ ​Contributions to Gatsby js 
While using Gatsby js, I contributed by making a source plugin that 
fetches your shots from Dribbble.com into nodes so you can query them 
from the local GraphQL API built within Gatsby js: 
https://github.com/smakosh/gatsby-source-dribbble 
Also made an i18n starter with some cool features and published a blog 
about it: ​https://dev.to/smakosh/implement-i18n-to-a-gatsby-site-5ala 
 
Catch it 1.0 —
​ ​An android game 
I was doing some sketches on a piece of paper while I was having an 
exam, turns out to be a mobile game built in a week using Build Box. 
Link to the game: h
​ ttps://goo.gl/mNMxxN 
 
TALKS 
 
Introducing Gatsby, — The modern web framework for 
building blazing fast websites and apps, C
​ asablanca, 
Morocco 
Dec 17, 2019 

Slides link: ​https://zeit-gatsby-talk.smakosh.com/ 

Watch at: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXRmOrN7m9o&feature=youtu.be&t
=1465 
 
Building static & dynamic apps with Gatsby, P
​ enang island, 
Malaysia 
May 14, 2019 

Slides link: ​https://building-apps-with-gatsby.netlify.com/ 

 
Introducing Gatsby, the best SSG built with React, webpack 
& GraphQL, C
​ asablanca, Morocco 
February 13, 2019 

Slides link: ​https://introducing-gatsby.netlify.com 

 
The Perceptron - Understanding the maths under the hood, 
Casablanca, Morocco 
April 03, 2018 

Slides link: 
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YTl4g36z22bJJmzfHtNd9QEib
eotgNmieikO6G7gK3U 
 
EDUCATION 
 
Self-Taught, E
​ rrachidia, Morocco 
November 2015 - Present 
I was & still continuously learning anything I was & am interested in or 
noticed that it has an impact on engineering or research specially stuff 
related to computer science. 
 
BTS MCW, E
​ rrachidia, Morocco— A
​ ssociate’s degree 
November 2015 - June 2017 
Learned basic Design tools and an introduction to programming & web 
development. 
 
 Bn Tahir, ​Errachidia, Morocco— H
​ igh School 
October 2014 - June 2015 
Learned basic maths mostly, especially basics of algebra linear, calculus & 
statistics.