# Nidal Jaafar

Nidal Jaafar is a remote worker on Himalayas, Freelance Software Developer at Self Employed, based in Lebanon.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@nidaljaafar

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Backend Software Engineer at FOO building Java and Spring Boot tokenization systems for 10+ clients and 300K+ monthly attempts.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | Lebanon |
| Authorized to work in | Lebanon |
| Salary expectations | 30k+ USD |
| Job categories | Backend Engineer, Full Stack Developer |
| Skills | Backend Development, Java, Spring Boot, Card tokenization, Digital Wallets, Identity Verification, REST APIs, Microservices, PCI DSS, VTS, Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES), Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, Python |
| LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/nidal-jaafar |

## About

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At FOO, I develop and maintain Java and Spring Boot tokenization products supporting 10+ clients and 300K+ monthly tokenization attempts. I integrated Visa (VTS) and Mastercard (MDES) platforms and implemented push provisioning for Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay.

I led the migration from Java 8 to Java 17 across tokenization and identity verification platforms, and architected and led implementation of an identity verification platform integrating multiple providers. I also enhanced Python verification modules for document authentication, face matching, and anti-spoofing.

As a freelance software developer, I delivered a full-stack POS solution for a local coffee shop using Next.js and Supabase, with real-time sales tracking, receipt printing, and inventory management.
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## Experience

### Freelance Software Developer (current)

Self Employed. Oct 2024 - Present

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Delivered a full-stack POS solution using Next.js and Supabase for a local coffee shop, enabling real-time sales tracking, receipt printing, and inventory management.
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Skills: Next.js, Supabase, POS, Sales-Tracking, Receipt-Printing, Inventory-Management

### Java Developer (current)

FOO. Oct 2022 - Present

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Developed and maintained Java and Spring Boot tokenization products, supporting 10+ clients with 300K+ monthly tokenization attempts. Integrated Visa and Mastercard tokenization platforms and led migration from Java 8 to Java 17.
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Skills: Java, Spring-Boot, MySQL, Redis, VTS, Mastercard-Digital-Enablement-Service-(MDES), Apple-Pay, Google-Pay, Samsung-Pay, REST-APIs, PCI-DSS, Junit, Mockito, Spring-Tests, Test-Containers, Prometheus, Grafana

### Java Intern

FOO. Jul 2022 - Oct 2022

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Introduced JGitVer for automated versioning and contributed to core platform modules covering logging, validation, testing, translations, and multitenancy.
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Skills: Java, JGitVer, Logging, Validation, Testing, Translation, Multi-tenancy

## Education

### Lebanese University

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science. 2019 - 2022

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Pursued a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with coursework in software engineering, database systems, algorithms, and data structures.
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### Zaka AI Academy

AI/ML Scholarship Program, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

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Completed the AI/ML Scholarship Program, building a website generator as the program project.
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## Tech stack

- Flyway
- Liquibase
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- Docusaurus
- Spring Boot
- Next.js
- Spring Framework
- Redis
- Python
- Java
- Kafka
- Grafana
- Prometheus
- Hibernate
- TypeScript
- JUnit
- Mockito
- Keycloak
- Git
- Docker
- Supabase
- Testcontainers

To contact Nidal, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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