About
A short version of me.
7+ years shipping production React, TypeScript, and React Native. Arc.dev Top 2.3% (six-stage vetting). Upwork Top Rated, 100% JSS. Most recently Founding Engineer at Aitopia (1M+ user product). I work where AI, product thinking, and modern web systems meet.
Short story
I’m Mohammad, a product-minded engineer based in Istanbul. I work with founders and teams to shape ideas, clarify systems, and build useful products, especially where AI, product thinking, and technical execution overlap.
I came up through frontend and product. The work I do best lives in the seam between “what should this be” and “how do we ship it well.” Where product clarity, technical structure, and execution all have to meet.
Most of my recent work has been senior, founding-engineer-shaped engagements: shipping a React Native AI app from zero in under four months for a 1M+ user product (Aitopia), building a multi-agent AI SaaS used by 3,000+ paying customers (AI Ekip), and migrating a live production stack off Lovable Cloud onto Supabase with zero data loss (MeetYourMind). The shape that fits me best is a product that needs to be built or rescued by someone who can think across product and stack, not just hold a ticket queue.
What I care about
I care about clarity, useful tools, good interfaces, strong reasoning, and building things that reduce friction instead of adding more noise. I have low tolerance for fake polish and high tolerance for slow, careful thinking when the problem deserves it.
How I work
I work best where product clarity, technical structure, and execution need to meet. I like turning vague ideas into clear systems: defining the real problem, mapping inputs and outputs, understanding tradeoffs, and making the system simpler before making it bigger.
Communication-wise: calm, direct, low-pressure. I’d rather ask one sharp question than send three vague messages. I work in small, incremental shipments and prefer plain words to corporate ones.
Strengths
- Translating fuzzy product intent into clear system maps
- Designing prompt & LLM workflows that stay legible at scale
- Frontend systems with strong product sense (React, Next.js, RN)
- Acting as the bridge between strategy, design, and engineering
Earlier work
Before going solo, I co-founded Awebco. From 2020 to 2023 I led a 14-person team and shipped 40+ sites for 30+ clients across e-commerce, business platforms, and digital marketing. Most of what I know about scope, handoffs, and shipping under client pressure comes from that period.
Current focus
Right now I’m focused on AI-native product thinking, prompt architecture, technical-partner work, and building Unfog. The visual language I’m drawn to: chaos → control → calm. Quiet, precise interfaces. Wabi-sabi. Breathing motion.
Outside of work
Reading about cognition and systems. Drawing. Long, slow walks in Istanbul. Cooking. Trying to keep my own attention as a serious design problem.
· From earlier workWhat people I’ve built with have said.
From across the working relationships: a 6-year co-founder, a CEO client, and a recent Upwork client.
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Hamoun Taheri Co-Founder, Awebco · 6+ year working relationshipHaving worked with Mohammad for over 6 years, I’m continually impressed by his breadth of technical knowledge and his focus on delivering strong user experiences.
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Pouya Ranjehdel CEO, Pol International Real EstateCollaborating with Mohammad on our website design and development was extremely positive. His technical expertise and responsive post-launch support were hugely beneficial.
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Anahi Client (London) · Upwork 5.0 · Backend integration projectCommunication was smooth and clear. He took the time to understand exactly what I needed, and delivered fast with clean code throughout.