Smail Zitane
Senior full-stack developer and software solution partner.
I build software for businesses that need more than a template can offer: websites that are structured to generate real inquiries, internal tools that replace error-prone spreadsheets, AI assistants that are grounded in a company's own approved content, and upgrades to production Laravel and Symfony applications that have grown difficult to maintain.
My background is in PHP (Laravel and Symfony), Vue.js, TypeScript, Docker, Nginx, MySQL, Redis and Elasticsearch — the practical stack behind most production business applications — combined with applied AI work: building AI agents and knowledge-base assistants, and research into computer vision, content-based image retrieval and self-supervised vision representations.
I work directly with clients rather than through layers of account management. On projects that call for specialists outside my own core skills, I bring in trusted collaborators rather than claiming expertise I don't have — I'm an independent senior developer who can lead a project end to end, not the front door to a large agency.
I typically work with
- Small and medium businesses
- Startups
- Agencies that need a senior technical partner
- Clinics and professional service companies
- Research and education organizations
- Teams maintaining Laravel or Symfony applications
Core experience
- PHP
- Laravel
- Symfony
- Vue.js
- TypeScript
- Docker
- Nginx
- MySQL
- Redis
- Elasticsearch
- API development
- Performance optimization
- Application modernization
- AI agents & knowledge-base assistants
- Computer vision & CBIR research
Have a website, workflow or product that needs improvement?
Tell me what's not working and where you want it to go — I'll tell you honestly how I can help.