Motasem AbuBaraka
Freelance Full-Stack Developer · Budapest, Hungary
Full-stack developer and Computer Science graduate from ELTE, Budapest. I build AI-powered products, secure APIs and browser extensions — mainly React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js and MongoDB — and I ship them end to end, from the data model to the interaction detail. Currently available for freelance work.
Experience
Founder & Full-Stack Software Engineer
2025 — Now
LaSu — AI Language Support·Budapest, Hungary
Built an AI-powered language learning platform pairing a Manifest V3 Chrome extension with a Next.js app — auth, rate-limited API routes, a Mongoose data layer, and OpenAI-driven live translation.
- Next.js
- Chrome Extension
- OpenAI API
- MongoDB
Web Development Intern
2025 — 2026
Lime Light Renhold AS·Oslo, Norway (Remote)
350 hours inside an Agile team building responsive interfaces with HTML5, SASS, and Bootstrap, shipped through Git-based review and GitHub Pages deploys.
- HTML5
- SASS
- Bootstrap
- Agile
Freelance Full-Stack Developer
2024 — Now
Independent·Budapest, Hungary (Remote)
Delivered full-stack web apps for clients across Next.js, Node, and MongoDB — auth, admin dashboards, and custom integrations.
- Next.js
- Node.js
- MongoDB
- Auth
Selected work
Lasu — Learn Languages As You Browse
2025 — 2026
A streaming translation engine, a Manifest V3 extension and a subscription web app — one product, two clients, one wire format.
MIT HU — Community Platform
2025 — 2026
Trilingual events and community platform for the Muslim Youth Association of Hungary.
IGFocus — Instagram, On Your Terms
2025 — 2026
A Manifest V3 extension that takes Instagram apart from the inside — the feed, the receipts, the metrics — one switch at a time.
Education
BSc Computer Science
Sep 2022 — Jul 2026
Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)·Budapest, Hungary
Graduated with Excellent (Jeles) distinction, 4.51/5.00 final grade. Thesis: LaSu — AI Language Support, a full-stack language-learning platform pairing a browser extension with a Next.js web app.
Stack
- Frontend
- Next.js · React · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · Framer Motion · Zustand
- Backend & APIs
- Node.js · Express · NextAuth.js · Stripe · Server-Sent Events · OpenAI API
- Data & Infra
- MongoDB · Mongoose · Redis · Edge Middleware · Vercel · Git
- Browser extensions
- Chrome Extensions · Service Workers · Shadow DOM · declarativeNetRequest · WebSocket
Languages
- ArabicNative
- EnglishFluent
- HungarianConversational