Merzoug Rayane (Smothy) — Full-Stack Developer & Penetration Tester

Merzoug Rayane

aka Smothy · Senior Full-Stack Engineer & Offensive Security Consultant

Eight years building and breaking production systems. I ship full-stack platforms that carry real traffic, run the infrastructure underneath them, and get paid to break into other stacks before attackers do.

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8+
Years Experience
26+
Projects Built
Top 5
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#66
HackTheBox Worldwide

What I Do

Product Engineering

Architecture through delivery on Next.js, Node.js and TypeScript. Systems sized for the traffic they actually take, with the data and caching layer to match

Offensive Security

Black and grey box assessment across web, API and network. I map the attack surface, prove impact with working exploits, and rank findings by business risk rather than scanner severity

Automation & Tooling

Internal tools, bots and pipelines that take manual work off your team. Built to run unattended, with logging and failure handling rather than hope

Infrastructure & Platform

Proxmox, Docker and bare metal. Nginx, DNS, TLS, monitoring and hardening, configured to hold up under real load instead of demo traffic

Tech Stack

React
Next.js
TypeScript
Node.js
Python
Docker
MySQL
Linux
Nginx
MongoDB
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Projects
26+
Cyber Security
HTB + CTF
GitHub Activity
12 Repos
Skills
9 Categories
Certifications
13+
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