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Ahmed Tarek

Ahmed Tarek

@ahmed-tarek

CTO of Plural.com. Computer Scientist focused on AI/ML, scalable systems, open-source infrastructure, and developer tooling. Maintainer of widely used auth & payments libraries (apple-signin-auth, react-apple-signin-auth) and contributor to AI tooling.

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Location

Unknown (place of birth/origin not publicly listed)

Palo Alto, California, United States

Projects

Ideas brought to life. A look at the products, companies, and creative works built from the ground up, turning concepts into reality.

apple-signin-auth (Node.js)

apple-signin-auth (Node.js)

Server-side Node.js library implementing Sign in with Apple (authentication + token verification). Community standard for Apple Sign-In on Node backends (self-reported wide adoption).

Source: github.com
react-apple-signin-auth

react-apple-signin-auth

React frontend integration for Sign in with Apple using the official Apple JS SDK. Widely used in React apps (maintained by Ahmed's GitHub account).

Source: github.com
react-native-stripe-checkout-webview / Stripe React Native integrations

react-native-stripe-checkout-webview / Stripe React Native integrations

React Native implementations for Stripe Checkout/Identity flows to enable Stripe.js-based payment and identity flows inside RN apps; referenced as an early de-facto standard integration for RN.

Source: github.com
Audify AI / Text-to-Speech projects

Audify AI / Text-to-Speech projects

Open-source TTS / AI experiments (text-to-speech converter) and small AI tooling projects featured on personal projects page.

Source: ahmedtokyo.com
AI Zero-Shot Classifier and embedding-based tooling

AI Zero-Shot Classifier and embedding-based tooling

Open-source tools leveraging embeddings for multilingual zero-shot text classification and other AI/embedding experiments (hosted on GitHub).

Source: github.com

In the Spotlight

When your work speaks for itself, sometimes others join the conversation. A collection of articles, interviews, and viral content where achievements have been shared.

Recognitions

Formal validation from the top. A showcase of official awards, grants, and government acknowledgements that recognize excellence and extraordinary ability.

Open-source adoption — apple-signin-auth (self-reported)

Open-source adoption — apple-signin-auth (self-reported)

Self-reported metrics on personal resume: apple-signin-auth Node.js library with 3M+ downloads and adoption in 400+ open source projects.

Source: ahmedtokyo.com

Self-reported (resume)

Open-source adoption — react-apple-signin-auth (self-reported)

Open-source adoption — react-apple-signin-auth (self-reported)

Self-reported metrics: react-apple-signin-auth with 2M+ downloads and adoption in 500+ projects (as listed on public resume/projects page).

Source: ahmedtokyo.com

Self-reported (resume)

Prominent open-source maintainer (GitHub: a-tokyo)

Prominent open-source maintainer (GitHub: a-tokyo)

Maintainer with multiple widely used JavaScript/React/React Native libraries, visible GitHub activity and sponsorship page.

Source: github.com

Ongoing

Work Experience

Key roles that defined the journey. A timeline of companies and ventures where Sigil played a critical part in building teams, shipping products, and driving impact.

CTO

CTO

Sets technical roadmap, leads engineering, introduced scalable pipelines, AI tooling, and scaled engineering team. Based in Palo Alto; role listed on LinkedIn and resume.

Source: plural.com
VP of Engineering (listed on LinkedIn)

VP of Engineering (listed on LinkedIn)

LinkedIn lists Humanform in experience section. Public LinkedIn entries reference Humanform; details are available on LinkedIn profile.

Source: linkedin.com
Senior Software Engineer & earlier engineering roles

Senior Software Engineer & earlier engineering roles

Multiple prior roles as a senior software engineer, full-stack engineer, and engineering lead across web, mobile, and AI projects (details on resume).

Source: ahmedtokyo.com

Education

Academic foundation and learning journey. Institutions and programs that shaped expertise and knowledge.

Studies (listed on LinkedIn)

Source: uni-passau.de

2017 – 2018

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