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I am a Senior Software Engineer specializing in frontend and mobile development, with a strong focus on AI integration and scalable SaaS architectures. Here is a summary of my background, skills, and experience.

Key Achievements & Production Metrics

Zero rollbacks

Delivered optimised investor features on a fast monthly sprint cadence — zero production rollbacks across 6+ consecutive releases on a live high-net-worth investor platform.

Lumida Wealth

100K+ users impacted

Built and maintained critical ledger, payment, and credit features used daily by 100K+ SMB users — while cutting app startup by 40% through Hermes tuning, FlatList virtualisation, and strategic memoisation.

Udhaar Book

30% more engagement

Grew user engagement on Unilever's nationwide B2B retail app through targeted UX redesigns and onboarding flow optimisation.

Unilever 'Roll'

End-to-end delivery

Acted as a critical individual contributor on Roll — owning full sprint cycles end-to-end and consistently shipping fast, impactful features that kept the platform responsive to distributor demands.

Unilever 'Roll'

50% faster APIs

Contributed to backend optimisations that halved API response times and enabled the platform to handle 3× the order volume with no additional infrastructure.

Dastgyr

5% → 2% crash rate

Halved mobile crash rate across three React Native apps through Crashlytics monitoring, structured error handling, and native module fixes.

Dastgyr

⬡ TECH_STACK

Technical proficiencies

Frontend

10 ITEMS
React.jsNext.jsTypeScriptJavaScript ES6+HTML5CSS3TailwindCSSReduxZustandMaterial UI

Mobile

07 ITEMS
React Native (iOS & Android)ExpoReact NavigationNative ModulesOffline-First ArchitectureHermesFlipper

Backend + Databases

13 ITEMS
Node.jsNestJSExpress.jsKoa.jsGraphQLRESTful APIsPrisma ORMJWTOAuth2PostgreSQLMongoDBFirebaseSupabase

AI + SaaS

07 ITEMS
OpenAI APIFunction CallingStreaming APIs (SSE)Prompt EngineeringLLM IntegrationReal-time AI dashboardsSaaS Architecture

Cloud, QA & Tools

12 ITEMS
AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda)DockerGitHub ActionsVercelFastlaneJest & CypressSystem DesignWCAG 2.1SentryCrashlyticsFigmaGit & Postman

⬡ EXPERIENCE

Professional history

Senior Full-Stack & AI Engineer

Early-Stage Startups · Contract / Consulting · Remote

Jun 2026 – Present

Architecting web apps, SaaS products, and AI integrations for growth businesses

  • Developing scalable web and mobile solutions using React, Next.js, Node.js, NestJS, TypeScript, and AWS.
  • Integrating LLMs, RAG workflows, and custom AI APIs into existing product ecosystems.
  • Partnering with founders and engineering teams on architecture, performance optimization, and product roadmaps.

Senior Software Engineer

Lumida Wealth · Remote · Full-time

Aug 2025 – Jun 2026

AI-powered wealth management SaaS · High-net-worth US investor platform

  • Shipped investor-facing features — portfolio tracking, real-time data sync, and OAuth2 authentication — across iOS, Android, and web, collaborating cross-functionally to maintain zero production rollbacks across 6+ consecutive sprints.
  • Integrated LLM-powered insights and AI-driven data visualisations using OpenAI API, accelerating investor decision workflows and increasing feature adoption.
  • Contributed to a consistent monthly release cadence through disciplined CI/CD, cross-functional QA, and proactive issue resolution.
  • Improved UI/UX consistency and responsiveness across devices, reducing UI bug reports by 35% through WCAG 2.1 accessibility enforcement.

Software Engineer

Udhaar Book · Full-time

Jun 2022 – Jul 2025

Pakistan's #1 digital ledger & B2B payments app · 100K+ active SMB users

  • Owned end-to-end delivery of core ledger, credit management, and digital payment flows serving 100K+ SMBs — directly impacting company revenue and user retention.
  • Cut app load times by 40% through React Native lazy loading, FlatList virtualisation, Hermes engine tuning, and strategic memoisation — measured via Flipper profiling.
  • Contributed to a full refactor of the app's data layer to WatermelonDB, migrating core ledger and credit flows to improve offline reliability and reduce session drop-off by 25% for users on low-bandwidth mobile networks.
  • Drove a consistent monthly release cadence across iOS and Android for 3 years, improving customer retention quarter-over-quarter.

Mobile App Developer

Unilever Pakistan · Contract

Aug 2022 – Dec 2024

Enterprise B2B retail platform 'Roll' · Pakistan-wide distributor network

  • Maintained and scaled Roll, Unilever's mission-critical retail ordering app processing thousands of B2B transactions daily across Pakistan's distributor network.
  • Increased user engagement by 30% through targeted UX redesigns, onboarding flow optimisation, and performance-focused feature rollouts.
  • Sustained 99% app uptime via Sentry-based error monitoring, proactive error boundary implementation, and a structured incident response process.

Full-Stack Engineer

Dastgyr · Contract

Jun 2021 – May 2022

B2B e-commerce marketplace · 10K+ daily orders · Retailer, picker & driver apps

  • Built the picker app from scratch as sole developer; contributed to retailer and driver app features alongside the engineering team — collectively processing 10K+ daily orders with sub-200ms UI response times.
  • Collaborated on optimising Node.js and PostgreSQL backend services, contributing to a 50% reduction in API response times and enabling 3× traffic growth without infrastructure changes.
  • Reduced mobile crash rate from 5% to 2% by integrating Crashlytics, implementing structured error handling, and resolving critical native module issues.

MERN Stack Developer

Inaequo Solutions · Full-time

Jun 2021 – May 2022

International client-facing product delivery

  • Delivered React Native and Node.js solutions across multiple international client engagements, building interactive UIs that drove a 25% increase in user engagement.
  • Operated in Agile sprints with cross-functional, globally distributed teams — improving code reusability and consistently meeting delivery milestones.

Software Engineer

Quanrio · Full-time

Nov 2019 – Aug 2020

Consumer web and mobile product development

  • Built and deployed React and React Native applications used by thousands of users; improved backend data processing efficiency by 40% via Koa.js and PostgreSQL API redesign.
  • Introduced Swagger API documentation and sprint tracking workflows, significantly reducing cross-team integration overhead.

⬡ EDUCATION

Academic foundation

Computer science degree with a strong focus on software engineering fundamentals.

DHA Suffa University

B.S. Computer Science

2015 – 2020

Bahria College Karsaz

Pre-Engineering (HSC)

2013 – 2015