Career Timeline
Oct 2025 — Present
Senior Software Engineer (IC)
Stack System Technologies
Current
- Lead architecture for a high-volume transaction platform processing thousands of daily events
- Drove monolith → event-driven services migration, cutting operational incidents by 70%
- Introduced Kafka billing pipeline with DLQ dashboards that support can actually read
- Mentoring junior engineers on observability patterns, ADR writing, and blameless post-mortems
- Awarded Emerging Tech Leader by CTO in July 2025
KafkaLaravel 12React
AWS ECSTerraformPostgreSQL
Mar 2024 — Present
Senior Software Engineer
FastDev Labs
Current
- Delivering customized full-stack solutions for clients across retail, finance, and logistics
- Built a robust e-commerce platform with real-time inventory management and payment processing
- Improved project delivery timelines by implementing CI/CD workflows and automated testing
- API development and third-party integrations for multi-region client deployments
Next.jsLaravelReact
MySQLRedisDocker
Apr 2024 — Oct 2025
Software Engineer
Stack System Technologies
- API latency cut by 60% via query optimization and a Redis caching layer
- Built multi-region logistics integrations serving enterprise clients
- Zero-downtime deployments became the norm via blue-green ECS strategies
- Designed and implemented a payment processing microservice, doubling traffic capacity
LaravelAWS RDSSQS
RedisDocker
Dec 2023 — Apr 2024
Backend Developer
Stack System Technologies
- Core backend API development and database design for new product lines
- Introduced structured logging standards adopted across the engineering team
LaravelMySQLREST APIs
Mar 2021 — Mar 2024
Software Engineer
FastDev Labs
- Developed and optimized web applications using Laravel and React for multiple clients
- Conducted code reviews and mentored junior associates on best practices
- Designed and implemented RESTful APIs, enhancing system integration capabilities
LaravelReactMERNMySQL
Aug 2019 — Feb 2021
Associate Software Engineer
FastDev Labs
- Developed Laravel applications focusing on performance and database query efficiency
- First exposure to production systems and REST API design patterns
LaravelPHPMySQL
2019 — 2023
B.S. Computer Science
GCUF — Faisalabad, PK
- CGPA 3.48 · Thesis on distributed consensus patterns
- Built real-world projects across APIs, distributed systems, and cloud architectures