Xref — Principal Engineer
2025 – Present · Sydney
- Lead backend architecture across a global HR-tech platform
- Designed AWS infra — Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, SQS, SNS
- Mentoring engineers; shaping team culture and standards
Xref — Senior Engineer
2024 – 2025 · Sydney
- Upgraded Django core — maintainability and security
- Built internal Angular tooling and reusable UI library
Xref — Full Stack Engineer
2022 – 2024 · Sydney
- Shipped REST APIs, management commands, and third-party integrations
Squibler — Technical Lead
2021 – 2022 · Remote
- Managed remote team of 8 through major launches
- Reduced GCP infra costs by 10%
- CI/CD with GitHub Actions — deploys from days to under 1 hour
Arbisoft — Senior Engineer
2021 · Lahore
- Scrapy pipeline processing 4.5M+ podcast records
- AWS Kinesis for realtime tracking — recommendations +60%
- Warehouse migration Redshift to Snowflake (−$500/mo)
Arbisoft — Engineer
2018 – 2021 · Lahore
- Scaled Python/Django backends past 500k users
- OpenEdX deployments — 20+ clients, 10k+ learners
Stack
Languages: Python · TypeScript · JavaScript · SQL · C#
Backend: Django · FastAPI · DRF · REST · Microservices · ETL
Cloud: AWS · GCP · Netlify · Lambda · SQS/SNS · CI/CD
Data: Postgres · Supabase · Snowflake · Redshift · Kinesis · Scrapy
Frontend: React · Next.js · Angular · Design systems
Agentic: Claude Code · Cursor · Agentic workflows · LLM integrations
Practice: System design · Team lead · Mentorship · Architecture