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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Leading and mentoring multiple teams of frontend developers, backend developers and DevOps engineers• Liaising with developers, project managers, management, and clients to ensure projects are completed to standard and given requirements are met• Determining project requirements and developing work schedules for the team• Responsible for creating scalable, flexible and fault-tolerant architectures using AWS that address customer business problems• Designed and implemented various AWS solutions and services including but not limited to EC2, RDS, ElasticBeanstalk, SNS, SES and more• Designed an architecture for a multi-region multi-tenancy SaaS application• Implemented various coding and development best practices across the company that resulted in fewer bugs and quicker development of new features• Responsible for selecting technology stack for projects based on client requirements• Responsible for maintaining code quality via code reviews throughout the lifecycle of the projects• Troubleshooting complex issues and bugs raised by developers and DevOps engineers• Responsible for analysing the client requests and gathering requirements to come up with smart, customer-focused solutions• Designing and implementing Kubernetes solutions on Azure AKS

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Introduced git workflow strategy and coding best practices• Implemented guidelines for code quality, code reusability and code testability• Delivered multiple projects implementing new features, bug fixes and APIs• Created and implemented CI/CD using GitHub actions for NodeJS, React, PHP Laravel and .Net projects, saving 2-3 hours a day of manual deployment time per project• Wrote custom GitHub actions to compile React static assets and auto deploy to the server• Created extensive documentation including how-to guides for DevOps tasks on Confluence to be used by the DevOps team• Created multiple AWS Cloudwatch dashboards with custom metrics and alarms• Building, troubleshooting and maintenance of EC2 instances and various stacks (IIS, LAMP etc.) on both Linux and Windows servers

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

• Leading multiple state-of-the-art customer-centric growth-focused projects using the best tools, technologies and practices• Managing a multi-national team of software engineers, frontend developers, SEO experts and data scientists• Bridging the gap between the product and development teams by implementing excellent communication, seamless flow of information and best practices• Responsible for the architecture of the projects, utilizing the big picture approach to select the best tools, frameworks, languages, databases etc. to use• Developed highly complex and vital business requirements using Laravel as the backend and Laravel Inertia using Vue 3 and React as the frontend• Developed secure REST APIs using Laravel Passport OAuth2• Developed admin panel using Laravel Nova with granular access and authorization• Writing clean, reusable code using OOP principles and using Traits, Abstract Classes, Interfaces, Facades etc.• Implemented code review processes, created SOPs for writing clean, manageable, testable code. Following PSR12 coding standards and best practices• Implemented VCS throughout the organisation and created SOPs around git• Automated various systems and processes as well as CI/CD pipelines• Responsible for the concept, design and implementation of databases for all the projects. Experienced with MySQL, PostgreSQL etc. and NoSQL databases• Also contributed to many open-source (OSS) projects and Laravel repositories• Responsible for shortlisting, conducting technical interviews and training of the new technical resources• AWS Solutions Architect - Responsible for the architecture of AWS services not limited to AWS Elastic Beanstalk, RDS, Load Balancers, SES, SQS, Lambda and managing security and policies using IAM. Deployed highly available, load-balanced servers and architecture• Responsible for evaluating, acquiring and deploying tools such as Atlassian Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence, Microsoft Office 365, Hubspot, Zendesk etc.

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

• Lead, architected and successfully launched an affiliate partnership B2B application with an advanced sales analytics dashboard using PHP Laravel, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript and Bootstrap - https://waypt.io/• Lead architect and developer for one of our biggest and most ambitious projects known as G1Gv3• Selected the tech stack and built on the best industry standards, tools and practices.• Involved complete redesign and rethought of our current framework and business logic to build a new framework from scratch that is advanced, customer-centric, personalised, easy to use, maintain and upgrade• Built using Laravel as the backend, REST APIs secured using Laravel Passport, Multipurpose frontend using Laravel Intertia with Vue 3 and React support as well as Laravel BladeI was responsible for:• Building the framework using Laravel and selecting and implementing various packages and libraries required• Building REST APIs and securing them using OAuth2 Laravel Passport• Granular permissions and role-based user access• Advanced admin dashboard using Laravel Nova• Error tracking using Sentry, Laravel Telescope• Click and run Dev environment using Docker with the required web server, databases, Memcached etc.• Configuring the framework frontend to be able to use React, Vue 3 or Blade for individual pages as required• Implementing SEO best practices and logic to add dynamic SEO meta tags and Schema• Configuring linting tools such as ESlint, Prettier etc.• Architecture and redesign of 'Product implementation' process used to add new Travel Insurance products involving rate sheets, calling APIs, generating a quote and making a purchase. Created a custom namespace and folder structure autoloaded using Composer containing Traits, Interfaces, Abstract Classes, Mappers etc.• Developing a highly advanced and personalised Travel Insurance search and recommendation tool• Developing the database schema• Also built the AWS architecture required for all the projects

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

• Led a multi-national team of software engineers• Lead developer for the maintenance, updates, refactoring and development of features in our legacy application built using PHP• Refactored a lot of the old code base to reduce the time it took to fix bugs by almost 50% utilizing various best practices such as code reusability and writing decoupled code. Simplifying and breaking huge functions and methods into smaller purpose-built, easy to maintain & debug, pieces of code• Introduced and deployed git and Bitbucket as our main version control system and also implemented a pull-request (PR) process that includes multi-branch strategy and automated deployments • Configured various CI/CD pipelines for auto deployments and source bundle creation using Bitbucket-pipelines• Introduced Jira and built a development process around it• Utilised Docker to create a highly manageable, upgradeable, super quick start Local Development environment for our applications and projects. Lowering the time it takes for a developer to set up their local environment and get the project up and running by 85% and reducing the cost as well• Successfully migrated the production site running on Liquid Web servers to AWS with minimal downtime• Built highly available, scalable, fault-tolerant and load-balanced multi-environment (Staging/Production) infrastructures on AWS using Elastic Beanstalk, RDS, ALB, S3, SQS, SES, SNS, Lambda and more• Created and implemented standard operating procedures (SOPs) for change management, development, and deployment• Introduced various tools, processes, best practices that resulted in a great environment for our developers where they can learn, grow and produce the best work quickly with minimal friction

Lahore, Pakistan

• Worked on Python, PHP, ReactJS, WordPress, Magento 2, Laravel, CodeIgniter, and Angular 2+ projects.• Developed themes, extensions, plugins, widgets, and modules for WordPress and Magento.• Integrated Authorize.net payment gateway and custom subscription system with webhooks.• Deploy projects to various staging, acceptance and production environments across multiple vendors.• Setup & configured Travis CI, Bitbucket-pipelines, Circle CI, Style CI• Created mass email sending system using AWS SQS, Lambda and SES.• Wrote scripts in PHP and Python to organise, process and package thousands of files.• Built LAMP stacks for projects using Docker for quick setup of dev environments.• Configured Codeception for automated testing. Wrote tests for projects.• Worked on Serverless projects using AWS Lambda, Serverless framework and AWS Amplify.

Lahore, Pakistan

• Convert single-user application to multi-auth Laravel CMS• Develop customer-facing dashboard, using AdminLTE and ChartsJS with advanced analytics and granular permissions and access• Worked on face recognition using python and Face API• Built the architecture using AWS RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Route 53, ECS, EC2, Elastic Beanstalk and Docker• Configured email services, Slack, BitBucket, Asana and more

Lahore, Pakistan

• Developed user-friendly, responsive and testable frontend• Built efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules for the backend using Laravel• Solved complex performance problems and architectural challenges• Database optimization to ensure maximum speed and efficiency• Contributed to all phases of the development lifecycle following industry best practices• Provision test, dev and production servers on AWS using AWS Elastic Beanstalk and deploy the application

Multan, Pakistan

• Responsible for Planning, Development, Deployment and Administration of IT Projects• Responsible for Managing the Domain and DNS Records• Designed and Developed The School's Website - www.pcsm.edu.pk• Deployment and Administration of Office 365 For Education• Deployment and Administration of Google G Suite For Education• New Users and Groups Creation in Office 365• Subscription and Licence management for O365 and G Suite• Set-up SSO and Set-up G Suite to Provision and Authenticate Users through Office 365 Azure AD IdP• Responsible for Training staff & students and creating Training & Instruction Manuals

London, United Kingdom

Working on various database cleanup and enhancement projects. Developing Excel formulas and VBA macros to help with data cleanup activities.

Kingston Upon Thames, United Kingdom

Clickers Project – • Created installation instructions and support manuals• Installed TurningPoint receivers, configured channels and software• Tested the hardware and software after implementation• Troubleshoot any issues with the receiver, software and ResponseCards• Provided support to the project manager

Kingston Upon Thames, United Kingdom

• Part of the design and build team working to deliver a new online catalogue of University services• Working with the solution design lead to consult with 'customer' departments on their automation requirements• Working with the design resource to translate these to system processes• Working with the configuration lead to create the required content in LANDESK by building forms and request flows, configuring views, adding roles

London, United Kingdom

- Designed, Created and Implemented Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).- Created queries for the KPIs.- Created advanced Import profile for importing CAF records.- Cleaned up Database including Code Tables, Queries etc.- Processed bounced emails using import and global change functionality.- Faster method of processing Gone Aways (Returned Mailings) using RE Import.

Kingston Upon Thames, United Kingdom

During my placement year, I worked in the Development, Alumni Relations and Events (DARE) department at Kingston University. My duties included• Maintaining the contacts management database Raiser’s Edge (RE) and NetCommunity (online Alumni portal).• Regularly updating the database, creating complex queries, and importing data using advanced imports and field mappings.• Training others (Trained over 10 people) and provided tech support regarding RE and general computer related issues to department and external RE users. • Updated and improved training materials and introduced short one page HowTo documents and checklists.• Developed new processes such as faster methods of manipulating and importing data into the database with supportive tools such as Excel macros and AbleBits. • Introduced tools such as ClipMate for advanced copy and paste functionality and created executable files of some tools for easy distribution and installation across the organization.

Kingston Upon Thames, United Kingdom

I was a teaching assistant for first year module Business Organization & Practice. This involved answering students’ questions, checking their progress in the workshops, going through their work and if there is something wrong instead of correcting it guide them so they can come up with a solution themselves.

Kingston Upon Thames, United Kingdom

As a mentor my job was to instruct and guide first year students about their IT modules namely IT Toolbox 1 and 2 as well as other module. This usually involved explaining coding, scripting, setting up LAMP or WAMP, IDEs and general computer related concepts. I delivered weekly group sessions where I encouraged them to develop problem solving skills and develop team working skills.

Bachelor’S Degree, Software Engineering, First Class With Honours

Kingston Upon Thames, London, United Kingdom

International Foundation Year, Engineering, Computing And Mathematics, A

Kingston University, London - International Study Centre

Higher Secondary School Certificate, Pre-Engineering

Secondary School Certificate, A