Khurram Shakir Email & Phone Number

Canada

Farmington Hills, Michigan, Us

• Managed a team of 8+ developers and testers, utilizing Agile and Scrum methodologies to deliver high-quality application services.• Low Code Toolkit Development: Led a team that designed and developed an innovative low code toolkit for application UI modernization, successfully converting legacy Sencha/JavaScript-based UI into Angular applications with minimal development effort.• Achieved a significant 3x improvement in team velocity by introducing extensive automation in the development and deployment phase, enhancing overall efficiency and productivity.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Built a new Agile team from the ground up, comprising 8 members. Led talent acquisition efforts, successfully attracting, interviewing, and hiring top-tier engineering talent to enhance the organization's capabilities.• Contributed to the development of a long-term strategy for transitioning existing applications to a cloud-native architecture, ensuring scalability and flexibility.• Provided expert guidance on various aspects of application architecture, particularly in the areas of microservices, multi-tenancy, and metadata-driven design, helping to shape the organization's technical direction.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

• Served as Lead Architect and Engineering Manager for the Data Completeness and Quality Engine, a robust system capable of handling multiple data feeds and processing millions of records.• Led the establishment of a robust DevOps practice by successfully implementing a comprehensive CI/CD pipeline, integrating JIRA, Git, Jenkins, and IBM UrbanCode Deploy, to streamline development and deployment processes.• Introduced key Agile metrics, including velocity, burndown charts, and cycle time, to track team performance and project progress, enabling data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement.• Established performance management frameworks, setting clear goals, providing regular feedback, and conducting comprehensive performance reviews to drive individual and team excellence, and foster a culture of continuous growth and development.• Led a technical team to ensure seamless support for critical systems and applications, guaranteeing business continuity and adherence to SLAs for essential regulatory compliance processes within RBC Risk division.• Worked extensively with Big Data technologies, including the Hadoop platform, Hive, Spark, Java, and Spring-based technologies, to design and develop scalable and efficient data processing solutions.

Abu Dhabi, Ae

• Designed a Web Services-based integration layer for a legacy HR system, enabling seamless connectivity and data exchange between systems.• Implemented a canonical data model with an update detection strategy for legacy system data, ensuring efficient and accurate application integrations.• Provided professional services and architecture guidance to application development teams, sharing expertise and best practices to ensure alignment and excellence in system design and development.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

• Contributed to the Software Architecture team responsible for designing and implementing reusable Java-based service frameworks, promoting scalability and efficiency.• Provided professional services and architecture guidance to application development teams, sharing expertise and best practices to ensure alignment and excellence in system design and development.• Evaluated open-source tools and technologies for future projects, staying abreast of industry trends and identifying opportunities for innovation and improvement.

• Team Management: Successfully managed a software development team consisting of 3 on-site developers and 5 offshore developers, ensuring effective collaboration and project delivery for customized software projects.• Technology Evaluation and Selection: Played a pivotal role as the key decision-maker in the evaluation of open-source tools and the selection of appropriate technologies, ensuring alignment with project goals and objectives.• Customized Software Development Methodology: Conceived and implemented a tailored software development methodology and framework, specifically designed for offshore project management, enhancing efficiency and productivity.• Multi-Project Leadership: Provided leadership across multiple software development projects, encompassing financial reconciliation, ATM cash flow monitoring, and business process re-engineering, demonstrating adaptability and expertise in diverse project domains.

Dubai, Dubai, Ae

• Built a technology and software development team from the ground up, and establishing software processes and frameworks, laying the foundation for the company's technical success.• Served as Chief Architect, responsible for designing a real-time distributed financial platform for GCC markets, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.• Led the formulation of the product roadmap and prioritization strategies through close collaboration with stakeholders, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives, and driving product success.• Played a significant role in achieving organizational cost savings by opting for open-source technologies over costly commercial trading components, demonstrating strategic thinking and budget management expertise.• Involved in preparing a comprehensive comparative study with all competing products (trading engines) in the GCC market, providing valuable insights and market intelligence to inform business decisions.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Ae

Achievements:• Played key role in introduction of new technologies and tools like web frameworks, object relational mapping tools, source control and IDEs besides object oriented analysis and designing techniques in the organization.• Chosen by Microsoft as Most Valued Professional (MVP) • Instrumental role in CMMI and ISO implementation for organization.Job Profile:• Functioned as Head of Software Services (Development) division leading multiple development teams with 8-20 highly skilled software developers.• Member of Strategic Planning Committee involved in the development of long-term technical strategy of the organization.• Ensured strict compliance to delivery schedules, budgetary allocations and scope apart from providing technological guidance to the development team based on new and emerging technologies (Java, Microsoft .NET).• Designed and monitored development of several software frameworks aimed at expediting customized software development.• Involved in the management of several offshore projects through interaction with foreign clients for analysis of requirements.• Identified critical path and conducted periodic project review meetings to assess project Progress besides ensuring maintenance of complete project documentation as per the requirement of CMMI.• Designed and developed mobile game framework for J2ME-MIDP enabled mobiles.• Also involved in management of day to day operational issues of the customized software development department.

Ms, Computer Science & Software Project Management

Bcs, Computer Science

Mcs, Computer Science