Work History

Engineering
History.

A progressively deeper focus on distributed systems, backend architecture, and production-grade Go, from early full-stack delivery to confidential platform infrastructure work.

Go Engineer

Current

Enxsys · confidential client work  ·  Lahore

Apr 2024 – Present
GoGCPPub/SubgRPCDistributed Systems
  • Architected and implemented a high-throughput Go microservice for a threat intelligence platform, replacing a legacy Python API; processed millions of social media events daily via Google Cloud Pub/Sub, cutting ingestion latency by 10x.
  • Built backend platform components in Go for a distributed storage product, including gRPC/REST services, a reusable client SDK, file-processing workflows, and signed request handling for downstream consumers.
  • Designed distributed systems features for peer discovery, replication, and encrypted node-to-node communication, with failure-tolerant synchronization and SQLite-backed local state.
  • Implemented stateful backend and protocol workflows across large Go codebases, including API surfaces, migrations, and configuration-driven behavior for multi-environment deployments.
  • Created tooling for local and CI test environments, automated multi-node network setup, upgrade orchestration, and operational workflows used for release validation and E2E testing.
  • Expanded automated coverage across unit, integration, system, simulation, and end-to-end layers, improving confidence when shipping changes in complex distributed systems codebases.

Freelance Software Engineer

Upwork  ·  Remote

Nov 2020 – Mar 2024
GoPythonReactNode.jsREST APIs
  • Delivered backend services, automations, and internal tools for international clients, growing from early full-stack work into backend-focused Python and Go delivery.
  • Plato's Closet (US retail): Built a browser automation and Google Sheets integration pipeline that replaced repetitive operational workflows for store staff.
  • Smart Grid Solutions: Built a Go-based PDF generation service for internal document workflows and automated output generation.
  • Shipped React and Node.js applications for early clients, building strong collaboration across frontend delivery, backend APIs, and product requirements.

Frontend Developer Intern

DMechs Pvt Ltd  ·  Lahore

Jul 2020 – Sep 2020
ReactJavaScriptUI Components
  • Built and maintained frontend UI components as part of a software product team.
  • Collaborated with senior engineers on component architecture and code review workflows.
  • Gained foundational experience in product development cycles, translating design specs into working React interfaces.
Education

B.S. Mechatronics, Robotics & Automation Engineering

National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)

2015 – 2019
By the Numbers

Metrics of Growth

10x

Latency reduction on Pub/Sub ingestion pipeline

5+

Years backend engineering in production

M+

Events processed daily at peak

6

Testing layers: unit, integration, E2E, simulation, system, benchmark