"If your goals are ambitious enough, even failure will be a good achievement."
Experience
2021 — Now
2021 — Now
United States
• Spearheaded the development of in-house software and client projects using PHP and Laravel, while building web apps.
• Developed APIs for web and mobile applications,facilitating seamless integration with third-party services including implementing Firebase for push notifications to enhance user engagement and communication.
• Standardized API response formats across the company's web services, reducing front-end adaptation time by 30%.
• Implemented payment gateway functionalities using Stripe, enhancing existing features and improving user experience.
• Implemented robust security measures, including data encryption and secure authentication methods.
• Utilized Laravel's built-in queue and job concepts (such as job dispatching, queue workers, and job chaining) to manage asynchronous task processing, optimize execution, and ensure scalability and fault tolerance across multiple projects.
• Reduced manual data entry by 50% through bulk import of Excel files into application modules. Implemented file upload validations to ensure only valid Excel files are processed, improving user experience.
• Implemented unit testing with PHPUnit in Laravel projects, ensuring high code quality, reducing bugs, preventing regressions, and enabling faster development and stable releases.
2021 — 2021
2021 — 2021
Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan
• Developed responsive web applications using Laravel (PHP framework) for back-end functionality and HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, and jQuery for front-end development.
• Implemented dynamic user interfaces and optimized site performance using AJAX for asynchronous data loading.
• Created websites for services such as essay and thesis writing, and logo design, optimizing user flow and site performance.
• Managed the full development lifecycle for projects, ensuring alignment with client specifications and timely delivery.
2020 — 2021
Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan
Transitioned from Junior Software Engineer to Software Engineer, primarily focusing on core PHP and vanilla JavaScript.
• Independently developed responsive user interfaces by customizing templates with jQuery, AJAX, HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap, while managing both back-end and front-end development using Laravel's Blade templating engine.
• Collaborated with project team members on virtual exhibition projects using Laravel and MySQL for back-end development, enhancing user experience and functionality.
• Engineered a fully functional shopping cart website using core PHP, streamlining the checkout process to facilitate over 500 transactions monthly while enhancing user experience and reducing cart abandonment rates by 15% through improved design.
2017 — 2017
2017 — 2017
As a junior game developer.
2014 — 2016
2014 — 2016
Pakistan, Karachi.
Education
NED University of Engineering and Technology
Master's degree
Karachi University