# Syed Asad

> Software Engineer | Team Lead | SRE | React Native | React | Node.js | AWS | JavaScript | Typescript

Location: United States, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/syedasad

Computer Science graduate from University of North Texas working as a Software engineer at 7-Eleven R&D. Specializing in Full Stack Mobile and Web development building scalable solutions.

## Work Experience
### Software Developer @ 7-Eleven
Jan 2023 – Present | Irving, Texas, United States
• Worked on a tablet based self-checkout react native app using typescript. 
• Contributed to the development and launch of promotional features, including the "7th Item Free" offer, which helped drive customer engagement and sales growth.
• Led the migration of self-checkout systems to Canadian stores, ensuring seamless integration with local payment methods and compliance with regional regulations e.g tax, bottle deposit, eco fee.
• Collaborated cross-functionally with engineering, product, and operations teams to identify pain points in the customer journey, driving initiatives that improved overall service delivery.
• Contributed to UX/UI improvements by gathering customer feedback and testing new features, enhancing both user engagement and conversion rates.
• Created React bridge to establish communication between react native layer and native modules.
• Ensuring stability of tablet based self-checkout react native app using typescript in 2200 production stores.
• Successfully reduced technical issues from 11% to less than 1%, significantly improving the accuracy and reliability of financial reporting and data integrity. 
• Worked closely with the (L3) technical support team to identify and resolve complex issues reported from the field, ensuring prompt resolution of technical challenges and minimizing system downtime.
• Introduced custom event logging for misconfigured stores, providing detailed information on the root causes of issues. This streamlined the troubleshooting process and reduced response time for resolving technical problems.
• Developed and deployed a robust API retry mechanism, improving system reliability by ensuring that failed API calls are automatically retried, reducing downtime and enhancing user experience.
• Managed the application release process by deploying new releases to canary test stores before initiating an incremental rollout to 2200 production stores, ensuring stable and reliable releases.

### Software Engineer (React Native | Typescript) @ Extra Card
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Los Angeles, California, United States
• Led the revamp of a fintech mobile app with a comprehensive visual overhaul, working closely with the UX/UI design team to implement a unified design system and create dynamic, reusable components that improved both user experience and development efficiency.
• Spearheaded the development of new features including a free user experience flow, lock state, and credit score tracking, enhancing user engagement and retention.
• Optimized and streamlined the maintenance of existing features, such as in-app purchases and redeemable rewards, improving performance and user satisfaction.
• Introduced MobX for state management and TypeScript to the project, elevating the team’s developer experience and ensuring better code maintainability and scalability.
• Collaborated cross-functionally with product managers, backend developers, and design teams to ensure smooth feature rollout and alignment with business goals.
• Worked with React bridge to communicate between react native layer and native modules.

### Software Engineer (React Native | React | Typescript) @ Nexrage Studios Custom Software
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Richardson, Texas, United States
As a skilled Mobile Developer specializing in React Native, I leverage a deep understanding of modern state management tools (Redux Saga, Redux Thunk, MobX) to design, develop, and deploy robust, high-performance mobile applications. I have successfully created custom solutions for diverse industries, ensuring seamless user experiences, scalable architectures, and optimized performance across both iOS and Android platforms. Key projects include:

• Dating App
• Gift Card Trading App
• Point of Sale (POS) System

### Software Engineer @ Nexrage Studios Custom Software
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Richardson, Texas, United States
• Worked on a test mobile app project in React Native.
• Used React Hooks, React Navigation and NPM packages for the front end design.
• State management was done through Context API.

### Peer Mentor @ UNT College of Engineering
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Denton, Texas, United States
• Assist students with their programming queries (C / C++), monitor lab tasks and exams.
• Helped students with their computer science coursework.
• Assisted TAs during weekly assignment labs and held office hours in the help lab.
• Explained difficult and abstract computer science concepts to struggling students.


## Education
### Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
University of North Texas
Jan 2016 – Jan 2019


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/syed-asad

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Last updated: 2026-03-29