# Uzair Mahmud > Founder & CTO (YC W22)(Gauntlet W25) Location: Austin, Texas, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/uzairmahmud I am a natural born US Citizen and a hands-on technology leader with 15 years of professional experience building diverse solutions in the US and Pakistan. In my most recent role with Codex, my role includes responsibility for a mix of internal projects and client engagements with additional contribution to business development, demos, and hiring. I joined Codex after four years at a NUST R&D facility where I helped establish the lab and led design of an audio/video communication platform built for the Pakistan Navy. My background includes extensive personal projects and advisory roles. I also spent a few years working in the US after attending UT Austin on a full scholarship where I earned over 100 credits in computer science and electrical engineering. I began coding when I was 10 years old and have grown into a passionate polyglot developer with deep expertise in designing, architecting, developing and supporting diverse enterprise-level and scalable services and solutions hosted on cloud or on-premise. Areas of technical expertise include system performance, capacity management, and scalability, delivered using a mix of Kanban, Agile and Extreme Programming methodologies. I also possess a sound understanding of infrastructure such as server configurations, storage, network architecture, and datacentre architecture. Drop me a line if you want to discuss ideas or just have a chat. ## Work Experience ### Staff Engineer @ Superbuilders Jan 2025 – Present ### Co-Founder/CTO @ Elphinstone Jan 2022 – Present | New York, United States As CTO and Cofounder of Elphinstone, I led the technical vision and execution for a fintech startup transforming financial services across Pakistan. My role spanned technical leadership, product innovation, team building, and regulatory compliance, driving the development of a B2B web application and a Robinhood-inspired mobile trading platform tailored to the region’s dynamic market. I would also get my hands dirty and deep dive in to solve tech problems, that the team was having trouble with or were stuck on. Key Responsibilities: Spearheaded the creation of a B2B web app and mobile trading platform from 0-1 using React, Typescript, Python, Golang, React Native, and Kubernetes. Architected a scalable, cloud-agnostic infrastructure. Also did a smooth transition from AWS to Azure with zero downtime. Built and nurtured a high-performing engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation. Established hiring processes, conducted technical interviews, and set coding standards to ensure quality as we scaled. Adhered to SEC compliance and user trust by implementing robust security protocols, including encryption, secure APIs, and robust reporting. Performed internal cybersecurity audits and oversaw third-party cybersecurity audits to maintain a proactive stance. Streamlined workflows by implementing CI/CD pipelines, and embracing GitOps for efficient deployments. Managed technical debt strategically to keep our systems scalable and future-ready. Implemented customer analytics, error analytics, and feedback to refine our products, boosting user satisfaction and engagement while aligning development with real-world impact. ### Tinkerer @ Gauntlet AI Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Austin, Texas, United States GEN AI/ LLM Deep Dive Fellowship AI assisted coding AI Agents MCP Servers RAG Comfy UI AI Vision Models AI Audio Models AI Reasoning Models LLM Pipelines LLM Eval and Testing ### Engineering Manager @ Innova Prime Technologies Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | Pakistan Collaborated with Universities on Academia R&D Projects. One notable project was an IOT device that would be strapped on an Individual Industrial motor and would do predictive monitoring of the motor health, suggest downtime, and suggest maintenance windows. It would combine sound, vibration and temperature readings to achieve this. I was instrumental in designing the data ingestion pipeline for the server. Another achievement was setting up the analysis of the vibration data using Fast Fourier Transform Algorithm. My technical services have included evaluation of data centre designs for an IT centralization project, implementation of Telephony Exchange to connect five sites, router and firewall work, and a VPN during COVID-19 for one client. I have also developed multiple projects for a healthcare provider, including a datacenter (two servers, network switch, core router, and a UPS data center), an IP camera security surveillance system with streaming video, an intercom system with a local exchange for internet and phone communication, and video calling for telehealth. ### Product Manager/Solutions Architect/Software Architect @ CodeX Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | Pakistan Codex was a US-based software product firm that has pivoted to an enterprise solution provider. I joined their Karachi office with responsibilities that include business development, demos, requirements gathering, hiring and mentoring new team members, establishing internal IT infrastructure, and execution of client projects. Internal projects: • Researched and developed multi-region, scalable, and highly available solutions on on-premise data centre as well as managing AWS deployments. • Led design, procurement, and implementation of Codex’s initial computing, networking and micro data centre infrastructure. Saved over 60% on IT infrastructure costs by repairing and deploying used imported hardware. • Developing a scalable and highly available architecture for measuring, processing and displaying power and diagnostic metrics of a mass distribution consumer power generation device. • Developing the architecture and leading software team in creating a scalable and highly available data pipeline for ingesting and backend infrastructure for analysing and displaying IOT health module data. • Leveraged cloud technologies to provide Unified Communication as a Service on a global scale. • Managed team to convert all internal infrastructure to OpenStack and Kubernetes with Ceph as storage backend. • Drove initiative to develop solutions for tracking application metrics and network monitoring using SNMP, OS metrics, ICMP, custom scripts, etc. • Researched and designed the architecture for coding to deployment pipeline with automated testing. • Designed and implemented an object storage and an in-house hardware HSM and managed data security and system access and usage rights through an IAM. Client projects: • Led team in R&D and prototyping for a robust home automation solution (lights, fan, HVAC, TV, etc.). • Surveyed, researched and submitted design of an inventory management system for a leading oil producer. ### Chief Research Officer (Embedded Systems Research Lab) @ National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Jan 2015 – Jan 2019 | Pakistan The Embedded Systems and Research Lab at National University of Science and Technology is an R&D facility. I developed a prototype of an audio/video communication platform that received PKR 28MM project funding from the Pakistan Navy, which led to creation of a new lab to house the project and other networking, IoT, and cybersecurity research. I led establishment of the lab including hiring of staff, design of the lab environment (networks, data centre, etc.), and procurement. I also managed HR including onboarding, compensation, and assessments. In addition to my involvement with the project for the Navy, I evaluated 13 startup prototypes as a judge for NUST Entrepreneurship Show 2019 and mentored grad students in technology (IoT, AI, security) and supervised student project for facial emotion detection. Navy project highlights: • Surveyed 11 sites in Karachi and Lahore to gather user requirements and conduct a feasibility study. • Designed full platform, prototyped system using open source libraries, hired team, and wrote extensive code. Contributions included development of a network and application monitoring feature, a network device controller in Python, modifying C and Erlang open source code, Golang and Python web services, and front-end. • Established and managed vendor relations and negotiated 40% reduction in PKR 10M equipment contract with Huawei Pakistan. • Led beta testing and deployed system successfully to five sites, where it is still used today. • Wrote user manuals and delivered one-week training to 20+ Navy Communications staff. • Provided one year of support and guided field teams in resolving hardware issues. Automated 80% of software maintenance. ### Software Engineer @ RecurShip Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Karachi In this role I worked on a Chrome extension that imported data from Excel to Asana. ### Research Assistant(Software Engineer) @ National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Karachi Pakistan At NUST collaborated with graduate student in implementation of a Biomedical Image Compression Algorithm and worked with a mix of undergrad and grad students to reproduce MIMO LTE on FGPA. I also modularized and delegated tasks to student teams. ### Web Consultant @ The Purple Fig Eco-Cleaning Company Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | Austin, Texas Area In this role I provided design, development, implementation, and management of corporate website. We implemented SEO and analytics techniques to dramatically increase search visibility which increased web-based demand by 200%. ### Software Engineer @ 21st street Cooperative Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 | Austin, Texas Area In this role I designed and developed a client server based Human Resource Management Software for assigning tasks to people in the cooperative based on their task preference, schedules and seniority. This reduced task assignment time significantly and led to higher morale as the matching algorithm picked the optimal tasks. ### Software Intern @ National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Jan 2003 – Jan 2003 | Karachi, Pakistan In this position I designed and developed a new Library and Stationary Database system. ## Education ### W22 Y Combinator ### Computer Science The University of Texas at Austin Jan 2005 – Jan 2011 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/uzair-mahmud --- Source: https://flows.cv/uzairmahmud JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/uzairmahmud/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22