# Zain Mehdi

> Staff Software Engineer @ Swivel

Location: Fontana, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/zainmehdi

Software engineer with experience taking software design from inception to completion. Specifically interested in development using PHP (especially Laravel framework), MySQL, Javascript (Vue.js in particular), and more. I'm highly motivated and passionate about coding, and I love learning new things all the time. I never give up on a problem just because it's too hard.

I am currently a tech lead on the Cloud team at Weebly.

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Swivel
Jan 2024 – Present | California, United States

### Senior Software Engineering @ Square
Jan 2018 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Software Engineer @ Weebly
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
API Development, PHP, MySQL, Javascript (jQuery, Underscore, Backbone, Marionette, Vue.js), SASS

- Introduced and spread service/repository pattern for data layer abstraction and encapsulation of business logic, preparing the monolith codebase for SOA future goals.
- Tech Lead on Cloud team, working with a variety of third-party business partners (web hosting companies, designers, domain registrars, etc.)
- Led a massive data migration of 1 million + users from legacy system to our new Weebly Cloud offering.
- Architected micro-service for real time data synchronization with third party online retail channels (Amazon, Etsy, eBay, Jet.com, etc)
- Re-architected a long standing feature (sharing edit access for your site to another person) with Service/Repository pattern.
- Led and managed team responsible for launched a new user dashboard in less than 6 weeks from design-handoff.
- Created CLI task runner integrated with Weebly codebase to increase developer productivity and discoverability of internal tools. This CLI has been widely adopted by the engineering team at large.
- Introduced, documented, and implemented engineering-wide code standards. Assembled a code standards committee and researched, discussed, and documented best options. Got buy in from VP of Engineering. Worked with engineering managers to drive adoption within each squad.
- Helped to migrate Weebly's front-end build process, from AMD/RequireJS to Webpack.
- Wrote and reviewed technical approach proposals for new projects based on product specs.
- Refactored a number of legacy classes and features, including work on our in-house ORM.
- Constant work on refactoring legacy code
- Successfully transitioned to remote employment, have been remote since March 2017

### Software Engineer @ Weebly
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
API Development, PHP, MySQL, Javascript (jQuery, Underscore, Backbone, Marionette), SASS

### Software Developer @ Auto Ads Today
Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Corona, CA
-- ACCOMPLISHMENTS --
Architected, implemented and maintained a data pipeline for regular large data imports from multiple third party data providers
Modernized development practices
Migrated legacy PHP code to modern OOP standards. (PHP 5.6, Laravel 4, MySQL, jQuery, Bootstrap, Grunt, Bower, LESS CSS)
Modularized code, refactored code to follow SOLID principles.
Took several features from inception to deployment.


-- RESPONSIBILITIES --
- Design and build web applications aimed at end-users.
- Work closely with third party data provider business on integrations
- Design, plan, and implement complex database architectures.
- Prepare application for scaling to meet large-scale traffic.
- Migrate legacy PHP code to modern OOP standards.
- Implement responsive layouts and design to legacy code.
- Collaborated with business owners on brand strategy and market plan.
- Designed and developed web app with easy-to-use UI/UX.
- Manage medium-to-large web application codebase.
- Basic server administration.

### Software Developer Internship @ Auto Ads Today
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Corona, CA
- Implemented version control in development team.
- Prepared web-app for commercial launch.
- Gained valuable experience with jQuery & JS, PHP, and MySQL.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
Western Governors University

### Riverside City College
Jan 2011 – Jan 2015

### High School Diploma Equivalent
Patriot High School
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010

### Udacity


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/szainmehdi
- Website: https://szainmehdi.me

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Last updated: 2026-03-22