Syed Ahmed

Software Engineer - Systems & Backend

10Up Inc.•  August 2023 - Present•  Roseville, CA, USA

Engineering Node.js Microservices for 500M+ DAU and up to 6M Concurrent users traffic. Architecting better software & cloud solutions. Worked on CloudOps & DevOps provisioning with Kubernetes, IaC, deploying backend services, enhancing visibility and fault-tolerance.

Lead Software Engineer - Backend

CloudPrimero(433 Football x CP)•  July 2022 - August 2023•  Karachi, Pakistan

Engineered and led development 433 Home of Football super app Backend & Cloud Architecture. Scaled app and infrastructure to support 1.5M+ daily active users and 50k concurrent traffic users in under 4 months. Worked with Node.js & Laravel microservices. Engineered serverless (AWS Lambda) and distributed systems (AWS Services). Devised version control strategy for Github. Led a team of 11 engineers across 6 squads. Improved API performance by up to 50x. Increased visibility using AWS & Cloud tools.

Team Lead Software Engineer

Liquid Technologies•  September 2021 - May 2022•  Karachi, Pakistan

Engineered solutions and led a team of 5 engineers. Created architecture and infrastructure solutions. Improved strategies and processes. Worked on DevOps & CI/CD with Data Team.

Team Lead Full-Stack Software Engineer

Digitest.nl•  December 2019 - September 2021•  Voorburg, Netherlands

Worked as Lead Engineer and Solution Architect. Led a team of 25+ engineers. Designed high performance APIs, with sub-millisecond response times, improved API response times by up to 35x. Engineered the product with a sleek UI & UX. Automated the CI/CD pipelines.

Senior Software Engineer

Pulsate Technologies•  May 2018 - September 2019•  Karachi, Pakistan

Engineered solutions for multiple clients. Scaled solutions for several thousands of users. Developed automated Device discovery reducing deployment from 2 hours down to 5 minutes.

Software Engineer - IoT & Cloud

Integraject•  July 2015 - May 2018•  Karachi, Pakistan

Worked on Full-stack web software solutions for multiple clients.

Usman Institute of Technology

Computer Information Systems, BE Electrical (Computer Systems Engineering)•  October 2015 - August 2023

BE Electrical Engineering, Major in Computer Systems. My Degree Programme covered: - Control & Embedded Systems - Computer Architecture and Organization design & Fabrication - AI & Data Engineering - Computer Science & Software Engineering - Internet of Things