I care about how software holds up after launch.

I’m Faisal, a backend-focused full-stack engineer interested in the decisions that make products reliable, understandable, and useful in real environments.

What I care about

I like working where product decisions meet technical systems: shaping APIs, data flows, application behavior, and the operational path from development to production.

My technical interests include backend architecture, databases, real-time workflows, distributed systems, observability, and the practical use of AI inside production applications.

How I work

Start with boundaries
Make ownership, contracts, and failure modes explicit before choosing infrastructure.
Design for operations
Treat observability, deployment, retries, and recovery as product requirements.
Prefer useful simplicity
Apply distributed patterns where the workload justifies them, not for appearance.

Professional experience

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Tools and technical range

Languages: JavaScript · TypeScript · Python
Backend: Node.js · NestJS · Express.js · FastAPI · REST · GraphQL
Architecture: Microservices · Domain-Driven Design · Clean Architecture · CQRS · Event-Driven Architecture · Outbox Pattern
Messaging & Real-time: Kafka · RabbitMQ · BullMQ · WebSockets (Socket.IO) · Cron Jobs · Webhooks
Databases, ORMs & Storage: SQL · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Firebase · Redis · Prisma · Mongoose · TypeORM · Qdrant · pgvector
Authentication & Security: JWT · OAuth 2.0 · OpenID Connect (OIDC) · Keycloak · RBAC · Rate Limiting · API Security
Cloud & DevOps: Docker · Docker Compose · Kubernetes · GitHub · GitHub Actions (CI/CD) · AWS (EC2, S3, IAM) · Linux · NGINX · VPS Deployment
AI Integration: LangChain · LangGraph · OpenAI API · Gemini API · RAG · Tool Calling · AI Agents · Embeddings
Frontend Technologies: React.js · Next.js · React Native · React Router · Tailwind CSS · Material UI · shadcn/ui · Redux Toolkit · TanStack Query
Monitoring, Testing & Observability: Pino · Winston · Prometheus · Grafana · Loki · Jest · Supertest

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Science

Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology • 2017 – 2021

Completed a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with strong focus on software engineering fundamentals, programming concepts, and system design. Built a solid foundation in both theoretical and practical aspects of modern software development.

FSC in General Science

Bahria College NORE 1 Karachi • 2016 – 2017

Completed intermediate education in General Science, focusing on analytical thinking and core scientific principles that built a strong academic foundation for higher studies in Computer Science.

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