MUHAMMAD AREEB GILLANI
Lahore,PB
Summary
Dynamic Senior Vice President of Architecture with over 13 years of experience in software design and development, specializing in Java within the finance, banking, eCommerce, and AI/ML sectors. Proven track record of enhancing user experience, optimizing application performance, and significantly improving response times. Entrepreneurial problem-solver developing a software development automation platform since 2016 to address core industry challenges. Committed to delivering high-quality, reliable solutions while employing innovative strategies to navigate complex technical issues.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Software Architect | Sr. Vice President
AVANZA SOLUTIONS
01.2025 - Current
- Optimize mainstream products by analyzing design challenges and implementing innovative architectural solutions
- Lead resolution of critical production issues across multiple products.
- Assist CTO in strategic technical direction of the company's product portfolio.
- Drive architectural decisions for enterprise-scale applications with focus on performance and scalability
- Managing 5-6 teams simultaneously.
- Helping the teams to overcome their technical challenges
- Conducted thorough code reviews to maintain quality standards and enforce best practices.
- Spearheaded the integration of new technologies, resulting in increased efficiency and innovation.
Software Architect | Vice President
AVANZA SOLUTIONS
07.2023 - 01.2025
- Led products development division focused on creating reliable, robust, and secure financial solutions
- Developed new core infrastructure and framework for next-generation products using latest technologies
- Designed and implemented high-performance modules achieving significant TPS (transactions per second) improvements
- Created ISO8583 encoder/decoder for financial transaction processing
- Established core architecture, frameworks, and utilities that formed the foundation of company's product suite
- Conducted research to evaluate systems design and process efficiency.
Senior Backend Engineer (Contracted Through MobileLive)
ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS, CANADA
02.2022 - 07.2023
- Managed multiple calls approx. 10 with client teams, internal meetings and other on daily basis.
- Executed complex development tasks in an agile enterprise environment
- Successfully modified bytecode of production JAR to implement solutions not achievable through standard coding practices
- Developed backend services for business-critical applications
Assistant Director | Principal Software Engineer
TELENOR MICROFINANCE BANK (EASYPAISA)
04.2021 - 08.2022
- Improved performance and stability of EasyPaisa application serving millions of users
- Enhanced core service response times from 35s to 1.2s (97% improvement)
- Optimized transaction processing from 17s to 0.2s (99% improvement)
- Created code generation tool that automated CRUD micro-service creation with active URLs
- Redesigned databases and implemented performance-efficient queries for high-traffic systems
- Optimized codebase to handle large user volumes with minimal latency
Principal Software Engineer
SOLITON TECHNOLOGIES
08.2020 - 04.2021
- Transformed monolithic server architecture into micro-components designed for future microservices implementation
- Led technical team while actively contributing to codebase development
- Redesigned software architecture to improve scalability and maintainability
- Coordinated with onshore team to ensure seamless development integration
- Implemented server-side applications with HL7 and FHIR healthcare integrations
Associate Software Architect
NETSOL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
05.2016 - 07.2020
- Developed CarBot chatbot with DialogFlow integration for automobile sales and leasing POS system
- Created mobile point of sale (mPOS) Android app for various automobile brands
- Built Spring Boot-based middleware server to facilitate communication between apps and POS system
- Developed MVC Generator utility and formal languages (MVC Cruse, HexaGen) for complex class generation
- Designed a lease installment collection framework with automated task assignment based on complex business rules
- Led Android and Web-Services teams while developing reusable libraries for future development
- Architected new distributed platform based on microservices principles
- Created and managed technical documentation including requirements specifications, functional specifications, and RFPs
UAT Instructor & Trainer
NETSOL INDONESIA
07.2018 - 08.2018
- Conducted comprehensive UAT workshop for client personnel
- Supervised user training program for enterprise software implementation
Sr. Android Developer
ALPHA SQUARED
08.2015 - 04.2016
- Concurrently managed development of three applications and two development teams
- Developed multiple mobile applications including social networking, lifestyle, medical, and entertainment products
Software Engineer
ARCHIMEDES PVT LTD.
06.2014 - 08.2015
- Developed e-commerce social network web and mobile applications (Chefya)
- Created fantasy football applications (Draft Guru, My Guru)
- Built location-based social application (Locist)
- Contributed across frontend, backend, and design for multiple domains and technologies
Software Engineer
PLAXMA TECH INC
07.2012 - 07.2014
- Developed SaveMe Lite Android safety application
- Created medical center management system (PMC Management)
- Built mobile game using AndEngine framework (Crazy Kid)
- Implemented e-commerce solution for furniture retailer (IRG)
- Developed OpenCV-based automated MCQ checking Android application (Exam Solution)
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
Lahore, PB02.2014
Foundation in Science - Pre-Engineering
Govt. College Township, Lahore
Lahore, PB05-2009
Skills
- Java, Python, Kotlin, SQL
- Vertx, Spring Boot/MVC, Play Framework, Hibernate
- MySQL, Neo4J (Graph DB), SQLite, MongoDB, MSSQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL
- ISO8583, PCI-SSF, OWASP
- Netflix Cloud Architecture, Vertx Cloud, Spring Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes
- Redis, Hazelcast, RabbitMQ, Vertx-EventBus, Kafka, NATS, ActiveMQ
- Apache Druid, Jasper Report, Zipkin, Prometheus, Micrometer
- Jenkins, GitLab CI, ELK Stack
- OpenCV, JavaCV, BoofCV, MATLAB
- Weka, Gate NLP, TensorFlow, Dialog Flow, Gate, ROS (Robot Operating System)
- Unreal Engine 4, Unity 3D, AndEngine
- API design and integration
Certification
- Solution Architect - Pro5.ai - Jul 2023
LANGUAGES
English (Full professional proficiency)
Bahasa Indonesian (Elementary proficiency)
Urdu (Native)
Punjabi (Native)
Awards
- Top Performer, Jan 2025, By - Shahid Beg - CTO, Avanza Solution
- Performance Excellence Award, Nov 2021, By - Khurram Gul Agha - CIO, Telenor Microfinance Bank | Easypaisa
- Team Excellence Award, 2018, By - Irfan Lodhi - Head of NFS R1, NETSOL Technologies Inc
- Winner of Firefox National App Day, 2013
- Winner, Software Ideas Competition, 2013
- Winner of Speed Programming Competition, 2012
Timeline
Senior Software Architect | Sr. Vice President
AVANZA SOLUTIONS
01.2025 - Current
Software Architect | Vice President
AVANZA SOLUTIONS
07.2023 - 01.2025
Senior Backend Engineer (Contracted Through MobileLive)
ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS, CANADA
02.2022 - 07.2023
Assistant Director | Principal Software Engineer
TELENOR MICROFINANCE BANK (EASYPAISA)
04.2021 - 08.2022
Principal Software Engineer
SOLITON TECHNOLOGIES
08.2020 - 04.2021
UAT Instructor & Trainer
NETSOL INDONESIA
07.2018 - 08.2018
Associate Software Architect
NETSOL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
05.2016 - 07.2020
Sr. Android Developer
ALPHA SQUARED
08.2015 - 04.2016
Software Engineer
ARCHIMEDES PVT LTD.
06.2014 - 08.2015
Software Engineer
PLAXMA TECH INC
07.2012 - 07.2014
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
Foundation in Science - Pre-Engineering
Govt. College Township, Lahore
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