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Rizwan Tahir

Rizwan Tahir

Senior Principal Software Engineer
Lahore

Summary

I have more than 12 years of experience in the fields of web developments I have developed projects in vast area of php platforms like Codeigniter,Cake PHP , Laravel,Wordpress , Custom PHP , Magento 2 , HTMl , CSS , Javascript , Node.js ,Jquery ,Bootstrap along with my academic education in Computer Science and Technology. The experience and my academic education have provided me with some outstanding and technical skills. Furthermore, I have the excellence of creating upstanding designs of novelty. I firmly believe that these qualities make me different from the rest of the contestants.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Software Engineer

Rozee.pk
03.2025 - Current
  • Automated job moderation including spelling check, skill tagging, salary ranges, and functional area classification
    - Created Excel-based reports for employers with job stats, filtered by region and category
    - Integrated Google Sheets with LinkedIn API to auto-post jobs and scrape data
    - Developed RozeeGPT, a chatbot that:
    - Interviews employers about ideal candidates
    - Interviews job seekers about skills, education, and experience
    - Auto-generates CVs and matches them with live job posts for fast employer filtering
    - Currently building an official WhatsApp Job Bot that sends jobs based on a user’s skill set and allows interaction
    via chat

Principal Software Engineer

Swaamtech
02.2024 - 02.2024
  • Led development of SAKAN, a real estate platform for Gulf countries using CodeIgniter 3
    - Built CRM system for lead generation, and modules for subscriptions, user management, and property listings
    - Integrated Redis, Apache Solr, and RabbitMQ for caching, search, and job queuing
    - Developed Wonder Capsule, a WordPress-based platform for video messaging, event scheduling, and payment
    handling
    - Mentored interns and juniors on CodeIgniter and Laravel applications

Senior Principal Software Engineer

TEKHQS
04.2020 - 01.2024

EbizCharge system, integrated into Magento and WooCommerce platforms. The solution enabled seamless, secure, and efficient online transactions for merchants.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Developed robust Magento and WooCommerce plugins supporting EbizCharge payment APIs
  • Implemented tokenization, order synchronization, and refund handling features
  • Ensured PCI compliance and seamless checkout integration
  • Created reusable, configurable modules for easy merchant onboarding
  • Provided version compatibility across Magento 2.x and WooCommerce 5.x+

Tech Stack: PHP, MySQL, Magento, WooCommerce, REST APIs, JSON, Git,SOAP

  • Documented integration issues and vulnerabilities and outlined improvement recommendations.
  • Supervised technologists software development project to upgrade quality management system.
  • Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces.
  • Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.

PHP Developer

ASA Ventures
05.2018 - 01.2019

Senior Team Lead – ASA Ventures, Lahore

  • Callix – Cloud-Based Call Support System
    Developed and maintained backend logic for Callix, a platform allowing businesses to outsource customer phone support
    Integrated call routing where each business was assigned a unique phone number; incoming calls were redirected to trained agents
    Agents were provided with predefined Q&A scripts for each client’s product, allowing them to resolve customer queries in real time
  • Careem & Carrefour Scraping Automation
    Built custom web scraping modules to extract product and business data from Carrefour and Careem portals for analysis and integration
  • Super Coach App (Gym Platform)
    Developed APIs for a fitness platform where users could register as gym coaches or gym-goers
    Gym-goers could view available coaches, book training slots, and schedule sessions based on availability
    Implemented secure authentication and calendar-based slot management
  • Vehicle Rental System
    Contributed to a car and bus rental system where users could pay by day to rent vehicles
    Impl

Senior Software Engineer

IntellectualWorks
12.2013 - 02.2018

Senior Software Engineer – IntellectualWorks, Lahore

  • Aghaz – Property Listing Platform
    Developed Aghaz, a real estate platform where users could list their properties with images, contact info, and detailed descriptions
    Enabled buyers to directly contact sellers via provided numbers, supporting seamless peer-to-peer property transactions
    Built backend panel for managing listings, user accounts, and image galleries
  • ShopInCats – Exam Dumps & Lead CRM
    Created a niche e-commerce system for selling exam preparation dumps
    Built a custom CRM to capture leads, track engagement, and push follow-up emails
    Developed features like cart abandonment recovery, email notification workflows, and automated lead pipelines
  • Corporate Profile Sites – WordPress & PHP
    Delivered multiple company profile websites using WordPress and custom PHP/CodeIgniter solutions
    Integrated responsive designs, contact forms, dynamic content modules, and SEO optimization

Tech Stack: CodeIgniter, PHP, WordPress, HTML, jQuery, MySQL

Juniour PHP Developer

Balianti
03.2012 - 11.2013
  • Worked on a custom in-house PHP framework to build multiple dynamic e-commerce and web platforms
  • Developed end-to-end features including user authentication, product catalogs, cart systems, payment flows, and admin dashboards

Key Projects:

  • Redialogy Supplies, Atletika, ClubPhas,Naked Dressing
    Built e-commerce platforms for office supplies, fashion, and sports products
    Developed modules for product listings, order management, user accounts, and checkout systems
  • Straight to the Boss – Job Portal
    Created a direct hiring job platform enabling resume uploads, employer-job seeker messaging, and job filtering based on category and location
  • Songzilla – Music Streaming & Download Platform
    Built a multimedia platform where users could:
    Listen to songs from various movies and albums
    Download MP3s, view embedded YouTube videos
    Like
    songs and post comments
    Integrated FFMPEG for audio format processing and optimized streaming

Tech Stack: PHP, MySQL, HTML, jQuery, FFMPEG, Custom PHP Framework

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

COMSATS
Lahore

Master of Science - Computer Science

NCBA & E
Lahore

Skills

Core PHP

MySQL

Codeigniter

Wordpress

Laravel

HTML

Magento 2

Python

Nodejs

Git

Google Analytcs

MySQL

Javascript

Jquery

Bootstrap

XML

Timeline

Senior Software Engineer

Rozee.pk
03.2025 - Current

Principal Software Engineer

Swaamtech
02.2024 - 02.2024

Senior Principal Software Engineer

TEKHQS
04.2020 - 01.2024

PHP Developer

ASA Ventures
05.2018 - 01.2019

Senior Software Engineer

IntellectualWorks
12.2013 - 02.2018

Juniour PHP Developer

Balianti
03.2012 - 11.2013

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

COMSATS

Master of Science - Computer Science

NCBA & E
Rizwan TahirSenior Principal Software Engineer