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Faizan Ali

Faizan Ali

Engineering Manager
Rawalpindi,PB

Summary

Software Engineer with over a decade of experience, adept at collaborating within agile product teams as an individual contributor and Engineering Manager. Specializes in designing scalable robust distributed systems utilizing microservices and event-driven architecture, proficiently handling high-volume traffic. Worked in several domains including Ed tech, Media Analytics and Food Delivery System.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
2
2
Languages

Work History

Engineering Manager

Alef Education
Abu Dhabi, UAE
3 2022 - 11.2023

As an engineering manager, I was dedicated to leading and inspiring my six-person technical team, utilizing agile practices to achieve our project objectives while fostering a supportive and collaborative work environment. My role encompassed overseeing project management, including planning, execution, and delivery, while actively engaging with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and successful outcomes. I was committed to providing technical guidance, mentorship, and continuous learning opportunities for my team members, driving their professional growth and development. With a focus on resource management, performance evaluations, and risk mitigation, I maintained high standards of excellence while effectively communicating with stakeholders and making strategic decisions to drive project success.

Senior Full Stack Web Developer

Alef Education
Abu Dhabi, UAE
07.2021 - 02.2022

As a senior developer, I was the technical lead of the team. I was responsible for overseeing the system architecture, conducting code reviews, and mentoring junior developers. I was also the go-to person for resolving production issues. One of my key achievements was implementing a caching layer in a service that handled millions of requests per day.

Full Stack Web Developer

Alef Education
Abu Dhabi, UAE
12.2018 - 06.2021

As a full stack developer, I contributed to both frontend and backend development for a custom CMS designed specifically for an e-learning system. I also partially handled DevOps tasks for my team. My key achievement was transitioning our deployment from bash scripts managing Docker containers to Kubernetes.

Full Stack Web Developer

Carma Media
Dubai, UAE
08.2016 - 10.2018

As a full stack developer, I contributed to both frontend and backend development of the Media Analytics system. My key achievement was developing the backend for an article editor designed for a very specific format.

Full Stack Web Developer

Metaware Labs Inc
Remote
05.2015 - 03.2016

As a Full Stack Developer at Metaware Labs, I contributed to the development of a CRM called canada kosher.

Full Stack Web Developer

Techverx
Lahore, Pakistan
09.2013 - 03.2015

As a Full Stack Developer at Techverx, I contributed to many projects. One of the main projects I worked on was MyOrderBox, a complete food ordering system.

Software Engineer Intern

Bentley Systems
Islamabad, Pakistan
06.2012 - 08.2012

As an intern, I conducted research on migrating one of the systems from VB6 to C#.

Education

Bachelors - Software Engineering

NUST
Islamabad, Pakistan
05.2009 - 05.2013

Skills

  • JavaScript

  • Typescript

  • Kotlin

  • Springboot

  • Node JS

  • React JS

  • Ruby on Rails

  • Postgresql

  • MySQL

  • Neo4j

  • MongoDB

  • Pouchdb

  • Redis

  • Jenkins

  • Circle CI

  • GOCD

  • GitHub

  • Bitbucket

  • Leadership

  • Mentorship

  • Performance Management

  • Project Management

  • OKRs

  • DORA metrics

  • New Relic

  • Datadog

  • Collaboration

  • Team player

  • Communication

  • Problem Solving

  • Emotional Intelligence

  • Conflict Resolution

  • Jira

  • Slack

  • Kafka

  • IronMQ

  • Sidekiq

  • AWS EC2/S3/RDS

  • Docker

  • Kubernetes

  • Junit

  • Jest

  • Rspec

  • Stripe

  • Maxio

  • Elastic Search

  • Apache Solr

  • IntelliJ

  • VS Code

  • Styled Components

  • Github

  • HTML CSS

  • Linux Mac OS

  • PGAdmin

  • Robo 3T

Certification

AWS Solution Architect Associate, Expired August 2023

Additional Information

UAE Golden Visa Holder

Timeline

Senior Full Stack Web Developer

Alef Education
07.2021 - 02.2022

Full Stack Web Developer

Alef Education
12.2018 - 06.2021

Full Stack Web Developer

Carma Media
08.2016 - 10.2018

Full Stack Web Developer

Metaware Labs Inc
05.2015 - 03.2016

Full Stack Web Developer

Techverx
09.2013 - 03.2015

Software Engineer Intern

Bentley Systems
06.2012 - 08.2012

Bachelors - Software Engineering

NUST
05.2009 - 05.2013

Engineering Manager

Alef Education
3 2022 - 11.2023
Faizan AliEngineering Manager