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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

AWS Solution Architect Associate, Expired August 2023

Faizan AliEngineering Manager