Leading the technology function for MAI Tech Solutions, the company built around Mai HRMS — setting strategic direction, AI investment, and security posture as the platform scales to enterprise clients.

• Own technical strategy and architecture for Mai HRMS, defining the long-term product and engineering roadmap as the platform expands into new markets and enterprise accounts.
• Set the AI product roadmap, prioritising continued investment in the AI chatbot, natural language querying, and workflow automation as core differentiators for enterprise clients.
• Own security and compliance posture across the platform — data protection, access controls, and regulatory alignment — to support multi-country payroll operations and enterprise client trust.
• Serve as the primary technical voice to leadership and enterprise clients, aligning architecture and infrastructure investment with business growth plans.

Delivered full-stack products across FinTech, PropTech, and Web3 engagements, while establishing the microservices backbone, real-time communication layer, and DevOps pipeline used company-wide.

• Built and shipped features for Skillami, an online video learning platform — designing secure banking-integrated financial APIs and automating CI/CD pipelines for high-availability deployment.
• Delivered full-stack components for a Web3 & DeFi platform — secure crypto transaction APIs, a wallet system (deposit/swap/withdraw), and third-party KYC/AML onboarding integration.
• Improved frontend performance by 30% through a full audit and refactor of React component architecture — cutting re-renders, unused state, and bundle size.
• Established CI/CD pipelines on AWS & GCP with Docker and PM2 — ~40% faster deployments with zero downtime — and integrated Stripe and WPS-compliant payment flows with KYB/KYC verification for UAE FinTech clients.
• Mentored junior developers through structured code reviews and training, raising team delivery quality and engineering standards.

Delivered full-stack features across FinTech, EdTech, Real Estate, and HealthTech platforms. Led code quality initiatives, mentored junior engineers, and drove legacy-to-modern migrations.

• Shipped full-stack features for Lifeforce, a HealthTech longevity platform, using Next.js, Ruby on Rails, and MongoDB/MySQL — integrated with Auth0, BigCommerce, Recurly, and Stripe.
• Raised backend performance and frontend web vitals for Graana.com, Pakistan's largest real estate portal, driving measurable SEO and engagement gains.
• Architected a full-featured Learning Management System (LMS) with RBAC (Admin, Instructor, Student), Stripe subscription billing, video streaming, quizzes, certifications, and automated enrollment/notifications.
• Spearheaded legacy codebase modernisation and led regular code reviews and mentoring, improving maintainability and team skill levels.

Frontend engineering, REST API development, and database design for a mobile chatting application. Collaborated closely with AI developers, product managers, and designers.

• Developed responsive UIs using Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and Redux Toolkit for a mobile chatting application, delivering a polished user experience across devices.
• Redesigned mobile app database models to improve REST API query performance, reducing response times and supporting a growing user base.