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Abdullah Zafar

Lahore Punjab, Pakistan

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  • Looking For: software engineer, fullstack engineer

  • Occupation: IT and Math

  • Degree: Bachelor's Degree

  • Career Level: Experienced

  • Languages: English, Urdu, Punjabi

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Highlights:Managed an analytics infrastructure tracking over 2 million daily user events and conducted 30+ successful A/B tests at LabXchange. Successfully clustered 50,000+ educational assets using LLM-embeddings and fine-tuned LLMs, significantly enhancing the platform's functionality and user experience. Consistently delivered high-impact solutions and reports, contributing to the platform’s strategic goals and driving innovation within a global team.

Skills:Python, Django, Django REST Framework, Flask, JavaScript, TypeScript, ReactJS, jQuery, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Terraform, Git, AWS, Cloud Computing, Linux, CI/CD, Unit testing, Server programming, Rest APIs, Docker, Pandas, DataDog, Fullstack web development, Data analytics, A/B Testing, Product Development

Goal:As a seasoned Senior Software Engineer with over five years of comprehensive experience in full-stack web development, data analytics, and cloud computing, my career goal is to leverage my expertise in Python, Django, ReactJS, and AWS to drive innovation and deliver high-impact solutions in a dynamic US-based tech company. I aim to lead cross-functional teams, mentor emerging talent, and contribute to the development of robust, scalable applications that meet rigorous performance and quality standards, ultimately advancing my professional growth and the success of the organization.

Certification:Advanced Retrieval for AI with Chroma – 04/2024 (DeepLearning.ai) Finetuning Large Language Models – 04/2024 (DeepLearning.ai) Prompt Engineering for Developers – 02/2024 (DeepLearning.ai)


Experiences:

Product Engineer 10/2022 - current
LabXchange, Lahore (Remote), Punjab Pakistan
Industry: EdTech
Working with a diverse team of 50+, spread globally (US, South Africa and Pakistan). My employment is through Arbisoft, a software service provider.
• Engineering solutions on the ReactJS, Python/Django stack to help the product team deliver planned additions and improvements. • Working with cutting-edge tech like LLM-embeddings and fine-tuned LLMs to cluster 50,000+ assets into related educational curricula. • Leading the analytics infrastructure that tracks 2M+ user generated events/day. Managing the custom analytics pipeline using AWS Aurora, PSQL and custom reporting dashboards on hex.tech. Have single-handedly crafted 20+ custom reports on product analytics. • Overseeing the experimentation stack on VWO. Have set up and conducted 30+ successful split, multivariate, and multi-page A/B tests.--
Technical Team Lead 06/2020 - 10/2022
Xiangqi.com, Lahore (Remote), Punjab Pakistan
Industry: Gaming
My employment was through Arbisoft, a software service provider.
• Built and led a team of 15 members from the ground-up the development of a ReactJS and Python/Flask based two-player chess game, including custom JS augmentation of the SquareSpace platform for the marketing sites, all while ensuring multi-lingual support. • End-to-end involvement in the development process from discussing proposed requirements and improvements with the stakeholders, to researching the technical feasibility and requisites, to successful feature development and delivery using Kanban for JIT delivery • Integrated open-source chess engine (Stockfish) to enable multiple levels of bot gameplay, and post-game analysis features. • Kept test coverage to over 80% at all times, and slashed load time by 50% over time. • Reached 40,000+ registered accounts during this period. Ranked top-5 out of ~100 teams in the organization for two consecutive years.--
Senior Software Engineer 06/2019 - 06/2020
Arbisoft, Lahore, Punjab Pakistan
Industry: Software Service Provider
Experienced full-stack developer adept at Java SpringBoot for secure patient search and extending Python/Django-based platforms. Skilled in MySQL, MongoDB, and ES6/NodeJS for database interaction and front-end development. Proficient in Docker and Terraform for streamlined infrastructure automation.
• Worked with a US-based healthcare startup, implementing patient search in Java SpringBoot on an encrypted MySQL database. • Worked as a full-stack developer on a web based learning platform, extending the Python/Django based Open edX platform by writing various API endpoints, fixing existing bugs, driving new features like reputation based badging on the platform and updating existing features like simplifying the registration flow. • My work involved a good amount of interaction with MySQL and MongoDB databases. Worked on an ES6/NodeJS based integrated community platform. On the front-end, I extended the codebase using BackboneJS, Mako/django templating system and jQuery. • Experienced with configuring a Docker based local development stack and using Terraform to automate various infrastructure tasks--
Developer Advocate 01/2019 - 05/2019
Educative.io, Lahore, Punjab Pakistan
Industry: EdTech
Educative is an in-browser, interactive learning platform mainly focused on Software Developers. I worked part-time during the last semester of my coursework with this amazing, rapidly growing start-up as a part of their content creation team. My responsibilities there included: creating, managing and reviewing course-ware for courses on React, GraphQL, Data Structures etc along with the coding exercises and examples.
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Education:

Lahore University of Management Sciences 06/2015 - 08/2019
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Computer Science
• Relevant courses: Software Engineering, Advanced Programming (GoLang, TypeScript, Haskell), Algorithms, Distributed Systems, Computer Vision Fundamentals, Deep Learning, Databases, Human Computer Interaction,


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