Product Oriented Software Engineer & AI Enthusiast
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Email:
nadeem.ahmad.na@outlook.com
Phone:
+(49) 162 635 3136
Address:
Köln, NW, Deutschland
Languages:
English, German (A1), Urdu, Pashto
PROFILE
Designed and implemented scalable serverless architectures, delivering high-impact features that transformed energy processes for businesses. Authored RFCs to standardize solutions, developed POCs to validate ideas, and refactored legacy codebases to modern frameworks, improving performance and maintainability.
Passionate about creating products users love, I prioritize customer satisfaction through rigorous testing, accessibility, and collaboration. Always eager to learn, I explore new technologies and side projects, constantly experimenting with innovative approaches to solve problems and drive better outcomes.
Drive features end-to-end for a platform serving 30,000+ customers and their millions of end users, owning the full lifecycle from requirements gathering and technical proposals to architecture design and backend + frontend implementation.
Leading engineering on TrstdLogin, a first-of-its-kind anti-phishing authentication product that lets shoppers verify a shop is genuine by seeing their own personal secret (color, name, memorable date) after login — making it impossible for fake sites to spoof the experience the way they can spoof seals and reviews.
Designed and built a custom real-time tracking system ingesting millions of events per month, buffered through Kinesis Firehose into an S3 data lake and forwarded to a self-hosted PostHog instance for product analytics.
Architected and implemented backend services for both existing customer integrations and net-new customer onboarding, balancing multi-tenant scale with developer ergonomics.
Designed and led the implementation of the push notification system that alerts logged-in users via the TrustedShops mobile app that the shop they are visiting is verified, delivered in close collaboration with the mobile team.
Took over the testing initiative, introducing end-to-end, visual regression, and integration test suites, and now own testing strategy and architecture as a cross cutting responsibility.
Continuously brainstorm and shape product direction with stakeholders to keep TrstdLogin ahead of an evolving phishing/faking landscape.
Techs & Tools: TypeScript, Lit (Web Components), SCSS, Node.js, AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, Kinesis, Firehose, S3), Terraform, Keycloak, PostHog, Playwright, CircleCI, Figma, JIRA, Confluence, MS Teams
Building enterprise grade features from scratch, including a next generation Admin Panel for onboarding and managing large scale enterprise customers.
Leading frontend work on the redesign of the Typeform app against the new design system, modernizing core surfaces across workspaces and forms.
Improving workspaces and form management with capabilities like organization wide discovery, filtering, granular permissions, bulk user management, and multi level workspace hierarchy.
Collaborating closely with backend engineers to shape API contracts and ship enterprise grade capabilities such as SSO configuration, rate limit policies, and webhooks.
Participating in technical sizing and architecture planning for multi quarter enterprise initiatives spanning cross functional teams.
Implementing high performance UI components for admin dashboards surfacing form analytics, workspace usage, and activity metrics.
Contributing to Typeform’s Enterprise strategy, helping position the platform as a full fledged solution for large organizations.
Rewrote core E-pilot SaaS product—originally a Java/IVY monolith—into a modern, scalable serverless architecture on AWS, leveraging React micro-frontends and AWS microservices
Architected and implemented the 360 Customer Service CRM, designing dynamic, entity-driven UIs capable of rendering over 1,200 distinct form elements with seamless performance under load
Owned full end-to-end feature delivery: from requirements refinement and API design through frontend implementation, unit and integration tests, to production rollout, ensuring high quality and reliability
Drove innovation through rapid Proof-of-Concepts (POCs), iteratively validated with Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) and Minimum Lovable Products (MLPs) to gather user feedback and accelerate feature adoption
Collaborated cross-functionally with product managers, and UX designers, to define and automate flexible business objects, vastly reducing manual workflows
Authored and evangelized RFCs to standardize architecture decisions, coding practices, and API contracts across multiple teams
Championed code quality through comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end testing suites—integrated into CI pipelines to catch regressions early
Facilitated brainstorming sessions and technical workshops to align on user needs, bridge feasibility gaps, and foster a culture of continuous improvement
Mentored junior developers through pair programming and detailed code reviews, raising team craftsmanship and maintainability
Consistently delivered high-impact features that met or exceeded customer expectations, driving platform stability, performance, and user satisfaction
At Vidy, a platform that embeds videos behind webpage text using NLP protocols, I shaped the product vision and feature roadmap as a Product Engineer.
Spearheaded the implementation of Vidy Watch, Vidy’s contextual video player (https://www.vidy.com/watch), integrating it seamlessly into article text to deliver instant, in-place video playback without feeling like an ad.
Refactored the existing vanilla JavaScript codebase into modular Svelte components, drastically improving developer experience, maintainability, and onboarding speed.
Built scalable UI modules for a product serving 14 million monthly unique visitors, ensuring accessibility, responsiveness, and cross-browser compatibility.
Performed ongoing market analysis of competing video embedding solutions to refine our feature set, driving higher user engagement and satisfaction.
Optimized overall product performance by reducing bundle sizes, implementing lazy loading, and fine-tuning asset delivery for faster initial render times.
Contributed to TAMM.abudhabi, Abu Dhabi's unified government services portal, enabling citizens and residents to access diverse services (e.g., license automation, permit applications) through a single, streamlined interface.
Worked as a Full-Stack Engineer in a hybrid onsite/remote setup, collaborating closely with Project Managers and Scrum Masters to plan sprints, refine requirements, and ensure on-time delivery of features.
Partnered with DevOps, VAPT (Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing), QA, and UX/Design teams to integrate secure, accessible solutions—coordinating cross-functionally to maintain alignment and high quality.
Built dynamic front-end interfaces in React with full Arabic/English localization support, ensuring RTL layouts, locale-specific formatting, and seamless language switching.
Designed and implemented robust back-end APIs and business logic in Node.js, connecting microservices and orchestrating workflows for multiple government services.
Owned end-to-end feature delivery: from schema and API design through UI development and integration testing, to deployment and monitoring in prod—maintaining a minimum of 85% test coverage with unit and end-to-end suites.
Engaged directly with customers and stakeholders in review sessions, gathering feedback to iterate on UX and functionality, and driving continuous improvement.
Mentored and onboarded junior engineers through pair programming, code reviews, and brown-bag sessions, elevating team standards and sharing best practices in security and accessibility.
Developing Xcalidraw, an interactive whiteboard that allows you to create and share collaborative whiteboards with AI-powered generation from text prompts.
Built real-time collaboration features using WebSockets (YJS) and implemented scalable serverless architecture with AWS Fargate and Terraform.
Developed Stickies Cloud, a browser extension for creating and managing digital sticky notes across websites, featuring a centralized dashboard for search, categorization, and sharing.
Integrated Generative AI for automatic note generation from text highlights and envisioned an audio-to-text feature for capturing insights from videos, calls, and recordings.
Techs & Tools: TypeScript, React, Ant Design, Storybook, React Query, Zustand, AWS Serverless, Node, JWT, OpenAPI, Google Vision, GitHub
Developing Utmosst, a smart resume builder that helps you create a professional resume in minutes. It uses AI to generate a resume from your LinkedIn profile. It also helps you to create a cover letter and personalized job application.
Implemented a smart resume builder that uses AI to generate a resume from your LinkedIn profile. It also helps you to create a cover letter and personalized job application.
Developing Yourzelf, a natural language-driven personal memory system designed to help users store and query thoughts, tasks, and notes using conversational input.
Implemented intelligent categorization, timestamp extraction, and semantic search to unify unstructured user input into structured entities.
Building ScanTheFake, a document authentication platform that leverages AI vision analysis to verify authenticity of documents in real-time.
Designed an extensible verification pipeline combining computer vision, OCR, and structured rule checks to flag tampering, forgeries, and inconsistencies.
Built Accounts, a recruitment management system that handles companies, candidates, purchase orders, and end-to-end financial tracking with automated invoicing.
Designed entity-driven workflows around hiring pipelines, contracts, and billing — turning manual spreadsheet work into a single, auditable system.
LLMsAgentic AIMCP ServersTool Use / Function CallingRAG PipelinesEmbeddings & Semantic SearchPrompt EngineeringEvals & ObservabilityAI Coding Agents (Claude Code, Cursor)Claude Agent SDK / Anthropic APILangChainLangGraphPineconeVector DatabasesAudio/Text AI pipelinesMulti-modal AI (Vision, Audio)
EXPLORING
Artificial Intelligence
Actively learning and applying AI through small-scale projects and hands-on experience, collaborating with peers on AI-related initiatives.
Fostering a dynamic and creative learning environment around emerging AI techniques and tools.
Writing blogs
Passionately contributing to a Medium blog on software development, sharing insights on engineering practices to simplify complex topics for beginners and professionals.
Regularly publishing technical posts documenting learning journeys and findings, driven by a deep enthusiasm for knowledge sharing and communication.
EDUCATION
BS Software Engineering, University of Swat, Pakistan (2014 — 2018)
