// Character backstory

Hi, I'm Naveed.

I'm a Principal Software Engineer who loves building things that work. By day I build wallet and payment systems for banks and fintechs; outside of that I've spent years freelancing for clients around the world.

My professional work taught me to build for reliability and security — banking systems don't get to have bad days. My freelance work taught me to move fast and talk plainly with people who just need their problem solved.

Lately I'm deep into AI — building tools with LLMs and using AI-assisted development to ship faster than ever. When I'm not coding, you'll probably find me gaming or catching up on anime.

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// Looking for my next quest

What I'm looking for

Recruiters and hiring managers — here's the short version.

Roles
Senior / Lead Backend Engineer (Java, Spring Boot, microservices) · Backend engineer on AI-powered products
Domains
Fintech & payments, banking, platforms at scale — and teams building with LLMs & ML
Location
Open to opportunities worldwide · on-site, remote or hybrid
Time zone
Pakistan (UTC+5) today — flexible overlap with Europe, the Gulf and the US
Growing in
Machine learning, LLM apps, RAG & AI agents — already shipping AI side projects
Status
Employed and always open to great offers
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// Quest log

Experience

Principal Software Engineer ACTIVE

02/2024 — Present
Vaulsys
  • Design and deliver critical wallet and payment systems, and lead development & deployment when the team needs it.
  • Shipped NFC Tap & Pay, POS/agency banking APIs, international remittance and e-ticketing integrations.
  • Built a notification engine and backends for agent, merchant and back-office portals.
  • Optimized PL/SQL, cutting report generation time by 60%.

Senior Software Engineer

08/2023 — 02/2024
Teresol
  • Architected an automated IFRS9 system for Bank AL Habib — 70% less manual processing.

Software Engineer I

11/2022 — 08/2023
Northstar Technologies — Sibisoft
  • Migrated legacy modules to modern stacks for a 35% gain in API throughput.

Software Engineer

06/2021 — 11/2022
Avanza Solutions
  • Built a data-masking proxy for a German bank and middleware integrations for clients including HBL.

Freelance Technical Consultant

2018 — Present
International clients
  • AI, mobile and web solutions, rapid PoCs and custom ERPs for eCommerce, real estate and education.
// Skill tree

Loadout

Languages & frameworks core

Java · Spring · Quarkus
SQL · PL/SQL
Python · Flask
Node.js
React

AI new branch

LLM integration (Claude, OpenAI APIs)
Prompt engineering
AI-assisted dev (Claude Code)
ML / Deep learning foundations
Agents & automation

Platform & security ops

OAuth2 · JWT · JWE
Oracle · MySQL
Docker · CI/CD
AWS · Google Cloud
Microservices

Support skills passive

Team leadership & mentoring
Client communication
Production support & debugging
Rapid prototyping
Project management
// Origin story

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

FAST — National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Karachi
2017 — 2021
// Skill books acquired

Specializations

Deep LearningSpecialization
Machine LearningSpecialization
AWS FundamentalsSpecialization
Project Management Principles & PracticesSpecialization
Project Management & Other Tools for Career DevelopmentSpecialization
SAS ProgrammerSpecialization
Google IT SupportSpecialization
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Certifications

Text Mining and AnalyticsUniversity of Illinois
Introduction to Blockchain TechnologiesINSEAD
Transacting on BlockchainINSEAD
The Data Scientist's ToolboxJohns Hopkins University
Introduction to Google SEOUC Davis
Managing Big Data with MySQLDuke University
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Let's work together.

Hiring for a senior or lead role, or have a project in mind? I'd love to hear about it.

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