Senior Product Engineer with 5+ years building and scaling SaaS platforms from MVP to production. Strong backend expertise in NestJS, GraphQL, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and AWS, complemented by production frontend experience in React and Next.js. Currently serving as an Associate Tech Lead, driving architecture decisions, mentoring engineers, and partnering with stakeholders to deliver scalable, business-focused products.…

Asad Ahmad

Senior Product Engineer with 5+ years building and scaling SaaS platforms from MVP to production. Strong backend expertise in NestJS, GraphQL, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and AWS, complemented by production frontend experience in React and Next.js. Currently serving as an Associate Tech Lead, driving architecture decisions, mentoring engineers, and partnering with stakeholders to deliver scalable, business-focused products.…

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Senior Product Engineer with 5+ years building and scaling SaaS platforms from MVP to production. Strong backend expertise in NestJS, GraphQL, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and AWS, complemented by production frontend experience in React and Next.js.

Currently serving as an Associate Tech Lead, driving architecture decisions, mentoring engineers, and partnering with stakeholders to deliver scalable, business-focused products.

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Skills

Experience Level

Tailwind
Expert
Bootstrap
Expert
Github
Expert
React JS
Expert
Google API
Expert
Node.js
Expert
GraphQL
Expert
TypeScript
Expert
AWS
Expert
PostgreSQL
Expert
Socket.IO
Expert
Stripe
Expert
Docker
Expert
Prompt Engineering
Expert
Azure
Expert
Redis
Intermediate
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Language

English
Fluent
Urdu
Fluent
Hindi
Fluent

Work Experience

Sr. Software Engineer at Spadasoft
February 1, 2025 - Present
Led a team of 3–4 engineers to deliver end-to-end SaaS features, owning architecture decisions, task planning, and client communication across stakeholders. Designed a core NestJS + GraphQL backend with real-time subscriptions for live notifications and activity tracking, reducing response latency via API/query optimization. Built a multi-tenant authentication system from scratch using JWT and RBAC with granular permission layers. Architected AWS + Vercel cloud-native deployments (EC2, RDS, S3, SNS, SES, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager), achieving 99.9% uptime through improved CI/CD and secure infrastructure management.
Sr. Software Engineer at Zweidevs
April 1, 2023 - January 1, 2025
Built and maintained Node.js/Express REST APIs with MongoDB for a cross-platform Electron desktop application. Implemented Stripe webhook handling for payment lifecycle events with transaction validation and failure recovery. Developed real-time features using Socket.io and integrated Firebase services and OpenAI APIs to power AI-driven capabilities. Delivered production React frontend applications and Highcharts analytics dashboards, improving Lighthouse performance from 60 to 85 and reducing page size by 53% through lazy loading and asset optimization.
Software Engineer at eBridge Technologies
July 1, 2021 - March 1, 2023
Designed and built Node.js/Express REST APIs for authentication, authorization, and core CRUD operations, improving response performance by 30%. Designed PostgreSQL schemas and wrote optimized queries to support data integrity and performance at scale. Integrated Google APIs server-side for authentication/data fetching and third-party connectivity. Built supporting React frontends with Redux, lazy loading, and code splitting for performance optimization.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology at University of the Punjab, Lahore (PUCIT | FCIT)
October 1, 2019 - July 31, 2023
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology at University of the Punjab (PUCIT/FCIT)
October 1, 2019 - July 1, 2023

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Computers & Electronics, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Financial Services
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    • Worked alongside a QA engineer and PM to maintain velocity and quality

    ⚙️ Optimization & Mentorship

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