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Hi, I’m Imran Latif, a cloud-native Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience designing and scaling distributed systems across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I specialize in backend development with Python and FastAPI, event-driven architectures, and AI/ML integrations (OpenAI, LangChain, vector databases).
I enjoy balancing hands-on coding with technical leadership to deliver secure, high-performance, and cost-optimized solutions for both enterprises and startups. I have led multi-cloud migrations, built subscription and metering systems, and deployed production-ready CI/CD pipelines.
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Work Experience
Lead Backend Engineer at Iris AI
April 1, 2025 - PresentSpearheaded backend migration to FastAPI, modernizing architecture for scalability and performance; reduced API cold start latency by 80% by transitioning API Gateway/Lambda WebSockets to ECS. Built OpenAI-powered modules (chat completion, structured responses, image generation, function calling) and engineered subscription & metering system with Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB to streamline billing and usage tracking. Automated infrastructure with AWS CDK, cutting deployment time by 60% and ensuring reproducibility. Implemented observability with CloudWatch metrics/logs and authored unit/integration tests in Pytest, achieving 95%+ test coverage for critical modules. Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines (Github Actions, CodePipeline, SAM) while leading architecture design, sprint planning, and technical debt resolution.
Cloud Engineer at Epiq
November 1, 2024 - PresentEnhanced AI Discovery Assistant by adding backend features with FastAPI, Postgres, Celery, Redis; contributed to onboarding clients via Azure Marketplace SaaS offers. Automated maintenance, patching, and backups for Azure VMs, improving system uptime by 99.95%. Secured environments with Nginx, SSL/TLS, and SOC2 compliance (Secureframe). Improved system security and reliability through CodeQL scanning and vulnerability patching.
Backend Engineer at LAER AI (Acquired by Epiq)
November 1, 2024 - September 7, 2025Led multi-cloud migration from AWS to Azure, successfully migrating 100% of services with zero downtime. Built ML orchestration workflows with Kubernetes; containerized ML and data pipelines with Docker. Implemented enterprise-grade authentication with SAML SSO via Azure AD and Okta. Delivered core product features in FastAPI with Celery, Redis, Solr, Prometheus; deployed via GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD.
Senior Backend Engineer at Storewise
October 1, 2024 - September 7, 2025Decomposed monolith into event-driven architecture using AWS Lambda, SQS, S3, reducing response times by 70%. Built AI Assistant bot leveraging ChatGPT, Firebase push notifications, and Pusher channels, boosting customer engagement by 40%. Integrated OpenAI & Azure OpenAI APIs for conversational flows, fallback reasoning, and multimodal image generation. Implemented Retrieval-QA pipelines using LangChain + FAISS + embeddings stored in S3 for domain-specific Q&A. Developed custom monitoring/logging libraries distributed via AWS CodeArtifact; improved observability with CloudWatch dashboards.
Senior Software Engineer at Truevo
December 1, 2022 - September 7, 2025Designed and delivered payout transactions using AWS Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, SNS, and RDS, increasing throughput by 50% by optimizing Lambda concurrency. Implemented secureMFA authentication and authorization with AWS Cognito (JWT). Maintained and extended legacy Payments & Fraud Detection systems (Temenos, 3D Secure). Participated in architecture reviews and deployment planning for large-scale systems.
Co-Founder at TechTicks Digital
April 1, 2023 - September 7, 2025Built and scaled a software services startup to 10+ clients and $200k+ annual revenue by streamlining client onboarding, project delivery, and communication. Oversaw technical strategy, hiring, and project quality while resolving delivery challenges.
Software Engineer (On-Site) at Northbay Solutions
June 1, 2020 - September 7, 2025Built ETL pipelines on AWS with Python, Lambda, Glue, S3, and DynamoDB; optimized AWS Glue jobs reducing execution time by 40%. Enhanced legacy Intelligize platform (.NET + SQL) with AWS integrations. Earned AWS certifications while contributing to feature delivery and production releases. Collaborated directly with clients to ensure requirements alignment and on-time delivery.
Lead Backend Engineer (Remote) (Contract) at Iris AI
April 1, 2025 - PresentLed backend migration to FastAPI, modernizing architecture for scalability and performance; reduced API cold start latency by 80% by migrating API Gateway/Lambda WebSockets to ECS. Built OpenAI-powered modules (chat completion, structured responses, image generation, function calling) and engineered subscription & metering systems with Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB. Automated infrastructure with AWS CDK, cutting deployment time by 60% and ensuring reproducibility. Implemented observability with CloudWatch metrics/logs and authored unit/integration tests with Pytest, achieving 95%+ test coverage for critical modules. Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, SAM) while guiding architecture, sprint planning, and technical debt resolution.
Cloud Engineer (Remote) (Contract) at Epiq
November 1, 2024 - PresentEnhanced AI Discovery Assistant by adding backend features with FastAPI, Postgres, Celery, Redis; contributed to onboarding clients via Azure Marketplace SaaS offers. Automated maintenance, patching, and backups for Azure VMs, improving system uptime by 99.95%. Secured environments with Nginx, SSL/TLS, and SOC2 compliance (Secureframe). Improved system security and reliability through CodeQL scanning and vulnerability patching.
Backend Engineer (Remote) (Contract) at LAER AI (Acquired by Epiq)
November 1, 2024 - September 7, 2025Led multi-cloud migration from AWS to Azure, successfully migrating 100% of services with zero downtime. Built ML orchestration workflows with Kubernetes; containerized ML and data pipelines with Docker. Implemented enterprise-grade authentication with SAML SSO via Azure AD and Okta. Delivered core product features in FastAPI with Celery, Redis, Solr, Prometheus; deployed via GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD.
Senior Backend Engineer (Contract) at Storewise Singapore
October 1, 2024 - September 7, 2025Decomposed monolith into event-driven architecture using AWS Lambda, SQS, S3, reducing response times by 70%. Built AI Assistant bot leveraging ChatGPT, Firebase push notifications, and Pusher channels, boosting customer engagement by 40%. Integrated OpenAI & Azure OpenAI APIs for conversational flows, fallback reasoning, and multimodal image generation. Implemented Retrieval-QA pipelines using LangChain + FAISS + embeddings stored in S3 for domain-specific Q&A. Developed custom monitoring/logging libraries distributed via AWS CodeArtifact; improved observability with CloudWatch dashboards.
Senior Software Engineer (Contract) at Truevo
December 1, 2022 - September 7, 2025Designed and delivered payout transactions using AWS Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, SNS, and RDS, increasing throughput by 50% by optimizing Lambda concurrency. Implemented secure MFA authentication and authorization with AWS Cognito (JWT). Maintained and extended legacy Payments & Fraud Detection systems (Temenos, 3D Secure). Participated in architecture reviews and deployment planning for large-scale systems.
Co-Founder at TechTicks Digital
April 1, 2023 - September 7, 2025Built and scaled a software services startup to 10+ clients and $200k+ annual revenue by streamlining client onboarding, project delivery, and communication. Oversaw technical strategy, hiring, and project quality while resolving delivery challenges.
Software Engineer at Northbay Solutions
June 1, 2020 - September 7, 2025Built ETL pipelines on AWS with Python, Lambda, Glue, S3, and DynamoDB; optimized AWS Glue jobs reducing execution time by 40%. Enhanced legacy Intelligize platform (.NET + SQL) with AWS integrations. Earned AWS certifications while contributing to feature delivery and production releases. Collaborated directly with clients to ensure requirements alignment and on-time delivery.
Lead Backend Engineer (Remote) (Contract) at Iris AI
April 1, 2025 - PresentSpearheaded backend migration to FastAPI, modernizing architecture for scalability and performance; reduced API cold start latency by 80% by transitioning API Gateway/Lambda WebSockets to ECS. Built OpenAI-powered modules (chat completion, structured responses, image generation, function calling) and engineered subscription & metering system with Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB to streamline billing and usage tracking. Automated infrastructure with AWS CDK, cutting deployment time by 60% and ensuring reproducibility. Implemented observability with CloudWatch metrics/logs and authored unit/integration tests in Pytest, achieving 95%+ test coverage for critical modules. Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, SAM) while leading architecture design, sprint planning, and technical debt resolution.
Cloud Engineer (Remote) (Contract) at Epiq
November 1, 2024 - PresentEnhanced AI Discovery Assistant by adding backend features with FastAPI, Postgres, Celery, Redis; contributed to onboarding clients via Azure Marketplace SaaS offers. Automated maintenance, patching, and backups for Azure VMs, improving system uptime by 99.95%. Secured environments with Nginx, SSL/TLS, and SOC2 compliance (Secureframe). Improved system security and reliability through CodeQL scanning and vulnerability patching.
Backend Engineer (Remote) (Contract) at LAER AI
November 30, 2024 - September 7, 2025Led multi-cloud migration from AWS to Azure, successfully migrating 100% of services with zero downtime. Built ML orchestration workflows with Kubernetes; containerized ML and data pipelines with Docker. Implemented enterprise-grade authentication with SAML SSO via Azure AD and Okta. Delivered core product features in FastAPI with Celery, Redis, Solr, Prometheus; deployed via GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD.
Senior Backend Engineer (Remote) (Contract) at Storewise
October 31, 2024 - September 7, 2025Decomposed monolith into event-driven architecture using AWS Lambda, SQS, S3, reducing response times by 70%. Built AI Assistant bot leveraging ChatGPT, Firebase push notifications, and Pusher channels, boosting customer engagement by 40%. Integrated OpenAI & Azure OpenAI APIs for conversational flows, fallback reasoning, and multimodal image generation. Implemented Retrieval-QA pipelines using LangChain + FAISS + embeddings stored in S3 for domain-specific Q&A. Developed custom monitoring/logging libraries distributed via AWS CodeArtifact; improved observability with CloudWatch dashboards.
Senior Software Engineer (Remote) (Contract) at Truevo
December 31, 2022 - September 7, 2025Designed and delivered payout transactions using AWS Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, SNS, and RDS, increasing throughput by 50% by optimizing Lambda concurrency. Implemented secure MFA authentication and authorization with AWS Cognito (JWT). Maintained and extended legacy Payments & Fraud Detection systems (Temenos, 3D Secure). Participated in architecture reviews and deployment planning for large-scale systems.
Co-Founder at Techticks Digital
April 30, 2023 - September 7, 2025Built and scaled a software services startup to 10+ clients and $200k+ annual revenue by streamlining client onboarding, project delivery, and communication. Oversaw technical strategy, hiring, and project quality while resolving delivery challenges.
Software Engineer (On-Site) at Northbay Solutions
June 30, 2020 - September 7, 2025Built ETL pipelines on AWS with Python, Lambda, Glue, S3, and DynamoDB; optimized AWS Glue jobs reducing execution time by 40%. Enhanced legacy Intelligize platform (.NET + SQL) with AWS integrations. Earned AWS certifications while contributing to feature delivery and production releases. Collaborated directly with clients to ensure requirements alignment and on-time delivery.
Lead Backend Engineer (Remote) (Contract) at Iris AI
April 1, 2025 - PresentLed backend migration to FastAPI, modernizing architecture for scalability and performance; reduced API cold start latency by 80% by transitioning API Gateway/Lambda WebSockets to ECS. Built OpenAI-powered modules (chat completion, structured responses, image generation, function calling) and engineered subscription & metering system with Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB to streamline billing and usage tracking. Automated infrastructure with AWS CDK, cutting deployment time by 60% and ensuring reproducibility. Implemented observability with CloudWatch metrics/logs and authored unit/integration tests in Pytest, achieving 95%+ test coverage for critical modules. Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines (Github Actions, CodePipeline, SAM) while leading architecture design, sprint planning, and technical debt resolution.
Cloud Engineer (Remote) (Contract) at Epiq
November 1, 2024 - PresentEnhanced AI Discovery Assistant by adding backend features with FastAPI, Postgres, Celery, Redis; contributed to onboarding clients via Azure Marketplace SaaS offers. Automated maintenance, patching, and backups for Azure VMs, improving system uptime by 99.95%. Secured environments with Nginx, SSL/TLS, and SOC2 compliance (Secureframe). Improved system security and reliability through CodeQL scanning and vulnerability patching.
Backend Engineer (Remote) (Contract) at LAER AI (Acquired by Epiq)
November 1, 2024 - September 7, 2025Led multi-cloud migration from AWS to Azure, successfully migrating 100% of services with zero downtime. Built ML orchestration workflows with Kubernetes; containerized ML and data pipelines with Docker. Implemented enterprise-grade authentication with SAML SSO via Azure AD and Okta. Delivered core product features in FastAPI with Celery, Redis, Solr, Prometheus; deployed via GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD.
Senior Backend Engineer (Remote) (Contract) at Storewise
October 1, 2024 - September 7, 2025Decomposed monolith into event-driven architecture using AWS Lambda, SQS, S3, reducing response times by 70%. Built AI Assistant bot leveraging ChatGPT, Firebase push notifications, and Pusher channels, boosting customer engagement by 40%. Integrated OpenAI & Azure OpenAI APIs for conversational flows, fallback reasoning, and multimodal image generation. Implemented Retrieval-QA pipelines using LangChain + FAISS + embeddings stored in S3 for domain-specific Q&A. Developed custom monitoring/logging libraries distributed via AWS CodeArtifact; improved observability with CloudWatch dashboards.
Senior Software Engineer at Truevo
December 1, 2022 - September 7, 2025Designed payout transactions using AWS Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, SNS, and RDS, increasing throughput by 50% by optimizing Lambda concurrency. Implemented secure MFA authentication and authorization with AWS Cognito (JWT). Maintained and extended legacy Payments & Fraud Detection systems (Temenos, 3D Secure). Participated in architecture reviews and deployment planning for large-scale systems.
Co-Founder at TechTicks Digital
April 1, 2023 - September 7, 2025Built and scaled a software services startup to 10+ clients and $200k+ annual revenue by streamlining client onboarding, project delivery, and communication. Oversaw technical strategy, hiring, and project quality while resolving delivery challenges.
Software Engineer (On-Site) at Northbay Solutions
June 1, 2020 - September 7, 2025Built ETL pipelines on AWS with Python, Lambda, Glue, S3, and DynamoDB; optimized AWS Glue jobs reducing execution time by 40%. Enhanced legacy Intelligize platform (.NET + SQL) with AWS integrations. Earned AWS certifications while contributing to feature delivery and production releases. Collaborated directly with clients to ensure requirements alignment and on-time delivery.
Lead Backend Engineer (Remote) (Contract) at Iris AI
April 1, 2025 - PresentLed backend migration to FastAPI to modernize architecture for scalability and performance. Reduced API cold-start latency by 80% by migrating API Gateway/Lambda WebSockets to ECS. Built OpenAI-powered modules (chat completion, structured responses, image generation, function calling) and implemented a subscription & metering system with Lambda, SQS, and DynamoDB to streamline billing and usage tracking. Automated infrastructure with AWS CDK, cutting deployment time by 60% and improving reproducibility. Implemented observability with CloudWatch metrics/logs and authored unit/integration tests with Pytest, achieving 95%+ test coverage for critical modules. Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, and SAM and led architecture design and debt reduction.
Cloud Engineer (Remote) (Contract) at Epiq
November 1, 2024 - PresentEnhanced AI Discovery Assistant by adding backend features with FastAPI, Postgres, Celery, Redis; contributed to onboarding clients via Azure Marketplace SaaS offers. Automated maintenance, patching, and backups for Azure VMs, improving system uptime by 99.95%. Secured environments with Nginx, SSL/TLS, and SOC2 compliance (Secureframe). Improved system security and reliability through CodeQL scanning and vulnerability patching.
Backend Engineer (Remote) (Contract) at LAER AI (Acquired by Epiq)
November 1, 2024 - September 7, 2025Led multi-cloud migration from AWS to Azure, successfully migrating 100% of services with zero downtime. Built ML orchestration workflows with Kubernetes; containerized ML and data pipelines with Docker. Implemented enterprise-grade authentication with SAML SSO via Azure AD and Okta. Delivered core product features in FastAPI with Celery, Redis, Solr, Prometheus; deployed via GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD.
Senior Backend Engineer (Remote) (Contract) at Storewise
October 1, 2024 - September 7, 2025Decomposed monolith into event-driven architecture using AWS Lambda, SQS, S3, reducing response times by 70%. Built AI Assistant bot leveraging ChatGPT, Firebase push notifications, and Pusher channels, boosting customer engagement by 40%. Integrated OpenAI & Azure OpenAI APIs for conversational flows, fallback reasoning, and multimodal image generation. Implemented Retrieval-QA pipelines using LangChain + FAISS + embeddings stored in S3 for domain-specific Q&A. Developed custom monitoring/logging libraries and improved observability with CloudWatch dashboards.
Senior Software Engineer (Remote) (Contract) at Truevo
December 1, 2022 - September 7, 2025Designed and delivered payout transactions using AWS Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, SNS, and RDS, increasing throughput by 50% by optimizing Lambda concurrency. Implemented secure MFA authentication and authorization with AWS Cognito (JWT). Maintained and extended legacy Payments & Fraud Detection systems (Temenos, 3D Secure). Participated in architecture reviews and deployment planning for large-scale systems.
Co-Founder at TechTicks Digital
April 1, 2023 - September 7, 2025Built and scaled a software services startup to 10+ clients and $200k+ annual revenue by streamlining client onboarding, project delivery, and communication. Oversaw technical strategy, hiring, and project quality while resolving delivery challenges.
Software Engineer (On-Site) at Northbay Solutions
June 1, 2020 - September 7, 2025Built ETL pipelines on AWS with Python, Lambda, Glue, S3, and DynamoDB; optimized AWS Glue jobs reducing execution time by 40%. Enhanced legacy Intelligize platform (.NET + SQL) with AWS integrations. Earned AWS certifications while contributing to feature delivery and production releases. Collaborated with clients to ensure requirements alignment and on-time delivery.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018Bachelor of Science at National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences
January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2018Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2018Qualifications
AWS Certifications
January 11, 2030 - September 7, 2025AWS Certifications
January 11, 2030 - September 7, 2025AWS Certifications
January 11, 2030 - September 7, 2025Industry Experience
Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Computers & Electronics, Financial Services
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