Senior software engineer shipping production SaaS and AI/LLM products for clients across the US, UK, Europe, and Asia. Led ground-up re-builds and migrations for high-scale AI content platforms reaching 20M+ users, and co-led multiple AI products end-to-end including LLM pipelines, real-time speech intelligence, RAG systems, edge computer vision, and payment-critical integrations. Strong across backend systems design (idempotency, messaging reliability, latency/cost optimization), frontend full-stack delivery, and cloud/DevOps on AWS/Azure/DigitalOcean/Vercel with Docker and CI/CD. Comfortable with distributed teams and owning architecture, deployments, production support, and integration work from prototype to reliable operations.

Muhammad M J Awad

Senior software engineer shipping production SaaS and AI/LLM products for clients across the US, UK, Europe, and Asia. Led ground-up re-builds and migrations for high-scale AI content platforms reaching 20M+ users, and co-led multiple AI products end-to-end including LLM pipelines, real-time speech intelligence, RAG systems, edge computer vision, and payment-critical integrations. Strong across backend systems design (idempotency, messaging reliability, latency/cost optimization), frontend full-stack delivery, and cloud/DevOps on AWS/Azure/DigitalOcean/Vercel with Docker and CI/CD. Comfortable with distributed teams and owning architecture, deployments, production support, and integration work from prototype to reliable operations.

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Senior software engineer shipping production SaaS and AI/LLM products for clients across the US, UK, Europe, and Asia. Led ground-up re-builds and migrations for high-scale AI content platforms reaching 20M+ users, and co-led multiple AI products end-to-end including LLM pipelines, real-time speech intelligence, RAG systems, edge computer vision, and payment-critical integrations.

Strong across backend systems design (idempotency, messaging reliability, latency/cost optimization), frontend full-stack delivery, and cloud/DevOps on AWS/Azure/DigitalOcean/Vercel with Docker and CI/CD. Comfortable with distributed teams and owning architecture, deployments, production support, and integration work from prototype to reliable operations.

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Work Experience

Lead Software Engineer at Vis next Software Solutions
July 1, 2024 - Present
Led architecture, delivery, deployment, and production support across 10+ engagements, most AI products built from scratch. Co-led re-build and data migration of a confidential high-scale AI platform from a no-code stack to Next.js and Python microservices; migrated millions of user records with phased cutover and no service interruption. Delivered end-to-end AI products such as VideoToBlog AI, Waltz AI, Profit-Pro AI, and Sentient, including LLM generation pipelines, Whisper-based live speech transcription, and RAG-based document operations. Designed and ran payment-critical backend systems including idempotency ledgers, reliable Redis queues, circuit breakers, and dead-letter stores for a US law firm integration. Built cloud infrastructure on AWS/Azure/DigitalOcean/Vercel with Docker and GitHub Actions, including private-network databases, TLS, WireGuard tunnels, and zero-touch deployments.
Software Engineer at Vis next Software Solutions
July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024
Owned and delivered full-stack and AI product features across multiple client engagements. Worked on LLM and RAG workflows, realtime speech intelligence, and production integration systems. Contributed to cloud deployments (AWS/Azure/Vercel/DigitalOcean), reliability patterns (idempotency, queues, retries, circuit breakers), and quality gates for LLM output validation before release.
Associate Software Engineer at Vis next Software Solutions
January 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023
Technical lead on client-facing product teams. Supported architecture and delivery, including AI and integration work, and collaborated closely with engineering and product stakeholders across multiple deployments.
Lead Software Engineer at Visnext Software Solutions
January 1, 2023 - Present
Promoted from Associate Software Engineer to Software Engineer and then Lead based on delivering across complex client projects. Led development of web and mobile solutions for 10+ international clients using React/Next.js, Django, FastAPI, and Node.js. Architected REST and GraphQL APIs with real-time features via WebSockets, improving throughput and responsiveness on high-traffic applications. Led LM-powered products such as Profit-Pro AI, Waltz AI, Video To Blog AI, and internal tools using Django/FastAPI, OpenAI/Claude, Pub/Sub messaging, Supabase, and AWS to automate workflows and significantly reduce manual work. Delivered full-stack SaaS platforms covering authentication, multi-tenant dashboards, reporting, and integrations (Stripe, SendGrid), and monitoring (BetterStack). Integrated third-party services (Stripe, Shopify, WordPress, n8n, Zapier, GoHighLevel, Firebase, Google Drive) to enable robust billing, content automation, and marketing workflows. Deployed and maintained serv
Web Developer Intern at Mindstorm Solutions
January 1, 2021 - April 1, 2021
Worked on internal React and Next.js tooling used inside a professional code review and version control workflow.
Freelance Full Stack Developer
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2022
Built React and Django e-commerce platform for a local business and Python/Playwright automation for market research, reducing manual data collection by ~10 hours per week. Developed a job-monitoring bot that fetched new Upwork postings and pushed curated leads to Slack in about 70 seconds after posting.
Freelance Full Stack Web Developer at Various Clients
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022
Developed a React + Django e-commerce platform for a local business, enabling online sales and contributing to ~20% revenue increase in the first 3 months after launch. Created Python + Playwright scraping and automation scripts for a market research client, reducing manual data collection and saving ~10 hours of work per week. Built an internal automation script that fetches new jobs from Upwork and other freelancing platforms and posts curated opportunities to a Slack channel in ~70 seconds, enabling business developers to respond quickly with proposals. Collaborated with remote stakeholders using Jira and Notion for requirements, sprint planning, and progress tracking, consistently delivering features on schedule.

Education

B.S. Software Engineering at Lahore Garrison University
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2022
B.S. Software Engineering at Lahore Garrison University
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2022

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Software & Internet, Computers & Electronics, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Financial Services, Education