I am a Senior Software Architect with 18+ years building scalable enterprise platforms across retail, banking, government, and insurance. Recently I have focused on AI-first development, agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, vision-LLM document ingestion, and large-scale data automation. I am hands-on across .NET, React, Python, and distributed cloud architecture, with deep expertise in observability (App Insights, OpenTelemetry) and high-throughput data pipelines. I have shipped AI-driven platforms, including an AI-driven Product Recall compliance system for Walmart Canada that served 2,200+ daily users and reduced recall processing time by 38% and backlog from 3 days to ~4 hours.

Farooq Ahmad

I am a Senior Software Architect with 18+ years building scalable enterprise platforms across retail, banking, government, and insurance. Recently I have focused on AI-first development, agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, vision-LLM document ingestion, and large-scale data automation. I am hands-on across .NET, React, Python, and distributed cloud architecture, with deep expertise in observability (App Insights, OpenTelemetry) and high-throughput data pipelines. I have shipped AI-driven platforms, including an AI-driven Product Recall compliance system for Walmart Canada that served 2,200+ daily users and reduced recall processing time by 38% and backlog from 3 days to ~4 hours.

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I am a Senior Software Architect with 18+ years building scalable enterprise platforms across retail, banking, government, and insurance. Recently I have focused on AI-first development, agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, vision-LLM document ingestion, and large-scale data automation.

I am hands-on across .NET, React, Python, and distributed cloud architecture, with deep expertise in observability (App Insights, OpenTelemetry) and high-throughput data pipelines. I have shipped AI-driven platforms, including an AI-driven Product Recall compliance system for Walmart Canada that served 2,200+ daily users and reduced recall processing time by 38% and backlog from 3 days to ~4 hours.

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Work Experience

Senior Software Architect/Developer at Walmart Canada
September 1, 2021 - Present
Built and designed Product Recall Single Page App. Front end with Angular 18 / Bootstrap v4. APIs in .NET Core 8 / EF Core. Data migration via SSIS ETL and batch processing. API in NodeJS. Front end in ReactJS. Mobile app in React Native. Retrieved data from Health Canada site and transformed with Beautiful Soup and WebDriver. Used OpenAI API to structure data.
Senior FULL Stack Software Developer / DevOps at Citi Bank Canada
September 1, 2021 - October 7, 2025
Designed & built backend jobs with Quartz / .NET Core. Built RESTful API. Created ad hoc reports using PowerShell, C# and MongoDB scripts. Built a POC using Angular / Web API. Configured CI/CD pipelines for Dev/Staging/Prod. Deployed projects on Azure SQL and Cosmos DB to Azure VMs and App Services. Involved in unit testing and code reviews.
Senior Software Developer at Walmart Canada
February 1, 2020 - October 7, 2025
Built Web API using Node.js and Express. Front end with ReactJS. Enhanced Kankur application in .NET Core & Angular 6. Built SSIS ETL to generate CSV and JSON files. Worked with Hadoop/DB2/Teradata/Oracle PL/SQL & T-SQL. Data extraction with Python.
Senior Full Stack Software Developer at Citi Bank Canada
July 1, 2019 - October 7, 2025
Built ePAP with .NET MVC / Web API. Implemented eForms UI with ASP.NET Web Forms. Integrated Cap Grid with eForms Web API. Created internal reports using Aspose for PDF/Word/Excel output. POC UI with TypeScript, Angular 6 & .NET Core. Involved in unit testing and code reviews.
Senior FULL Stack Software Developer at D+H
April 1, 2017 - October 7, 2025
Integrated auto client with Teranet / Purview services for land title search. Enhanced notification service using XSLT to convert XML to PDF. Built parser to convert Ontario Corp Search PDF to XML. Built Admin/Client sites UI using Angular 2 and Bootstrap. Designed and built WCF Restful API services with certificate security.
Senior FULL Stack Software Developer at IBM Canada
June 1, 2016 - October 7, 2025
Designed and built WCF/RESTful APIs, multi-tier web applications, and data integration components. Led development across teams, focusing on performance and reliability.
Migration WCF service Senior Software Developer at ADP Canada
June 1, 2015 - October 7, 2025
Designed and built asynchronous WCF services and data storage components. Data modeling and repository patterns with Dapper.net. Created unit tests for services.
Senior Software Developer at BMO Insurance
March 1, 2015 - October 7, 2025
Designed and built responsive web applications for advisor support using Bootstrap, LESS and BMO standards.
Senior Software Developer at Sun Life Financial
June 1, 2014 - October 7, 2025
Designed and built multithreaded data access and integration components.
Senior Software Developer / Solutions Architect at Instore Focus Inc./PWD
December 1, 2013 - October 7, 2025
Architected, designed and developed web applications for the Professional Warehouse Demonstrators division; led UI and service layer development.
Senior Software Developer at PostMedia Digital (Canwest Digital)
November 1, 2011 - October 7, 2025
Designed and built widgets/web parts using ASP.NET/C#/XSL; integrated with upstream systems.
Senior Software Developer at DMTI Spatial
April 1, 2010 - October 7, 2025
Designed and built multithreaded file components for validation and merging of CSV/TXT/XLSX data; data processing pipelines.
Senior Software Developer at Deloitte
October 1, 2009 - October 7, 2025
Designed and built SQL 2005 reporting services (SSRS) for payroll system; data modeling and data access tools.
Senior Software Developer at OnTargetJobs
February 1, 2009 - October 7, 2025
Designed and built Med hunter Job Search presentation/Business Layer.
Senior Software Developer at Dimidium Solutions Inc
March 1, 2008 - October 7, 2025
Designed SQL 2005 database for Helix Player and Author.
Senior Software Developer at Firth Babin & Associates
October 1, 2007 - October 7, 2025
Designed G4S Financial Reports using DEV Express/SSRS.
Senior Software Developer at ACNielsen Canada
December 1, 2006 - October 7, 2025
OGDP Web – web-based market analysis software; data visualization and reporting.
Senior Software Engineer at OEConnection – OH, USA
May 1, 2006 - October 7, 2025
Designed and developed StoreFront for D2D (Dealer to Dealer) Link; AJAX, XML, C#, ASP.NET.
Technical Consultant at Ohio Savings Bank – OH, USA
October 1, 2005 - October 7, 2025
Involved in budgeting and forecasting financial application; .NET, Java, XML, SAS, XSL, Oracle.
Senior Software Developer at Verizon Communications – TX, USA
January 1, 2005 - October 7, 2025
Consumer Semi-Anonymous Shopping (SAS) as part of Verizon.com ordering redesign.
Senior Software Engineer / Lead at Radian Communication Inc – Canada
September 1, 2004 - October 7, 2025
Provided technical guidance to a small team; ASP.NET, C#, Web Services, SQL.
Senior Software Developer at FreeMarkets – PA, USA
June 1, 2001 - October 7, 2025
Developed UI, database access, stored procedures; COM+ components.
Senior Software Developer at Unisys Corp – PA, USA
November 1, 2000 - October 7, 2025
Developed storyboard for multi-tier BLL and PBL; COM+ based architecture.
Senior Software Architect/Developer at Walmart Canada
September 1, 2021 - Present
Built and designed Product Recall Single Page App; front-end developed with Angular 18 / Bootstrap 4; API services in .NET Core 8 with EF Core; data migration via SSIS ETL; Node.js API; front-end in ReactJS; mobile app in React Native; data extraction from Health Canada website with Beautiful Soup and WebDriver; leveraged OpenAI API to transform data into structured form.
Senior FULL Stack Software Developer / DevOps at Citi Bank Canada
September 1, 2021 - October 7, 2025
Designed & built backend jobs with Quartz/.NET Core; developed RESTful APIs; created ad hoc reports using PowerShell, C#, and MongoDB scripts; built POCs using Angular / Web API; configured CI/CD pipelines for Dev/Staging/Prod; deployed projects on Azure SQL and Cosmos DB to Azure VMs and App Services; engaged in unit testing and code reviews.
Senior Software Developer at Walmart Canada
February 1, 2020 - October 7, 2025
Built WebApi using Node.js and Express; front-end with ReactJS; enhanced Kankur application with .NET Core & Angular 6; built SSIS ETL to generate CSV/JSON files; data extraction with Python.
Senior FULL Stack Software Developer at Citi Bank Canada
July 1, 2019 - October 7, 2025
Built ePAP using .NET MVC / Web API; developed eForms UI with ASP.NET Web Forms; integrated Cap Grid with eForms Web API; built internal reports using Aspose for PDF/Word/Excel output; created ePAP POC UI using TypeScript, Angular 6 & .NET Core; involved in unit testing and code reviews.
Senior FULL Stack Software Developer at D+H
April 1, 2017 - October 7, 2025
Integrated auto client with Teranet / Purview services for land title search; enhanced notification service using XSLT to convert XML to PDF; built parser to convert Ontario Corp Search PDF to XML; built Admin/Client websites UI using Angular 2 and Bootstrap; designed and built WCF RESTful API services with certificate security and stored procedures.
Senior FULL Stack Software Developer at IBM Canada
June 1, 2016 - October 7, 2025
Designed and built responsive UI for Bell.ca eShop in an agile framework; handled MYBELL change requests in AngularJS and C#; integrated order processing web services and client-server architecture; contributed to offshore code reviews.
Migration WCF service Senior Software Developer at ADP Canada
June 1, 2015 - October 7, 2025
Designed and built asynchronous WCF services and data storage code; data modeling and data access using Dapper/repository pattern; developed unit tests for WCF services.
Senior Software Developer at BMO Insurance
March 1, 2015 - October 7, 2025
Designed and built responsive web applications for advisor support using Bootstrap, LESS; implemented SSIS/SSRS and related data workflows; applied Identity OWIN, MVC patterns, and RESTful services.
Senior Software Developer at Sun Life Financial
June 1, 2014 - October 7, 2025
Designed and built multithreaded data access layers; data modeling and storage solutions; developed with .NET 4.x and related technologies.
Solutions Architect / Senior Software Developer at Instore Focus Inc./PWD
December 1, 2013 - October 7, 2025
Architected web applications for organizational division; implemented MVC, WCF, SQL Server, SSIS/SSRS, Angular/Knockout UI and RESTful services; led design and implementation efforts for enterprise-grade solutions.
Senior Software Developer at PostMedia Digital (Canwest Digital)
November 1, 2011 - October 7, 2025
Designed and built widgets/web parts using ASP.NET/C#/XSL; implemented scalable web components and integrations.
Senior Software Developer at DMTI Spatial
April 1, 2010 - October 7, 2025
Developed multithreaded file components for validation and merging of CSV/TXT/XLSX data; built GIS-related solutions with .NET technologies.
Senior Software Developer at Deloitte
October 1, 2009 - October 7, 2025
Designed SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reports for payroll systems; data modeling and data access tooling.
Senior Software Developer at OnTargetJobs
February 1, 2009 - October 7, 2025
Designed and built Med hunter job search presentation/business layer components; contributed to full-stack development.
Senior Software Developer at Dimidium Solutions Inc
March 1, 2008 - October 7, 2025
Designed SQL Server databases for Helix Player and authoring tooling; developed data-driven components.
Senior Software Developer at Firth Babin & Associates
October 1, 2007 - October 7, 2025
Designed G4S Financial Reports using DEV Express/SSRS; implemented reporting components.
Senior Software Developer at ACNielsen Canada
December 1, 2006 - October 7, 2025
OGDP Web – web-based market analysis software; developed ASP.NET/VB.NET applications with XML/XSLT and SQL.
Senior Software Engineer at OeConnection – OH, USA
May 1, 2006 - October 7, 2025
Storefront development for dealer-to-dealer link; AJAX-based UI and .NET services.
Technical Consultant at Ohio Savings Bank – OH, USA
October 1, 2005 - October 7, 2025
Budgeting and forecasting financial application support; .NET, Java, XML, SQL Server stack.
Senior Software Developer at Verizon Communications – TX, USA
January 1, 2005 - October 7, 2025
Consumer semi-anonymous shopping (SAS) component of Verizon.com ordering redesign; C#, ASP.NET, XML, Web Services.
Senior Software Engineer/Lead at Radian Communication Inc – Canada
September 1, 2004 - October 7, 2025
Technical lead guiding a small team; ASP.NET, C#, Web Services, SQL Server.
Senior Software Architect / Senior Full-Stack Developer / DevOps at Walmart Canada
September 1, 2021 - Present
Architected and delivered an AI-driven Product Recall compliance platform used by 2,200+ daily users; reduced recall processing time by 38% and backlog from 3 days to ~4 hours. Designed end-to-end SafeScan compliance platform; built agentic AI workflows in Python with OpenAI APIs and RAG pipelines to automate recall classification and decision support, achieving 90% automation on high-risk cases. Implemented Health Canada data ingestion and large-scale ETL pipelines; established full observability with App Insights and OpenTelemetry; set up CI/CD with SonarQube; containerized with Docker and Kubernetes. Authored reconciliation and compliance reports.
Senior Full-Stack Developer / DevOps at CitiBank Canada
June 1, 2020 - September 1, 2021
Designed and built a backend job-processing system using Quartz.NET for scheduling and automation. Developed REST APIs and Angular dashboards for operational monitoring and reporting; produced ad-hoc reports via PowerShell and MongoDB scripts. Implemented CI/CD pipelines across Dev, Staging, and Prod environments; deployed distributed applications on Azure (App Services, Cosmos DB, Azure SQL) and Red Hat OpenShift.
Senior Software Developer at Walmart Canada
July 1, 2019 - February 1, 2020
Built Node.js / Express APIs and a React UI for internal applications; enhanced an internal .NET Core + Angular application. Developed SSIS ETL pipelines for structured / unstructured data, outputting to CSV / JSON downstream. Authored large-scale data queries across Hadoop, DB2, Teradata, and SQL Server. Automated data extraction with Python and Selenium.
Senior Full-Stack Developer at D+H
June 1, 2016 - April 1, 2017
Integrated automation client with Teranet / Purview services for land-title search. Enhanced notification service using XSLT to transform XML to PDF; built parser to convert Ontario Corp Search PDFs to XML. Built Admin / Client web UIs using Angular 2 and Bootstrap; designed and built WCF REST API services with certificate security and authored stored procedures.
Senior Team Software Developer at IBM Canada
July 1, 2015 - June 1, 2016
Designed and delivered responsive UI for the bell.ca eShop in an Agile framework. Implemented change requests for MyBell in AngularJS and C#; integrated order-processing web services and authored stored procedures. Provided technical guidance to a team of up to 8 developers and led code reviews.
Senior Software Developer at ADP Canada
March 1, 2015 - June 1, 2015
Designed and built asynchronous WCF services and data-storage components in an Agile framework. Implemented Dapper.NET-based repositories and data modelling; authored SQL Server, DB2, and Oracle PL/SQL routines. Wrote unit tests for migration services.
Senior Software Developer at BMO Insurance
June 1, 2014 - March 1, 2015
Designed and delivered a responsive advisor-support web application following the BMO design standard. Implemented MVC 5, EF 6, Web API 2, and Identity / OWIN with CI-friendly deployment.
Solutions Architect at Instore Focus / PWD
December 1, 2011 - December 1, 2013
Architected enterprise web app for the Professional Warehouse Demonstrators division. MVC, WCF, SQL Server, SSIS / SSRS, Azure.
Senior Software Developer at Postmedia Digital (Canwest Digital)
May 1, 2010 - November 1, 2011
Built ASP.NET / C# / XSL widgets and web parts; Node.js; Agile / Scrum.
Senior Software Developer at DMTI Spatial
November 1, 2009 - April 1, 2010
Multi-threaded file component for CSV / TXT / XLSX validation and merge; Oracle 10g, LINQ, MVC, WCF.
Senior Software Developer at OnTargetJobs
April 1, 2008 - February 1, 2009
Med Hunter job-search presentation / business layer; WCF, LINQ / XLINQ, DotNetNuke, SSRS.

Education

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Qualifications

Bachelor of Mathematics
January 11, 2030 - October 7, 2025
Diploma in Software Engineering
January 11, 2030 - October 7, 2025
Neural Networks and Deep Learning - Coursera
January 11, 2030 - October 7, 2025
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Implementation and Maintenance
January 11, 2030 - October 7, 2025
Bachelor of Mathematics
January 11, 2030 - October 7, 2025
Diploma in Software Engineering
January 11, 2030 - October 7, 2025
Neural Networks and Deep Learning
January 11, 2030 - October 7, 2025
Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Visual C#® .NET and Visual Studio®
January 11, 2030 - October 7, 2025
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Implementation and Maintenance
January 11, 2030 - October 7, 2025
Bachelor of Mathematics
January 11, 2030 - April 25, 2026
Diploma in Software Engineering
January 11, 2030 - April 25, 2026
Neural Networks and Deep Learning - Coursera
January 11, 2030 - April 25, 2026
Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Visual C# .NET and Visual Studio .NET - Microsoft
January 11, 2030 - April 25, 2026
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Implementation and Maintenance
January 11, 2030 - April 25, 2026
Security Clearance - Government of Canada Reliability Status
January 11, 2030 - June 25, 2035

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Retail, Telecommunications, Professional Services, Government