I'm Hamza Nawaz, a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer with 9 years of experience crafting scalable web, mobile, and AI-powered applications. I specialize in Node.js, React, GraphQL, and cloud-native architectures, delivering reliable, high-performance systems. I thrive on building robust APIs, modern frontend experiences, and scalable cloud infrastructure, while automating deployment pipelines and ensuring secure, maintainable code. I love collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions and empower business teams with AI-enabled tooling.\n\nI enjoy turning complex requirements into clean, well-documented designs, championing best practices in security, testing, and performance. I'm curious, proactive, and always looking to level up through hands-on experimentation with new technologies and approaches.

I'm Hamza Nawaz, a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer with 9 years of experience crafting scalable web, mobile, and AI-powered applications. I specialize in Node.js, React, GraphQL, and cloud-native architectures, delivering reliable, high-performance systems. I thrive on building robust APIs, modern frontend experiences, and scalable cloud infrastructure, while automating deployment pipelines and ensuring secure, maintainable code. I love collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions and empower business teams with AI-enabled tooling.\n\nI enjoy turning complex requirements into clean, well-documented designs, championing best practices in security, testing, and performance. I'm curious, proactive, and always looking to level up through hands-on experimentation with new technologies and approaches.

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I’m Hamza Nawaz, a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer with 9 years of experience crafting scalable web, mobile, and AI-powered applications. I specialize in Node.js, React, GraphQL, and cloud-native architectures, delivering reliable, high-performance systems. I thrive on building robust APIs, modern frontend experiences, and scalable cloud infrastructure, while automating deployment pipelines and ensuring secure, maintainable code. I love collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions and empower business teams with AI-enabled tooling.\n\nI enjoy turning complex requirements into clean, well-documented designs, championing best practices in security, testing, and performance. I’m curious, proactive, and always looking to level up through hands-on experimentation with new technologies and approaches.

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Work Experience

Full Stack Software Engineer at DBox
July 1, 2025 - July 1, 2025
Developed and maintained scalable full-stack applications using React, TypeScript, and Node.js; built RESTful and GraphQL APIs to support motion-simulation and control systems; created a pixel-perfect, feature-rich blog platform; implemented real-time chat rooms with WebSocket/Socket.io; designed real-time data pipelines and dashboard tools; implemented CI/CD pipelines with Docker and cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP); optimized codebase and database queries to reduce latency and improve efficiency across mission-critical applications.
Full Stack Developer at Files.com
July 1, 2023 - July 1, 2023
Led backend development with Node.js and Python (FastAPI), improving API performance by 30% through optimized endpoints and caching; built React + Redux CRM dashboards; created interactive data visualizations with D3.js; designed and deployed an AI-powered chatbot and search engine using PyTorch, Hugging Face, and OpenAI API; developed React Native mobile features; built a data-processing page for Excel files; implemented WebRTC features; built an AI-powered semantic video search engine with OpenAI APIs and Pinecone; implemented RBAC in API layer; introduced rate-limiting and backoff; optimized SQL queries across MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server; monitored performance with Datadog and profiling tools; established CI/CD with GitHub Actions, Docker, and Kubernetes; migrated services to AWS; mentored junior developers; introduced Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack for monitoring.
Full Stack Developer at Alix
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2021
Engineered full-stack estate and asset management platforms leveraging AI agents for valuation and portfolio optimization; developed GraphQL APIs with TypeScript and Apollo Server; created React-admin dashboards; designed React Native mobile applications; implemented AWS Lambda for serverless data ingestion and automation; integrated Cognito for authentication and Secrets Manager for security; built data visualization dashboards using D3.js and WebSockets; migrated services to AWS (EC2, S3, RDS); ensured HIPAA/GDPR-compliant data handling with encryption and access controls; collaborated in cross-functional, remote teams; implemented end-to-end tests with Cypress and Selenium.
Software Developer Intern at Adobe
November 1, 2017 - November 1, 2017
Assisted in building responsive web pages with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript; developed frontend features in React and jQuery; contributed to backend tasks using Node.js and Express; integrated GraphQL endpoints; implemented form validation and authentication flows; collaborated with designers to ensure accessibility and adherence to UI guidelines; created dashboards using React and D3.js; gained experience with AWS Secrets Manager for secret handling.
Software Developer at Alix
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2021
Engineered full-stack estate and asset management platforms leveraging AI agents for intelligent property valuation, predictive analytics, and portfolio optimization. Developed GraphQL APIs with TypeScript and Apollo Server, improving query performance and schema flexibility. Created React-admin dashboards for structured state management, form control, and administrative workflows. Designed React Native (Expo) mobile applications for real-time estate monitoring and user notifications. Implemented AWS Lambda functions for serverless data ingestion, event-driven triggers, and automation tasks. Integrated AWS Cognito for authentication and Secrets Manager for API key and credential security. Designed and optimized data visualization dashboards using D3.js and WebSockets for interactive analytics. Migrated services to AWS (EC2, S3, RDS), improving system scalability and reducing infrastructure costs. Enforced HIPAA and GDPR-compliant data handling with encryption, logging, and access contr
Full Stack Developer Intern at Adobe
November 1, 2017 - November 1, 2017
Assisted in building and maintaining responsive web pages using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, improving page performance and layout consistency. Helped develop frontend features in React and jQuery, enhancing interactive UI components for Adobe Experience Cloud tools. Supported backend development tasks using Node.js and Express.js, including creating simple REST APIs for internal data sharing. Collaborated with senior engineers to integrate GraphQL endpoints into the existing API layer, gaining exposure to modern data-fetching patterns. Implemented and tested form validation and user authentication flows to improve security and user experience. Worked closely with designers to apply Adobe Spectrum UI guidelines and ensure accessibility across browsers and devices. Assisted in creating interactive dashboards using React and basic D3.js visualizations for internal analytics reports. Learned to manage secrets and environment variables securely with AWS Secrets Manager under mentor guidanc

Education

Bachelor of Science at Farmingdale State College
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2015
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at Farmingdale State College
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2015

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Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Education