I'm a seasoned backend developer with 11 years of experience in the industry, specializing in PHP and building scalable APIs using Laravel, CakePHP, and CodeIgniter. I design and maintain RESTful services and work across DevOps, cloud, and CI/CD practices. I enjoy solving complex problems and mentoring teammates to deliver robust software. I'm passionate about delivering high-quality code and infrastructure, and I actively explore new technologies like AWS, Terraform, and Ansible to improve automation, reliability, and performance.

Muhammad Mahad Ashraf

I'm a seasoned backend developer with 11 years of experience in the industry, specializing in PHP and building scalable APIs using Laravel, CakePHP, and CodeIgniter. I design and maintain RESTful services and work across DevOps, cloud, and CI/CD practices. I enjoy solving complex problems and mentoring teammates to deliver robust software. I'm passionate about delivering high-quality code and infrastructure, and I actively explore new technologies like AWS, Terraform, and Ansible to improve automation, reliability, and performance.

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I’m a seasoned backend developer with 11 years of experience in the industry, specializing in PHP and building scalable APIs using Laravel, CakePHP, and CodeIgniter. I design and maintain RESTful services and work across DevOps, cloud, and CI/CD practices. I enjoy solving complex problems and mentoring teammates to deliver robust software.

I’m passionate about delivering high-quality code and infrastructure, and I actively explore new technologies like AWS, Terraform, and Ansible to improve automation, reliability, and performance.

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Language

Panjabi, Punjabi
Fluent
English
Fluent
Urdu
Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer (Backend) at Embrace IT
October 1, 2019 - Present
Developed in PHP Laravel; REST APIs; designed and implemented infrastructures and CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions, Terraform, Ansible, AWS/Digital Ocean, and Cypress. Developed and supported AltaPay Payment Gateway plugins, Shopify Apps, SDKs, and resources in various programming languages.
Team Lead / Senior Software Engineer at Xeeonix Technologies Ltd
April 1, 2018 - September 1, 2019
Led a team of backend developers; worked with custom PHP, CakePHP, Node.js, and bash scripting; performed DevOps and server orchestration via Digital Ocean APIs and Jenkins; interacted with multiple clients and supervised frontend, backend, and DB development and software architecture in MERN stack projects.
Web Programmer at MediaLinkers Pvt. Ltd
June 1, 2015 - March 1, 2018
Developed and maintained 250+ Laravel/CodeIgniter PHP websites; optimized code and SQL, developed centralized solutions; integrated payment gateways and built REST APIs; generated reports after data analysis.
Junior Software Engineer at WDNEC
November 1, 2013 - June 1, 2015
Worked on custom PHP; implemented various payment gateway integrations; built websites for domain registration, email server setup with APIs, VPN solutions; WHMCS module development and customization; wrote web services and cross-platform apps using Apache Cordova, PhoneGap, jQuery Mobile.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering at International Islamic University
September 1, 2010 - June 30, 2014
Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering at International Islamic University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2014

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment