I am Abdul Samad Irfan, a Software Engineer with 5+ years of delivering cloud-based backend and platform services across fintech and SaaS. I thrive on building scalable APIs, microservices, and authentication systems, with strong hands-on experience in Python, C#/.NET, and SQL, across AWS and Azure environments. In recent roles, I integrated large-scale platforms, drove cost savings and reliability improvements, automated CI/CD pipelines, and led initiatives to accelerate releases while maintaining security and performance.

Abdul Samad Irfan

I am Abdul Samad Irfan, a Software Engineer with 5+ years of delivering cloud-based backend and platform services across fintech and SaaS. I thrive on building scalable APIs, microservices, and authentication systems, with strong hands-on experience in Python, C#/.NET, and SQL, across AWS and Azure environments. In recent roles, I integrated large-scale platforms, drove cost savings and reliability improvements, automated CI/CD pipelines, and led initiatives to accelerate releases while maintaining security and performance.

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I am Abdul Samad Irfan, a Software Engineer with 5+ years of delivering cloud-based backend and platform services across fintech and SaaS. I thrive on building scalable APIs, microservices, and authentication systems, with strong hands-on experience in Python, C#/.NET, and SQL, across AWS and Azure environments.

In recent roles, I integrated large-scale platforms, drove cost savings and reliability improvements, automated CI/CD pipelines, and led initiatives to accelerate releases while maintaining security and performance.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

AI-First Software Engineer II at Trilogy
May 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Integrated newly acquired Khoros platform into Trilogy infrastructure by rolling out standardized CI/CD pipeline templates, build conventions, and deployment runbooks; eliminated Twitter/X integrations across four product lines by updating 20+ UI repositories and automating multi-terabyte data purges across MySQL/Aurora, Cassandra, and Elasticsearch with zero downtime; reduced annual AWS spend by $358K+ across 44 accounts and 3 regions; improved fleet reliability and capacity planning by right-sizing 485 application servers; participated in hackathons to speed code reviews and debugging with AI-assisted workflows across the Khoros platform.
Software Developer at JPMorgan Chase & Co
March 1, 2023 - March 1, 2025
Reduced manual upgrade effort by 80% by building automations and modernizing 150+ backend microservices from .NET Framework 4.5.2 to .NET 8; improved API performance by 58% migrating 45+ WCF services to ASP.NET Web API and introducing MessagePack while preserving JSON compatibility; enabled scalable real-time notifications and market data feeds by replacing WCF duplex communication with Kafka eventing; strengthened authentication and authorization by implementing enterprise SSO and RBAC using PingFederate and Azure Entra ID; increased release reliability by building and maintaining TeamCity CI/CD pipelines for multi-targeting .NET projects; implemented a rollback-safe client with Web API fallback to WCF to enable incremental releases; improved UX by converting blocking service calls to async patterns to reduce UI latency during high-volume trading.
Senior Technical Content Engineer at Educative
January 1, 2022 - June 1, 2023
Created 15+ top-selling interactive programming projects (C#, Java, Python) covering OOP/OOD, Algorithms, and Design Patterns; built Docker-based cloud labs for 10+ stacks (including .NET, Django, MERN/MEAN, MongoDB, PostgreSQL); improved platform automation by containerizing lab environments with Docker and automating GitHub checkout, image builds, and lab deployments via CI/CD pipelines.
Engineer at Tricon Boston Consulting Corporation Pvt. Ltd.
December 1, 2020 - January 1, 2022
Enhanced wind turbine performance by simulating conditions using MATLAB and Python for early fault detection; analyzed the impact of vortex generators on wind turbine performance using historical and predicted wind data; created a UI for live updates of wind turbine generation using .NET and JavaScript for government monitoring.

Education

B.Sc., Electrical Engineering at University of Engineering and Technology Lahore
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2020
B.Sc. Electrical Engineering at University of Engineering and Technology Lahore
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2020
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at University of Engineering and Technology Lahore
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2020

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services