I am an Agentic AI Engineer and Full Stack Engineer with 12+ years of experience building scalable, distributed, high-performance enterprise systems in fintech, payroll, tax, HR, HCM, and financial domains. I specialize in designing backend APIs, event-driven architectures, and performance-optimized systems using .NET, Java, and modern frontend frameworks. Recently, I have focused on AI-driven development, building agentic workflows that integrate LLMs with backend services to automate validation, onboarding, and document processing. I am a self-starter who works independently while contributing to an agile team through clear communication, thorough documentation, and proactive investigation.

Zara Dana

I am an Agentic AI Engineer and Full Stack Engineer with 12+ years of experience building scalable, distributed, high-performance enterprise systems in fintech, payroll, tax, HR, HCM, and financial domains. I specialize in designing backend APIs, event-driven architectures, and performance-optimized systems using .NET, Java, and modern frontend frameworks. Recently, I have focused on AI-driven development, building agentic workflows that integrate LLMs with backend services to automate validation, onboarding, and document processing. I am a self-starter who works independently while contributing to an agile team through clear communication, thorough documentation, and proactive investigation.

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I am an Agentic AI Engineer and Full Stack Engineer with 12+ years of experience building scalable, distributed, high-performance enterprise systems in fintech, payroll, tax, HR, HCM, and financial domains. I specialize in designing backend APIs, event-driven architectures, and performance-optimized systems using .NET, Java, and modern frontend frameworks.

Recently, I have focused on AI-driven development, building agentic workflows that integrate LLMs with backend services to automate validation, onboarding, and document processing. I am a self-starter who works independently while contributing to an agile team through clear communication, thorough documentation, and proactive investigation.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Agentic AI Engineer – Full Stack Engineer – Software Engineer at Avanti HCM
June 1, 2024 - Present
Migrated legacy system to React UI, React Native and mobile programming, .NET APIs, improving performance and responsiveness (~30%). Developed full-stack features using Java, C#, SQL, PostgreSQL, and TypeScript; built Docker-based local environments for onboarding and document workflows. Introduced Jest and Playwright to improve QA automation efficiency and reduce regression. Worked with Java/Spring backend and Docker-based local environments. Implemented Redis caching, reducing database load and improving API response times. Leveraged AI-assisted tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude. Explored event-driven architecture, caching and monitoring. Built a prototype agentic workflow integrating LLM tool-calling with backend APIs to automate onboarding validation and document review processes.
Full Stack – Software Engineer at Dayforce HCM
August 1, 2020 - May 1, 2024
Designed, developed and prototyped payroll tax systems supporting Canada and US regulations using C#, .NET, async/await and LINQ. Built geo-tax services with external APIs, microservices, REST APIs for address validation and UIs using React and TypeScript. Improved system performance by up to 40% via SQL query optimization, indexing, and efficient data access patterns. Contributed to CI/CD pipelines, unit and integration testing, and code reviews. Enhanced system scalability with design patterns, multi-threading, concurrency, and secure authentication/authorization.
Full Stack Engineer at Vincent Associates
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2020
Developed financial data processing and reporting systems using .NET and SQL. Built ETL pipelines and backend APIs for data integration. Applied design patterns, optimized performance, multi-threading and concurrency, and maintained RESTful APIs and event-driven systems with authentication and authorization.
Full Stack Engineer at PwC
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2012
Developed database solutions and automation scripts using SQL and .NET. Built distributed microservice, web and service-based applications.

Education

M.Sc. Computer Science at University of Bern, Switzerland
January 11, 2030 - April 30, 2026
B.Sc. Software Engineering at University of Tehran
January 11, 2030 - April 30, 2026
Business Analysis at Seneca College
January 11, 2030 - April 30, 2026

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Financial Services, Software & Internet, Professional Services

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