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I'm a Senior Software Engineer with over 8 years of experience building and scaling web applications across healthcare, travel, retail, and e-commerce. I work across the full stack with Python (Django, FastAPI), Node.js, and front-end stacks (React, Next.js, TypeScript). I focus on performance, maintainability, and shipping reliable software in Agile environments. I own features from inception to production—designing schemas, building APIs, implementing UI, and ensuring comprehensive test coverage. I also explore AI-assisted development, using tools like Claude Code and OpenAI API to speed up scaffolding, refactoring, and debugging, while collaborating closely with product, design, and engineering teams.…I'm a Senior Software Engineer with over 8 years of experience building and scaling web applications across healthcare, travel, retail, and e-commerce. I work across the full stack with Python (Django, FastAPI), Node.js, and front-end stacks (React, Next.js, TypeScript). I focus on performance, maintainability, and shipping reliable software in Agile environments. I own features from inception to production—designing schemas, building APIs, implementing UI, and ensuring comprehensive test coverage. I also explore AI-assisted development, using tools like Claude Code and OpenAI API to speed up scaffolding, refactoring, and debugging, while collaborating closely with product, design, and engineering teams.

Kashif Riaz

Full Stack Developer, Web Developer, Back-End Developer, +2

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I'm a Senior Software Engineer with over 8 years of experience building and scaling web applications across healthcare, travel, retail, and e-commerce. I work across the full stack with Python (Django, FastAPI), Node.js, and front-end stacks (React, Next.js, TypeScript). I focus on performance, maintainability, and shipping reliable software in Agile environments. I own features from inception to production—designing schemas, building APIs, implementing UI, and ensuring comprehensive test coverage. I also explore AI-assisted development, using tools like Claude Code and OpenAI API to speed up scaffolding, refactoring, and debugging, while collaborating closely with product, design, and engineering teams.…I'm a Senior Software Engineer with over 8 years of experience building and scaling web applications across healthcare, travel, retail, and e-commerce. I work across the full stack with Python (Django, FastAPI), Node.js, and front-end stacks (React, Next.js, TypeScript). I focus on performance, maintainability, and shipping reliable software in Agile environments. I own features from inception to production—designing schemas, building APIs, implementing UI, and ensuring comprehensive test coverage. I also explore AI-assisted development, using tools like Claude Code and OpenAI API to speed up scaffolding, refactoring, and debugging, while collaborating closely with product, design, and engineering teams.

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I’m a Senior Software Engineer with over 8 years of experience building and scaling web applications across healthcare, travel, retail, and e-commerce. I work across the full stack with Python (Django, FastAPI), Node.js, and front-end stacks (React, Next.js, TypeScript). I focus on performance, maintainability, and shipping reliable software in Agile environments.

I own features from inception to production—designing schemas, building APIs, implementing UI, and ensuring comprehensive test coverage. I also explore AI-assisted development, using tools like Claude Code and OpenAI API to speed up scaffolding, refactoring, and debugging, while collaborating closely with product, design, and engineering teams.

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Work Experience

Senior Product Software Engineer at Dropbox

June 1, 2022 - Present

Designed and implemented software architecture, delivered features, and wrote unit and E2E tests to ensure high-quality code. Led backend refactor of a legacy Django app to improve modularity and maintainability. Optimized PostgreSQL ORM queries to boost performance in admin and template views. Worked with Claude Code AI for scaffolding, refactoring, and debugging across a multi-repo codebase, with type checks before merges. Analyzed system architecture and borrowed React/Redux concepts to create a more modular backend. Enhanced DRF API performance by up to 400% and collaborated with CI/CD teams to streamline deployments across third-party integrations.

Senior Python Software Engineer at Deloitte

August 1, 2020 - May 1, 2022

Implemented Django REST Framework with WebSocket to enable real-time features like live bidding and notifications. Designed and optimized database schemas using Django ORM for high-traffic apps. Led code reviews and resolved technical debt to improve code quality. Built an internal tool with React and Redux, reducing help desk inquiries by 25%, and revamped UI with Ant Design and Bootstrap, increasing engagement and reducing bounce rates. Achieved 90% test coverage to stabilize deployments.

Full Stack Engineer at CVS Health

January 1, 2019 - July 1, 2020

Elevated pharmacy and patient portals using React, Redux, and Material-UI, improving patient experience and efficiency. Contributed to multi-step onboarding and admin experience in Next.js with Material UI and React Hook Form. Optimized SQL queries for Node.js backend to boost performance. Designed and tailored the AssuredRN mobile app with React Native and TypeScript, increasing user satisfaction.

Frontend Developer at Lowe's

June 1, 2017 - December 1, 2018

Developed the 'Help Me Choose' feature with Vue, JavaScript, and Redux, boosting customer satisfaction. Managed the Backyard design system with reusable UI components and Styled Components for cross-platform consistency. Integrated RESTful APIs, improved performance with code splitting, and contributed to CI/CD to boost development efficiency.