Hi, I'm Murtaza Asghar, a dedicated Senior Software Engineer with extensive experience in building scalable platforms for virtual concerts, marketing campaign management, and smart home automation. I specialize in creating seamless user experiences using modern technologies like React, Node.js, AWS, and more. I enjoy leading engineering teams, driving technical strategies, and mentoring to foster high-performance cultures. Throughout my career, I've built real-time engagement services, implemented serverless event management systems, developed comprehensive analytics infrastructures, and architected monetization platforms. I thrive on solving complex problems and optimizing software solutions that boost user engagement and business growth.

Murtaza Asghar

Hi, I'm Murtaza Asghar, a dedicated Senior Software Engineer with extensive experience in building scalable platforms for virtual concerts, marketing campaign management, and smart home automation. I specialize in creating seamless user experiences using modern technologies like React, Node.js, AWS, and more. I enjoy leading engineering teams, driving technical strategies, and mentoring to foster high-performance cultures. Throughout my career, I've built real-time engagement services, implemented serverless event management systems, developed comprehensive analytics infrastructures, and architected monetization platforms. I thrive on solving complex problems and optimizing software solutions that boost user engagement and business growth.

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Hi, I’m Murtaza Asghar, a dedicated Senior Software Engineer with extensive experience in building scalable platforms for virtual concerts, marketing campaign management, and smart home automation. I specialize in creating seamless user experiences using modern technologies like React, Node.js, AWS, and more. I enjoy leading engineering teams, driving technical strategies, and mentoring to foster high-performance cultures.

Throughout my career, I’ve built real-time engagement services, implemented serverless event management systems, developed comprehensive analytics infrastructures, and architected monetization platforms. I thrive on solving complex problems and optimizing software solutions that boost user engagement and business growth.

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Senior Software Engineer at Moshpit (Virtual Concerts)
August 1, 2022 - Present
Led development of a platform for virtual concerts, virtual production, and 3D immersive content creation. Architected a core artist platform with multi-step onboarding flows using React and Next.js, which reduced user drop-off by 40%. Developed a serverless event management system with Node.js, AWS Lambda, and MongoDB enabling artists to create and publish live or prerecorded virtual concerts supporting global time zones. Built real-time engagement services using WebSocket technology (Socket.io) for low-latency chat, emoji reactions, and private co-watching sessions over pixel streams. Implemented a personalized recommendation engine with SQS event queuing, Lambda processing, and Redis caching to increase average session duration by 35%. Designed a comprehensive monetization platform with dual billing models including credit-based usage for creators and pay-per-show transactions for audiences, featuring subscription tiers and event-based pricing. Established an enterprise observabilit
Software Engineer at ScraperSpot USA (Remote)
November 1, 2022 - August 4, 2025
Worked at a company focused on lead generation and data scraping solutions. Led architecture, design, and development of 4 web applications for lead generation and data scraping targeting real estate agents. Developed automated data scraping pipelines and optimized scraping algorithms, achieving a 64% increase in data extraction speed and contributing to company cost optimization. Collaborated with agents to understand functional needs, communicated with engineers and clients to develop enhancements that boosted client satisfaction by 21%. Developed flexible pay-as-you-go and subscription pricing plans for different platforms, resulting in a revenue increase of over $30,000 per month.
Software Engineer at Blueeast (Orient), Lahore
March 1, 2021 - August 4, 2025
Worked at a company specializing in smart home automation solutions. Developed user interfaces to streamline user and home appliance onboarding, adding and controlling devices via Google Assistant, including features like energy metering, timeline, reports, live charts, and sensor readings. Implemented over 200 unit and integration tests for cross-platform codebase (web, mobile, desktop). Collaborated with the team to minimize data transmission latency between devices using AWS Lambda, MQTT, optimizing performance for 1.2k+ active user applications. Implemented GraphQL API with subscriptions to display real-time device data on dashboards. Designed and built the Auto-Pilot UI in Mevris, enabling one-click access to AI-driven energy-saving modes and integrated it with GraphQL for live mode feedback.
Software Engineer (Part-Time Remote) at Mifu UK
April 1, 2024 - August 4, 2025
Developed a web platform for managing micro-influencer marketing campaigns. Architected a serverless backend with AWS Amplify (Cognito, API Gateway, Lambda) and DynamoDB to handle influencer authentication and campaign workflows. Developed RESTful endpoints via Amplify's API module for campaign listings, social account linking, and offer acceptance workflows. Designed a flexible single-table DynamoDB schema with composite keys and GSIs to support efficient cross-campaign queries. Integrated Amplify APIs into a React SPA with comprehensive end-to-end UI flows for signup authentication, influencer onboarding, multi-step campaign creation and management, content submission and review, and analytics dashboards featuring skeleton loaders and real-time data updates.
Senior Software Engineer at Moshpit (Virtual Concerts)
August 1, 2022 - Present
Led the architecture and development of a platform for virtual concerts, virtual production, and 3D immersive content creation. Designed and implemented a core artist platform with a multi-step onboarding flow using React and Next.js that reduced user drop-off by 40%. Developed a serverless event management system with Node.js, AWS Lambda, and MongoDB enabling artists to create and publish live or pre-recorded virtual concerts supporting global time zones. Built real-time engagement services with WebSocket technology for low latency chat, emoji reactions, and private co-watching sessions. Implemented a personalized recommendation engine using SQS event queuing, Lambda processing, and Redis caching which increased average session duration by 35%. Architected a comprehensive monetization platform featuring dual billing models for creators and audiences including subscription tiers and event-based pricing. Established an enterprise observability platform with ELK-stack logging, AWS Rekogn
Software Engineer at ScraperSpot
November 1, 2022 - August 16, 2025
Worked remotely for a US-based company focused on leads generation and data scraping solutions. Led architecture, design, and development of four web apps serving real estate agents by helping automate data scraping pipelines. Optimized scraping algorithm to achieve a 64% increase in data extraction speed resulting in cost savings. Collaborated closely with agents to understand functional needs, and worked alongside engineers and clients to develop enhancements boosting client satisfaction by 21%. Developed flexible pay-as-you-go and subscription pricing plans across platforms increasing monthly revenue by over $30,000.
Software Engineer at Blueeast (Orient)
March 1, 2021 - August 16, 2025
Developed user interfaces for streamlined user and home appliance onboarding, adding devices and controlling them via Google Assistant. Implemented features including energy metering, timeline, reports, live charts, and sensor readings. Conducted over 200 unit and integration tests for cross-platform codebase (Web, Mobile, Desktop). Worked with the team to minimize data transmission latency between devices using AWS Lambda and MQTT, optimizing performance for a 1.2k+ active user app. Implemented GraphQL API with subscriptions to display real-time device data on dashboard. Designed and built the Auto-Pilot UI enabling one-click access to AI-driven energy-saving modes configured via GraphQL for live feedback.
Software Engineer (Part-Time Remote) at Mifu
April 1, 2024 - August 16, 2025
Architected a serverless backend using AWS Amplify (Cognito, API Gateway, Lambda) and DynamoDB for influencer authentication and campaign workflows. Developed RESTful endpoints via Amplify's API module to manage campaign listings, social account linking, and offer-acceptance workflows. Designed a flexible single-table DynamoDB schema with composite keys and GSIs supporting efficient cross-campaign queries. Integrated Amplify APIs into a React SPA and designed comprehensive end-to-end UI flows for signup authentication, influencer onboarding, multi-step campaign creation and management, content submission and review, and analytics dashboards featuring skeleton loaders and real-time data updates.

Education

BCS (Computer Science) at Comsats University Islamabad
August 1, 2015 - May 1, 2019
BCS (Computer Science) at Comsats University Islamabad
January 11, 2030 - August 16, 2025

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Real Estate & Construction, Energy & Utilities