Resume

Principal Software Engineer with 9+ years delivering scalable fintech solutions, including digital onboarding, wallets, and microservices. I'm currently building corporate and digital banking platforms at Aion Digital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with deep expertise in Node.js, NestJS, GraphQL, and CI/CD.

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Experience

to Present

Aion DigitalPrincipal Software Engineer

Aion Digital is a fintech company delivering digital banking platforms to banks across the GCC region. On the product engineering team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

  • Designed and led development of corporate banking portals used by 100+ organizations across regional banks, enabling digital self-onboarding and approval workflows through Camunda and reducing manual processes by 60%.
  • Architected back-office modules for managing corporate access, service controls, and bank settings, cutting onboarding time from 3 days to under half a day by integrating with core banking and verification APIs.
  • Built an embedded-finance POS financing flow for Saudi National Bank: customers connect their bank account via open banking, verify identity through Nafath and Yakeen, and get checked for loan eligibility, with quotations routed to a relationship manager for back-office approval.
  • Led agile delivery across 10+ sprints using Jira, managing planning, backlog, and retrospectives while supporting 3 major go-lives and accelerating time-to-market for corporate banking features.

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Aion DigitalSenior Software Engineer

Product engineering team, based in Manama, Bahrain.
  • Led backend development of digital onboarding microservices using Node.js, NestJS, and GraphQL, letting retail customers open bank accounts remotely from the bank’s mobile app through OCR, card scanning, selfie verification, and AML checks.
  • Reduced onboarding time to under 5 minutes, contributing to a 40% increase in customer acquisition during COVID-19 by helping banks digitize their onboarding processes.
  • Built reusable services (notifications, identity, onboarding orchestration) and collaborated on architecture, CI/CD, and API design to support mobile and frontend teams across iOS and Android platforms.

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Zameen.comSoftware Engineer

Zameen.com (EMPG) is the largest property portal in Pakistan and among the top five property portals in the world. On the Middleware team in Lahore, Pakistan.

  • Contributed to RESTful APIs for an internal lead management system used by Bayut.com and Zameen.com call centers, streamlining the handling of 100,000+ monthly Facebook leads and improving cross-team data flow.
  • Developed and integrated key modules for the internal HRMS system, improving employee attendance, payroll management, and onboarding processes, reducing administrative overhead by 50%.

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BrainPlowFull Stack Developer

BrainPlow was a US-based startup and incubation center turning business ideas into reality using modern technology stacks, based in Lahore, Pakistan.

  • Contributed to backend development for an online course platform (Udemy-style) using Django and PostgreSQL, enabling user subscriptions, content access, and payment integration for scalable course delivery.
  • Collaborated with frontend and mobile teams while gathering requirements from clients, translating business needs into technical specifications and accelerating project delivery through clear cross-team coordination.

Education

Skills

Architecture

Microservices Architecture

Backend

GraphQLMicroservices ArchitectureNestJSNode.jsREST APIsExpress.jsKnex.js

Databases

MongoDBMySQLPostgreSQLRedis

Fintech

Digital BankingDigital OnboardingDigital Wallets & PaymentsKYC / AML Workflows

Frontend

AngularReact

Infrastructure

AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda)CI/CDDockerDocker SwarmLinuxRabbitMQKubernetesMicrosoft AzureNginx

Languages

JavaScript (ES6+)TypeScriptSQLBash ScriptingPython

Practices

Agile / ScrumPair ProgrammingTest-Driven DevelopmentUnit TestingTest Automation

Certifications & Programs

References

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