Hassan Z.

About Me

Hassan is a Senior Full-stack Developer who specializes in the design and development of web applications, server management, and deployment using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React.js, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Linux, and Ruby on Rails. He builds visually appealing and functional web applications, helping startups and businesses with reliable and robust products and solid UX. Hassan works in globally distributed teams and liaises with designers, developers, project managers, and QA engineers.

AI, ML & LLM

Frontend

Backend

Express.js Node.js

Database

Other

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Software Engineer
2018 - Present (8 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients across a broad range of industries.

  • Participating in scrums consisting of cross-functional teams, both software and hardware.

  • Ensuring that features are being delivered efficiently and on time.

Spontivly
Spontivly
Senior Full-stack Developer
2021 - 2022 (1 year)
Remote
  • Worked on developing simple no-code dashboards for the modern team.

  • Wrote new and maintained current APIs written in Ruby on Rails.

  • Implemented new and improved previously implemented UIs using React.js.

Beat The Gym
Beat The Gym
Senior Software Engineer
2019 - 2021 (2 years)
Remote
  • Built and maintained a full-fledged web application for users to schedule, book, pay for, review, and manage fitness activities.

  • Updated and maintained RoR and React.js applications and built iOS/Android apps from scratch.

  • Worked on DevOps management and designed tools for systems to meet business requirements.

EventRay
EventRay
Senior Web Designer
2018 - 2018
Remote
  • Maintained and implemented new UIs and built a complete image editor for attendee badge designing using Konva.js.

  • Handled third-party integrations and ensured app efficiency.

  • Optimized website for maximum speed and scalability, increasing landing page lead onboarding by 30% and reducing churn rate by 50%.

CorkCRM
CorkCRM
Senior Software Engineer
2015 - 2015
Remote
  • CorkCRM is a business management and automation platform built to help painting companies streamline operations, manage customers, automate workflows, and run their businesses more efficiently. 1. Leveraged ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐๐ž (๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’.๐Ÿ– ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ“) and multiple ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ (๐Œ๐‚๐) integrations for AI-assisted code implementation, code reviews, refactoring, debugging, and engineering workflows across the application. a. Used ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐’๐ข๐ ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐‚๐ with Claude Code to identify performance bottlenecks, debug production issues, analyze traffic and resource usage, and optimize application performance and infrastructure costs. b. Used Figma MCP with Claude Code to rapidly prototype and translate designs into functional interfaces, accelerating frontend implementation.

  • 2. Developed ๐€๐ˆ-๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  capabilities to help users gain actionable insights from business data and make better decisions. 3. Designed and developed full-stack features using ๐‘๐ž๐š๐œ๐ญ, ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ.๐ฃ๐ฌ, ๐‘๐ž๐๐ฎ๐ฑ, ๐‘๐ฎ๐›๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐’๐๐‹, including complex frontend experiences with customized Material UI components, backend APIs, business logic, integrations, background jobs, and automation workflows. 4. Worked extensively on application performance, scalability, and reliability, identifying bottlenecks, optimizing frontend and backend workflows, and using AI-assisted tooling to accelerate investigation and resolution of production issues.

  • 5. Integrated ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐-๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐๐ˆ๐ฌ and contributed to architectural improvements, technical upgrades, refactoring, and modernization of the application codebase. 6. Collaborated with product, design, engineering, and QA teams to turn business requirements and designs into scalable production features, while helping lead technical initiatives and resolve complex production issues.

WAI Global
WAI Global
Data Analytics Engineer
2014 - 2014
Remote
  • Drove analytical projects that spanned all products sold on eCommerce stores (eBay and Amazon).

  • Implemented an analytics tool to compare prices of all the parts the company was dealing in with competitorโ€™s listings, updating and adjusting the pricing automatically for WAIโ€™s listings.

  • Designed architecture and prototype solutions for data processing and methodology to optimize search engine protocols of the company's products and eCommerce stores.

Elit Square
Elit Square
Web Designer & Developer
2013 - 2013
Remote
  • Designed and developed the web application for Elit Square using React.js, as well as client apps worldwide.

  • Designed a common set of technology capabilities across assessment, planning, design, and implementation for code quality reviews and optimization.

  • Provided technical support for Linux-based server management and product deployment.

Showcase

Senior React Engineer - EventRay
Senior React Engineer - EventRay

EventRay is an event management tool listing ongoing conferences/events, sharing event details with attendees, and designing a custom event attendee badge with built-in image editor. Maintained and implemented new user interfaces, built a complete image editor for attendee badge designing, and handled third-party integrations.

Web Designer & Developer - Elit Square
Web Designer & Developer - Elit Square

Provided full-stack consultancy services for front-end and back-end web applications.

Senior Developer - Beat The Gym
Senior Developer - Beat The Gym

BTG allows fitness instructors to list their fitness activities (either onsite or online) and fitness lovers to book events. Updated and maintained RoR and React.js applications, built iOS/Android apps from scratch, and worked on DevOps management.

Senior Full-stack Developer - Spontivly
Senior Full-stack Developer - Spontivly

Spontivly helps in developing simple no-code dashboards for the modern team. It makes data visualization easier and provides easy-to-use systems for sales, marketing, customer support, and product innovation. Wrote new and maintained current APIs written in Ruby on Rails, implemented new and improved previously implemented UIs using React.js, and ensured applications work efficiently.

Senior Software Engineer - CorkCRM
Senior Software Engineer - CorkCRM

CorkCRM is a CRM for painting contractors to list and save leads, send out proposals and have paperwork signed via in-app functionalities, start the job and track the complete progress via app, process invoices and payments through the portal, complete jobs, and request customer feedback. Re-developed the complete application in React.js from Rails ERB files. Maintained, improved, and upgraded the RoR back end, and improved the product as a whole.

Education

Education
BSc Computer Science
NUCES-FAST - Pakistan
2011 - 2015 (4 years)