Shakeel M.

Shakeel M.

United Arab Emirates
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About Me

Shakeel is a Senior Software Engineer with 10+ years of extensive full-stack web development expertise in web, search engine, telecommunication and Big Data solutions. He influences architectural design solutions on projects; offering technical leadership, building pieces of products, is unfazed by ambiguity, can be relied upon to make well-informed decisions and navigate trade-offs effectively.

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Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior Software Engineer
2020 - Present (5 years)
Remote
  • Creating and developing innovative software solutions for clients acrosss a broad range of industries.

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

  • Ensure that features are being delivered efficiently and on-time.

Elyah
Elyah
Software Specialist
2019 - 2020 (1 year)
Japan
  • Produced high-quality solutions for Elyah and assisted with technical analysis of potential tools and commercial products for deployment.

  • Authored technical design documents for the delivery of solutions within Elyah.

  • Analyzed existing software solutions to debug and troubleshoot field issues that arose; identifying and proposing development process improvements.

Doctoruna
Doctoruna
Software Consultant
2019 - Present (6 years)
United Arab Emirates
  • Build new features, applications, and services on both frontend and backend for Doctoruna's digital platform.

  • Independently identify problem areas, take ownership to improve them; diagnosing and resolving all technical issues.

  • Peer review programming code and participate in code reviews; evangelizing best practices and working with the latest processes and standards.

CrecenTech
CrecenTech
Software Consultant
2019 - 2020 (1 year)
Lahore, Pakistan
  • Worked on a property management CRM solution for CrecenTech; building and deploying a secure end-to-end solution.

  • Championed code quality, reusability, scalability and security.

  • Adopted the latest best practices and standards; leveraging the latest software technologies, tool, frameworks and trends.

Bayt.com
Bayt.com
Technical Manager / Software Architect / Senior Software Engineer
2012 - 2017 (5 years)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Participated in software solution design; leading the engineering team, mentoring resources, and participating in spring and scrum meetings on projects.

  • Wrote clean, scalable code with an emphasis on efficiency and reusability; implementing SEO best practices, managing SEM and optimizing cost per click for more mileage.

  • Implemented new features on projects; producing efficient software design and architecture solutions.

Simplicant
Simplicant
Senior Software Engineer
2012 - 2012
Lahore, Pakistan
  • Oversaw documentation development throughout the software development life cycle of projects within Simplicant; mentoring junior engineers on the right processes, standards and procedures.

  • Provided on-call support for Simplicant as part of a rotation, diagnosing and fixing software problems at multiple levels.

  • Participated in Agile processes, including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retros; maintaining code quality, organization, and automatization.

Confiz
Confiz
Senior Engineer
2008 - 2012 (4 years)
Lahore, Pakistan
  • Acted as a subject matter expert for software development and engineering within Confiz; implementing new solutions on projects and mentoring resources.

  • Utilized sound software engineering principles to ensure that solutions are modifiable, efficient, reliable, understandable, and fault-tolerant.

  • Assisted junior resources to troubleshoot complex production issues on projects.

Showcase

Senior Software Engineer - vFairs
Senior Software Engineer - vFairs
  • Developed and led frontend and backend development for vFairs, a virtual events platform.

  • Implemented key features including group chat, 1-1 chat, audio/video calls, and embedded chat.

  • Improved the application's performance through optimization and enhancements.

Senior Software Engineer - PakWheels
Senior Software Engineer - PakWheels
  • Redesigned the complete solution structure, including database schema, migration from Classic ASP to Ruby on Rails and data migration from MSSQL to MySQL.

  • Implemented Sphinx for improved search functionality, daemons for enhanced server performance, integrated caching for UX improvement, and vBulletin forums for community experience.

  • Integrated LDAP for Single Sign-On (SSO) and enhanced server performance monitoring.

Senior Software Engineer - Simplicant
Senior Software Engineer - Simplicant
  • Increased user base to over 300k monthly users.

  • Implemented SEO best practices and managed SEM and cost per click.

  • Developed new design frameworks, utilized testing tools, and ensured full responsiveness across devices.

Education

Introduction to Data Science
Introduction to Data Science
Udacity
2014 - Present (11 years)
Beginning Game Programming with C#
Beginning Game Programming with C#
University of Colorado
2013 - Present (12 years)
Advanced Computer Security
Advanced Computer Security
Stanford University
2013 - 2016 (3 years)
BSc. Computer Science
BSc. Computer Science
University of the Punjab, Lahore
2004 - 2008 (4 years)