Syed is a software engineer with two decades of expertise in software development and the IT sector. He is currently specializing in full-stack development using Python, Javascript, PHP, and related frameworks. Syed has hands-on experience with Big Data Transformation, Automation, and Quality Assurance. He has also contributed a lot to the development community by performing training, mentoring, and writing well over a thousand pages of technical documentation and guides.
Software Engineer (Python, PHP, Javascript, Data Science)
2019 - Present (6 years)
, Portugal
Worked as one of the leading contributors in the open source Django+React project "phishtray", besides the Cybsafe App project, on AWS, in the Best Security Company award winning team, CybSafe(UK).
Created data pipelines and other ETL tools for a Reckitt Benckiser's Big Data Project on Azure.
Led legacy code migration from PHP to Django. Performed Node.js and Javascript automation with Puppeteer and wrote automation scripts with Powershell.
Led the development of projects in twelve countries, coding, leading, training, and hiring clients' teams. Mainly involved Python, Android, PHP, Javascript, AWS, and databases.
Duties also involved on-site development, training, writing technical documentations, and conducting technical interviews.
Maintained effective and constant communication within the teams, with developers, the leadership team, and the peers in other IT groups.
Worked on the development of numerous projects in Python, PHP, React,Vue, Node.js, Android, Selenium, and Video Blogging with several clients.
My work included mentoring at Udacity.com, a US based Educational Organization for IT courses. I mentored courses covering: Flask, PostgreSQL, Linux, Spring Boot, and GraphQL.
Proactively anticipated project issues before they occured; defining the problem and identifying possible causes.
PHISHTRAY is a modifiable open source e-tray software for research and training applications related to social engineering for use in academia and industry. Funded by CPNI and developed by behavioral scientists from the University of Bath and University of Bristol in conjunction with CybSafe. Technologies used in the project: Python, Django, React.js.
This is a Big Data Project of Reckitt, which is a British multinational consumer goods company. The project is to ingest all our data from many portals, and through automated tools and sink in the required transformed form. Created data pipelines and other ETL tools for the Reckitt Benckiser's Big Data Project on Azure.
Cybsafe, is what we used to say the Cyber Security's ABC, Awareness, Behaviour and Culture building project. It is actually a collection of Apps and Microservices, built on Python and React, on AWS. The app was designed to place a powerful blend of tools and information into users' hands. So they can better protect themselves from the latest online threats at home and in the workplace.
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology
Skills Development Council, Government of Punjab, Lahore
2013 - 2014 (1 year)
Diploma in Computer Science
Skills Development Council, Government of Punjab,Lahore
