Full-Stack Software Engineer with 6+ years building and scaling production web applications, including shipping and operating a complete platform independently from concept to production. Deep frontend expertise in React, Elm, Angular; strong backend via Golang & Node.js (RESTful APIs, high-concurrency systems, Docker, JWT). API collaboration across all roles, including 4+ years at Paack. Passionate about clean code, functional programming, and scalable system design.
| Category | Technologies |
|---|---|
| Languages | JavaScript, TypeScript, Golang, SQL, Elm, HTML, CSS |
| Backend | Node.js, Express.js, tRPC, RESTful APIs, Drizzle ORM, Zod, Better Auth (Multi-tenancy), JWT Authentication, Inngest (Background Jobs), Redis, BullMQ, Cloudflare (Workers, D1, R2, Images) |
| Databases | PostgreSQL (ACID compliance, row-level locking, transaction management), SQLite |
| Tools | Docker, Git, Turborepo, CI/CD (GitHub Actions), Vercel, Playwright, Vitest |
| Frontend | React (Next.js App Router, TanStack Start), TypeScript, TanStack Query, TanStack Router, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui, Angular, Redux |
Independent Software Engineer Jul 2024 – Present
- Built and launched Rishta Center, a production matchmaking platform serving the Pakistani community — sole engineer handling all phases from spec/PRD and UI/UX through full-stack development to deployment
- Architected zero-cost infrastructure on Cloudflare (Workers, D1, R2, Images) with trunk-based CI/CD, automated Drizzle ORM migrations, isolated prod/staging/preview environments, and PageSpeed Insights scores of ~90 performance / 100 across all other metrics
- Designed "Give-to-Get" community model with rate-limited contact reveals (5/day), anti-scraping protections, and audit logging to prevent commercial data harvesting
- Built 100% Urdu RTL interface with mobile-first responsive design, dual-script input (Urdu/Roman Urdu), and accessibility optimized for older users
- Engineered 1:N multi-profile schema (up to 3 profiles/user) with gender-aware photo logic, Cloudflare Images face-cropping, and admin-only CSV bulk-upload for canonical data seeding
- Built multiple portfolio projects (CollabSpace, Tickets Hive, Bookmarks Manager API) demonstrating event-driven architectures with Inngest, high-concurrency systems with BullMQ/Redis, multi-tenancy with Better Auth, and idiomatic Golang API design
Software Engineer - Frontend @ Paack (Remote) Jul 2020 – Jun 2024
- Developed and maintained features for internal dashboards using Elm, collaborating with backend teams on API design and integration for microservices
- Evolved Paack-UI in-house design system for consistent, high-quality UX
- Championed functional programming for predictable, testable code
Software Engineer - Frontend @ Motive (formerly KeepTruckin) (Lahore) Jul 2019 – Jul 2020
- Enhanced internal dashboard with Angular & TypeScript to boost operational efficiency
Software Engineer @ Arbisoft (Lahore) Feb 2019 – Jun 2019
- Enhanced client discussion board with Node.js backend features and performance improvements
Frontend Engineer @ Wavetec (Lahore) May 2018 – Jan 2019
- Led React-based queue management simulator for client strategy modeling
Associate Product Engineer @ Qubit (Lahore) Nov 2017 – Apr 2018
- Built React portal for previewing personalization recommendations
CollabSpace - Full-Stack Project Collaboration Platform
- Engineered a collaboration platform using Next.js (App Router, RSC, Suspense), TypeScript, and tRPC for end-to-end type safety
- Implemented multi-tenancy (Workspaces) using Better Auth Organizations, enabling secure user roles and permissions management
- Developed event-driven background jobs for automated notifications and invitations using Inngest
- Designed a scalable relational schema with PostgreSQL and Drizzle ORM, ensuring high data integrity and performance
TicketsHive - High-Concurrency Event Booking System
- Architected async queue-based system handling extreme concurrency scenarios with zero overbooking guarantee
- Reduced API response latency using BullMQ/Redis job queues and async processing for immediate user feedback
- Implemented version-based optimistic locking in PostgreSQL, enabling significantly higher throughput and eliminating database lock contention
- Built production-ready monorepo with Turborepo, Docker, OpenAPI documentation, and horizontal scaling architecture
- Designed comprehensive error handling, load testing suite, and graceful shutdown for production resilience
Bookmarks Manager API (Golang)
- Designed secure, performant RESTful API in Golang using standard library
- Implemented clean, layered microservice architecture for scalability and maintainability
- Used SQLite for data storage with efficient raw SQL queries for CRUD operations
- Secured endpoints with JWT authentication and bcrypt password hashing
- Programming Languages, Part A & B – University of Washington
- 📧 muhammadsackib@gmail.com
- 📞 +92 315 0776708 (GMT+5)
- 🔗 linkedin.com/in/segfaulter
Open to full-stack, backend, or system design roles. Always learning — currently exploring distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and scalability patterns.