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Ahmar Ijaz

@ahmar

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Principal Software Engineer specializing in mobile platforms, architecture, and team leadership.

Pakistan

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior roles where I can lead mobile architecture, mentor teams, build scalable products, and impact revenue and user growth in cross-functional, agile environments.

I am a Principal Software Engineer with 12+ years building and leading large-scale mobile products across ride-hailing, OTT streaming, fintech, and gaming domains. I design and modernize iOS (Swift, Objective-C) and cross-platform apps, architect scalable solutions, and mentor distributed teams to deliver high-impact, revenue-generating products.

My work includes end-to-end ownership of passenger and driver ride-hailing apps, OTT platforms with DRM and monetization, and high-engagement games. I focus on modular architectures (MVVM, MVC, SOLID), improving performance, and integrating payments, real-time tracking, and third-party services to drive user growth and operational stability.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Principal Software Engineer

Al-Safeer IT

Sep 2022 - Aug 2025 (2 years 11 months)

Led design and development of Petra Ride (passenger & driver iOS apps), modernized legacy modules, integrated wallets, real-time tracking and multi-service flows, and mentored engineers to improve app performance and release cadence.

Swift Objective C MVVM Real Time Tracking Payments APNS

Senior Software Engineer

Jeeny KSA

Sep 2020 - Sep 2022 (2 years)

Enhanced and supported Jeeny ride-hailing passenger and driver apps, implemented payments, booking flows and geo-services, and coordinated backend integrations to improve reliability and features.

Swift Objective C Payments Geo Services API Integration MVVM Debugging Performance Optimization

Senior Software Engineer — Team Lead

NorthBay Solutions

Oct 2017 - Jun 2020 (2 years 8 months)

Led development of mobile games (Mini Empires, Empires World War), implemented core combat, maps, multiplayer systems, monetization and integrated push notifications and in-app purchases to boost engagement.

Unity3D Cocos2D C++In App Purchases APNS Cocos2d

Principal Software Engineer

Aomata LLC

Sep 2014 - Oct 2017 (3 years 1 month)

Directed iOS/Android product lifecycles and distributed teams, oversaw SmartIO cross-platform content transfer app revamp, and streamlined agile processes for global deployments.

iOS Android WiFi Transfer Agile Team Leadership

Senior Software Engineer

Eureka Technologies

Aug 2012 - Aug 2014 (2 years)

Spearheaded Core Direction fitness app and ZonTrack analytics app, designing modular mobile frameworks for scalability and integrating subscriptions, notifications and analytics.

iOS APNS API Integration

Senior iOS Engineer

Vodworks

Apr 2011 - Jun 2012 (1 year 2 months)

Built Vidscape OTT video platform with DRM and monetization models and developed Strydr pedestrian navigation app, enhancing analytics, DRM support and user experience.