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Ali Qasim

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Principal Software Engineer at Xcelirate who delivered a verification platform processing thousands of images daily.

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At Xcelirate, I architected and delivered a PHP/Nuxt verification platform on Terraform-managed AWS infrastructure. It processes thousands of images daily for human moderation, liveness verification, and fraud workflows.

I integrated the platform with two major applications and AWS computer-vision capabilities, and designed reference-data flows supporting eight human moderators. I also provide technical direction across four teams while staying hands-on across repositories and projects.

Earlier, I led API and e-commerce architecture at Bugaboo and On That Ass, and built a Vue 3 application alongside Briq Bookings' legacy system. My work spans backend and platform architecture, API integration, and delivery across self-hosted and cloud environments.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Principal Software Engineer

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Xcelirate

Jul 2023 - Present (3 years 3 months)

Architected and delivered a PHP/Nuxt verification platform on Terraform-managed AWS infrastructure, processing thousands of images daily for SLA-governed human moderation, liveness verification and fraud workflows. Provides technical direction across four teams of approximately 15 engineers and around 15 repositories/projects.

PHP Nuxt Terraform AWS Python PHPStan Datadog Sentry Grafana Clickhouse Computer Vision RAG LLM

Senior Developer

The Modern Milkman

May 2022 - Feb 2023 (9 months)

Modernised applications supporting supply and logistics operations, driver workflows and customer-facing services. Worked across CakePHP, JavaScript, Azure, OpenAPI, Redis, Kibana and Kafka.

CakePHP JavaScript Azure OpenAPI Redis Kibana Kafka

Senior Developer

Briq Bookings

Apr 2021 - Apr 2022 (1 year)

Maintained a complex Laravel application and API layer with numerous third-party integrations. Built a Vue 3 application alongside the legacy system and integrated it through a gradual, sliced rollout.

Laravel Vue3 API Integration

Senior Developer / Team Lead

XS4ALL

Sep 2019 - Nov 2020 (1 year 2 months)

Maintained customer-facing platforms and coordinated application integration and replication into KPN systems during the merger.

Solutions Architect / Scrum Master

On That Ass

May 2018 - Sep 2019 (1 year 4 months)

Defined architecture and led in-house developers delivering e-commerce, catalogue, product information management (PIM) and internal customer-service systems. Designed and delivered a Node.js API gateway connecting warehouse systems; supported Agile and Scrum adoption.

NodeJS API Gateway Agile Scrum Ecommerce PIM

Developer

ShopWorks, TamTam & Channel Media Company

Jan 2016 - Jan 2018 (2 years)

Platform restructuring, API development, ticketing and high-traffic e-commerce systems.

API Development Ecommerce

Senior PHP Lead

Bugaboo

Jul 2016 - Dec 2016 (5 months)

Led development of BOSS, a central API-mediation platform supporting cart logic and country-specific product catalogues. Delivered a luggage-product launch under a strict deadline and guided development direction with product and Scrum partners.

PHP APIs Scrum

API Systems Integration Engineer

Bugaboo

Dec 2015 - Jul 2016 (7 months)

Led API design and development across e-commerce, CMS, backend services and databases using Apigee. Implemented logging, caching, OAuth, whitelisting and API-key policies; built an internal developer portal.

Apigee API Design OAuth Logging Caching