# Faizan Rabbani Faizan Rabbani is a remote worker on Himalayas, Software Architect at 10Pearls, based in Pakistan. Source: https://himalayas.app/@faizanrabbani ```text Software Architect at 10Pearls building healthcare triage and privacy-preserving AI systems. ``` | Detail | Value | | --- | --- | | Availability | Looking for a job | | Location | Pakistan | | Authorized to work in | Pakistan | | Salary expectations | 72k+ USD | | Job categories | Software Architect | | Skills | Enterprise Architecture, Distributed Systems, Microservices, Event Driven Architecture, Healthcare Triage, Clinical Safety Guardrails, Patient Data Residency, RAG, PCIDSS Compliance, POS Terminal Applications, Visa Terminal Certification, MasterCard Terminal Certification, DUKPT, Contactless Payments, NFC | ## What I'm looking for ```text I'm available for long-term, full-time remote engagements through a B2B contractor agreement or Employer of Record, and I'm open to European relocation if sponsored. I can align with European and international business hours. ``` ## About ```text At 10Pearls, I direct architecture for enterprise cloud platforms and guide three engineering teams across concurrent initiatives. I also work with C-suite stakeholders on technical decisions that support maintainable platforms and operational continuity. I designed an AI-assisted patient triage and clinical knowledge system with clinical-safety guardrails and strict data residency, reducing initial response resolution time by about 35%. Earlier, at e-Access (Private) Ltd, I delivered Visa- and MasterCard-certified POS software using DUKPT cryptographic key management. ``` ## Experience ### Software Architect (current) [10Pearls](https://himalayas.app/companies/10pearls). Jul 2025 - Present ```text Direct architectural blueprints for enterprise cloud platforms on AWS and Azure, instituting Architectural Decision Records (ADRs) for maintainability. Direct 3 concurrent engineering teams (18+ engineers) and establish enterprise AI adoption and governance strategy. ``` Skills: AWS, Azure, Architectural-Design-Decisions, Enterprise-Architecture, Team-Leadership, AI-Governance, Langsmith, DeepEval ### Associate Software Architect [10Pearls](https://himalayas.app/companies/10pearls). Jul 2023 - Jul 2025 ```text Designed and delivered an AI-assisted healthcare platform for patient triage and clinical FAQ retrieval with RAG pipelines and strict data-residency isolation. Architected decomposition of monolithic systems into microservices, reducing production incidents by 40%. ``` Skills: RAG, LlamaIndex, Pinecone, Healthcare, Data-Residency, Microservices, Ollama, Hugging-Face, Token-Usage-Optimization, Mentorship ### Principal Software Engineer [10Pearls](https://himalayas.app/companies/10pearls). Jan 2021 - Jul 2023 ```text Directed technical design of distributed platforms, introducing event-driven architecture for horizontal scaling. Established coding standards and CI/CD pipelines, driving a 30% reduction in production defect rates. ``` Skills: Distributed-Systems, Event-Driven-Architecture, CI-CD, Coding-Standards, Regulated-Environment-Deployment, Zero-Downtime-Deployments ### Staff Software Engineer [10Pearls](https://himalayas.app/companies/10pearls). Jan 2019 - Dec 2020 ```text Built and maintained enterprise-grade applications with focus on scalability and backward compatibility, authoring ADRs. Integrated third-party services and internal ERP/operational APIs, improving data pipeline reliability. ``` Skills: enterprise-applications, ADR, API-Integration, ERP, Scalability ### Senior Software Developer [10Pearls](https://himalayas.app/companies/10pearls). Mar 2018 - Feb 2019 ```text Developed PCI-DSS-compliant payment gateway integrations and backend services handling sensitive financial data at scale. Contributed to architectural reviews, code quality audits, and mentoring programmes. ``` Skills: PCI-DSS, Payment-Gateways, Backend-Services, Code-Review, Mentorship ### Senior Software Engineer [Creative Chaos](https://himalayas.app/companies/creative-chaos). Sep 2015 - Mar 2018 ```text Architected and delivered transactional platform backends from requirements through production deployment. Partnered with non-technical stakeholders to translate domain requirements into software specifications and introduced automated testing routines. ``` Skills: Transactional-Systems, Business-Analysis, Testing-Automation, Debugging, Stakeholder-Management ### Software Engineer (POS & Embedded Payment Systems) e-Access (Private) Ltd. Mar 2013 - Sep 2015 ```text Designed and delivered POS terminal software compliant with Visa and MasterCard specifications, achieving official certifications. Implemented contactless card and smartcard payment applications with DUKPT cryptographic key management. ``` Skills: Visa-Certification, MasterCard-Certification, POS, DUKPT, Contactless-Payments, NFC, Cryptography, Payment-Switching ## Education ### Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration. 2020 - 2023 ```text Pursued an MBA bridging technical execution with business strategy, financial modeling, and operational longevity. ``` ### Visa Visa Application Certification, Payment Systems ```text Certified in POS Terminal & Payment Protocol Compliance. ``` ### MasterCard MasterCard Application Certification, Payment Systems ```text Certified in Payment Cryptographic Validation. ``` ### DUKPT DUKPT Cryptographic Key Management Certification, Cryptography ```text Certified in DUKPT Cryptographic Key Management Implementation & Audit. ``` ### PCI-DSS PCI-DSS Standards Certification, Data Security ```text Certified in Cardholder Data Security Architecture. ``` ### Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (SSUET) Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Engineering. 2009 - 2012 ```text Earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering. ``` ## Tech stack - Amazon S3 - Kubernetes - .NET Core - Spring - .NET - Terraform - Python - Java - C# - C++ - Flask - FastAPI - Prometheus - AWS Lambda - Azure Functions - Amazon RDS - Docker - SQL - Jaeger - Hugging Face - LangChain - LlamaIndex - Ollama - Pinecone - DeepEval - ArgoCD - N8N - LangSmith - Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) To contact Faizan, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire). ## People also viewed - [Sheeraz Nafees Uddin](https://himalayas.app/@sheeraznafeesuddin): Principle Architect / Associate Director, VentureDive - [Motasim Akhtar](https://himalayas.app/@motasimakhtar): Solution Architect / Senior TL, First Global Consultants Inc. - [Muhammad Zarar](https://himalayas.app/@muhammadzarar): SEO / Front end Developer, The Children's Place - [Muhammad Ali Shahzeb](https://himalayas.app/@muhammadalishahzeb): Senior Software Engineer, Overjet - [Fahad Nadeem](https://himalayas.app/@fahadnadeem): Solution Architect, Qenta Pvt. 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