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Ikram Khokhar

@ikramkhokhar

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I build high-scale Python APIs and microservices for enterprise SaaS platforms.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead and build cloud-native Python backend platforms, modernize distributed systems, and deliver reliable high-scale APIs with strong engineering practices.

I've led cloud-native SaaS delivery at Outward Intelligence, building Django REST Framework and FastAPI systems on AWS that process 5 million+ daily records at 99.9% availability. I decomposed a monolithic Django application into 12+ FastAPI services, improving release cadence by 50%.

At Shopmonkey, I built APIs and event-driven microservices for an automotive shop-management platform serving 10,000+ active shops. My work included Kafka event streams, OAuth2 and JWT security, PostgreSQL and Redis optimization, and FastAPI ingestion services processing 1,000+ requests per second at sub-100ms latency.

Across consulting and enterprise product teams, I've delivered Django, Flask, GraphQL, Celery, and PostgreSQL systems for healthcare, fintech, logistics, learning-management, and healthcare platforms. I also lead teams, mentor developers, modernize legacy Python systems, and ship tested Docker and Kubernetes deployments through CI/CD.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Python Backend Engineer

Current

Outward Intelligence

Nov 2025 - Present (9 months)

Leading architecture and delivery of cloud-native SaaS platforms using Django REST Framework and FastAPI on AWS, processing 5 million+ daily records across multi-tenant production systems at 99.9% availability.