Imran Younas
@imranyounas1
Seasoned engineer and solution architect with 15+ years of experience.
What I'm looking for
I am a seasoned engineer with over 15 years of experience in diverse technologies and business domains. My expertise lies in designing and developing robust system architectures, including Modular, Microservices, Serverless, and Event-driven paradigms. I have successfully led projects from concept to deployment, ensuring that user and business requirements are transformed into secure, scalable solutions.
Throughout my career, I have served as a consultant and development manager, guiding cross-functional teams through complex projects. My strong communication and presentation skills have allowed me to work effectively with clients and teams in various environments, including remote, onshore, and offshore settings. I am passionate about leveraging my technical skills to deliver high-quality solutions that balance feasibility, cost efficiency, and usability.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Solution Architect | Consultant
DEVSTUDIO INTERNATIONAL
Sep 2023 - Present (1 year 9 months)
Designed and led the development of a French Fintech SaaS product, focusing on distributed microservices and modular monolith solutions. Contributed to product features and solution architecture while also managing the hiring, onboarding, and training of new engineering resources.
Solution Architect | Consultant
AUTHORITY PARTNERS
Jun 2023 - Aug 2023 (2 months)
Designed and developed application solutions, performing requirements analysis and planning with business teams. Provided technical oversight on project delivery and conducted discovery sessions with third-party vendors to define optimal solutions, including preparing designs for E-Invoicing integration based on EDA and Serverless architecture.
Snr. Backend Developer | Consultant
TRUEVO PAYMENTS
Apr 2022 - May 2023 (1 year 1 month)
Redesigned and developed the Merchant’s onboarding and bank accounts provisioning system using event-driven design and AWS services. Developed and maintained multiple AWS Lambdas following Clean Architecture principles, optimized PostgreSQL Data Warehouse query performance, and implemented Behaviour Driven Development with Specflow.
Snr. Full Stack Developer | Consultant
HOLIDOG/HECTOR KITCHEN
Oct 2020 - Mar 2022 (1 year 5 months)
Designed and developed a fully configurable rule-based Coupon & Referral system and automated the daily warehouse and order delivery system. Integrated the Adyen 3DS Payment gateway into a SaaS product operating in 11 countries and maintained/enhanced Node.js full-stack and Python/PostgreSQL ETL systems.
Engagement Manager | Consultant Software Engineer
SYSTEMS LIMITED
Feb 2019 - May 2020 (1 year 3 months)
Served as Offshore Lead for a direct engagement with Microsoft US on a Dynamics 365 Commerce project and provided technical consultancy for pre-sales and RFPs. Managed client engagement, communication, and project delivery while providing architectural oversight and mentoring junior developers.
Senior Software Development Manager
THE CITY SCHOOL
Apr 2018 - Feb 2019 (10 months)
Designed the architecture for a highly scalable, comprehensive School Network Management System based on SOLID principles. This system was developed to automate administrative and business operations for a large multinational academic organization.
Solution Architect - Project Manager
AGILE CODE STUDIO
Jan 2017 - Apr 2018 (1 year 3 months)
Provided software consultancy and development services to local and international clients. Managed projects and teams while designing and developing custom software solutions tailored to client business requirements.
Software Development Architect | Team Lead
CONTOUR SOFTWARE
Aug 2014 - Dec 2016 (2 years 4 months)
Designed and developed a web-based transportation ERP (TP10) from scratch for Trapeze Europe, successfully replacing their legacy desktop ERP in multiple countries. Managed application architecture design, development, requirements analysis, team management, hiring, and code review.
Principal Software Engineer | Team Lead
POLYVISTA INC
Jan 2013 - Jul 2014 (1 year 6 months)
Designed an on-premise Big Data ‘Social Media Analytics’ platform using the Apache Hadoop Ecosystem for analyzing public social media and web data. Developed a template and rule-based generic web scraper with features like job scheduling, data import/export, and ad-hoc scraping.
Principal Software Engineer | Team Lead
STRATEGIC SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL
Jun 2008 - Jul 2012 (4 years 1 month)
Designed and developed web, desktop, and mobile applications for clients, including desktop, web, and SQL Server ETL jobs for a German client. Managed projects, gathered requirements, and led teams, self-learning Objective C to develop iOS apps complementing existing web products.
Senior Software Engineer
WARD SOLUTIONS
Mar 2007 - Nov 2007 (8 months)
Designed and developed custom desktop and web solutions, visiting clients for requirement gathering and analysis. Implemented and customized Microsoft Server products like SharePoint 2007, MS Identity LifeCycle Management, and BizTalk Server, including developing custom plugins and extensions.
Software Engineer
DMS SYSTEMS
Jun 2005 - Sep 2006 (1 year 3 months)
Developed, enhanced, and provided technical support for Lab Information Systems (LIS), corresponding with clients for requirements gathering and analysis. Consolidated multiple versions of LIS into a single product with configuration and license-based features and provided onsite user training and support.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Griffith College Dublin
Masters in Computer Science, Computer Science
2005 - 2007
Grade: 1st Class Hons. / CGPA: 3.65
Activities and societies: Received Best Academic Achievement Award
Completed a Master's degree focusing on advanced topics in Computer Science. Achieved a 1st Class Honours grade, demonstrating strong academic performance.
University of Central Punjab
Bachelors in Computer Science, Computer Science
2000 - 2004
Grade: 1st Class Hons. / CGPA: 3.51
Pursued a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. Graduated with 1st Class Honours, achieving a CGPA of 3.51.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
OpenAPI
Apache Hive
Microsoft Azure
Kubernetes
DB
MySQL
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Microsoft SQL Server
SQLite
Hadoop
HBase
Gmail
Node.js
.NET Core
.NET
Redis
Terraform
Azure DevOps
jQuery
AngularJS
Svelte
JavaScript
ASP.NET
Objective-C
Blazor
Kafka
RabbitMQ
WCF
Moleculer
iOS
Adyen
GraphQL
SignalR
gRPC
Solr
Apache Solr
Serverless
SQL
Azure Cosmos DB
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Job categories
Skills
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