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Junaid Tahir

@junaidtahir

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I’m a Lead Backend Engineer building secure cloud-native SaaS with .NET, microservices, and distributed systems.

Pakistan

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What I'm looking for

I’m open to worldwide remote backend roles, especially with cloud-native .NET/microservices work. I value strong engineering standards, secure API design, and measurable delivery—available for US/Canada Eastern Time overlap.

I’m a Lead Backend Engineer with 10+ years of experience architecting cloud-native SaaS platforms using .NET, ASP.NET Core, C#, Azure, AWS, and SQL Server. I specialize in distributed systems, microservices, secure API design, and cloud architecture—backed by hands-on ownership of performance, reliability, and CI/CD delivery.

I’ve delivered measurable impact, including reducing query latency from 40s to 300ms via composite indexing and geospatial restructuring, and cutting infrastructure costs by up to 70% through cloud optimization and environment consolidation. I also led and mentored cross-functional engineering teams of up to 10 developers across backend, frontend, QA, and DevOps, earning Employee of the Year in 2021 and 2022 for consistent technical leadership and delivery.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Lead Software Engineer

Current

Dream Catch Labs

Mar 2023 - Present (3 years 4 months)

Delivered and maintained 10+ concurrent healthcare, marketplace, and EdTech SaaS products. Owned backend operations including CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, API gateway/reverse proxy security, and database administration.

ASP.NET Core .NET Core C#AWS Azure DigitalOcean GitHub Actions Azure DevOps CI CD Nginx API Gateway SSL Termination Linux PostgreSQL SQL Server MySQL Schema Design Backup Strategies

Lead Software Engineer

Xeven Solutions

Oct 2020 - Mar 2023 (2 years 5 months)

Directed backend architecture for 5 simultaneous live healthcare platforms serving thousands of daily active users. Built REST APIs across patient, appointment, provider, pharmacy, telemedicine, and scheduling workflows, and supported cross-functional sprint delivery and releases.

backend architecture REST API Development Healthcare APIs Appointment Scheduling Provider Management Telemedicine Scheduling Release Coordination

Software Engineer II

Skylinx Technologies

May 2018 - Oct 2020 (2 years 5 months)

Developed scalable backend APIs for Envision Well, a multi-platform health and fitness SaaS. Contributed pre-sales technical proposals that generated $50K+ in new client business.

SaaS Backend Development Health and Fitness Platform Backend

Software Engineer

Shayan Solutions

May 2017 - May 2018 (1 year)

Optimized backend services for a crowdfunding platform and a digital marketing platform. Worked with Laravel/PHP and MySQL to support campaign management and marketing automation.

Laravel PHP MySQL Backend Services Campaign Management Marketing Automation

Junior Software Engineer

Syslogix Inc.

May 2016 - May 2017 (1 year)

Refactored enterprise taxation and compliance modules to support online filing, workflow automation, and regulatory reporting. Worked with ASP.NET MVC and SQL Server to improve maintainability and delivery.

ASP.NET MVC SQL Server Refactoring Workflow Automation Regulatory Reporting E Filing