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Muhammad Waqas

@muhammadwaqas22

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I build high-concurrency FinTech, payment, and digital asset platforms with Node.js, React, Kafka, and AWS.

Pakistan

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to build and scale high-concurrency FinTech, payment, blockchain, or digital asset platforms where I can own architecture, deliver reliable systems, and mentor engineers.

I've built high-concurrency FinTech and digital asset platforms at Noctal, Zapta Technologies, and Orcalo Holding. My work spans NestJS microservices, React trading interfaces, payment integrations, and transactional PostgreSQL systems.

I've delivered tokenization and custody workflows, Kafka settlement pipelines handling 10,000+ financial events per second, and real-time trading consoles with sub-30ms order-book updates. I also lead implementation, mentor developers, and operate production systems on AWS with Docker and Kubernetes.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Full-Stack Engineer

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Noctal

Dec 2024 - Present (1 year 10 months)

Design, develop, and maintain backend microservices and API gateways using Node.js (NestJS) and TypeScript, achieving sub-50ms endpoint latencies. Build modular, reactive web interfaces in React utilizing React Query, Valtio, and MUI, and architect transactional persistence layers in PostgreSQL with TypeORM.

NodeJS NestJS TypeScript React React Query Valtio MUI PostgreSQL TypeORM Kafka AWS Docker Jest Supertest

Full Stack Lead & Systems Engineer

Zapta Technologies

Jun 2023 - Dec 2024 (1 year 6 months)

Led full-stack implementation across 4 client FinTech and enterprise systems, clarifying ambiguous product specifications into actionable engineering deliverables. Engineered payment gateway integrations, automated multi-currency fee reconciliation, and ledger recording modules with zero balance drift.

NodeJS NestJS TypeScript React PostgreSQL TypeORM REST APIs WebSockets Docker Kubernetes AWS Datadog CI CD Mentorship

Software Engineer (Full Stack)

Orcalo Holding

Apr 2021 - Jun 2023 (2 years 2 months)

Developed responsive client-facing trading dashboards and onboarding portals in React and TypeScript with Material-UI components. Engineered backend business logic and authentication microservices in Node.js, integrating JWT/OAuth2 security protocols and TypeORM data mappers.