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Saad Maqsood

@saadmaqsood

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Senior Software Engineer specializing in Generative AI and full-stack delivery of secure cloud-native applications.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can build secure, cloud-native systems and apply Generative AI (RAG/agents) to regulated workflows—while leading modernization, improving CI/CD and testing, and mentoring teams.

I’m a Senior Software Engineer with more than 8 years of experience architecting and delivering scalable full-stack applications using Java (Spring Boot), Angular, Node.js, and AWS in high-compliance environments such as financial services and insurance. I lead modernization from legacy monoliths to microservices, including cloud migrations from Azure to AWS, while keeping security and reliability at the core.

Across my roles, I’ve built secure API architectures (OAuth2/JWT), event-driven microservices, and distributed workflows for data ingestion and compliance. I mentor engineers and champion best-in-class CI/CD, testing, and cloud-native practices using Terraform, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and automated test frameworks—while applying AI/ML capabilities with LangChain/LangGraph, RAG, prompt engineering, and vector databases to enable real business outcomes.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Generative AI Software Engineer

Current

Bellwether

Jun 2025 - Present (1 year 1 month)

Led architecture and delivery of cloud-native financial process automation solutions using Java (Spring Boot) backend APIs and Angular dashboards on AWS. Built event-driven microservices and secure REST APIs (OAuth2/JWT), migrated core services and databases from Azure to AWS, and mentored engineers on CI/CD and testing practices.

Java Spring Boot Angular Microservices Event Driven Architecture REST APIs JWT AWS Terraform GitHub Actions Junit Lambda RDS CloudFormation PostgreSQL Redis Caching Agile API Security

Generative AI Software Engineer

Scale AI

Dec 2023 - Apr 2025 (1 year 4 months)

Engineered secure Spring Boot APIs for fintech document validation, monitoring, and reporting with AWS integration and built Angular compliance workflow applications. Orchestrated Node.js/Express.js process flows, led Azure-to-AWS modernization (Lambda/ECS) with Terraform and GitHub Actions CI/CD, and mentored engineers on microservices, API security, and DevOps best practices.

Java Spring Boot AWS Angular Node REST Microservices Azure AWS Lambda Terraform Infrastructure as Code GitHub Actions CI CD Junit Pytest Cypress Redis Caching Error Handling API Security DevOps

Senior Software Engineer

Wells Fargo

Nov 2021 - Jun 2023 (1 year 7 months)

Modernized financial origination and customer management by migrating from a monolithic Django stack to Spring Boot and Node.js microservices on AWS. Developed Angular and React applications, improved reliability using ECS/Lambda with CloudWatch and Prometheus, and enhanced transaction search and compliance tracking with Elasticsearch and Redis.

Java Spring Boot Node.Js Development Microservices Django AWS Angular React Lambda Cloudwatch Prometheus Elasticsearch Redis Terraform Jenkins CI CD Junit Jest DDD

Software Engineer

USAA

Dec 2020 - Oct 2021 (10 months)

Built distributed claims processing microservices using Java (Spring Boot) and Python Django REST deployed on AWS. Developed Angular/AngularJS portals, maintained Node.js GraphQL gateways, and improved scalability and reliability using SQS, SNS, Lambda, and RDS during a cloud modernization effort.

Java Spring Boot Python Django REST Framework AWS AngularJS Angular Node GraphQL Microservices SNS Lambda RDS CI CD Junit Pytest Jest

NLP Software Engineer

Verizon

Oct 2018 - Oct 2020 (2 years)

Developed NLP and process automation pipelines in Java (Spring Boot) and Python for entity extraction and compliance classification on AWS. Built AngularJS and React dashboards, supported migration from monoliths to AWS EKS and microservices with Terraform, and led DevOps adoption with Jenkins CI/CD, CloudFormation, and Kubernetes.