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Saad Shaikh

@saadshaikh5

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Software Architect & Technical Lead building cloud-native SaaS and AI-driven microservices.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to architect and lead delivery of cloud-native SaaS platforms—owning system design through production, with microservices, CI/CD, and strong observability. I especially enjoy integrating AI/LLM capabilities and building reliable event-driven systems.

I’m a Software Architect and Tech Lead with 12+ years of experience designing full stack systems and delivering production-grade SaaS platforms. I bring strong ownership across the lifecycle—from architecture and system design to backend development, CI/CD, observability, and production delivery.

In my recent role, I architected core microservices for an AI-powered video automation platform, using event-driven workflows with AzureServiceBus and RabbitMQ to improve scalability, reliability, and decoupling. I also integrated AI/LLM services like OpenAI, Gemini, and AssemblyAI for transcription, content generation, summarization, and video insights.

I led a team of 8 engineers, drove technical strategy and architecture decisions, and helped establish CI/CD pipelines and engineering practices that improved release quality and deployment reliability.

I started by building insurance domain applications with .NET and SQL Server, then grew into backend and platform ownership. Across projects like digital onboarding (KYC/document verification), lead management workflow automation, OAuth2/RBAC identity & access management, and NBFC API gateway workflows, I’ve consistently focused on scalable design, secure integrations, and measurable operational visibility.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Software Engineer

Parmonic

Mar 2022 - Mar 2026 (4 years)

Architected and delivered core event-driven microservices for an AI video platform, improving scalability and reliability using Azure Service Bus and RabbitMQ. Integrated LLM services (OpenAI, Gemini, AssemblyAI) for transcription, content generation, summarization, and video insights, while deploying and monitoring services on Azure AKS with Docker, Helm, Prometheus, and Grafana.

Azure Service Bus RabbitMQ Microservices fastAPI Alembic OpenAI Gemini AssemblyAI Azure Grafana

Technical Lead

Celusion Technologies

Feb 2016 - Feb 2022 (6 years)

Led architecture and delivery of enterprise SaaS and fintech platforms for clients, including Kotak Securities, Yes Securities, Dhanvarsha, and PNB Housing. Managed a team of 8 engineers and built scalable backends with .NET and SQL Server, establishing CI/CD practices and mentoring engineers on system design, performance, and maintainability.

C# .NET SQL Server Software Architecture Distributed Systems Microservices CI CD Identity Management System Design Team Leadership

Junior Software Developer

Systenics Solutions

Sep 2014 - Feb 2016 (1 year 5 months)

Developed insurance-domain applications for policy management, premium calculation, and claims processing. Built MVC web applications and backend services using .NET and SQL Server, optimizing stored procedures and database queries for reporting and operational workflows.

ASP.NET MVC C# .NET SQL Server Stored Procedures SQL Optimization Backend Development Insurance Domain Mentoring