# Syed Shahnawaz Ali

Syed Shahnawaz Ali is a remote worker on Himalayas, Lead Developer Mobile at Esquare, based in Pakistan.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@syedshahnawazali

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Mobile architect at Esquare, delivering enterprise apps and remittance journeys for urpay, serving 5M+ users.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | Pakistan |
| Authorized to work in | Pakistan |
| Salary expectations | 68k+ USD |
| Job categories | Mobile Engineer |
| Skills | Mobile Architecture, React Native, TypeScript, JavaScript, Android SDK, Java, NativeModules, iOS, Redux, Clean Architecture, MVVM, SOLID, Mobile Security, Mobile Performance, Offline Data |
| LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/syed-shahnawaz-ali-634156180 |

## What I'm looking for

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I'm open to employer-sponsored relocation across Europe and international remote contracts.
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## About

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At Esquare, I lead mobile architecture, feature delivery, native integrations, and releases for international enterprise projects. I also own reviews and estimates, and mentor engineers.

Through NorthBay Solutions, I led the remittance module for urpay, Neoleap, and Ejada, implementing wallet-to-wallet and local-bank transfer journeys for a wallet serving 5M+ users. I integrated payment-provider APIs and worked with backend, product, and QA teams on transaction reliability and release quality.
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## Experience

### Lead Developer Mobile (current)

Esquare. Jul 2026 - Present

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Lead mobile architecture, feature delivery, native integrations and releases for international projects. Own reviews, estimates and engineering mentoring.
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Skills: React-Native, Mobile-Architecture, Native-Integrations, Code-Review, Mentorship, Release-Management

### Senior React Native Developer (current)

Coorb. Jan 2026 - Present

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Deliver React Native features, REST integrations and production fixes for NEON Loyalty. Contribute to architecture, performance, reviews and releases with AI-assisted development.
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Skills: React-Native, REST, TypeScript, JavaScript, Redux, AI-assisted-Development, Performance-Optimization

### Lead Developer Mobile

Cloud Venture. Sep 2016 - Jun 2026

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Delivered Fletcher Building applications including PlaceMakers and Mico in New Zealand. Owned architecture, native integrations, code reviews, mentoring and release readiness.
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Skills: React-Native, Android, Native-Integrations, Architecture, Code-Review, Mentorship, Release-Management

### Senior React Native Developer

NorthBay Solutions. Aug 2023 - Nov 2025

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Led the Remittance module and implemented wallet-to-wallet and local-bank transfer journeys through Al Rajhi Bank for a wallet serving 5M+ users. Integrated Western Union, MoneyGram, Ria, Transfast and Al Rajhi H2H APIs.
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Skills: React-Native, Remittances, Payment-APIs, REST, Al-Rajhi-Bank, Western-Union, MoneyGram, RIA, Transfast, H2H

### Senior Android Developer

Symits. Mar 2016 - Aug 2016

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Built and released YumYummi with REST/JSON, multilingual support and SQLite storage.
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Skills: Android, REST, JSON, SQLite, Multilingual-Support

### Android Developer

Eurosoft Tech. Aug 2015 - Feb 2016

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Built education and administration apps, reusable views and GitHub workflows. Taught Android/Java labs.
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Skills: Android, Java, GitHub, Reusable-Views, Teaching

### Android Developer

Image 1 Studios. Nov 2013 - Jul 2015

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Developed Android apps, third-party integrations, device testing and Play Store releases.
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Skills: Android, Third-Party-Integrations, Device-Testing, Play-Store

### Software Engineer

Nexit. Jul 2005 - Oct 2009

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Built a C#/.NET and SQL Server school system with role-based access, attendance and grades.
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Skills: C#, .NET, SQL-Server, Role-based-Access, Attendance, Grades

## Education

### University of Derby

BSc Hons, Computing and Information Technologies

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Pursuing a BSc Hons in Computing and Information Technologies, currently in progress.
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### Australian Institute of Commerce and Language

Advanced Diploma, Information Technology

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Completed an Advanced Diploma of Information Technology in 2012.
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### Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi

Intermediate, Computer Science

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Completed Intermediate in Computer Science in 2005.
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## Tech stack

- AWS Amplify
- GitHub Actions
- React Native
- SQLite
- Node.js
- Android SDK
- Next.js
- NestJS
- .NET
- Unreal Engine
- Azure DevOps
- JavaScript
- Java
- C#
- JSON
- C++
- iOS
- Prisma
- Firebase
- Redux
- Firebase Hosting
- TypeScript
- Git

To contact Syed Shahnawaz, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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