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waseem afzal

@waseemafzal

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Project manager and senior backend developer with 12+ years' experience.

Pakistan

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What I'm looking for

I seek a role combining hands-on backend development and technical leadership, working in Agile teams to deliver scalable, user-focused products, mentor engineers, and improve delivery processes.

I am a Project Manager and Senior Backend Developer with over 12 years of experience building and shipping scalable web and mobile applications. I specialize in backend engineering using PHP (Laravel, CodeIgniter), Node.js, and Python, and I design optimized database schemas and REST/GraphQL APIs.

I have led multidisciplinary teams and delivered 30+ client projects end-to-end, owning requirements gathering, architecture, and deployments. I improved delivery timelines by 20% through Agile practices and have a strong track record integrating third-party services like Stripe, PayPal, Google, Amazon, Twilio, and Firebase.

My technical toolkit includes MySQL, MongoDB, React, Typescript, WebSockets, OpenAI/LLM integrations, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and multiple cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure). I also emphasize test-driven development and maintainable, performant code.

I seek roles where I can combine hands-on backend development with technical leadership to deliver user-focused solutions, mentor teams, and drive continuous improvement in delivery and system reliability.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Project Manager

Cyphersol

Jul 2017 - Apr 2023 (5 years 9 months)

Managed multidisciplinary teams delivering 30+ client projects end-to-end, designed REST APIs and data models, and improved delivery timelines by 20% through Agile practices.

Project Management Laravel RESTful APIs Database Design Agile Docker AWS Team Leadership