Zeeshan Ashraf
@zeeshanashraf
I am a Senior Software Engineer and DevOps specialist building scalable backend and cloud systems aligned with business goals.
What I'm looking for
I am a Senior Software Engineer and DevOps specialist with a proven track record of designing, building, and maintaining high-performance backend systems and cloud infrastructure. I have architected cloud-native platforms, implemented robust CI/CD pipelines, and led integrations that significantly reduced manual work and improved uptime.
My work has included delivering a scalable visa-processing platform, building OCR pipelines with 90% accuracy, and automating large-scale PLM migrations and ETL processes. I take full ownership from design through monitoring, emphasizing reliability, performance tuning, and business-aligned execution.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Software Engineer
Prince Visa
Apr 2024 - Present (1 year 4 months)
Architected and launched a scalable cloud-native visa platform (NestJS, PostgreSQL, AWS) with automated workflows. Optimized CI/CD (60% faster), integrated Xero/Stripe/Base64.ai (70% less manual work), built OCR (90% accuracy), designed onboarding (50% faster), enforced API standards, RBAC (JWT/Cognito), scalable DB, and global notifications (SES/SNS).
DevOps Engineer
Alexa Translation
May 2023 - Jun 2025 (2 years 1 month)
Managed AWS infra (ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, Route53) with IaC (CloudFormation, Terraform)
Built CI/CD pipelines using SAM, Zappa, and GitHub Actions enabling zero-downtime deployments
Automated ML data workflows with S3, Glue, Redshift, and DVC for reliable pipelines
Containerized microservices via Docker & Kubernetes
Improved monitoring with CloudWatch, Sentry, reducing costs, downtime & MTTR
Senior Software Engineer
Dastgyr
Aug 2022 - Jan 2024 (1 year 5 months)
-Built Warehouse Portal for real-time inventory, dispatch & reconciliation
-Designed Order Dispute System reducing handling time by 65%
-Modernized CRM improving lead conversion & lifecycle management
-Architected scalable NestJS microservices
-Optimized APIs with Redis, queues, boosting speed by 60%
-Integrated payments, logistics & notifications
-Mentored devs, set API & CI/CD best practices
Senior Software Engineer
GoSaaS
Nov 2020 - Apr 2023 (2 years 5 months)
- Built Configuration Migrator automating Oracle PLM Cloud setup, boosting delivery speed.
- Developed Data Migrator with ETL automation from Agile PLM to Oracle PLM Cloud.
- Enabled migration of Classes, Units, AMLs, Change Orders & templates with accuracy.
- Coordinated with clients, offshore teams & stakeholders for requirements & QA.
Software Engineer
Jeux Developers
Jun 2019 - Jul 2020 (1 year 1 month)
Developed full-stack web apps with scalable backends & modern frameworks.
Built & integrated RESTful APIs ensuring reliability, performance & data consistency.
Designed efficient MongoDB schemas optimizing queries, storage & scalability.
Delivered responsive UIs with designers for enhanced UX & accessibility
Contributed in Agile sprints, code reviews & performance tuning for continuous improvement
Software Engineer Intern
Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science (KICS), UET Laho
Jan 2019 - Jul 2019 (6 months)
Collaborated with stakeholders to gather requirements and led development, testing, and debugging within Agile sprints, producing technical design and business requirement documents and providing post-deployment support.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Virtual University of Pakistan
Master of Computer Applications, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
2022 - 2024
Completed a Master of Computer Applications focusing on advanced topics in computer and information sciences and application development from August 2022 to September 2024.
University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore
Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
2016 - 2020
Completed a Bachelor of Computer Science with focus on computer and information sciences, covering software engineering, systems, and related coursework from August 2016 to September 2020.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Xero
AWS Amplify
AWS IAM
Amazon S3
GitHub
Bitbucket
Kubernetes
AWS Fargate
AWS CodePipeline
GitHub Actions
Bitbucket Pipelines
MySQL
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Gmail
Rollout
Node.js
Next.js
NestJS
Google Analytics
Redis
Terraform
AWS CloudFormation
AWS Cloud Development Kit
React
JavaScript
Python
HTML5
CSS 3
AWS Elastic Load Balancing ...
StatsD
Ansible
AWS Lambda
Serverless
Zappa
TypeScript
Docker
Amazon Managed Apache Cassa...
s3-lambda
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Portfolio
dastgyr.comSalary expectations
Social media
Job categories
Skills
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