Saad Sohail

Saad Sohail

Software Engineer specializing in full-stack development and AI-driven automation.

Based in: Lahore, PakistanCurrently: Software Engineer, ArrivyExperience: 2 years

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A Computer Science graduate from FAST-NUCES with professional experience in building SaaS features and leading engineering teams. He possesses a strong technical background in MERN stack, Python, and Google Cloud services, demonstrated through innovative projects like FASTGlide and automated API integrations.

Experience

Software Engineer

ArrivyworkJun 2025 – Present

Summary

Worked on adding end-to-end features to a SaaS product serving hundreds of businesses. Extensively used Claude Code to keep up with different technologies and speed up development. Successfully led a team of four engineers to deliver features within deadlines. Gained understanding of different Google Cloud services such as Cloud Run, Cloud Logging, Cron Jobs, and Cloud Tasks

What I did

  • Led a team of four to develop features for a SaaS product serving hundreds of businesses.
  • Developed internal tooling for support teams, including a dashboard for user configuration changes to replace manual database queries.
  • Worked on scaling the platform for the past 1.5 years.

Results

  • Built and released an in-house quoting feature on a very tight deadline to compete with a competitor's acquisition of Sumoquote.
  • Retained customers and expanded the product's reach into sales operations by delivering integrated quoting capabilities.
Claude CodeGoogle CloudCloud RunCloud LoggingCron JobsCloud Tasks

Development Intern

Stewart PakistaninternshipJul 2024 – Oct 2024
Worked on key applications like NotaryCam, gaining hands-on experience with MERN, Angular, and Python. Collaborated with the RnD team on a .NET application that performs OCR, leveraging GPT-4 through Azure OpenAI Service. Utilized the Swagger/OpenAPI framework to produce clean and concise API documentation
MERNAngularPython.NETOCRGPT-4Azure OpenAI ServiceSwaggerOpenAPI

Skills

Technical

PythonPython
GitGit
JavaScriptJavaScript
ReactReact
Node.jsNode.js
ExpressExpress
HTMLHTML
Puppeteer
Google CloudGoogle Cloud
MongoDBMongoDB
CSSCSS
SQLSQL
FlaskFlask
DockerDocker
C++C++
BeautifulSoup
Selenium
PostgresPostgres
MySQLMySQL
AWS
CC
Microsoft SQL ServerMicrosoft SQL Server
Google Cloud NDBGoogle Cloud NDB
C#C#
UIKit
SwiftUISwiftUI
SwiftSwift
KubernetesKubernetes

Projects

FASTGlide (Final Year Project)

Lead Developeracademic
Developed a web application in collaboration with the university management for managing the Final Year Project cycle at FAST. FASTGlide helps students to form groups and find relevant supervisors, assists the supervisors in managing their groups and progress, and automates the checking of deliverables and other tasks which are manually performed by FYP coordinators.
ReactExpressNodeMongoDBRedisDockerTeX

VS WhatsApp

Developerpersonal
Developed a desktop-like application that mimics the visual interface of VS Code while enabling real-time messaging through WhatsApp Web. The application uses puppeteer (via whatsapp-web.js) to control a browser instance and allows users to browse chats and send messages through a terminal-style interface, providing a discreet messaging experience in professional environments.
Node.jsExpressPuppeteerwhatsapp-web.js

Automated Google Classroom Assignment Submitter

Developerpersonal
Built an automation tool that monitors Google Classroom assignments and automatically submits pending work just before deadlines. The application uses OAuth for secure authentication and runs in the background to track assignment states, ensuring that uploaded work is submitted on time. This project involved working with Google APIs, handling authentication flows, and implementing reliable task scheduling.
PythonGoogle Classroom APIOAuth

Automatic Screenshot Obfuscator

Developerpersonal
Created a Python-based application that detects and encrypts sensitive areas in screenshots using OCR and Fernet encryption. Steganography is used to securely store encrypted region coordinates within the image. The tool includes a Tkinter-based interface for user review and secure decryption.
PythonTkinterOCRFernet encryptionSteganography

Hacking with Swift Projects

personal
Developed 3-4 iOS projects while following the Hacking with Swift course to learn Swift and iOS development.
SwiftSwiftUIUIKit

Education

Bachelors in Computer Science

FAST-NUCES, LahoreComputer ScienceGPA 3.412021 – 2025

Thesis. FASTGlide (Final Year Project)

Recognition

Awards

Dean's List

FAST-NUCES, Lahore

Awarded 2 times for academic excellence

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