Syed Muhammad Ali

Full-Stack Software Engineer & AI Specialist

Based in: Lahore, PakistanMost recently: Associate Software Engineer, SoftpersExperience: 1 year

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A Software Engineer specializing in full-stack development and AI engineering with expertise in building scalable web applications and AI-driven automation workflows. He has a proven track record of delivering production-ready solutions using LLMs, RAG, and modern frameworks like NestJs and Next.js.

Experience

Associate Software Engineer

SoftpersLahore, PakistanworkOct 2025 – Aug 2026

Summary

Led the end-to-end delivery of enhancements for a language learning platform, collaborating directly with the client from requirements gathering through implementation, testing, and production release; delivered 10+ production features, improved application performance from 31% to 90%, and enhanced personalized learning through AI-powered capabilities. Led the end-to-end enhancement of a solar energy billing platform, working closely with the client throughout the software development lifecycle to redesign billing logic, deliver 10+ production enhancements, improve billing accuracy for live customers, and streamline operational workflows. Contributed to the development and deployment of a real estate management platform as part of a 3-member engineering team, representing the engineering team in weekly client stand-ups to discuss progress, refine requirements, and align technical deliverables, while delivering scalable features for a platform serving over 2,000 active users. Maintained and enhanced a production shipping and logistics management system, resolving production issues, implementing new features, and improving system reliability. Supported an n8n-based workflow automation project by maintaining and optimizing automation workflows, helping reduce manual business processes from weeks to hours and repetitive operational tasks from hours to minutes.

What I did

  • Represented the engineering team in weekly client stand-ups to discuss progress, refine requirements, and align technical deliverables
  • Built a decoupled full-stack platform with separate frontend and backend.
  • Deployed frontend on AWS S3 Bucket with CloudFront and backend on AWS EC2 using Nginx and PM2.
  • Implemented secure REST APIs with CORS, IAM roles, and environment-based configuration.
  • Developed a regression model for user engagement prediction in LinguaHive.

Results

  • Delivered 10+ production features for a language learning platform
  • Delivered 10+ production enhancements for a solar energy billing platform
  • Improved billing accuracy for live customers and streamlined operational workflows
  • Delivered scalable features for a real estate platform serving over 2,000 active users
  • Helped reduce manual business processes from weeks to hours and repetitive operational tasks from hours to minutes
AIn8nWorkflow AutomationAWSS3EC2CloudFrontNginxPM2

Skills

Technical

RAG
TailwindTailwind
n8n
ReactReact
AI Agents
PythonPython
Next.jsNext.js
Node.jsNode.js
TypeScriptTypeScript
OOP
REST APIs
GitHubGitHub
GitGit
LLMs
JavaScriptJavaScript
Semantic Search
SQL/noSQLSQL/noSQL
Multimodal AI
LangChain
Embeddings
Pinecone
React QueryReact Query
NestJs
MongoDBMongoDB
FastAPIFastAPI
PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
MySQLMySQL
SupabaseSupabase
Prisma ORM
SDLC
Agile
MVC
Design Patterns
AWS
DALL-E
DjangoDjango
Whisper AI
BootstrapBootstrap
Chroma
Material UIMaterial UI
DockerDocker
Hugging Face
LangGraph
Drizzle ORM
LinuxLinux
EasyOCR
LoRA fine-tuning
XGBoost
OpenCVOpenCV
Metadata filtering
Schema-aware prompting
SQL ValidationSQL Validation
AWS S3
AWS EC2
IAM roles
Semantic chunking

Projects

RentEase

Full Stack Developerprofessional
Developed a cross-platform rental marketplace as part of a 3-member team, implementing 10+ features including CNIC verification, Stripe payments, real-time messaging, Google Maps integration, push notifications, reviews and ratings, damage reporting, an admin dashboard, and a RAG-powered AI assistant leveraging the system knowledge base for context-aware responses.
React NativeNext.jsNode.jsPythonSupabase

AI Customer Support Automation

Developerpersonal
Built an AI-powered customer support workflow integrating OpenAI, Gmail, Slack, and Google Sheets to classify support requests, generate AI-assisted responses, escalate high-priority tickets, and automate support operations using LLMs.
n8nOpenAISlackGmailGoogle Sheets

Pinged

Developerpersonal
Developed a real-time social networking platform featuring secure authentication, posts, comments, likes, follow functionality, and instant messaging using scalable WebSocket communication.
Next.jsNode.jsPostgreSQLSocket.IOPrisma ORM

Natural Language Database Management Agent

AI Engineerpersonal
Engineered an AI database administrator that processes natural-language requests, performs database operations, and leverages RAG and tool calling for intelligent data interaction.
Next.jsFastAPILangChainGeminiPineconePostgreSQLschema-aware promptingfew-shot examplesLoRA7B model

Fraud Classification Model

personal
XGBoostEC2

CV Pipeline Prototype

personal
OpenCVEasyOCR

Education

Bachelor of Science

FAST National University of Computer and Emerging SciencesSoftware EngineeringJul 2020 – Jun 2025

Recognition

Awards

Rising Star Award

Softpers Interactive2025

Recognizing outstanding performance and contribution at the New Year's Eve event

Web Dev Marathon Participant

NaSCon'242024

Built a Community Garden and Urban Farming web app using the MERN Stack in 10 hours as part of a three-member team

UI/UX Design Competition Participant

NaSCon'222022

Prototyped a fitness mobile app on Figma in 8 hours, collaborating in a two-member team

Certifications

Cloud Foundations

AWS

Cloud Web Application Builder

AWS

Cloud Data Pipeline Builder

AWS
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