Muhammad Amir
Self Employed @ Upwrok.com
Karachi--, -
Dear Sir/Madam,
Greetings,
Possessing experience of 8+ years building websites, software and web applications for the clientele
across the globe utilising services of Elance and Upwork platform. In addition to this, initially worked
for software companies located in Pakistan for 2+ years. Please visit the link to view the Upwork
profile.
Furthermore, acquired a higher education from Muhammad Ali Jinnah University in the Master of
Science in Computer Science (Specialisation in Software Engineering) and post-graduation in Bachelor
of Science in Information Technology from Preston Institute of Management Science and Technology.
My core expertise involves in-depth knowledge of the latest technologies, popular frameworks, leading
open source solutions and other JavaScript and PHP libraries and APIs respectively such as (LAMP
stack with command line proficiency, Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP, Pearl, Python, JavaScript, HTML5, and
CSS3), (CakePHP, Laravel, CodeIgniter, Zend, Symphony, Yii, etc), (WordPress, Drupal, WooCommerce,
Magento, PrestaShop, vTiger, BigCommerce, Weebly, Wix, Joomla, OpenCart, Shopify, etc), and
(jQuery, D3, Angular, 2D Canvas, Carousel, Node, React, PDF, Excel, Payment Gateways, Amazon s3,
MailChimp, Eventbrite, etc).
My objective is to produce and deliver high-quality websites, software and web applications using
industry-specific workflows, processes, standards, and knowledge to provide value to the customer and
business. In addition to this, aim to maximise customer satisfaction and to retain a long-term business
relationship.
In 10 years assisted/served to numerous businesses maintaining, extending and developing businessapplications ranging from Medical and Dental Colleges, Physiology Institutes, Media, Music, Financial
Sectors, Trade, Technology, News, Travel or Tourism.
Being an independent/individual provider on Upwork, worked collaboratively to the clients from
offshore to determine and understand the role of the business-application and the requirements, and
to deliver accurately according to the estimated timeframe and the cost.
Yours Faithfully,
Muhammad Amir
Willing to relocate: Anywhere
Work Experience
Self Employed (Php Developer with Python, Perl, Java and Objective-c
expertise).
Upwork.com - Karachi
February 2011 to Present
Self employed as an individual freelancer, the profile can be seen
on this link (https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~013e40940b11d97176?viewMode=1).
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Object-Oriented Programming and Procedural programming
The building of Website from scratch(PSD).
LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP) stack, with command line proficiency
Building responsive websites using HTML5, CSS3 and Sass/LESS, and JavaScript/jQuery
Drupal applications, with experience in creating custom themes and modules for Drupal 7 and 8
Magento (all version) eCommerce Platform, with experience in creating custom themes and
modules. Also, external api integration for payment gateways, synchronisation.
Wordpress CMS platform, with experience in creating custom themes and modules
Vtiger CRM, with experience in building custom themes, modules and plugins
Joomla CMS, with experience in building custom themes, modules and plugins
PHPbb Forum, with experience in building custom themes and modules
Managing cloud infrastructures such as RackSpace or AWS and a load-balanced environment
Git version control, Composer, Drush, BitBucket and Gulp.
Advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks (mxGraph, jGraph, Canvas, d3, Node, Angular,
React etc).
Web server technologies such as Nginx and Varnish
API integration for Payment Gateways, Facebook, Instagram, Eventbrite, MailChimp, MLS,
RETS, Drupal API, Amazon s3, Google remarketing, Google Adwords, etc.
API building for web services (SOAP, REST).
PHP frameworks (Zend, CI, Laravel, CakePHP, Yii).
Extensive coding/programming expertise involving Python, Perl and Java.
XBMC (Kodi), with experience in building custom themes and modules
Alteration/Modification to any theme, module or custom code
WooCommerce and E-commerce, with experience in building themes, modules and extension
BigCommerce, Shopify, Weebly and Wix, with experience in modification of themes and
modules. Additionally, external APIs integration.
PHP code, old to new conversion, general error fixing and troubleshooting
Website optimization, loading, image compression, HTML, JS, CSS compression.
Website migration from one platform to another.
Bootstrap, W3CSS, SASS
Data scraping, grabbing
Extensive experience in the installation of Apache Solr, customising and building search criteria.
Installation of web chat any accordingly to clients requirements plus modifications
Building/Modification/Integration for Zoho CRM
Extension development/building for Chrome/Safari/FireFox
File generation, conversion, import, export, data extraction from any to any format (PDF, EXCEL,
DOCX, PPT, JPG, PNG, txt etc.)
Animations and Photo Galleries using JavaScript and libraries (jQuery, D3, Canvas, Carousel)
LDAP, CALDAV integration, synchronisation with CRM or CMS accordingly to requirements
Sign-up, sign-in Authorization, using Social APIs (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, Google,
Twitter, StackOverflow, etc).
Senior Web Developer
Gaditek Associates - Karachi
June 2010 to February 2011
Projects:• Www.textaffirmations.com
PHP Developer
e-Consulting Services - Karachi
November 2009 to December 2010
Projects:• www.mufap.com.pk ( Web Portal with FMS (Fund Management System) )
Senior Web Developer
Dawn News - Karachi
March 2010 to May 2010
Projects:• www.dawn.com
Web Developer
Alternate Marketing Concepts - Karachi
October 2008 to March 2009
Projects:• www.urbanexpress.biz (Dynamic Site with CMS System).
• www.starconsultants.com (Dynamic Site with CMS System).
• www.torontopsychoanalysis.com (Dynamic Site with CMS System & Online Payment Processor
PayPal).
• www.sunriseacademy.net. (Dynamic Site with CMS System).
• www.healthysmiledentistry.com (Dynamic Site with CMS System).
• www.formativeconsulting.com (Dynamic Site with CMS System).
• www.rectechrooms.com (Dynamic Photo Gallery).
Web developer
Fatima Jinnah Dental College - Karachi
June 2007 to July 2008
Job Responsibilities:• Web Developing as per requirement of College. (www.fjdc.pk)
• Web Updating etc
Education
Master's in Software Engineering
Muhammad Ali Jinnah University
2010 to December 2011
Bachelor's in Information Technology
Preston Institute of Management Science & Technlogy - Karachi
January 2003 to December 2007
Intermediate in Pre-Engineering
Govt. Degree College Asifabad - Karachi
January 2001 to December 2003
High School in Computer Science
Falcon House Grammar School - Karachi
January 1999 to December 2000
Skills
MySql, MsSql (9 years), Perl, Python, Java (5 years), Php, JavaScript, Css, Html (9 years), LAMP (9
years), Frameworks (Laravel, Zend, CI, CakePhp, Symphony, Yii) (9 years), WordPress, Drupal, Joomla,
WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Custom Solutions (9 years), JavaScript Libraries (jQuery, Dojo etc...) (9
years), Rest & Soap APIs (9 years)
Links
https://www.upwork.com/fl/muhammadaamlr
Certifications/Licences
IELTS - English Proficiency Exam
August 2019 to August 2021
IELTS is an English language proficiency exam that reports at all levels from low intermediate to very
advanced. There is a general and academic version. However, acquired 6.0 band in each module
speaking, reading, writing, listening respectively.