Imran Latif
Software Engineer | Lahore, PK
Profile
Cloud-native Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience designing and scaling distributed systems
across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Specialized in backend development with Python and FastAPI, event-driven
architectures, and AI/ML integrations (OpenAI, LangChain, vector databases). Proven track record of
leading multi-cloud migrations, building subscription and metering systems, and deploying
production-ready CI/CD pipelines. Adept at balancing technical leadership with hands-on engineering to
deliver secure, high-performance, and cost-optimized solutions for enterprise and startup environments.
Experience
Epiq
New York, United States
Cloud Engineer (Remote) (Contract)
Nov 2024 – Present
● Enhanced AI Discovery Assistant by adding backend features with FastAPI, Postgres, Celery, Redis;
contributed to onboarding clients via Azure Marketplace SaaS offers.
● Automated maintenance, patching, and backups for Azure VMs, improving system uptime by 99.95%.
● Secured environments with Nginx, SSL/TLS, and SOC2 compliance (Secureframe).
● Improved system security and reliability through CodeQL scanning and vulnerability patching.
Iris AI
New York, United States
Lead Backend Engineer (Remote) (Part-time)
April 2025 – Sep 2025
● Spearheaded backend migration to FastAPI, modernizing architecture for scalability and performance;
reduced API cold start latency by 80% by transitioning API Gateway/Lambda WebSockets to ECS.
● Built OpenAI-powered modules (chat completion, structured responses, image generation, function
calling) and engineered subscription & metering system with Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB to streamline
billing and usage tracking.
● Automated infrastructure with AWS CDK, cutting deployment time by 60% and ensuring reproducibility.
● Implemented observability with CloudWatch metrics/logs and authored unit/integration tests in Pytest,
achieving 95%+ test coverage for critical modules.
● Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines (Github Actions, CodePipeline, SAM) while leading
architecture design, sprint planning, and technical debt resolution.
LAER AI (Acquired by Epiq)
New York, United States
Backend Engineer (Remote) (Contract)
Sep 2023 – Nov 2024
● Led multi-cloud migration from AWS to Azure, successfully migrating 100% of services with zero
downtime.
● Built ML orchestration workflows with Kubernetes; containerized ML and data pipelines with Docker.
● Implemented enterprise-grade authentication with SAML SSO via Azure AD and Okta.
● Delivered core product features in FastAPI with Celery, Redis, Solr, Prometheus; deployed via GitHub
Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD.
Storewise
Singapore
Senior Backend Engineer (Remote) (Contract)
May 2023 – Oct 2024
● Decomposed monolith into event-driven architecture using AWS Lambda, SQS, S3, reducing response
times by 70%.
● Built AI Assistant bot leveraging ChatGPT, Firebase push notifications, and Pusher channels, boosting
customer engagement by 40%.
● Integrated OpenAI & Azure OpenAI APIs for conversational flows, fallback reasoning, and multimodal
image generation.
● Implemented Retrievel-QA pipelines using LangChain + FAISS + embeddings stored in S3 for
domain-specific Q&A.
● Developed custom monitoring/logging libraries distributed via AWS CodeArtifact; improved observability
with CLoudWatch dashboards.
Truevo
Birkirkara, Malta
Senior Software Engineer (Remote) (Contract)
July 2021 – Dec 2022
● Designed and delivered payout transactions using AWS Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, SNS, and RDS,
increasing throughput by 50% by optimizing Lambda concurrency.
● Implemented secureMFA authentication and authorization with AWS Cognito (JWT).
● Maintained and extended legacy Payments & Fraud Detection systems (Temenos, 3D Secure).
● Participated in architecture reviews and deployment planning for large-scale systems.
Techticks Digital
Lahore, Pakistan
Co-Founder
Dec 2020 – April 2023
● Built and scaled a software services startup to 10+ clients and 30+ team members by streamlining client
onboarding, project delivery, and communication.
● Oversaw technical strategy, hiring, and project quality while resolving delivery challenges.
Northbay Solutions
Lahore, Pakistan
Software Engineer (On-Site)
Aug 2018 – June 2020
● Built ETL pipelines on AWS with Python, Lambda, Glue, S3, and DynamoDB; optimized AWS Glue jobs
reducing execution time by 40%.
● Enhanced legacy Intelligize platform (.NET + SQL) with AWS integrations.
● Earned AWS certifications while contributing to feature delivery and production releases.
● Collaborated directly with clients to ensure requirements alignment and on-time delivery.
Technical Skills
Languages & Frameworks: Python, FastAPI, Flask
Cloud & Devops: AWS (ECS, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, Glue, API Gateway, CloudWatch,
CodePipeline, CDK, SAM), Azure (VMs, AD, App Gateway, SaaS Marketplace), GCP (Cloud Run, Cloud
SQL, Pub/Sub), Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Jenkins, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions.
Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Redis, Solr, FAISS.
AI/ML & Data: OpenAI APIs, LangChain, LLM Integrations (ChatGPT, GPT-3.5/4), Stable Diffusion APIs,
Vector Databases, Data Lakes/Warehouses.
Security: OAuth2, JWT, SAML SSO, AWS Cognito, SOC2 compliance, SSL/TLS, CodeQL .
Education
National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Lahore, Pakistan-
