MUHAMMAD WAQAS IQRAR
Lahore
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Goodlogics
INTRODUCTION
A Passionate technologist & manager working since 2006 having experience with open source technologies, worked with top notched
teams around the globe. Worked with middle east ventures, european & american companies. Experienced in team building, team
player & mentoring.
Work History
March 2015 - Current
Project Manager
Goodlogics
I am responsible mainly for LAMP stack. I have also worked with No-SQL i.e. MongoDB & Redis. Activities
including leading dev teams for project, client communication & overall process flow management.
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Software Engineer
Allshore Virtual Staffing
As part of allshore team I have worked on ulula.com, A crown feedback system involving sms, IVR calls &
web endpoints.
Dec 2013 - Mar 2015
Senior Backend Engineer
Hoodere
Senior Backend Engineer at Hoodere.com. Worked on back-end stack based on CodeIgniter & MongoDB
Oct 2013 - Mar 2015
Senior Back-End Engineer
Goodlogics
1 year 4 months) Senior Back-end Engineer for Hoodere Mobile App, I am responsible to manage full
back-end stack, including server management, web-services required for application & tasks related to
data management.
April 2012 - Oct 2013
Senior Software Engineer
Rocket Internet GmbH
Worked in team responsible for products i.e. mizado.com and namshi.com as a capacity of Senior
Software Engineer. I have worked on various modules of PHP Zend based framework for eCommerce
front-store and back-end systems. Team included engineers from various demographical locations i.e.
Pakistan, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Russia, MENA region, Nepal & Indonesia.
Dec 2008 - Mar 2012
Software Engineer
Goodlogics
As part of goodlogics team I have worked with various web projects using open source technologies i.e.
PHP, Ruby on Rails and various frameworks i.e. CodeIgniter, Zend, Symfony
May 2006 - Nov 2008
Senior Software Engineer/team Lead
Uraan Software Solutions
https://www.visualcv.com/muhammad-waqas-iqrar
I have started working here as QA Engineer with the persons head of 10,as the company grew so i too,
and concluded as Team Lead and Senior Software Engineer with company having 70 + employees. I
have worked with LAMP Stack & Ruby on Rails.
Education
2002 - 2006
B.S ( CS )
Comsats Institute Of Information Technology
I have done my Graduation in Computer Science. Major subjects were Introduction to Programming,
Object Oriented Programming, Data Structures, Algorithm & Analysis, Databases, Enterprise system
development, Software Engineering 1 &2, Theory of Automata & Compiler Construction etc
2000 - 2002
ICS
Government College University ICS
I have done my Intermediate in Computer Science Degree from one of the most prestigious institution of
country
Skills
Database
Relational Databases: MySQL, Postgre
NoSQL: MongoDB, Redis
Web Technologies
Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Ruby on Rails, Nginx, Nodejs, Heroku
PHP Frameworks
Zend, Symfony2, CakePHP, CodeIgnitor, Laravel 5
Others
Experience working with Remote teams, as well as part of international team. I have
also worked on Agile Project Management tools i.e. Jira, Asana and trello etc
Certifications
Sep 2010 - Dec 2010
Certification of Software Quality Assurance (CSQA)
PIQC - Lahore
A training for software quality assurance & management
EXPERTIES
Development, Open source technologies, Social Networking solutions, software Engineering,Quality Assurance and project
management
Projects
Namshi.com is your online shopping destination for footwear and fashion brands in the Middle East. Namshi currently ships free to
all countries in the GCC: UAE, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait. Namshi offers a wide range of styles of shoes,
dresses, handbags,and accessories to the region. Namshi allows you to shop easily and conveniently in a hassle-free environment.
Ulula.com I have worked as part of ulula development team for their product. It was based on Laravel along with Twilio sms & IVR
integration.
SearchinMena.com Its a market place for Mena region, technology stack is based on Ruby on Rails
Babysouk.com is a ecommerce store for baby products in middle-east.
Hoodere.com is a location based social network application. Users can find out plans of their friends and happenings of town.
https://www.visualcv.com/muhammad-waqas-iqrar
