Raza Ahmed
London
Solution Architect, BS Software Engineering, MS Software Development
LAST UPDATED: June 2021
Location: completely flexible inside UK
EXPERIENCE
F10 Solutions, London — Solution Architect
May 2022- present
I joined F1o solution as a cofounder and working as a Solution Architect. I
am managing a team of developers and designers and working closely
with the stakeholders.
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SKILLS
Blockchain, Ethereum protocol,
Solidity smart contracts, Web3,
PHP, Javascript/Typescript,
NodeJS ( Express/Sails), ES6,
ES2017, GraphQL MySQL,
ElasticSearch, Clickhouse, Druid,
Kafka, Mongo, Angular 1, Angular
2/x, React Redux, Jest, CI/CD,
Smart Recruit Online, Milton Keynes — Solution Architect
Mar 2021- present
SASS/SCSS, AWS(ES, S3...), Docker
and Kubernetes (K8S), Git, Jira
Re-joined the team again to plan the new product OCCY for Smart Recruit
Online. Worked with stakeholders to capture requirements,
communicated with design teams to define the product interfaces and
lead the development team to build the solution
Applied Blockchain, London — Full Stack Developer
Social Profiles
https://github.com/theraaz
https://stackoverflow.com/users/-/raza-ahmed
Mar2021 - Jun2021
Joined their team as a contractor on a new project to help them speed-up
the launch. The technologies used were Typescript Koa 2 with Jest,
Postgres, React with Typescript and integration with blockchain. Helped
them with project planning, launch and sprints breakdown.
Smart Recruit Online, Milton Keynes — Lead Developer
Jan 2019 - Feb2021
Re-joined the team to lead the remote developers and work towards new
version releases along with existing platform upgrades. Tech stack
includes Node, Angular, AngularJS, React with Redux, K8S, ElasticSearch,
SQL, GraphQL, Clickhouse, Druid, kafka and many more.. Unit testing on
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/razaa
hmed47
LANGUAGES
English, Hindi, Urdu
SIDE PROJECTS
Scentrics, London - Freelance
JavaScript Developer
both frontend and backend using Mocha, Chai, Enzyme and Jest. CI/CD,
deployment pipelines using Github and Travis. Used AWS as the cloud
provider with mostly focus on S3, ElasticCache, RDS, EC2, ECR etc
Lendingblock, London — Senior Full Stack Developer
April - December 2018 (contract)
As part of the core development team, I worked on their lending platform
from planning to deployment along with other teams (devops, data
Advertz, Paris - Freelance Software
Consultant
Kodeon, London - Freelance
Software Consultant
scientists) in an agile environment with tight deadlines and using best
practices and latest versions of the stack used. My work includes NodeJS
9, ES2017, React with Redux, some solidity, docker and kubernetes. All the
development included high test coverage using Jest for both client and
server side unit testing along with CI/CD.
Smart Recruit Online, Milton Keynes — Lead Developer
June 2015 - April 2018
Joined as a mid-senior developer making my way to technical lead in 1.5
years. Responsible for managing a team of 6 developers to build a half a
million pound recruitment solution in an agile environment and support
legacy platforms. Tech stack includes Node JS (sails), Javascript ES6,
Angular 1, Angular 2, SASS/SCSS, Elasticsearch, MySQL, PHP using AWS
EC instances and AWS lambda (serverless).. Responsibilities include
project planning, documentation, testing, server deployment,
monitoring, maintenance and requirements gathering from clients.
Other than the main platform, some of the successful projects are HR
Library, Careers Page and Vacancy Matcher.
PDSL Client, Coventry — Blockchain Engineer
July 2017 - December 2017
As Ethereum developer, provided development and deployment to testnet
(ropsten and rinkeby), mainnet and managed their production platform
for 2 months. Under NDA can’t add more details in here. Tech stack
included NodeJS, Solidity, Truffle, Web3 and AWS ethereum client
deployment
Previous Experience
June 2013 - June 2015
Worked as full stack developer (PHP, Javascript, ExtJS, AngularJS) for 2
years at Micromerger ltd. In the meantime, started freelancing and
ranked as “Rising talent” by upwork with 4.9 start rating.
EDUCATION
Coventry University, Coventry — MS Software Dev
Sep 2014 - Dec 2015
Major in software development planning and engineering. Degree project
was about “Web Based Lab” using Arduino devices to remotely operate
lab equipment.
MUST, Mirpur PK — BS Software Engineering
Jan 2009 - March 2013
Degree project was about real time tracking using C# desktop client and
an Android(native) app
OTHER PROJECTS
Huntsoft — Social platform for hunters
Huntsoft is a social platform for hunters. Hunters got their profiles,
timelines and then hunting related features like trophies, maps, geo
fencing etc. I worked as a junior developer to plan and build webapp using
ExtJS, AngularJS, Google Maps, PHP and MySQL.
Cycle Route— Cycle routes planning, sharing and forum
Worked with a team of two developers to upgrade legacy systems to use
the latest tech stack.
Esen.io— Event booking system
Worked as a freelance frontend developer with an international team of
five developers to build this event booking system. Tech stack includes
AngularJS, LESS/SASS, REST based development.
There are many other projects where I played a crucial role e.g. Tough
domains, ShareMyCar pk, Globe Strategy, Sports4All etc. References are
available on request.