Saad Farooq

Saad Farooq

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Director of Engineering @ Per Diem (YCW21) | NodeJS | ReactJS | NextJS | JavaScript | TypeScript | ROR | AWS | GCP | SQL | NoSQL
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

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  • Per Diem
    Engineering Manager
    Per Diem
    Feb 2024 - Current (2 years 6 months)
    - Migrated from Heroku to AWS, cutting costs by 30%, boosting security with a private VPC, and improving performance by 20%. - Partnered with stakeholders and the sales team to gather requirements and deliver technical guidance, ensuring software solutions aligned with business objectives and driving impactful outcomes. - Led feature grooming sessions, translating business requirements into actionable technical specifications to ensure alignment and successful implementation.
  • Per Diem
    Full Stack Engineer
    Per Diem
    Jul 2023 - Feb 2024 (8 months)
    - Automated mobile app deployments, cutting release time by 60% and boosting deployment frequency by 3x. - Optimized a Next.js app with caching, reducing API calls by 40% and improving page load times by 30%, doubling peak traffic capacity. - Advocated for product changes that drove a 15% increase in revenue, leveraging technical insights to align with market demands.
  • Devsinc
    Software Engineer
    Devsinc
    Jan 2022 - Jul 2023 (1 year 7 months)
    - Revamped legacy source code for two production applications, resulting in improved maintainability and a 30% faster runtime performance. - Published a private, reusable React UI component library, driving code reusability and enhancing development efficiency across projects. - Improved query execution time by 60% by upgrading MongoDB, optimizing aggregation functions, refining execution order, and implementing the right indexes. - Proactively detected and addressed critical security vulnerabilities, strengthening system integrity.
  • National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
    Associate Developer
    National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
    Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 (1 year 1 month)
    - Successfully contributed to both the web application and admin panel by utilizing React, including implementing new features that enhanced the functionality of both platforms. - Developed expertise in Real Time Embedded systems and applied this knowledge to various projects. - Designed and executed an IoT-integrated UHF RFID system with real-time tracking capabilities within a warehouse setting, resulting in increased efficiency and accuracy in inventory management.
  • Freelance SelfEmployed
    Freelance Software Engineer
    Freelance SelfEmployed
    Jan 2020 - Jan 2021 (1 year 1 month)
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  • National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
    Bachelors in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering
    National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
    Jan 2018 - Jan 2022 (4 years 1 month)
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