Jan 2023 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos · Pakistan · Remote

• At SadaPay, a pioneering fintech startup simplifying finance in Pakistan:
• Created visibility around Decline Transaction and worked on a cross-functional effort in partnership with Mastercard to develop a solution that lowered debit card transaction declines by 50%, saving SadaPay over $3.5M annually
• Splashed OTP delivery cost by 65% by building a webhook-based solution with our ACS partner, giving us complete control over OTP channels and delivery for 3DS transactions
• Automated the regulatory Compliance by leveraging Kafka events and Mastercard APIs and automatically blocks users from exceeding cross-border transaction limits set by SBP. This saves countless manual blocking hours each month, ensuring smooth adherence to regulations
• Boosted FX Revenue by 290% by building a system for dynamic fees and FX rates, allowing us to offer the cheapest rates to customers and adapt to market changes instantly (open market vs. interbank, WHT adjustments). This generated a 290% uplift in FX revenue and slashed lead time by 85%
• Increase Card Delivery success rate to 𝟗𝟎% by creating intuitive design and user-friendly card ordering flows to achieve this impressive figure. To put this into perspective, SadaPay has delivered over a million physical cards, the majority being delivered to tier 3 cities
• Eliminated Card Order failure by developing an asynchronous flow with retries for Mastercard, delivery partners, and card printing APIs
• Played a pivotal role as a full-stack developer, contributing to Backend, Android, and Frontend projects.
• Successfully implemented card fee functionality, enhancing user experience and revenue streams.
• Collaborated within a dynamic team of developers, engaging in mobile (iOS & Android) and Backend (Spring Boot) projects
• Responsibly managed on-call duties, resolving incidents promptly and documenting solutions.
• Cultivated a collaborative environment through regular pairing and mobbing sessions, promoting knowledge exchange

Oct 2021 – Nov 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · Pakistan · Remote

• My main contributions include the following:
• Built a scalable QR code and phone number client check-in method, unlocking $75,000 in monthly recurring revenue.
• Added an Accept/Reject rides feature in the Captain App, reducing ride rejection calls by 78% and increasing the chances of the ride being rescued by 26%.
• Boosted the crash-free rate from 78% to 99%.
• Fixed a bug that had persisted for 2 years.
• Expanded the application's reach from 5 to 15 countries and ensured GDPR compliance.
• Worked on the Backup Shifts feature for the Captain App, increasing captain visibility by 90% and reducing backup shift calls from 1.18 to 0.5 per ride.
• Reduced Gradle build time from 20 minutes to 8 minutes and cached build time from 40 seconds to 1 second.
• Released the application on the Play Store, resulting in easier deployment compared to manual distribution, and increasing our reach by 3%.
• Reduced data class creation time from 40 minutes to 1 minute by creating a plugin.

Apr 2021 – Oct 2021 · 6 mos · Pakistan

• Airlift is the first Pakistan Grocery Startup operating in Pakistan and South Africa. I worked on the Airlift Grocery and Riders Apps, which are being used by millions of users.
• Revamped the whole UI of the application and architecture of the Airlift Express app which is being used by 1M+ users and has a 4.1 rating, within just 2 months which resulted in increased app scalability and customer satisfaction along with maintaining the existing application
• Helped in expanding to multiple countries
• Introduced Play Store distribution via GitHub actions
• Introduce FileTemplating and different tools like Flipper which decreased our development time
• Started the culture of writing unit tests and introduced different other tools like SonarQube and lint checks etc.
• took care of OWASP's Top 10 vulnerabilities
• Increased test coverage from 2% to 65% and introduced Unit test flows to GitHub Actions
• Badges feature on the Rider app to incentivise and attract rides which increased our delivery rate from 71% to 86%

Aug 2019 – Apr 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos · Islamabad

• Got an opportunity to build three apps from scratch using the Android latest libraries like Room, Navigation Components, and View Models. All three apps are developed in pure Kotlin. Was working closely with the backend team. Developed a Scalable and maintainable architecture for the apps.
• Started the PR culture in the company
• Built the Staples Connect platform with Augment Reality integration to address walk-in traffic reduction and to increase it by 30%
• Developed PackageX, which is a management product suite developed by VisionX, catering to a wide range of B2B & C2C consumer applications for Packages deliveries
• PackageX is launched across 800 Sites, 140 Cities, and 17 Languages
• Successfully built Shipd, an end-to-end package delivery solution
• Worked on Android architecture components like NavGraph, ViewModel, Room, safe args
• Worked with MVC, MVVM and MVI design patterns and build applications using these patterns

Dec 2018 – Aug 2019 · 8 mos · i-9 Islamabad

• Worked on Nock App which was a daily attendance app to get rid of punch cards. The app was having GeoFencing capabilities and Beacons to mark your attendance.
• One can view their attendance history and various graph were shown to users for better understandability.
• Also worked on the Omani Calendar which was for the Ministry of Oman.

Jan 2018 – Mar 2018 · 2 mos · Abbottabad