Sadaqatullah N.

Software Engineer

Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan12 yrs 10 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Reduced database queries by 80x on multiple platforms.
  • Scaled healthcare SaaS from 500 to 40,000+ users.
  • Expert in Python and PHP backend development.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Backend Engineer specializing in Healthcare SaaS with extensive experience in performance optimization.

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Skills

Core Skills

PythonAwsDockerFastapiSystem ArchitectureDjangoTeam BuildingCeleryFlask

Other Skills

Stripe (Software)BackpackGraphQLFacebook Whatsapp Business APILaravelLeading Development TeamsPHPStripeTwilioConnectorsFIDESUnit TestingBashDjango REST FrameworkAmazon Web Services (AWS)

About

I'm a Senior Backend Engineer with 11+ years of experience building, optimizing, and scaling production systems — the kind that don't break under pressure. My career has been defined by solving hard performance problems at scale. I reduced 30,000 database queries per API call down to 28 on a Django/PostgreSQL telehealth platform serving 40,000+ users. On a separate Laravel/MySQL platform, I cut 2,400+ queries per request to under 30 — an 80x performance gain. These aren't just numbers; they're the difference between a product that works and one that wins. I specialize in Python (Django, Flask) and PHP (Laravel), with deep expertise in: 🔹 REST & GraphQL API design 🔹 AWS cloud infrastructure (Fargate, ECS, S3, RDS, CloudWatch) 🔹 Payment integrations: Stripe (subscriptions, webhooks, dunning) & Tabby (BNPL/installments) 🔹 Async job processing: Celery, Redis, Laravel Queues 🔹 Messaging systems: Twilio WhatsApp Business API 🔹 Multi-tenancy, white-label architecture, and service-oriented design 🔹 Database optimization: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB — 150+ migrations managed Currently, I'm Lead Backend Engineer at ilik Health (Dubai, UAE — Remote), architecting a healthcare SaaS platform that has grown to 19,000+ users with $1.19M+ AED in revenue. Before that, I scaled HealthAtHand from 500 to 40,000+ users at NextGenI. I lead with both technical depth and team empowerment — conducting code reviews, mentoring junior engineers, and making architectural decisions that matter long-term. Open to senior/lead backend roles, remote opportunities, and high-impact consulting engagements.

Experience

12 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 7 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 9 mos
Current Experience

Ilik health

Lead Software Engineer

Sep 2023Present · 2 yrs 9 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Remote

  • Building and scaling a healthcare SaaS platform from the ground up — now serving 25,000+ users approaching 30,000 users.
  • Key contributions:
  • 🚀 Performance: Profiled and reduced 2,400+ N+1 queries per API requet to under 30 using eager loading, subqueries, and indexing — an 80x performancegain on Laravel/MySQL.
  • 💳 Payments: Architected a dual payment gateway Stripe + Tabby) handling subscription renewals, installment billing (BNPL), retry logi, and dunning flows. Integrated Payment Intents and webhook liecycle management.
  • 📱 Messaging: Built a WhatsApp auomation pipeline via Twilio Content API — templated flows for patient communication, appointmnt reminders, and payment confirmations.
  • ⚙️ Background Jobs: Built a Laravel Queues + Redis pipeline for async image generation, PDF creation (DoPDF with Arabic RTL support), and S3 file uploads.
  • ☁️ Cloud: Implemented containerized deployment on AWS Fargate/ECS with ECR image management, CloudWatch log streaming, and environment-specific configurations.
  • 🏗️ Architecture: Designed RESTful APIs for patient onboarding, consultation workfows, prescription management, and multi-country compliance. Created a Laravel Backpack CRM with 60+ business service classes and read-only payment audit trails.
  • 👥 Leadership: Led backend team through code reviews, architectural decisions, and junior developer mentorship. Managed 150+ database migrations across a complex healthcare schema.
PythonStripe (Software)BackpackAWSDjangoCelery+5

Career break

Full-time parenting

Jan 2023Sep 2023 · 8 mos · Karachi

  • Took a Break from Career to be full time parent along with my wife and enjoy first few months of my baby girl to the fullest.

Icarewellbeing

Backend Engineer (Part Time)

Jan 2023Apr 2023 · 3 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Remote

  • Built backend systems for a telehealth SaaS platfor scaled to 5,000 users, serving the Dubai healthcaremarket.
  • Key contributions:
  • Developed patient manaement APIs, appointment scheduling, and consultationworkflow systems from the ground up.
  • Designed and mplemented database schema and API layer for healthcre-specific data models.
  • Built RESTful APIs supporing multi-role access (patients, doctors, admins) wih secure authentication.
  • Platform operated reliablyand served its users effectively; ultimately shut don due to funding constraints.

Ethyca

Staff Software Engineer

Jul 2022Feb 2023 · 7 mos · United States · Remote

ConnectorsDockerFastAPIFIDESUnit TestingBash

Next generation innovations (nextgeni)

3 roles

Lead Application Engineer

Promoted

Oct 2021Jul 2022 · 9 mos

  • Led backend engineering on HealthAtHand — a teleheath platform scaled from 500 to 40,000+ users under m tenure.
  • Key contributions:
  • ⚡ Extreme query optimiation: Reduced 30,000 database queries per API call o just 28 across multiple endpoints on Django/PostgrSQL — through queryset refactoring, select_related/pefetch_related, annotation-based subqueries, and indx tuning.
  • 🏗️ White-label architecture: Designed andbuilt a REST API architecture enabling authorized thrd-party clients to deploy branded versions of the patform with custom configurations.
  • 📡 Real-time systms: Architected live telemedicine communication usin Crossbar/Autobahn (WebSocket-based signal processin), supporting hundreds of parallel calls simultaneouly.
  • ⚙️ Async processing: Built Django + Celery + Reis task pipelines for background jobs, scheduled tass, and data processing workflows at scale.
  • ☁️ AWS ifrastructure: Designed topology (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambd) and managed deployment strategies across multiple roduction environments.
  • 📦 Open source: Released Pyton open-source packages and built internal CLI toolig to accelerate team development workflows.
  • 👥 Leadeship: Led team architecture decisions, conducted cod reviews, and mentored engineers across the full devlopment lifecycle.
System ArchitectureDjango REST FrameworkAmazon Web Services (AWS)Team BuildingWeb ApplicationsGeographic Information Systems (GIS)+2

Senior Application Engineer

Promoted

Jan 2020Oct 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Promoted to Senior Engineer based on technical excelence in backend systems and platform architecture.
  • Key contributions:
  • 🏗️ Application architecture: Desgned and implemented complex Django-based systems inluding multi-tenant architecture enabling a single aplication to serve multiple databases (hosts and schmas).
  • 📡 Real-time communications: Built Crossbar/Auobahn WebSocket signal processing infrastructure forlive telemedicine — capable of supporting hundreds o parallel calls simultaneously.
  • 📦 Open source: Relesed Python open-source packages and built internal toling used across the team.
  • ☁️ Cloud & DevOps: AWS opology design and deployment (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda)for production environments. Client-facing technicalguidance on architecture and development challenges.
  • 🧩 Full-stack problem solving: Bridged architecturaldesign with hands-on implementation across APIs, bacground jobs, and real-time systems.
Team BuildingCeleryData Structures

Application Engineer

Jan 2019Dec 2019 · 11 mos

  • Joined NextGenI as an Application Engineer and immeiately began building production Python/Django systes, marking the beginning of a career-defining run atthis company (eventually promoted twice over 3.5 yeas).
  • Key contributions:
  • Built Django-based backendprojects using Django REST Framework, Celery, Redis,and Autobahn/Twisted for real-time processing.
  • Devloped hands-on experience with telehealth domain modls, appointment systems, and API design patterns.
  • orked across the full backend stack — from database chema design to async task processing and API deployent.
  • Rapidly expanded skills from personal Python xperience into production-grade enterprise systems.
JinjaDjango REST FrameworkTeam BuildingPython (Programming Language)Data StructuresDjango+1

Impulsion (pvt) ltd

Python Software Engineer

Jun 2016May 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos · Karachi, Pakistan

  • Software Development Company that works on designing and developing software solutions for small and large businesses. When we started, we had very little experience compared to what we have now. Gul Ahmed, Cadet College Petaro, Oursky, Skygear.io and upwork (freelancing) has provided us with rich experience of doing quality work. Some of these projects required us to get registered with government which we did recently. We are now proud government registered organization working on software and web development.
  • If you want to work with us, kindly email us at contact@impulsionlab.com and our team will get in touch with you.
Team BuildingFlaskData Structures

Active capital it

Software Engineer

Aug 2015Mar 2016 · 7 mos

  • Server Side development using Python on various sub-tools, technologies for ArtStor
Team Building

Self-employed

Freelance Programmer

Sep 2014Aug 2015 · 11 mos · Hyderabad, Pakistan

  • I worked as freelancer for local businesses which were keen on automation of their business process. I developed a Web-Based Medical Store Management System such that all the branches of the store in the city could use the same software without much of the problem. System was design and developed based on Python, Flask, Angular, and PostgreSQL
Team Building

Systems limited

Associate Software Engineer

Jul 2014Aug 2014 · 1 mo · Karachi, Pakistan

  • BPD and Coach Development in IBM BPM's Process Designer

Freelancer.com

Freelancer

Apr 2013Jun 2013 · 2 mos

  • Database Designing

State bank of pakistan

Research Surveyor

Jul 2012May 2014 · 1 yr 10 mos · Karachi

  • (Part Time Job) Survey from Consumers around the country and help compile the data in ascending order so that the Researcher can analyse it.

Freelancer.com

Freelancer

Jul 2012Aug 2012 · 1 mo · Karachi

  • Content Writer

Info-sys society

Teasurer

Sep 2011Jun 2012 · 9 mos · IBA- Karachi

  • Finance Head, Handling Financial Details of Society

Education

Institute of Business Administration

BS — Computer Science

Jan 2010Jan 2014

Superior College of Science, Hyderabad

Intermediate

Jan 2007Jan 2009

Aquil Bright Kids Academy

Matriculation — General Science

Jan 1994Jan 2007

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