Rashid Azar

Senior Software Engineer

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada14 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in React and GraphQL for SaaS applications.
Proven track record in enhancing software performance.
Strong leadership in delivering complex software projects.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused software engineer with expertise in frontend technologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

ReactGraphqlSoftware DevelopmentCollaborationTypescript

Other Skills

RelayApolloPerformance enhancementsReliabilityKnowledge-sharingReduxCommunicationFront-end DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentComputer ScienceCSSHTML 5AJAXjQueryJava

About

Accomplished software engineer specializing in object-oriented approaches to software development. Extensive background in full-life cycle of software development process including requirement gathering, design, coding, testing, debugging, maintenance and implementation. Specialties: JavaScript, Angular, ReactJS, NodeJS, PHP, CSS, HTML, JQuery, JSON, MySQL, MongoDB, GraphQL, TypeScript

Experience

14 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 7 mos

Average Tenure

6 yrs

Current Experience

Microsoft

3 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Aug 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

As a senior engineer at Microsoft, I have been pivotal in defining the architectural direction for Microsoft Teams calling and QueuesApp features, utilizing GraphQL, React, Relay, and Apollo. My leadership has spearheaded the successful delivery of numerous technically complex projects, significantly enhancing product fundamentals and positioning our teams for technical excellence. Our mission is to revolutionize organizational calling experiences by harnessing cutting-edge AI technologies.

GraphQLReactRelayApollo

Senior Software Engineer

Promoted

Mar 2022 – Aug 2022 · 5 mos

I have a proven track record of driving substantial performance enhancements and ensuring exceptional reliability in software applications. By successfully collaborating with partner teams, I established unified approaches for various features, promoting sustainable long-term solutions. My passion for knowledge-sharing led me to initiate weekly sessions to explain best practices and foster a culture of excellence from the outset. My efforts have consistently delivered impactful results and laid a robust foundation for future advancements.

Performance enhancementsReliabilityCollaborationKnowledge-sharingSoftware Development

Software Engineer II

May 2020 – Feb 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

Worked on contact management app in Outlook using React, Redux, and TypeScript. Engineered high-value controls that operate seamlessly across multiple platforms and can be integrated into various Microsoft applications.

ReactReduxTypeScript

Walmart labs india

Senior Software Engineer

Nov 2019 – May 2020 · 6 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Worked on product catalogue space and categorization of items according to their attributes

Morgan stanley (wissen)

Principal Engineer

Apr 2018 – Nov 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Supervised team of developers for the creation of new features in Matrix project.
Maintain open communication with team members and ensure everyone is in-the-know
Actively involved in all phases of the development lifecycle of projects.

Morgan stanley

Manager

Jul 2017 – Jan 2018 · 6 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Supervised team of developers in projects for the creation of new features in Matrix project.
Maintain open communication with team members and ensure everyone is in-the-know
Actively involved in all phases of the development lifecycle of projects.

Hopscotch.in

Team Lead Frontend

Oct 2016 – Jun 2017 · 8 mos · Mumbai Area, India

Led a team of developers in the creation of a high-impact, customer-facing e-commerce website. Ensured seamless communication within the team, keeping everyone informed and aligned. Played an active role in all phases of the project development lifecycle, driving successful outcomes.

Fractal analytics

Senior Consultant

Sep 2015 – Oct 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

Prohaktiv

Senior Software Engineer

Oct 2014 – Aug 2015 · 10 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

Ivision software

Consultant

May 2012 – Oct 2014 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

Ensuring technical solutions are designed for performance, reliability, scalability, maintainability, supportability, business continuity, and business agility while leveraging industry’s best practices
Ensuring technical solutions, data structures and algorithms are designed for performance, reliability, scalability, maintainability, supportability, business continuity, and business agility while leveraging industry’s best practices
Involved in all phases of software development life cycle (SDLC) for development and ensuring the quality of deliverables.
Making advanced level designs while tracking, testing & applications programming. Handle advanced level validation and verification of complex software applications. Maintain & validate coding & software standards.
Assuring quality & customer service, leading & driving advanced/complex development projects to implementation. Prepare documentation for the design plan, review specifications for modifications, integrating components & testing.
Gaining exposure in end-to-end development of software products from requirement analysis to system study and designing.

Reliance energy limited

Assistant Manager

Jun 2010 – May 2012 · 1 yr 11 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Delivering and implementing the project as per scheduled milestones. Participation in system integration, deployment, customer support and product upgradation.
Interaction with the team for requirement gathering, analysis, implementation and testing of the system.
Structural design and coding of the solution for developing new application.
Designing, coding and validating forms; coding programs and finally integrating them.
Preparing the help manual including the flow and scenario.

Tata consultancy services

Intern

Jan 2010 – Apr 2010 · 3 mos · Greater Kolkata Area

We developed a tool to automate the process of migration of data from manual system to generate flat files for TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) employees. Bank provides thier data into CSV format or SQL dump file. This data is then uploaded on Oracle server. The user interface is developed in java. There are several standard SQL scripts which has to be executed after upload of data with some user input. After successful execution of these SQL scripts the flat files needs to be generated.