Awais Nasir
Available for opportunities

Hi, I'm Awais Nasir

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Software Engineer & Full Stack Architect with a focus on building secure, scalable, resilient, high-performing and cost-effective software solutions.

Doha, Qatar+974 72249657awaism551@gmail.com
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About Me

Who I Am

Building systems that scale — reliably, securely, and built to last.

I am a Senior Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience delivering production-grade platforms across startups, product companies, and enterprise environments. My work spans backend architecture, cloud infrastructure, AI-integrated systems, and full-stack product delivery, always with a focus on systems that are reliable, scalable, and built to last.

Over the years I have worked across industries including AI, workforce management, real estate, media, and cultural institutions, contributing to platforms that serve hundreds of thousands of users globally. I have led projects end-to-end: from early architecture decisions and team alignment through to production deployment and post-launch operations.

What defines my approach:

I architect for the long term, not just the deadline
I take ownership of the full lifecycle, not just my slice of it
I bridge the gap between technical depth and business outcomes
I mentor teams and raise engineering standards, not just ship features
8+
Years Experience
7
Companies
20+
Projects Shipped
8
Certifications

Education

BS Software Engineering

PUCIT, Lahore, Pakistan

2013 – 2017
3.0 / 4.0 CGPA

FSc Pre-Engineering

Chenab College, Jhang, Pakistan

2011 – 2013
92% Marks
Technical Skills

Tech Stack

A comprehensive toolkit built over 8+ years across startups, enterprises, and AI-driven products.

Front End

React.jsNext.jsAngular 2+AngularJSTypeScriptJavaScript ES6JavaScript ES5HTML5Apollo AngularBackbone.jsjQuery

Back End

Node.jsNestJSExpress.jsFirebaseC#PythonFlaskDjango

UI Skills

Material UIAngular MaterialBootstrapTailwind CSSSCSSSASSCSS

Databases

SQLPostgreSQLMySQLMongoDBMariaDBFirebase Realtime DBFirebase Cloud FirestoreGreenplumAWS RDSAWS DynamoDBApache Cassandra

AI Dev Tools

LangChainpgvector

Cloud

AWSMicrosoft Azure

Azure

Azure VMAzure Blob StorageAzure SQLAzure AD

Headless CMS

Directus

Mobile App Dev

IonicPhoneGapCordovaCapacitorNativeScript

Tech Stacks

MAIN (MySQL Angular Ionic Node)MEANMERN

ORM

TypeORMKnex.jsMongooseSequelize

Scripting

Bash Script

State Management

ReduxReact-Reduxnext-redux-wrapperRxJS

Security & Identity

KeycloakNextAuth.jsFirebase AuthAWS IAM Admin

APIs

GraphQLREST

DevOps & Observability

DockerJenkinsAzure PipelinesBitbucket PipelinesPrometheusGrafana

QA Automation

JestCypressPlaywright

API Gateway

KongNginx

System Design

ExcalidrawMicroservicesEvent Driven Systems

Soft Skills

Technical Decision MakingTrade-off AnalysisArchitecture DiagramsCross-Team CollaborationTechnical PresentationMentoring Juniors
Professional Experience

Work History

8+ years of building impactful software across AI, SaaS, real estate, media, and cultural institutions.

Senior Web Developer

QC+ | Qatar Museums

Sep 2025 – Mar 2026Doha, Qatar
Next.jsNestJSHasura GraphQLAzure PostgreSQLQNB Payments
  • Led the architecture and delivery of a centralized Memberships Platform for QC+ and Qatar Museums, migrating 100K+ members from legacy systems and fully digitizing corporate, individual, and event-based memberships.
  • Unified RBAC-driven admin workflows, membership approvals, ticketing, and QNB payment integrations — now the core system for cultural event access and monetization across all museums.
  • Led end-to-end system design discussions, collaborating with infrastructure, security, and operations teams.

Software Engineer

Port Software | Daleel Aqar

Feb 2025 – Aug 2025Doha, Qatar
AngularNestJSGraphQLPostgreSQLAWSNx.devWCAG
  • Delivered end-to-end technical functionalities across planning, architecture, and deployment for Daleel Aqar, a large-scale real estate platform enabling property buying, selling, and rentals.
  • Architected app fully compliant with WCAG guidelines to achieve the official LevelAccess certification.
  • Structured within an Nx.dev monorepo to ensure scalability, maintainability, and rapid team onboarding.
  • Established AWS-based DevOps practices including Dockerized services, Bitbucket Pipelines, monitoring, IAM roles management, and secure infrastructure.

Software Engineer

Authentic Influencers

Jan 2025 – Feb 2025Lahore, Pakistan
ReactDirectus CMSNode.jsAWSGraphQLREST
  • Designed and delivered the architecture for a platform connecting Instagram and TikTok influencers with brands, enabling seamless pitching, negotiations, and deal finalization.
  • Implemented a React-based frontend integrated with a Directus headless CMS (Node.js) for dynamic content management and flexible editorial workflows.
  • Architected AWS-based microservices for authentication, content delivery, and notifications.
  • Established integrations between Directus CMS and AWS microservices via GraphQL/REST APIs.
  • Mentored the development team on engineering best practices, modular design, and cloud deployment strategies — leading the project from initial architecture through to full deployment on AWS.

Software Engineer 2 → Sr Software Engineer

Afiniti

Dec 2020 – Dec 2024Lahore, Pakistan
Node.jsNext.jsPythonOpenAILangChainpgvectorKeycloakPostgreSQL
  • Performance Reporting (Jun 2023 – Dec 2024): Engineered a reporting platform with AI-powered chatbot using OpenAI APIs + LangChain + pgvector for semantic search; deployed to portal.afiniti.com.
  • WFM Historical Connectors (Apr 2023 – Oct 2024): Architected an ETL application to export, transpose, and load historical data from Afiniti databases into client environments.
  • WFM SaaS (Dec 2021 – Nov 2023): Built scalable tenant-based microservices with Keycloak RBAC, timezone handling, agent scheduling, forecasting, and live/historical reporting.
  • Db Utility (Apr 2021 – Nov 2022): Built internal utility for smooth deployment of database schemas, stored procedures, views, and triggers on production and staging servers.
  • Visenya (Nov 2023 – Dec 2024): Designed and delivered an internal platform automating data pipeline creation and management for AI and data integration teams.

Software Engineer → Team Lead

Phaedra Solutions

Sep 2018 – Nov 2020Lahore, Pakistan
AngularJSAngular 2+IonicNode.jsNestJSGraphQLSequelize
  • Planned, executed, and delivered diverse products/projects within time and budgetary constraints using AngularJS, Angular 2+, Ionic, Node.js, NestJS, ExpressJS, Sequelize, and GraphQL.
  • Omni Central: Contributed to an all-in-one communication platform with SMS, WhatsApp, email, and live chat, plus CRM, inbox management, and directories.
  • Aduro: Developed a hybrid Ionic app for remote hardware controller management (DHW systems, hoppers, boilers); upgraded from Ionic 1 to Ionic 4.
  • Led sprint planning with Trello, Jira, and ClickUp; deployed iOS apps to App Store and TestFlight.

Software Engineer

DynaSoft Cloud

Jan 2018 – Sep 2018Lahore, Pakistan
AngularJSAngular 2+jQueryNetSuite
  • Part of the Full Stack Developer team enhancing and integrating new features on the NetSuite platform.
  • Led design and enhancement of front-end applications connected to NetSuite backend using AngularJS, Angular 2+, and jQuery.
  • Integrated NetSuite with various technologies, streamlining data flow across multiple systems.

Software Engineer

SW3 Solutions

Sep 2017 – Dec 2017Lahore, Pakistan
PHPLaravelCore PHPLAMP Stack
  • Full stack development on various PHP products using PHP Laravel and core PHP on the LAMP stack.
Projects

Featured Work

From AI-powered tools to enterprise SaaS platforms — a selection of impactful projects.

Personal Project

Agentic Job Ingestion Tool

Built a robust AI operator to solve the 'fragmented job market' problem in the Global South. Implemented intelligent data schemas to align scraped LLM outputs with structured business requirements, resolving complex schema mismatches. Developed automated scheduling for hands-off operation.

  • Automated job scraping and ingestion using LangChain agents
  • Schema alignment between LLM outputs and structured business data
  • Fully automated scheduling for zero-touch operation
LangChainPythonTavilyGoogle Sheets APIAI Agents
Enterprise

QC+ Memberships Platform

Centralized Memberships Platform for QC+ and Qatar Museums, migrating 100K+ members from legacy systems. Fully digitized corporate, individual, and event-based memberships with QNB payment integrations.

  • 100K+ member migration from legacy systems
  • RBAC-driven admin workflows and membership approvals
  • Integrated QNB payment gateway
  • Core system for Qatar Museums cultural event monetization
Next.jsNestJSHasura GraphQLAzure PostgreSQLQNB Payments
Enterprise

Afiniti Performance Reporting + AI Chatbot

Reporting platform providing senior management with real-time insights into product performance across global client environments. Features an AI-powered chatbot enabling stakeholders to query performance data conversationally and receive dynamic, contextual responses.

  • AI-powered chatbot enabling conversational querying of performance data
  • Semantic search and contextual response generation over large datasets
  • Deployed to portal.afiniti.com serving global stakeholders
  • Real-time dashboard with interactive reports, graphs, and analytics
AI / LLMSemantic SearchREST APIsEnterprise SaaS
Enterprise

Visenya — AI Data Pipeline Platform

Internal platform that automated data pipeline creation and management for AI and data integration teams. Built an abstraction layer on top of an industry-standard workflow orchestration engine, eliminating manual infrastructure overhead and enabling teams to focus on their actual work.

  • Abstraction layer over a workflow orchestration engine — no deep infra knowledge required
  • Daily collaboration with AI researchers and data engineers to translate needs into features
  • Compressed pipeline setup time significantly — became core productivity tool for data and AI teams
Data EngineeringPipeline AutomationAI ToolingInternal Platform
Enterprise

Daleel Aqar — Real Estate Platform

Large-scale real estate platform enabling property buying, selling, and rentals. Delivered end-to-end technical functionalities across planning, architecture, and deployment. WCAG-compliant and certified by LevelAccess.

  • WCAG certified by LevelAccess
  • Nx.dev monorepo architecture for scalability and rapid onboarding
  • AWS DevOps: Docker, Bitbucket Pipelines, IAM, monitoring
  • Full property lifecycle: listings, search, and transactions
AngularNestJSGraphQLPostgreSQLAWSNx.devWCAG
Enterprise

WFM SaaS — Workforce Management

Scalable, tenant-based SaaS for contact center workforce management. Supports agent scheduling, time-off requests, forecasting, and real-time reporting with role-based access control and multi-timezone support.

  • Multi-tenant SaaS architecture with role-based access control
  • Timezone-aware agent scheduling for global contact centers
  • Statistical forecasting for agent workforce planning
  • Live and historical reports for strategic insights
Multi-tenant SaaSRBACWorkforce ManagementEnterprise
Product

Omni Central — Omnichannel Communication

All-in-one platform for multi-channel customer communication including SMS, WhatsApp, email, and live chat. Incorporates CRM, inbox management, directories, and spreadsheet features.

  • Multi-channel: SMS, WhatsApp, Email, Live Chat
  • CRM and inbox management modules
  • Frontend and backend inbox module ownership
Angular 2+Node.jsNestJSGraphQL
Mobile App

Aduro — IoT Hardware Controller App

Hybrid mobile app using Ionic to interface with hardware controllers, enabling remote management of DHW systems, hoppers, and boilers. Upgraded from Ionic 1 to Ionic 4 for improved performance and user experience.

  • Remote management of DHW systems, hoppers, and boilers
  • Upgraded from Ionic 1 to Ionic 4
  • Published on iOS App Store and Google Play
IonicCapacitorTypeScriptIoTMobile
Certifications

Credentials

Industry-recognized certifications spanning cloud architecture, development, and accessibility.

CloudBackendMobileFrontendAccessibility
Cloud

AWS Solutions Architect

Amazon Web Services (Credly)

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Cloud

AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials

AWS SkillBuilder

Cloud

AWS Cloud Quest: Practitioner

AWS SkillBuilder

Backend

NestJS Developer

Udemy

Mobile

Ionic Developer

Udemy

Frontend

AngularJS / Angular Developer

Udemy

Frontend

Certified JavaScript Developer

Udemy

Accessibility

WCAG Principles & Compliance

Udemy

Contact

Get In Touch

Have a project in mind or want to collaborate? I'd love to hear from you.

Let's work together

I'm currently open to new opportunities in the Gulf region and globally. Whether it's a full-time role, consulting engagement, or technical advisory — reach out and let's explore what we can build together.