About
Hi, I'm Atif.
Senior Software Architect with 20+ years shipping production systems. I work primarily with Laravel, Python, FastAPI, React, Node, and Golang, and I own projects end to end: scoping, system design, code, CI/CD, Docker, and deployment.
How I work
I care about clean architecture, solid test coverage, and shipping things that actually work in production. I've built REST APIs serving millions of requests, self-hosted video platforms, admin dashboards, and multi-tenant SaaS products with proper tenant isolation.
On the AI side, I build agentic systems with LangGraph, RAG pipelines over pgvector, and MCP server integrations, backed by production observability through Langfuse, Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki. I've integrated Claude and OpenAI into live workflows including document Q&A, research automation, and keyword optimization microservices.
On the blockchain side, I've built decentralized applications including yield farming protocols, staking systems, cross-network bridges, and smart contract integrations. I understand consensus mechanisms, peer-to-peer security, and distributed ledger design.
I'm comfortable owning a project end to end. Past teams have used both Agile and Waterfall with GitHub, GitLab, JIRA, and Trello. If you need someone who can take a vague idea and turn it into a working, well-architected product, let's talk.
Experience
Senior Software Architect
Monotote
Lead architect on a multi-microservice SaaS platform for e-commerce product intelligence and affiliate marketing. 12+ services including smart search with AI reranking, a scraping proxy with 15+ extraction methods, a notification engine, and publisher dashboards.
Software Engineer
Catchevo
Built a multi-phase market research pipeline using Claude AI with web search and OpenPyXL for Excel report generation for a Kayak-style product shopping app.
Self-employed
Portfolio and client projects
CaseFlow (multi-tenant legal SaaS), Zarpay (cross-border remittance), Axon (AI agentic platform), Reelm (self-hosted streaming), DriveBid (reverse-auction ride-hailing), ChatPDF, Kong Redis plugin, and more.
Toolbox
Not dogmatic about stack. Pick what fits the problem.
Backend
- Laravel 12 / PHP 8.2
- Python / FastAPI / Django
- Node.js / TypeScript
- Golang
- Ruby on Rails
Frontend
- Next.js 15 (App Router, RSC, Server Actions)
- React / TypeScript
- Tailwind, shadcn/ui
- Livewire, Filament
- React Native / Expo
Data
- PostgreSQL 16 (RLS, pgvector)
- MySQL
- Elasticsearch
- Redis
- Prisma, Drizzle, Eloquent
Platform
- Docker, Docker Compose
- AWS, Oracle Cloud
- GitHub Actions CI/CD
- Caddy, Nginx, Cloudflare
- BullMQ, RabbitMQ
AI
- LangGraph agents
- RAG over pgvector
- MCP server integrations
- Claude, OpenAI in production
- Langfuse, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki
Other
- Stripe Cashier, Stripe direct
- HMAC webhook signing
- OAuth, NextAuth, Better Auth, Sanctum
- Smart contracts, dApps
- WordPress, Drupal, Joomla
Education
Master of Computer Applications
Bahria University · 2002 to 2005
Let's build something together
Open to senior contract work across SaaS, AI, fintech, and API platforms.
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