Scaled real-time systems
Took a system stuck at 1,000 concurrent users to support millions with targeted architecture and performance work.
Brilliant idea, but no team to build it right?
Ghosted mid-project or stuck with costly code?
MVP works, until real users show up?
I turn rough ideas, broken builds, and stalled MVPs into production-ready software.
A platform built around how your business actually runs, not a generic template patched to fit
A codebase that won't need a full rebuild six months from now
Data that tells you what's happening in your product, in real time
An interface your users don't need a manual for
One engineer who owns the full thing: architecture, code, decisions, delivery
Something you can hand off, scale, or sell because it was built properly from day one
Ghosted freelancers. Stalled MVPs. Code that breaks the first time real users show up. Most founders don't lose on the idea — they lose months and capital on weak ownership.
Took a system stuck at 1,000 concurrent users to support millions with targeted architecture and performance work.
Architected large-dataset applications for high throughput and low-latency performance under serious load.
Contributed core production features to a Dubai Government application where reliability mattered.
Diagnosed critical blockers, fixed root causes, and helped products reach go-live on compressed timelines.
Released multiple stable, scalable products to production without letting quality collapse under deadline pressure.
Designed and delivered smooth, intuitive interfaces backed by performance that feels fast in real use.
You don't need more developers. You need one senior engineer who owns architecture, delivery, and the decisions that keep your product from becoming a rewrite.
That's the pain I remove for founders.Book a strategy call. I'll help you turn messy requirements, stalled systems, or high-pressure delivery into a clear path to production.
From messy codebases to half-built AI features to systems that buckle under load I've seen the patterns. I work directly with engineering teams to unblock delivery, make the right architecture calls, and get production-ready products out the door.
Most LLM integrations fail quietly: hallucinations slip through, RAG pipelines return garbage, agents loop or break under load. I come in after the hype, find what's actually wrong, and rebuild it to be reliable, fast, and production-grade.
I've taken rough napkin ideas to deployed products more times than I can count. I handle the full build architecture, APIs, auth, database design, cloud setup, so you're not stitching together freelancers or guessing at decisions that will cost you later.
Traffic spikes, slow queries, jobs that back up under load these aren't random. They're predictable, and they're fixable before they become incidents. I tune the systems that are already there and redesign the ones that won't hold.
Most teams know the gaps are there. They ship anyway. I work through auth flows, API exposure, authorization logic, and OWASP coverage not as a compliance checkbox, but as the thing that lets you actually trust what you're deploying.

Senior & founding full-stack engineer with 10+ years shipping production SaaS, AI-powered systems, and high-scale platforms. I architect, build, and ship the way a founding engineer does.
I do not just write tickets. I own outcomes, architecture, delivery, and the product experience.
I can step into messy systems, find the real bottleneck, and ship production fixes fast.
I bring founder-level judgment across system design, user experience, reliability, and speed.
Recruiters get a senior engineer who can talk to product, lead delivery, and still write the hard code.
TransData
Feb 2023 – Present
Principal Software Engineer
Own full-stack products end-to-end: Node.js/NestJS + GraphQL services and React/Next.js front ends, shipping production code daily.
CloudMedx (US, Remote)
Apr 2021 – Mar 2023
Lead Full-Stack / Implementation Engineer
Built React front ends and Node.js APIs for an enterprise US healthcare SaaS in a security-, compliance- and high-uptime-driven environment.
Qlu.ai (US, Remote)
Feb 2020 – Mar 2021
Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Founding Team)
Founding engineer: architected and shipped an AI sourcing platform on AWS microservices, saving recruiters 15–20 hours/week.
Codility Solutions
Mar 2018 – Mar 2020
Software Engineer
Delivered end-to-end full-stack features across React, Node.js and database layers; maintained Linux production infrastructure.
Thingtrax · Full-time
Jan 2017 - Nov 2017 · 11 mos
Software Engineer
Worked as a contract Software Engineer at TechHub Connect, based at Arfa Software Technology Park, Lahore, Pakistan. Contributed to full-stack web development projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable and client-focused software solutions.
Selected work
Education at scale in secure environments: a unified platform with 50+ learning apps, enterprise-grade security, and real-time analytics for justice-involved learners.
Client voices
What teams and founders say about working with a senior engineer who owns the build end-to-end.
Atta delivered production-grade architecture and shipped complex features on schedule. His full-stack ownership made our platform reliable at scale.
Founding-engineer level execution, from AWS microservices to React front ends. Saved our team months of rework with sound architecture from day one.
Highly recommended for any senior engineering role. Atta combines deep technical skill with the judgment to ship the right thing for real users.
He understood the pressure of a high-stakes release and delivered clean, reliable features without needing constant hand-holding.
Atta is the kind of engineer hiring teams look for: senior ownership, clear communication, and the ability to turn ambiguity into shipped product.
He found the architecture problems quickly, simplified the roadmap, and helped us move from stalled build to production-ready system.
What stood out was his ability to own both the code and the product tradeoffs. That is rare in full-stack engineering.
Atta delivered production-grade architecture and shipped complex features on schedule. His full-stack ownership made our platform reliable at scale.
Founding-engineer level execution, from AWS microservices to React front ends. Saved our team months of rework with sound architecture from day one.
Highly recommended for any senior engineering role. Atta combines deep technical skill with the judgment to ship the right thing for real users.
He understood the pressure of a high-stakes release and delivered clean, reliable features without needing constant hand-holding.
Atta is the kind of engineer hiring teams look for: senior ownership, clear communication, and the ability to turn ambiguity into shipped product.
He found the architecture problems quickly, simplified the roadmap, and helped us move from stalled build to production-ready system.
What stood out was his ability to own both the code and the product tradeoffs. That is rare in full-stack engineering.
Full-stack engineering from architecture to production: SaaS, AI-powered systems, and enterprise platforms built to scale.