
Arsalan Arshad
Verified Expert in Engineering
Full-stack Software Developer
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Toptal member since July 28, 2026
Arsalan is a full-stack and mobile engineer with 8 years of experience shipping React, React Native, and Node.js products to the App Store, Google Play, and the web. He has built real-time IoT monitoring for 50+ sites, BLE-connected mobile apps, a live AI-powered Shopify app, and platforms serving 100,000+ users. He owns features end to end, from TypeScript front ends to CI/CD and cloud deployment, has led small teams, and works full US business hours.
Portfolio
Experience
- REST APIs - 8 years
- Redux - 8 years
- Full-stack - 8 years
- React - 8 years
- Mobile App Development - 8 years
- JavaScript - 8 years
- React Native - 8 years
- TypeScript - 5 years
Work Experience
Full-stack Developer
Sustainable Infrastructure Company
- Architected a real-time IoT monitoring system, improving HVAC telemetry tracking and reducing equipment downtime across 50+ locations.
- Built React 19/Vite front end with Redux, Mapbox GL, Highcharts, and Power BI integration serving 200+ concurrent users.
- Designed custom drag-and-drop UI components, reducing administrative overhead by 40% across equipment configuration and incident tracking.
- Implemented role-based authentication, enabling secure access for 15+ user roles with TanStack Router and persistent state management.
- Engineered real-time data synchronization with Firebase, achieving 99.2% uptime for monitoring dashboards with offline-first capability.
- Engineered a Firebase-backed geospatial platform to map and analyze 5,000+ distributed infrastructure assets using Mapbox GL and Three.js.
- Developed Node.js and Python Cloud Functions handling 10,000+ daily data ingestion requests with zero data loss and SharePoint sync.
- Created geospatial analysis tools using Turf.js, reducing infrastructure planning time by 35% with real-time calculations and spatial queries.
- Built a drag-and-draw GIS interface enabling 25+ simultaneous collaborative users with polygon, marker, and layer-based filtering tools.
- Implemented real-time Firestore synchronization, automating 60% of infrastructure tracking workflows across 8+ stakeholder teams.
Full-stack AI Developer
Learn BI
- Assembled an AI-powered subscription platform using React and Stripe integration, enabling automated billing and recurring revenue models.
- Built encrypted client communication and payment data channels, maintaining PCI compliance and implementing secure key management protocols.
- Deployed to Netlify and engineered GitHub CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and continuous deployment workflows.
- Integrated Stripe API processing 1,000+ monthly subscription transactions with a 99.8% payment success rate and automated invoice generation.
- Optimized user experience, reducing checkout abandonment by 25% through streamlined subscription funnel and payment flow.
- Implemented a Firebase back end managing user authentication, subscription data, and customer profiles with real-time synchronization.
- Leveraged AI-generated tools, reducing development cycles by 40% while maintaining production-grade code quality and security standards.
- Scaled subscription platform to handle 5000+ active subscribers with load balancing and serverless architecture on Netlify.
- Established secure credential management practices, preventing unauthorized access to API keys and sensitive payment processing data.
- Automated deployment pipeline eliminating manual releases, reducing deployment time from 2 hours to 15 minutes per release cycle.
Full-stack and Mobile Developer
OurCrew
- Built cross-platform mobile and web frontends using React Native and React for time tracking and payroll management across iOS, Android, and web.
- Implemented MobX state management, reducing component re-renders by 45% and improving app responsiveness across time tracking workflows.
- Designed a dual-role UI with distinct workflows for store staff and managers, reducing time entry complexity and training time by 50%.
- Integrated Firebase Authentication and Firestore database binding, providing real-time payroll data synchronization across mobile and web platforms.
- Built responsive Material UI components, ensuring consistent design across iOS, Android, and web, reducing design inconsistencies by 40%.
- Implemented offline-first architecture with MobX caching, enabling staff to track time without internet, with automatic Firebase sync on reconnect.
- Optimized React component rendering with MobX observers, improving app performance by 35% and reducing battery drain on mobile devices.
- Built a complex payroll calculation UI accurately displaying overtime, taxes, and deductions with real-time Firebase data binding.
- Designed an intuitive mobile-first interface for frontline staff, reducing time tracking errors by 30% through clear visual feedback.
- Implemented real-time data synchronization between React and React Native using Firebase, ensuring consistent state across all client devices.
Full-stack Developer
Hoome
- Developed React Native augmented reality applications using Expo, enabling AR features across iOS and Android with 95% code reuse.
- Managed automated App Store and Google Play production releases with CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment time from 4 hours to 30 minutes.
- Integrated Firebase back-end services with real-time database and authentication, enabling seamless user onboarding and data synchronization.
- Built AR visualization features for sports and eCommerce, enabling users to interact with virtual products, reducing return rates by 25%.
Senior Mobile Developer
Makerpl
- Developed a cross-platform social networking mobile application using Expo and React Redux, then ejected to React Native for OpenTok SDK integration.
- Implemented real-time video calling using the OpenTok SDK, enabling peer-to-peer communication between students and educators with HD video quality.
- Built an integrated calendar event booking system allowing users to schedule social events and academic meetings with real-time availability updates.
- Launched application at a tier-1 university serving 5,000+ active student users with 98.5% crash-free rate using Firebase Crash Analytics monitoring.
Lead Full-stack Developer
Waywiser
- Led mobile development for Waywiser social platform on React Native and Expo, creating awareness tools for 100,000+ users to report and avoid scams.
- Architected a full-stack solution with an Express.js/NestJS back end, a MongoDB database, and Firebase services handling real-time scam alert distribution.
- Implemented real-time individual and group chat with push notifications, enabling community discussion and scam awareness sharing.
- Built appointment scheduling with calendar notifications and a content posting system supporting community-driven scam prevention initiatives.
JavaScript Developer
Digital Leap
- Developed 15+ full-stack MERN applications as a JavaScript developer, redesigning user interfaces and implementing responsive designs with React and Material UI CSS.
- Built cross-platform mobile applications with React Native for iOS and Android, reducing time-to-market by 30% through code reuse and modular architecture.
- Created scalable Node.js back-end services with Express.js, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL, generating Swagger documentation for 20+ REST and GraphQL APIs.
- Created back-end services using Node.js with Express and MongoDB. Created API documentation using Swagger.
- Used different package modules for web and mobile on Android and iOS. Designed wireframes using Ninja Mockup and worked with Figma and InVision.
- Debugged and refactored legacy applications, upgrading dependencies and improving performance by 40% while mentoring junior developers on best practices.
Intern Android Developer
Internship at Marketing Agency
- Advanced from Android development intern to full developer in under 3 months, demonstrating technical excellence and rapid skill mastery with Java and Kotlin.
- Delivered a complete end-to-end startup solution, including UI/UX design, back-end integration, and deployment on the Google Play Store.
- Implemented Firebase crash analytics leveraging event logs to identify and resolve critical bugs, reducing crashes by 50% across projects.
- Integrated Google Maps and Facebook APIs, enabling location-based features and social engagement for advertising and marketing applications.
Project History
HACS & Busbar Digital Twin Configurator
Thermal AC & Infrastructure Control Dashboard
AI Forecast Agent: Shopify Inventory App (Live, Open Source)
https://apps.shopify.com/ai-forecast-agentThe Caddy: Golf Scorecard, iOS + Apple Watch App (Live)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-caddy/id1618599124The Football Alarm Clock: iOS App with In-app Purchases (Live)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-football-alarm-clock/id1624350991Smart Record Cloner: Salesforce Deep Clone (Apex + LWC, Open Source)
https://github.com/arsalan-arshad/smart-record-clonerAutomated Mobile CI/CD Pipeline Suite (Fastlane + GitHub Actions)
Waywiser: Scam-awareness Social Platform (Web + Mobile)
https://www.linkedin.com/company/waywiser-lifeBLE IoT Companion App for ESP32 Devices (React Native)
Education
Diploma Certification in Software Engineering
Aptech - Karachi, Pakistan
Certifications
Front-end Development
Free Code Camp
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js, REST APIs, MobX, MobX-State-Tree (MST), API Development, Google Maps API, Open APIs, Twilio API, Stripe, Shopify API, Claude API, Liquid, Highcharts
Tools
Figma, Expo, GitHub, Claude, Google Analytics, Shopify Plus, VMware, Slack, GIS, Claude Code, Fastlane, Prisma, Xcode, Jira
Languages
JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS3, Python, JavaScript 6, HTML, HTML5, GraphQL, Shopify Liquid, Dart, Kotlin, Apex
Frameworks
React Native, Redux, Tailwind CSS, Remix, Laravel, Express.js, Material UI, Flutter, Swagger, Next.js, NestJS, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Jest
Paradigms
Responsive Web Design (RWD), UI Design, Automated Testing, Database Design, App Development, Manual Testing, Mobile Development, Model Context Protocol (MCP), DevOps
Platforms
Android, Azure, iOS, Ubuntu, Docker, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Twilio, Web, Firebase, Mapbox, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Shopify, AWS Lambda, Salesforce, WatchOS, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Storage
JSON, Redis, Google Cloud, LAMP Server, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Databases, Elasticsearch
Industry Expertise
Web Design, Project Management
Other
Full-stack, Mobile App Development, APIs, CI/CD Pipelines, User Experience (UX), Web App UX, Web Development, IT Consulting, Architecture, User Interface (UI), Software Engineering, Full-stack Development, Healthcare Services, Development, Technical Project Management, Authorization, Operating Systems, Shopify Design, App Design, Cloud Computing, System Architecture, Scalable Architecture, Push Notifications, Performance Optimization, Geolocation, Booking Systems, Serverless, Manual QA, QA Testing, Front-end Development, Software Architecture, Computer Vision, Integration, Marketplaces, Third-party APIs, Document Parsing, English, Software as a Service (SaaS), Mobile App Testing, Mobile Apps, Startups, Technical Leadership, Mobile Payments, Linux Administration, System Administration, OpenAI APIs, AI Integration, Code Review, Bootstrap UI, AI Automation, App Submission, Web Applications, Back-end, Website Maintenance, Web3, Cloudflare, Artificial Intelligence (AI), LangChain, eCommerce, SDK Development, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), Embedded Software, Embedded Hardware, Payment Gateways, Content Management Systems (CMS), PayPal, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), Technical Documentation, Lovable, Shopify Customizations, AI Agents, Agentic AI, SaaS, Fractional CTO, Containers, Documentation, DNS, Security, Server Migration, Troubleshooting, Teams, Salesforce Lightning, GitHub Actions, App Store Connect, ESP32, In-app Purchases
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