Faisal Arshed
Verified Expert in Engineering
Full-stack Developer
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Toptal member since April 3, 2026
Faisal is a product-focused, full-stack software engineer with over five years of experience building high-performance products for companies of all sizes. He develops end-to-end solutions, from infrastructure to user experience. Faisal specializes in web applications using React and Node.js, as well as GenAI and automation.
Portfolio
Experience
- Node.js - 6 years
- JavaScript - 6 years
- React - 6 years
- Automation - 5 years
- TypeScript - 5 years
- Full-stack - 5 years
- Next.js - 4 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 4 years
Preferred Environment
TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL
The most amazing...
...solution I've developed is Sage, a self-hostable voice layer for LLMs with more than 400 stars on GitHub.
Work Experience
Product Engineer
Zeist Labs
- Built an AI-powered video ad platform using HeyGen and OpenAI, reducing production time by approximately 70% and enabling the delivery of over 100 variants per month without a dedicated creative team.
- Engineered an asset portfolio management system and financial analytics terminal, consolidating more than five data sources into a single real-time dashboard and replacing three separate tools.
- Developed a children's storybook generation platform using Gemini and BFL FLUX, producing hundreds of unique illustrated stories per month at 90% lower cost than traditional illustration.
- Deployed a 24/7 AI voice coaching product using OpenAI and Twilio, supporting more than 2,000 sessions per month with sub-three-second response latency and no human involvement.
- Automated business-critical workflows for a US law firm and a British security training company, saving tens of hours of manual work per week.
Senior Software Engineer
SmashCloud
- Spearheaded the development of a workplace experience B2B SaaS for a French Fortune Global 500 giant.
- Architected key features for a tenant turnover platform used by leading housing owners across North America.
- Modernized a Quebec manufacturer's ERP from legacy C++, eliminating technical debt and unifying fragmented operations into a single system.
- Optimized critical back-end services, reducing execution time from several minutes to mere seconds.
Software Engineer
Pursue Today
- Built Pribox, now GoCustomer, a SaaS platform for tracking and improving email deliverability and domain reputation.
- Developed a PostgreSQL-to-Elasticsearch data pipeline that aggregated millions of data points in sub-second time.
- Implemented automated email campaigns with real-time analytics and data visualization.
Full-stack Engineer
BookOtto
- Prototyped and developed the flagship MVP, taking the product from concept to launch in four months.
- Developed Cribfox, a CRM platform that digitized New York City real estate processes during COVID-19, used by more than 30 agencies.
- Helped create and maintain the AWS back end and CI/CD infrastructure.
Experience
Sage
https://github.com/farshed/sageSoundSpice
https://github.com/farshed/soundspice-mobileEducation
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
PMAS-Arid University - Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Certifications
Software Engineer
HackerRank
McKinsey.org Forward Program
McKinsey & Company
The AI Engineer Path
Scrimba
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js, OpenAI API, REST APIs, Google Maps API, Mapbox API, FFmpeg
Tools
Claude, ChatGPT, n8n, Zapier, Claude Code, Whisper
Languages
JavaScript, GraphQL, TypeScript, SQL, Python, Go, Rust
Frameworks
Next.js, ElysiaJS, Redux, Express.js, Tailwind CSS, Jest, Electron, React Native
Paradigms
Automation, API Architecture
Storage
MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, MySQL
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Apache Kafka, Mapbox
Other
OpenAI, Full-stack, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), Architecture, Anthropic, AI Agents, Agentic AI, Full-stack Development, AI Integration, Web App Development, Web Development, Supabase, AI Tools, Back-end Development, Front-end Development, Webhooks, Software Development, API Integration, APIs, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), AI Engineering, CRM, Cursor AI, Artificial Intelligence (AI), FastAPI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-augmented Generation (RAG), LangChain, Problem Solving
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