Ghulam Muhammad
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Engineer and Developer
Lahore, Pakistan
Toptal member since September 7, 2026
Ghulam is a principal software engineer and senior full-stack developer with 8 years of experience leading cross-functional teams and building scalable web platforms for international clients. His expertise spans TypeScript, Node.js, React/Next.js, and PostgreSQL for industries including AI, IoT, and analytics. Ghulam improved delivery velocity by 40% while at CodingCops.
Portfolio
Experience
- MySQL - 6 years
- Node.js - 6 years
- React - 6 years
- NestJS - 5 years
- Python - 4 years
- Large Language Models (LLMs) - 3 years
- Retrieval-augmented Generation (RAG) - 3 years
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - 2 years
Preferred Environment
AWS IoT, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure, Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, CircleCI, TypeScript, JavaScript
The most amazing...
...platform I've architected consolidated 52+ tools for 5 construction departments with secure AI-assisted workflows.
Work Experience
Principal Software Engineer | Tech Team Lead
CodingCops
- Led and mentored 20+ front-end, back-end, and DevOps engineers through micro-team ownership, sprint planning, architecture reviews, code reviews, and delivery governance. Improved delivery velocity by 40%.
- Owned client discovery, requirements, feasibility analysis, technical estimation, solution architecture, and production delivery across AI, IoT, analytics, and enterprise platforms.
- Architected Kafka and GCP Pub/Sub microservices processing millions of IoT records daily while sustaining 99.9% availability. Delivered GraphQL services handling 10,000+ requests per minute.
- Optimized PostgreSQL/Cloud SQL using indexing, query tuning, and connection pooling, improving response time by 45%; introduced Redis caching and performance-monitoring practices across services.
- Built automated GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps release pipelines with blue-green deployment patterns, reducing deployment time from two hours to 15 minutes.
- Led delivery of an AI procurement-negotiation platform, covering RAG architecture, open-source model evaluation, real-time LLM integration, and production stack selection.
Full-stack Engineer
WebEvis Pvt Ltd
- Delivered five or more enterprise products spanning CRM, eCommerce, operations, and customer platforms, contributing across discovery, architecture, back-end APIs, responsive web interfaces, deployment, and support.
- Designed modular Node.js/TypeScript services and React/Next.js applications serving 500,000+ monthly active users. Established reusable components, service boundaries, and API conventions for maintainable delivery.
- Built and documented GraphQL and REST APIs with validation, error handling, Swagger/OpenAPI specifications, background jobs, and real-time WebSocket workflows.
- Partnered directly with UAE-based clients to translate business workflows into technical plans, estimates, milestones, and sprint-ready tasks. Communicated delivery risks and tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders.
- Designed PostgreSQL and MongoDB schemas, indexes, and query patterns that reduced execution time by 50%. Implemented Redis caching for high-traffic and data-intensive workflows.
- Integrated Stripe and other payment gateways using secure webhook processing, idempotency, and PCI-aligned practices. Implemented authentication and RBAC with JWT, Passport.js, OAuth2, and Auth0.
- Containerized services with Docker and deployed scalable workloads on AWS EC2, RDS, and S3. Built CI/CD workflows and supported monitoring, troubleshooting, releases, and production incidents.
- Mentored developers through pull-request reviews, technical walkthroughs, debugging sessions, and delivery standards while coordinating front-end and back-end implementation across concurrent projects.
Experience
Power AI – Enterprise AI Knowledge & Operations Platform
Calculum AI
AcwaPower Nomac
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Sukkur IBA University - Sukkur, Pakistan
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, React, Stripe, Passport.js, Sockets, Playwright, REST APIs, Claude API, QuickBooks API
Tools
Auth0, CircleCI, RabbitMQ, Apache, Vitest, Claude Code, Claude, Google Analytics, Sentry, Adobe Experience Design (XD), Figma, Terraform
Languages
GraphQL, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java, HTML, PHP, SQL
Frameworks
Next.js, JSON Web Tokens (JWT), Express.js, NestJS, LlamaIndex, Cypress, Spring Boot, Electron, React Native, OAuth 2, Nuxt.js, Remix
Paradigms
REST, ETL, UI Design, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), Microfrontends, Model Context Protocol (MCP), Web Application Architecture, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Azure DevOps
Platforms
AWS IoT, Docker, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure, Kubernetes, Ollama, Apache Kafka, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Shopify, Mobile, Mapbox, iOS
Storage
PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), MySQL, ClickHouse, Databases, Cloud Deployment
Industry Expertise
Web Design
Other
Kafka, GitHub Actions, Retrieval-augmented Generation (RAG), Large Language Models (LLMs), WebSockets, Amazon RDS, BullMQ, FastAPI, Qdrant, Qwen, Programming, google sso, AI Governance, Fine-tuning, LLM Fine-tuning, Azure Data Lake, Parquet, Caching, Conflict Resolution, Deno, Synchronization, Supabase, Agentic Coding, Full-stack, Full-stack Development, Back-end, Front-end, LangChain, Open Source, Data Security, SaaS, Maps, Web Development, eCommerce, OAuth, User Experience (UX), User Interface (UI), Mobile App Development, Integration, Workflow Automation, Workflow Automation & System Integration, AI Agents, Computer Vision, Finance, Software as a Service (SaaS), Landing Pages, Google Analytics 4 (GA4), Web Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, AI Automation, Agentic AI, Keitaro, Voluum, Performance, Privacy, Security, Technical Documentation, Spotify, Design Systems, Storybook, Agentic AI Systems, Front-end Architecture, AI Integration, APIs, IT Deployments, Application Security, Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, CRM, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Code Review, Cloud, Observability, Headless Commerce, SvelteKit, IT Security, Cloudflare, Payment APIs, Web Security, Front-end Development, Responsive UI, UI Development, Graphic Design
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