Muhammad Ali Anjum
Verified Expert in Engineering
Node.js Developer
Turin, Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy
Toptal member since August 9, 2022
Muhammad is a Senior Backend & Applied AI Engineer with ten years of software development experience. Specializing in Node.js, TypeScript, databases, APIs, and integrations, he solves complex production problems and delivers measurable results. From optimizing performance to implementing AI-powered business workflows, he takes full ownership from investigation to reliable delivery.
Portfolio
Experience
- Node.js - 10 years
- Integration - 5 years
- Back-end Architecture - 5 years
- TypeScript - 4 years
- Stripe - 4 years
- Database Optimization - 3 years
- API Integration - 3 years
- PostgreSQL - 2 years
Work Experience
Technical Team Lead
Mentoring
- Progressed from Full-Stack Developer to Technical Team Lead, working directly with the technical CEO on a production software platform.
- Developed backend services and APIs using Node.js, TypeScript, Fastify, Prisma, and PostgreSQL.
- Built onboarding, checkout, and payment integrations involving Stripe, PayPal, and other payment providers.
- Implemented AI-assisted lead qualification using OpenAI, Grok, and LangChain, integrated with HubSpot workflows and lead routing.
- Diagnosed and resolved production checkout issues, including an Apple Pay failure caused by an asynchronous operation breaking the required browser user gesture.
- Developed CRM synchronization, operational automations, background workflows, and reporting.
- Contributed to technical decisions, debugging, implementation, and delivery as Technical Team Lead.
Node.js Engineer
Freelance Clients
- Delivered backend engineering, performance optimization, and integration work for multiple freelance clients.
- Optimized a PostgreSQL/Prisma reporting dashboard, reducing loading time from approximately 15 seconds to 2 seconds.
- Reworked MongoDB time-series reporting for a dataset containing 26.6 million records, introducing pre-aggregated collections and chart queries running in approximately one second.
- Replaced a sequential Puppeteer ticket scraper with concurrent Axios/Cheerio processing, reducing execution time from five minutes to 15 seconds.
- Developed backend services for two MVPs using NestJS, Prisma, PostgreSQL, and GraphQL.
- Integrated a TensorFlow model with a Node.js API and delivered AWS deployment and CI/CD support.
Full-stack Developer
Spindox
- Designed and developed maintainable RESTful services in Node.js using an Express framework.
- Implemented containerized versions of the existing stack.
- Led the implementation of the CI/CD pipeline in the development environment using Jenkins, Bitbucket webhook, and Docker.
- Designed, developed, and implemented a service monitoring system using Grafana, Prometheus, swagger-stats, Promtail, and Loki.
- Refactored legacy scripts written in PHP to Node.js.
Full-stack Engineer
Awesomebox Technologies
- Designed and developed an IT assistant as a software solution.
- Built a RESTful web API in Node.js and Windows application in NW.js.
- Created an effective and accurate text search using Elasticsearch.
Software Design Engineer
TeReSol Pvt. Ltd.
- Designed, developed, and implemented a RESTful web service for a real-time vehicle tracking system in Node.js using the Sails MVC framework.
- Developed boilerplate code using Node.js, Express, Sails, Backbone, and MySQL that was used for multiple projects, including a project for the National Bank of Pakistan.
- Built a custom solution to handle large amounts of incoming requests from trackers.
Software Developer
Ops Assurance
- Developed a RESTful API using Node.js, Express, and MongoDB.
- Designed and developed a cross-platform application using Ionic and AngularJS.
- Developed a PDF module to save clients information in a readabe format.
Project History
TereTrack
Cancer Detection
Awesomebox
https://awesomebox.tech/I was the full-stack developer and responsible for the MEAN stack. I designed and developed the client and server components of the application.
Racksnet
https://racksnet.com/en/Tweet Like Bot
https://github.com/alianjum0/tweet-like-botTicketJam
J2 Group Dashboard
https://j2group.com.au/about/Education
Master's Degree in Computer Engineering
The Polytechnic University of Turin - Turin, Italy
Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - Islamabad, Pakistan
Certifications
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
AWS Certified AI Practitioner
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Claude Certified Architect - Foundations
Anthropic
Continuous Integration
Coursera
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, NW.js, Backbone.js, Socket.IO, JSON API, REST APIs, OpenAPI, HubSpot API, OpenAI API, API Development, Stripe, React, D3.js, Slack API, X (formerly Twitter) SDK, X (formerly Twitter) API, Stripe API, Claude API, Shopify API, PayPal API, Coinbase API, Calendly API, Dropbox API
Tools
Git, Jira, Confluence, Mongoose, Slack, Docker Compose, Postman, NGINX, Amazon Simple Email Service (SES), AWS Step Functions, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), GitHub, Claude Code, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Grafana, Vim Text Editor, MongoDB Atlas, Prisma, Apache, Auth0, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), Amazon Cognito, PandaDoc, Make (formerly Integromat), Facebook Pixel, Claude, Zoom, Claude Agent SDK, Codex, ChatGPT
Languages
JavaScript, SQL, Python, TypeScript, Markdown, Scala, HTML, CSS, GraphQL, HTML5
Frameworks
Express.js, Swagger, Sails.js, Ionic, Fastify, JSON Web Tokens (JWT), Tailwind CSS, Serverless Framework, Hadoop, Bootstrap, Django, Redux, React Native, Next.js, Angular, AngularJS, NestJS, Svelte
Paradigms
REST, Agile Software Development, DevOps, Back-end Architecture, Cross-platform, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), Test-driven Development (TDD), Desktop App Development, Microservices, ETL, Distributed Programming, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Parallel Programming
Platforms
Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), MacOS, Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Linux, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Ubuntu, HubSpot, Vercel, PostHog, DigitalOcean, Firebase, PlanetScale, Shopify, Unix
Storage
MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), JSON, Amazon DynamoDB, NoSQL, Elasticsearch, Spring Data Elasticsearch, Cloud Firestore, Redis, Data Pipelines, Google Cloud
Other
CI/CD Pipelines, APIs, Back-end, Software Architecture, Software Development, TypeORM, Complex Problem Solving, Scripting, Architecture, Security, Web Scraping, Full-stack, API Gateways, MERN Stack, JSON REST APIs, API Design, API Documentation, Web Servers, Full-stack Development, Third-party APIs, API Integration, WebSockets, Lambda Functions, HTTP REST, Back-end Development, API Connectors, GitHub Actions, Bug Fixes, Large Language Models (LLMs), Prompt Engineering, Integration, Algorithms, Workflow Automation & System Integration, Debugging, Dashboards, MVP Design, Web Development, Agentic AI, Front-end Development, Web Applications, AI Tools, AI Automation, Third-party Integration, Authentication, AI Integration, AI-assisted Development, Applied AI, Tailwind UI, Leadership, Technical Leadership, Computer Architecture, Big Data, Machine Learning, Prometheus, Teams, Cordova, SOAP, Serverless, AWS Cloud Architecture, Apollo, RPC, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, Supabase, OAuth, Workflow Automation, Data Processing, Document Parsing, CSV, Gmail, Meta Ads, Enterprise Systems, Vite, Data Engineering, Supabase Auth, eCommerce, Operating Systems, Database Optimization, Grafana 2, BullMQ, Slackbot, Social Media Optimization, LangChain, OpenAI GPT-4 API, Claude Design, OpenAI, AWS Cloud Foundations, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), AWS Certified AI Practitioner, Machine Learning (ML) APIs, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Cloud Computing, Cloud Platforms, Cloud Services
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