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Muhammad Danial Iqbal
Verified Expert in Engineering
Mobile and Software Developer
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Toptal member since October 26, 2022
Bio
Muhammad is a web and mobile developer with seven years of experience in React, React Native, and Next.js and has worked with large pharmaceutical, automotive, and real estate companies. He is the lead mobile developer in a data company that helps pharmaceutical companies such as Sanofi improve growth by providing better forecasting, analytics, and insights. Muhammad has led teams and is known for delivering stable applications for high-traffic use (in the millions).
Portfolio
AilyLabs
React Native, Visual Studio App Center, JavaScript, TypeScript, GraphQL, CSS...
Empg
Next.js, React, React Native, Node.js, Strapi, REST APIs, TypeScript, GraphQL...
CarSwitch
React Native, JavaScript, REST APIs, TypeScript, CSS, Leadership, iOS, Firebase...
Experience
- Progressive Web Applications (PWAs) - 7 years
- React - 7 years
- JavaScript - 7 years
- Full-stack - 6 years
- Back-end - 5 years
- React Native - 5 years
- Google Maps - 3 years
- Next.js - 2 years
Preferred Environment
React, React Native, Next.js, Node.js, JavaScript, Front-end, Mobile, MySQL, FFmpeg, HTML5, Expo, Responsive Web Design (RWD), CSS3, OAuth 2, Live Chat
The most amazing...
...high-traffic application I've built is OLX, with over ten million downloads.
Work Experience
Lead Mobile Engineer
2022 - 2025
AilyLabs
- Improved the team structure by introducing practices on reviewing pull requests and Git in teams, estimating, planning, and managing the work according to deadlines as a part of a team coordination challenge I joined.
- Implemented the ad hoc deployment for their 16 applications (Android and iOS) on the App Center with distribution groups and auto-resigning of profiles.
- Refactored legacy code pieces that were causing ripples on a regular basis.
Technologies: React Native, Visual Studio App Center, JavaScript, TypeScript, GraphQL, CSS, Leadership, AWS Amplify, iOS, Firebase, Android SDK, APIs, Front-end, Mobile, Bootstrap, Amazon Web Services (AWS), HTML5, Tailwind CSS, JSON, Expo, Responsive Web Design (RWD), OAuth 2, Jest, Storybook, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), REST, React Navigation, Redux-Saga, CI/CD Pipelines
Principal Software Engineer
2020 - 2022
Empg
- Created a multi-tenant suite for the automobile industry, which included car inspection and auction platforms.
- Built Lamudi's Pakistan tenant from scratch in Next.js with 90+ page speed scores on all pages.
- Retired legacy code by replacing it with new code structures and technologies (Next.js and Node.js). Previously, it was not an SPA and was built in PHP.
Technologies: Next.js, React, React Native, Node.js, Strapi, REST APIs, TypeScript, GraphQL, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), SSG, Server-side Rendering (SSR), CSS, Full-stack, Back-end, Leadership, AWS Amplify, iOS, Firebase, Android SDK, Front-end, Tailwind CSS, JSON, Expo, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Live Chat, React Testing Library, React Native Testing Library, Storybook, Jest, Google Maps, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Google Places SDK, REST, HTML, React Navigation, Redis Cache, Knex.js, MySQL, CI/CD Pipelines
Principal Software Engineer
2019 - 2020
CarSwitch
- Led the development of the mobile platform built in React Native.
- Improved the application's lead-to-conversion ratio and made improvements based on the data collected from funnels and A/B testing on onboarding forms.
- Implemented the complete face-lift of the application.
Technologies: React Native, JavaScript, REST APIs, TypeScript, CSS, Leadership, iOS, Firebase, Android SDK, Front-end, Tailwind CSS, JSON, Expo, React Testing Library, React Native Testing Library, Storybook, Jest, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), REST, React Navigation
Principal Software Engineer
2019 - 2019
BlueEast
- Developed a single-page checkout for multiple vendors of an eCommerce platform.
- Built a React Native web app that works on all platforms with a single codebase.
- Contributed to an in-house framework for creating a React Native web named BlueBaseJS.
Technologies: React Native for Web, React, React Native, Node.js, REST APIs, TypeScript, GraphQL, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Full-stack, Back-end, Leadership, Android SDK, Front-end, Tailwind CSS, JSON, Expo, React Testing Library, React Native Testing Library, Storybook, Jest, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), REST, HTML, React Navigation, MySQL, CI/CD Pipelines
Senior Software Engineer
2015 - 2019
PakWheels
- Developed a progressive web app built in React following Google's best practices and a good page speed score.
- Integrated multiple product tools to improve and monitor the product's stability, such as Google Optimize (A/B testing), Hotjar (user behavior tracking), Google Analytics (funnels and traffic monitoring), and GTM (Tracking).
- Built a client as a PWA in React, doubling the time and sessions spent on the app.
Technologies: React, Android, REST APIs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Server-side Rendering (SSR), Full-stack, Back-end, AWS Amplify, Android SDK, APIs, Front-end, Tailwind CSS, JSON, Google Maps, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Google Places SDK, REST, HTML, Redis Cache, Knex.js, MySQL
Experience
Pakwheels Mobile Web Platform (PWA)
The web app for both the clients, web, and mobile, was initially a multi-page app built in ROR, but most of the traffic was on the mobile web client, so we built that client as a PWA in React. After the migration, our session count and average time spent on the app doubled. This had a significantly positive impact on the business.
Car Force
This is an end-to-end multi-tenant solution for a car transaction business requiring a minimum set of configurations to have a tenant up and running. The tenants onboarded until I left the company were Dubbizle, OLX, and Kaidee. The suite includes car inspections, car auctions, and a CRM tool. The platform's technology stack is ROR for the headless API back end, React Native for the mobile app, and React for the web administation panel.
CarSwitch React Native App (iOS and Android)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glowfishlabs.carswitch&hl=en&gl=USThis React Native application deals in the automobile industry as a managed service for onboarding cars after inspecting the car's condition and verifying the seller's documents. This is not a classified platform because they manage buyer's calls and set-up meetings with potential buyers after screening. They have a cut based on the price of every deal.
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/carswitch-used-cars-in-uae/id1213284852
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glowfishlabs.carswitch&hl=en&gl=US
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/carswitch-used-cars-in-uae/id1213284852
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glowfishlabs.carswitch&hl=en&gl=US
PakWheels Android Application
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pakwheels&hl=en&gl=USA classified automobile platform dealing in cars and bikes with an eCommerce store for automobile parts. The platform also deals in managed services, such as onboarding cars and selling them on a company's behalf, along with a classified section.
Zameen Web App
https://www.zameen.com/A classified platform for real estate. The app was previously built in PHP. We migrated it to Next.js on the client side, connected with a newly built headless set of APIs. We also developed new sections of the back end built in Node.js.
OLX Motors Web App
https://www.olx.com.pk/motors/The goal of the application was to grow awareness of the automobile industry, helping buyers make better decisions regarding their new car purchases. The app's main features include car comparisons, car reviews, a tire guide, and a set of features and specifications for new cars.
OLX Motors React Native App
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.olx.pk&hl=en&gl=USThis React Native package embeds in a parent React Native application. The motive of the application was to grow awareness of the automobile industry while helping buyers make decisions with comprehensive research on the available options and prices.
Education
2011 - 2015
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST) - Lahore, Pakistan
Skills
Libraries/APIs
React, Node.js, React Router, React Navigation, REST APIs, FFmpeg, Redux-Saga, AWS Amplify, Google Maps, React Testing Library, React Native Testing Library, React Native for Web
Tools
Visual Studio App Center, Webpack, Babel, Expo, Knex.js, Gulp, Google Places SDK
Languages
JavaScript, HTML, TypeScript, GraphQL, XML, Java, CSS, HTML5, CSS3, Python
Frameworks
React Native, Next.js, Flux, Redux, Android SDK, Bootstrap, OAuth 2, Material UI, Tailwind CSS, Jest
Paradigms
REST, Design Patterns, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Responsive Web Design (RWD)
Platforms
Android, iOS, Firebase, Mobile, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Storage
JSON, Databases, MySQL, Redis Cache, Amazon S3 (AWS S3)
Other
OOP Designs, Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), APIs, SSG, Server-side Rendering (SSR), Front-end, Live Chat, Data Structures, Strapi, Full-stack, Back-end, Leadership, Storybook, CI/CD Pipelines, Machine Language
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