Zubair Zulifqar
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Engineer and Developer
Lahore, Pakistan
Toptal member since September 27, 2026
Zulifqar is a senior software engineer with over 4 years of experience building and scaling SaaS platforms for enterprise clients, including EZO and TinkerBytes. His expertise spans Python, React, and Node.js for IT asset management and AI automation, where he thrives in cross-functional engineering teams. Zulifqar enabled cost optimization and license visibility across 10+ million assets while at EZO.
Portfolio
Experience
- React - 5 years
- Next.js - 4 years
- Amazon Marketplace Web Service (MWS) - 4 years
- Ruby on Rails (RoR) - 4 years
- PostgreSQL - 3 years
- Python - 3 years
- MySQL - 3 years
- Claude Code - 2 years
Preferred Environment
Docker, Git, Jira, Slack, AWS IoT
The most amazing...
...automation pipeline I've built continuously resolved production exceptions by integrating Airbrake, Ollama, Claude CLI, and GitHub CLI.
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer
7Vals
- Contributed to AssetSonar, an EZO enterprise IT asset and software management platform, focusing on software visibility and inventory synchronization modules.
- Enabled cost optimization and license visibility by accurately tracking unused, duplicated, and unauthorized software installations across 10+ million enterprise assets.
- Automated the code review process with a daemon scheduled to check out open PRs via GitHub CLI, pull the diffs, and send them to Cursor CLI for review, which posted comments and applied labels back on GitHub.
- Built and enhanced software syncing pipelines integrating OCS Inventory and agent-based collectors, including an in-house Windows System Information Agent (VBScript and PHP), to ingest machine-level software and hardware data.
- Built a workflow automation engine for AssetSonar with event-driven triggers, RESTful integrations, and scalable back-end logic to automate complex IT asset workflows.
- Contributed to CI/CD workflows, code reviews, and agile development using Git, Jira, and automated deployment pipelines, collaborating effectively within cross-functional engineering teams.
- Developed a context-aware, self-learning Slack CSM assistant using Python, FastAPI, LangChain, OpenAI GPT, Ollama, Pinecone, Docker, and VM deployment.
Software Engineer
TinkerBytes
- Built RAG pipelines with vector embeddings for citation-backed AI investor research answers.
- Designed n8n automation workflows with webhook triggers syncing CRM, email, and meeting data.
- Developed a full-stack AI chat assistant (React and Node.js) for natural-language portfolio queries.
- Built automated reporting agents generating meeting summaries and investor digests via LLM extraction.
Full-stack Engineer
Stealth Startup
- Led React Native and web product redesigns, improving cross-platform UX and user engagement.
- Optimized backend APIs, cutting response times across core workflows.
- Delivered notifications, email workflows (Resend), and reviews, completing platform features.
Experience
Workflow Automation System
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering
Faculty of Computing and Information Technology - Lahore, Pakistan
Certifications
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Amazon Marketplace Web Service (MWS), React-JSS, React, Node.js, Stripe, REST APIs
Tools
Claude Code, GitHub CLI, Git, Jira, Redux Toolkit, AWS IAM
Frameworks
Next.js, Ruby on Rails (RoR), React Native
Storage
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Amazon DynamoDB
Languages
Python, VBScript, PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, C++
Platforms
Ollama, Docker, AWS IoT, Firebase, Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda
Other
Claude CLI, FastAPI, LangChain, OpenAI GPT, Pinecone, CRM, LLM extraction, Resend, OpenAI, OAuth, Cloud Computing, Serverless Applications
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