Tech Lead
2019 - 2020AYM Commerce- Designed the architecture and oversaw the construction of the next generation of warehouse tech for Danube, the largest chain of supermarkets in Saudi Arabia.
- Managed my team and dealt with stakeholders to figure out requirements.
- Performed code reviews, made sure our multiple app repositories were consistent, and that multiple teams from different timezones worked well together.
Technologies: Microservices, MongoDB, GraphQL, Node.js, PrismaBack-end Lead
2017 - 2020AYM Commerce- Built the back end of P&G Pampers Loyalty Program with Node.js, MongoDB, and Azure Functions to bring crashes and downtime to zero for several million monthly active users.
- Designed the architecture, wrote the code, and created coverage tests for 100% code coverage.
- Launched the new back end in eight markets in a single year—each with its own set of features and behavior—all driven by configuration from the same codebase.
Technologies: JavaScript, Node.js, MongoDB, Azure, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Functions, PrismaFull-stack Engineer
2017 - 2018AYM Commerce- Built operations apps for Danube, the largest chain of supermarkets in Saudi Arabia.
- Increased fulfillment capacity by 10x by automating processes, collecting useful data to drive business decisions, and bringing everything from paper to mobile.
- Built apps for pickers, drivers, and store managers with functionality that cut the time by 90% for all tasks.
Technologies: Ruby on Rails (RoR), PostgreSQL, React NativeFull-stack Engineer
2016 - 2017JadoPado- Localized the app into Arabic with support for RTL layouts.
- Improved RTL support for React Native by sending pull requests to popular libraries.
- Researched and created tricks to better support RTL and localization for React Native.
Technologies: React Native, ReduxFull-stack Engineer
2015 - 2016Pixel Twist Media- Built mobile apps with Ember.js and Cordova and a back end with Node.js and MongoDB.
- Converted customer requirements into actionable items.
- Worked and coordinated with stakeholders remotely.
Technologies: Ember.js, Node.js, MongoDB, Express.js, PrismaFull-stack Engineer
2013 - 2015TallyMarks Consulting- Developed apps for enterprise clients with Ember.js and Cordova and native apps with Android; used SAP as the back end.
- Built the SAP mobility business presence for TallyMarks in Dubai.
- Created apps for a range of clients, including Dubai Healthcare City, Etihad Airways, Abu Dhabi National Hotels, and Engineers Office in UAE.
Technologies: Ember.js, Android, Node.js, MongoDB, SAP, SAP MobileFull-stack Engineer
2006 - 2013Freelance- Built websites for Academy and Emmy award-winning filmmakers, e-sports teams, video game sites, and other businesses.
- Spoke about technology and entrepreneurship at different events.
- Built amazing products for web and mobile using Node.js, React/Native, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, FaunaDB, Next.js, and Prisma.
Technologies: Node.js, MongoDB, PHP, MySQL, Prisma
Ali Zahid
Software Developer in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Member since March 2, 2021
Ali's passion for web design began when he was eight and since then, he's worked with large enterprises, government organizations, Academy and Emmy award-winning filmmakers, e-sports teams, student groups, and everything in between to help realize their ideas. A few facts about Ali are that he loves open source, enjoys developing with a range of tech—JavaScript, TypeScript, Prisma, Apollo, GraphQL, React Native, Next.js, and Tailwind CSS—and develops all of his side projects publicly on GitHub.
Ali is now available for hire
Portfolio
- AYM CommerceMicroservices, MongoDB, GraphQL, Node.js, Prisma
- AYM CommerceJavaScript, Node.js, MongoDB, Azure, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Functions, Prisma
- AYM CommerceRuby on Rails (RoR), PostgreSQL, React Native
Experience
- Node.js 10 years
- MongoDB 6 years
- React 5 years
- React Native 5 years
- TypeScript 2 years
- Prisma 2 years
- GraphQL 2 years
- Next.js 2 years
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
GitHub, Slack, MacOS
The most amazing...
...thing was rebuilding a WordPress blog with 20 million page views per month with Node.js, Ember.js, and AWS to reduce their monthly costs from $3,000 to $200.
Employment
Experience
- Pandemic.lihttps://pandemicli.vercel.app
Pandemic.li is a privacy-focused contact-tracing app for COVID-19. You can use it to track your symptoms, the people you meet, and the places you visit. All your data is end-to-end encrypted and safe from any prying eyes.
I built Pandemic.li with Node.js, Apollo, MongoDB, GraphQL, Next.js, TypeScript, and React Native. It uses end-to-end encryption from VirgilSecurity. - FlyFlyhttps://flyfly.dev
FlyFly is a SaaS product that offers a headless form API. Instead of storing data from your app or website in your own database or using TypeForm or Google Forms, you can use FlyFly's API. This allows you complete control over your form's design without worrying about the headache of where to store the responses.
- Mittenshttps://mittens.app
Mittens is a React Native app that brings you to push notifications from GitHub. Sign in with your GitHub account, and a cron job built with Firebase Functions checks GitHub for any new notifications every minute and sends them to your device.
- Willahttps://willa.app
Willa is a simple and beautiful expense-tracking app written in TypeScript and built with Node.js, Apollo Server, Prisma, PostgreSQL, and React Native. It has features like collaboration and data visualization with graphs and charts.
Skills
Frameworks
React Native, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Ember.js, Express.js, Ruby on Rails (RoR), ReduxLibraries/APIs
Node.js, React, StripePlatforms
MacOS, Firebase, Azure, Azure Functions, Android, SAP MobileLanguages
GraphQL, TypeScript, JavaScript, PHPTools
Slack, GitHub, PrismaStorage
MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Azure Cosmos DB, MySQLOther
Apollo, SAP, Data VisualizationParadigms
Microservices
