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01 Profile

Senior PHP / Laravel engineer with 8+ years of architecting and shipping production-grade web platforms across e-commerce, fintech, parking, real estate and government sectors. Known for writing clean, scalable, well-documented code and setting high engineering standards across teams through rigorous code reviews and Agile practices.

A hands-on technical leader who takes ownership of the full software lifecycle, from database design and API architecture to Linux server deployment and performance optimization. Focused on query-level and code-level efficiency to deliver fast, reliable applications while collaborating with cross-functional teams to turn business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Building AI solutions with OpenAI & Claude APIs, including search, summarization, and chatbots.

Author of Larite, an open-source PHP MVC framework, plus multiple Laravel packages sold on code marketplaces.

8+
Years Exp.
30
Products Shipped
6
OSS Packages
19+
3rd-Party APIs
30 platforms shipped for clients in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, USA, UAE & Pakistan — e-commerce, mobility, government & CMS.
19+ integrations delivered: payment gateways, push/notification services & social/geo APIs.
6 open-source packages authored and published, including the Larite PHP MVC framework.
Early adopter of LLM-powered features in production Laravel SaaS — OpenAI & Claude.
02 Experience
Senior Software Engineer · Mawqiftech — Kuwait (Remote)
July 2022 — Present
  • Maintain, fix and evolve a multi-tenant car-parking SaaS — build new modules, design DB structures and implement features against project specs.
  • Design, build and deploy RESTful APIs consumed by web & mobile clients.
  • Prototyping LLM-assisted support flows and structured-JSON automations for internal tooling.
  • Drive Agile practices — share feedback with the dev group to continuously improve process, plus code-review culture, release management and deployments.
Senior Software Engineer · RedSignal — Lahore
Feb 2020 — July 2022
  • Delivered new Laravel products end-to-end plus Vue/Nuxt/Angular frontends.
  • Optimised MySQL schemas and REST APIs; managed Linux deployments.
Senior Software Engineer · Topdot — Lahore
Jun 2019 — Jan 2020
  • Project estimation, product development and Linux-based deployments.
Software Engineer · Elementary Logics — Lahore
Aug 2017 — May 2019
  • Built and maintained data-driven web products; hands-on data analysis.
03 Open Source & Author
Frameworks & Packages
Larite — Lightweight Laravel-style PHP MVC frameworklarite.dev
Knode — Custom Node.js MVC framework, Laravel-inspired
Laravel Currency Converter — Composer package for live FX conversion
Laravel Full-Text Search — Eloquent-friendly search package
Laravel Simple Captcha — Drop-in captcha for Laravel 5–8
SmartLink — Self-hosted URL shortener & QR SaaS with Sanctum API tokens, sold on code marketplaces
04 Flagship Projects
Mawqiftech visit ↗
Bilingual (EN/AR) car-parking SaaS platform built in Laravel & Lumen — current employer product.
Makkah Visitors
4-language (EN/AR/FR/UR) parking & routing system serving visitors to Makkah.
Population-management platform for the Government of Punjab, Pakistan.
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Bilingual (EN/AR) car-rental platform built in Laravel.
→ 30 production platforms delivered in total — full portfolio on the next page
◆ AI Engineering Capabilities
  • OpenAI & Claude API integration.
  • Prompt engineering for structured, consistent, and production-ready AI responses.
  • AI-powered features including smart search, document summaries, notifications, and auto-tagging.
05 Third-Party Integrations
Payments & Commerce
Stripe PayPal Braintree PayTabs Authorize.net Square MyFatoorah Upayment
Notifications & Realtime
Firebase OneSignal APNS Pusher Socket.io
Social, Geo & Data
Facebook Login Twitter API Google Maps Zillow Bonotel S&B Cameras Candid Cameras
AI Platforms
OpenAI Anthropic Claude Cursor AI GitHub Copilot Windsurf Cline
06 Complete Project Portfolio
Parking, Mobility & Transport (5)
Mawqiftech — bilingual (EN/AR) car-parking system, Laravel & Lumen.
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Makkah Visitors — 4-language (EN/AR/FR/UR) parking & routing system.
TruckQ — goods shipment & transport management platform, Laravel.
Key — car-rental platform, Laravel, multilingual (EN/AR).
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Awfar — car-rental platform, Laravel, multilingual (EN/AR).
E-Commerce Platforms (9)
Getatfal — bilingual (EN/AR) e-commerce, Laravel.
Dino — bilingual (EN/ES) e-commerce, Laravel + Livewire.
CG — e-commerce, Nuxt.js frontend + Laravel admin.
HGP — e-commerce, Laravel admin + Angular frontend.
Econocrafts (EC) — e-commerce, Angular 10 + Laravel admin.
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AZ — e-commerce, Angular 10 + Laravel admin.
Caliwel (CW) — e-commerce, Angular 10 + Laravel admin.
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Alammari — online clothing e-commerce, CodeIgniter.
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PETstock — pet services platform, Laravel.
Enterprise, Government & CRM (4)
PPIF — Population Innovation Fund, Govt. of Punjab, Pakistan.
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Smithsprings — custom CRM platform built in Laravel.
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Mercedes-Benz KSA Leads — dealership leads-management system, CodeIgniter.
Linkat — bit.ly-style URL shortener built in Laravel.
Multilingual CMS & Corporate Sites (9)
Samar Homes — at-home salon booking site, lashes & brows services, UAE.
Zamil — multilingual (EN/AR) CMS, CodeIgniter.
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SGEM — multilingual (EN/AR) CMS, CodeIgniter.
Nesma Electric — multilingual corporate website, CodeIgniter.
Nesma Embroidery — multilingual corporate website, CodeIgniter.
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KSC — electric-parts corporate website, CodeIgniter.
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Nesmal Group — group-of-companies corporate site, CodeIgniter.
Green — multilingual corporate website, CodeIgniter.
eMotions — multilingual (EN/DE) media-solutions site, Mura CMS.
WordPress Sites (3)
Certifiedyachts — online yacht sales website built in WordPress.
1800yachtcharters — yacht charter website built in WordPress.
flatsat390 — website built in WordPress.