Usama Ali

Lead Full-Stack Engineer | Python · FastAPI · NestJS · Angular · React | PostgreSQL, Celery, Docker, Azure

I build production web systems end to end. Backend in Python (FastAPI) and Node (NestJS), frontend in Angular and React, deployed and maintained by me on Azure and AWS. Right now I am the lead full-stack engineer at Tawakal Solutions. I am the only engineer on a multi-tenant financial management platform: FastAPI and SQLModel on the backend, Angular 18 on the front, Celery and Redis for async work, WebSockets and Firebase push for real time. Every tenant gets its own PostgreSQL database, its own backend and its own web app. It went from an empty repo to production in five months and now serves five to six enterprise clients at 200 to 300 users each. Before that I led a team of five at Logixsy across three client projects at once, and spent two years at CHI Technologies on HIPAA-compliant healthcare products, where I led a Tornado to NestJS migration. I came to software late. My degree is mechanical engineering, and I wrote my first line of code in September 2021. Five years later I am finishing an M.S. in Computer Science at NUST with a thesis in AI/ML. What I am good at: taking a vague requirement and shipping the whole thing, backend, frontend, database and infrastructure, without waiting for someone else to set up the server. What I have not done yet: Kafka or SQS, Kubernetes, Terraform, production RAG pipelines, Next.js. I would rather say that up front than find out in week two. Stack: Python, FastAPI, SQLModel, SQLAlchemy, Celery, Tornado | TypeScript, NestJS, Express, Prisma | Angular, React, Tailwind, RxJS | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis | Docker, Nginx, Azure, AWS EC2 | Dart Open to senior full-stack, backend and tech lead roles. Remote first, onsite in Islamabad, or relocation with visa sponsorship. [email removed] github.com/usamaali012