Ahmad Shah

Senior Distributed Systems Engineer Platform & Cloud Architecture

5+ years experience
$50M+ payment processing
99.99% uptime
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Tech Stack

Production-grade technologies used for high-throughput distributed systems and modern AI-driven platforms

TypeScriptTypeScript
GoGo
PythonPython
RustRust
JavaJava
KotlinKotlin
Next.js 15Next.js 15
React 19React 19
NestJSNestJS
Spring BootSpring Boot
Node.jsNode.js
Tailwind CSSTailwind CSS
ZustandZustand
React QueryReact Query
AWSAWS
KubernetesKubernetes
DockerDocker
TerraformTerraform
PrometheusPrometheus
RedisRedis
KafkaKafka
GitHub ActionsGitHub Actions
PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
gRPCgRPC
GraphQLGraphQL
PyTorchPyTorch
OpenAIOpenAI
WebSocketsWebSockets
TypeScriptTypeScript
GoGo
PythonPython
RustRust
JavaJava
KotlinKotlin
Next.js 15Next.js 15
React 19React 19
NestJSNestJS
Spring BootSpring Boot
Node.jsNode.js
Tailwind CSSTailwind CSS
ZustandZustand
React QueryReact Query
AWSAWS
KubernetesKubernetes
DockerDocker
TerraformTerraform
PrometheusPrometheus
RedisRedis
KafkaKafka
GitHub ActionsGitHub Actions
PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
gRPCgRPC
GraphQLGraphQL
PyTorchPyTorch
OpenAIOpenAI
WebSocketsWebSockets

Languages

TypeScriptTypeScript
GoGo
PythonPython
RustRust
JavaJava
KotlinKotlin

Frameworks & UI

Next.js 15Next.js 15
React 19React 19
NestJSNestJS
Spring BootSpring Boot
Node.jsNode.js
Tailwind CSSTailwind CSS
ZustandZustand
React QueryReact Query

Infrastructure & DevOps

AWSAWS
KubernetesKubernetes
DockerDocker
TerraformTerraform
PrometheusPrometheus
RedisRedis
KafkaKafka
GitHub ActionsGitHub Actions

Specialized Systems

PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
gRPCgRPC
GraphQLGraphQL
PyTorchPyTorch
OpenAIOpenAI
WebSocketsWebSockets
Ahmad Shah

About Me

I'm a Senior Distributed Systems Engineer specializing in building scalable, reliable SaaS products and cloud infrastructure. With 5+ years of experience, I've architected systems processing $50M+ in annual payments while achieving 99.99% uptime.

My expertise spans distributed systems design, multi-tenant SaaS architecture, and cloud cost optimization—having reduced client AWS spend by $420K/year through strategic architecture decisions.

Currently building AI automation infrastructure and high-throughput payment systems as Principal Engineer & Co-Founder at BitSic Product Studio.

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Years Exp
$50M+
Processed
99.99%
Uptime
$420K
Cost Saved
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Experience

A track record of building high-impact systems at scale

Principal Engineer & Technical Co-Founder

BitSic Product Studio

Aug 2022 - Present
  • ▹Built AI video automation engine rendering 1,000+ videos/day, reducing costs by 85% ($500 → $75/video)
  • ▹Architected Buraq, a distributed task queue processing 12,000+ tasks/sec at <5ms latency
  • ▹Engineered HIPAA-compliant booking platform with $1.2M annual revenue and 99.9% uptime
  • ▹Reduced client AWS spend by $420K/year (30% savings) via multi-region caching & CDN optimization
  • ▹Led HIPAA/PCI-DSS audits for 50+ clients with zero security incidents over 3 years
  • ▹Developed Cortex, internal developer platform accelerating product launches by 3x
GoNode.jsRedisKubernetesAWSFFmpeg

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

ContentWise

Jan 2022 - Jun 2022
  • ▹Reduced dashboard load time by 33% (1.2s → 0.8s) for 10K+ daily active users
  • ▹Decreased MTTR to <30 minutes via Grafana dashboards with P99 latency alerts
  • ▹Designed RBAC system using JWT + Redis supporting 500+ concurrent users
ReactPostgreSQLRedisGrafanaNode.js

Full-Stack Engineer

Lightning Web Solutions

Jul 2018 - Nov 2021
  • ▹Delivered 8 production apps and published internal UI kit (25 components)
  • ▹Reduced feature development time by 50% via reusable component library
  • ▹Migrated 5 legacy jQuery codebases to React 18, reducing bug backlog by 25%
ReactNode.jsMongoDBjQueryAWS

Deployed Units

Selected works and production deployments

SentinelAura
Cloud Infra

SentinelAura

Visual FinOps Orchestrator & Arbitrage Engine minimizing compute spend. Features a 3D Earth visualization using React Three Fiber for live global cluster latency and event sync.

GoKubernetesNext.js 15WebGLWebSockets
Omni-Sync
Platform

Omni-Sync

Collaborative SRE Playbook Engine handling multi-user state synchronization with CRDTs and WebSockets. Embeds live Kubernetes telemetry and streaming logs into playbooks.

GoNext.jsTiptapRedisYjsWebSockets
Buraq
Distributed Systems

Buraq

High-Performance Distributed Task Queue processing 12k+ tasks/sec at <5ms P99 latency. Engineered DLQs and graceful shutdowns for $50M+ in annual transactions.

GoRedis StreamsgRPCNext.js 15Kubernetes
AI / ML

Vela

High-Performance Browser Video Editor enabling 1080p export with near-native performance using FFmpeg.wasm and WebGL. Offloads complex exports to AWS Fargate.

Next.jsWebGLFFmpeg.wasmAWS FargateReact Three Fiber
Enterprise SaaS

ProjectHub

Production-ready, multi-tenant SaaS platform for project management. Features GDPR compliance, Stripe integration, and PostgreSQL Row-Level Security isolation.

KotlinSpring BootPostgreSQL RLSNext.js 15Tailwind CSSStripe
Platform

Cortex

Internal developer platform providing standardized microservices foundation. Handles multi-tenancy and authentication out-of-the-box, accelerating product launches.

NestJSPostgreSQL RLSMulti-tenant

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