Ahmad Shah
Software Engineer · Serving Global Clients
I'm a software engineer who bridges heavy infrastructure and premium product. I architect low-latency distributed systems in Go, optimize multi-region Kubernetes clusters, and ship pixel-perfect full-stack platforms for medical practices, consumer brands, and global enterprises.
Infrastructure That Compounds
Every architectural decision is a hedge against operational fragility — downtime, technical debt, scaling limits, and spiraling infra costs
Cloud Architecture & Cost Optimization
The Pitch:Every dollar spent on idle compute is a dollar not funding product innovation. I architect and audit multi-region infrastructure that maximizes throughput while ruthlessly eliminating waste — because your cloud bill should scale sub-linearly with your user base.
The Value:Reduced enterprise AWS spend by up to 30% ($420K/year) through geographic compute arbitrage, multi-region Redis caching grids, and client-go Kubernetes controllers that drain pods into the cheapest available zones — automatically.
High-Throughput Distributed Systems
The Pitch:When your platform cannot afford to drop a single message or miss a single SLA window, architecture is the only thing standing between you and a Sev-1 at 3am. I build Redis Streams-backed task queues and CRDT-driven real-time systems that degrade gracefully — never catastrophically.
The Value:Engineered Buraq: 12,000+ tasks/sec at 3.2ms median latency. Omni-Sync: sub-50ms CRDT propagation across geographies. Zero message loss in 8 months of production. These aren't benchmarks — they're operational guarantees.
AI Automation & MLOps Infrastructure
The Pitch:AI demos are easy. Production AI that doesn't bankrupt you on GPU compute is an infrastructure problem. I build the pipelines, caching layers, and inference APIs that make AI workloads reliable, repeatable, and cost-predictable at scale.
The Value:Built AI rendering engines processing 1,000+ assets daily while slashing operational costs by 85%. Designed serverless GPU dispatch for ephemeral inference workloads — compute spins up on demand and shuts down the moment the job completes.
Enterprise SaaS & Compliance Architecture
The Pitch:B2B SaaS platforms live or die by their multi-tenancy model. One cross-tenant data leak erases years of trust. I embed security at the PostgreSQL Row-Level Security layer — so even application-level bugs cannot expose data across tenant boundaries.
The Value:Designed and led HIPAA/PCI-DSS audits for 50+ clients with zero security incidents over 3 years. The PostgreSQL RLS architecture I ship guarantees that compliance is a property of the database, not a code-review checklist.
Ready to de-risk your platform?
Whether you need a fractional Principal Architect to harden a distributed system or a studio partnership to build your next high-throughput product from zero, let's define the architecture that makes your platform unsinkable.
Start an Architecture DiscussionHow I Work
A battle-tested process designed for speed, transparency, and engineering rigor — from first call to production.
Discovery
Free 30-min call to understand your technical challenges, goals, and existing architecture.
Proposal
Tailored scope, timeline, and pricing delivered within 48 hours — no bloated SOWs.
Kickoff
Shared workspace setup — GitHub, Slack, Linear. I embed directly into your team's workflow.
Sprint Delivery
Weekly demos, async standups, and iterative delivery. You see progress every single sprint.
Handoff & Support
Full documentation, knowledge transfer, and optional retainer for long-term partnership.
Tech Stack
Production-grade technologies used for high-throughput distributed systems and modern AI-driven platforms
TypeScript
Go
Python
Rust
JavaScript
Kotlin
Java
C++
Next.js 15
React 19
NestJS
Spring Boot
Node.js
Tailwind CSS
Zustand
React Query
AWS
Kubernetes
Docker
Terraform
Prometheus
Redis
Kafka
GitHub Actions
PostgreSQL
tRPC
GraphQL
PyTorch
Hugging Face
WebSocketsTypeScriptGoPythonRustJavaScriptKotlinJavaC++Next.js 15React 19NestJSSpring BootNode.jsTailwind CSSZustandReact QueryAWSKubernetesDockerTerraformPrometheusRedisKafkaGitHub ActionsPostgreSQLtRPCGraphQLPyTorchHugging FaceWebSocketsLanguages
TypeScript
Go
Python
Rust
JavaScript
Kotlin
Java
C++Frameworks & UI
Next.js 15
React 19
NestJS
Spring Boot
Node.js
Tailwind CSS
Zustand
React QueryInfrastructure & DevOps
AWS
Kubernetes
Docker
Terraform
Prometheus
Redis
Kafka
GitHub ActionsSpecialized Systems
PostgreSQL
tRPC
GraphQL
PyTorch
Hugging Face
WebSockets
About Me
I'm a software engineer building high-throughput, zero-downtime infrastructure for SaaS platforms processing $50M+ in transaction volume. My systems sustain 99.99% uptime and have recovered $420K/year through architectural optimizations — Redis price-caching grids, Redis Streams task queues, and WebSocket CRDT layers.
As Co-Founder & Principal Engineer at FastenTeams Product Studio, I engineer AI automation pipelines, Kubernetes-native control planes (client-go), and real-time collaboration grids. At Riwaq, I architect localized, compliance-embedded payment systems purpose-built for the Saudi Arabian market — proving that regulatory rigor and high throughput are not mutually exclusive.
merging production-hardened infrastructure instincts with formal systems theory. Available for architecture advisory, co-founder-level engagements, and studio partnerships that demand infrastructure treated as a commercial moat — not a cost center.
Experience
A track record of building high-impact systems at scale
Co-Founder & Principal Engineer
FastenTeams Product Studio
- ▹Built AI video automation engine rendering 1,000+ videos/day, reducing costs by 85% ($500 → $75/video)
- ▹Architected Buraq, a Redis Streams distributed task queue processing 12,000+ tasks/sec at 3.2ms median 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, spot arbitrage & 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
Co-Founder & Systems Architect
Riwaq
- ▹Architecting localized, high-throughput payment systems purpose-built for compliance and scale in the Saudi Arabian market
- ▹Engineering automated infrastructure that embeds regulatory compliance (SAMA) directly into the transport and settlement layers
- ▹Designing Redis-backed caching grids for sub-10ms payment authorization under peak regional load
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
ContentWise
- ▹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
Full-Stack Engineer
Lightning Web Solutions
- ▹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%
Deployed Units
Selected works and production deployments
SentinelAura
Kubernetes-native visual arbitrage engine built on client-go and 3D WebGL. Continuously reconciles spot-instance pricing across 6 regions, automating node draining to the cheapest available zone.
Omni-Sync
Real-time collaborative Markdown editor for SRE incident playbooks. Multi-user state synchronization via Yjs-CRDTs over WebSockets eliminates the database as a single point of failure.
Buraq
High-performance distributed task queue architected over Redis Streams. Delivers 3.2ms median latency with idempotent delivery, backpressure handling, and automatic dead-letter re-queuing.
Mig Mig Gastro
High-availability, fully localized end-to-end production platform for a Swiss restaurant group. Sustains 5,000 concurrent sessions with page loads under 900ms.
Vela
High-Performance Browser Video Editor enabling 1080p export with near-native performance using FFmpeg.wasm and WebGL. Offloads complex exports to AWS Fargate.
ProjectHub
Production-ready, multi-tenant SaaS platform with GDPR compliance, Stripe integration, and PostgreSQL Row-Level Security. Zero cross-tenant data leaks across 3 years of external audits.
Cortex
Internal developer platform (IDP) that eliminates 2-week bootstrap cycles per microservice. Auto-injects auth, logging, RLS, and multi-tenancy — shipping a standardized foundation on boot.
Clear Engagement Models
Whether you need strategic guidance on cloud spend or a fractional principal engineer to ship complex features, here are the ways we can work together.
Strategic Advisory
High-level architectural reviews, FinOps audits, and technical roadmap planning.
- System Architecture Review
- Cloud Cost (FinOps) Audit
- Scalability Roadmapping
- Security & Compliance (PCI/HIPAA) Check
Fractional Engineering
Hands-on engineering for critical bottlenecks, feature delivery, or MVP development.
- Dedicated Sprint Commitments
- Full-Stack Feature Integration
- Distributed Systems Optimization
- Performance Tuning (P99 < 5ms)
Platform Scale
End-to-end platform architecture, multi-tenant SaaS builds, and team technical leadership.
- Full MVP/Platform Build
- Complex DevOps & K8s Orchestration
- Custom AI/MLOps Pipelines
- Long-term Technical Partnership
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