Junaid A

Independent Backend & Full-Stack Developer | Various Clients

Nov 2014 - Present • 11 yrs 6 mos

- The Evolution: Began freelance career as a dedicated backend developer, architecting server-side logic and centralized databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB) with optimized schemas to support complex business processes - Full-Stack Expansion: Gradually transitioned into full-stack development, delivering end-to-end web applications by seamlessly integrating robust backend services (Node.js, Express, NestJS) with dynamic, user-facing front-end elements (React, Next.js) - DevOps & Quality: Integrated automated testing (Jest, Mocha/Chai) into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) to ensure robust code quality, reducing deployment times and improving overall application stability

Full-Stack Engineer

Jan 2022 - Apr 2023 • 1 yr 3 mos

USEE360 Integrated user-facing React elements with robust Node.js and Express backend services for a real estate platform. - Developed high-availability RESTful APIs supporting 10k+ concurrent users using AWS Auto Scaling and load-balanced EC2 instances - Implemented GDPR-compliant user data workflows and enforced AES-256 encryption for data in AWS S3 - Integrated core features like video conferencing and Stripe payments - Achieved 95% test coverage using Jest and automated CI/CD pipelines via GitHub Actions

Full Stack Principal Developer

May 2020 - Jan 2022 • 1 yr 8 mos

- Designed and implemented a microservices architecture to significantly improve system scalability and maintainability of the core codebase - Created interactive, real-time dashboards using React and the Google Charts API to monitor key metrics related to customer platform usage