Shakeel Afridi

Senior Software Engineer

Evolve • Full time

Jun 2023 - Present • 2 yrs 11 mos

- Developed and delivered robust microservices and APIs using Django and DRF, with a 100% on-time delivery rate. - Proficient in React for frontend development, building dynamic and responsive user interfaces within the project, while integrating with Django backend services. - Built React components with a focus on responsive design, ensuring a consistent and engaging user interface across devices. - Optimized PostgreSQL databases through effective database indexing and query optimization techniques, enhancing data retrieval speed and efficiency. - Established automation testing frameworks with Jest, and Selenium, ensuring the quality and reliability of software releases. - Configured and implemented CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Shell & Python scripting, streamlining the software development lifecycle. - Enhanced overall system reliability by building a real-time log monitoring and alerting system using AWS Lambda and Elasticsearch, ensuring prompt identification and resolution of issues. - Managed deployments and infrastructures using AWS services such as EC2, S3, Cognito, Lambda, CDK, SNS, and SQS. - Collaborated closely with Product Managers, Designers to deliver high-quality solutions aligned with business objectives. - Automate repetitive task using AI Agents, LLM workflows, n8n and MCP. - Implemented real-time data fetching and broadcasting using Websockets, Django Channels, Celery, and Redis, enabling instant data updates across systems. - Contributed to a mentorship program and provided guidance to five new hires, fostering their professional growth and development. - Acquired expertise in security best practices and compliance standards within Healthcare and Fintech sectors, including HIPAA, CMS, FERPA, GDPR, and KYC, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and safeguarding sensitive data.

Software Engineer

Metis • Full time

Feb 2020 - May 2023 • 3 yrs 3 mos

- Expertise in React for developing intuitive and high-performance front-end applications, ensuring seamless integration and enhancing overall user experience. - Developed robust APIs utilizing Python, Django, DRF, and Django ORM seamlessly connecting and querying databases with PostgreSQL and MySQL. - Proficient in crafting clean and reusable React components, implementing modern design principles to create visually appealing and user-friendly interfaces that enhance overall application usability. - Successfully transitioned from a monolithic infrastructure to a microservices-based architecture, promoting scalability, flexibility, and synchronization within the system framework. - Automated API monitoring and workload control through Python scripting, ensuring optimal performance and reliability of microservices while leveraging external APIs and AWS API Gateway. - Implemented and managed message queuing systems to enable asynchronous processing, decoupled communication, and scalable distribution of tasks within distributed software architectures using RabbitMQ and Kafka. - Managed deployments of services using Docker, Kubernetes, AWS EC2, S3, ECS, EKS, ALB/NLB, DyamoDB, RDS, API Gateway and CloudFormation, ensuring seamless scalability and reliability of applications in dynamic cloud environments. - Developed Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Single Sign-On (SSO), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), session management, strong password policies, custom throttling and caching mechanisms. - Implemented automation scripts and conducted performance testing to maintain project efficiency throughout the lifecycle. - Managed end-to-end deployment processes and ensured the reliability of critical systems on AWS Route 53 and EC2 instances, supporting day-to-day operations and business continuity for clients and stakeholders. - Implemented and managed message queuing systems to enable asynchronous processing and decoupled communication.