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Atif Akram

Software Engineer · AI & Agentic Systems · Lahore, Pakistan

I build scalable web products end-to-end — increasingly with AI in the loop.

I'm a software engineer based in Lahore, Pakistan, with 7+ years shipping web applications for teams around the world — leading engineers and owning features from data model to pixel. Lately I've been bringing LLMs into products where correctness actually matters: RAG, agents, and Model Context Protocol tooling.

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Lahore, Pakistan
7+
Years of experience
1.3K+
Stack Overflow contributions
6
Companies shipped with
Recognition 1st place, CIIT Coding Competition (2018) Cleared Google Foobar (Level 2) HackerRank Gold badge — SQL 1.3K+ Stack Overflow contributions 2nd position holder — Intermediate (ICS)

Selected work

Case studies

Case study 01 · Pixis

Stellar

One source of truth for advertising across every major channel.

An AI-native ad-operations platform that plans, creates, and analyzes campaigns across Google, Meta, TikTok, and DV360 — driven by natural language, with the guardrails to run safely on real ad spend.

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Django REST
  • Celery
  • PostgreSQL
  • MCP
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Case study 02 · AI · Agentic Systems

GitHub Issue Agent

An autonomous AI engineer for your GitHub issues.

A multi-agent system that reads a GitHub issue, indexes the repository, researches the problem, plans a fix, writes real diffs and tests, reviews its own work, and then opens a pull request — orchestrated as a stateful LangGraph pipeline with RAG over the codebase and live, streamed progress.

  • Python
  • LangGraph
  • LangChain
  • OpenAI
  • Pinecone (RAG)
  • Tavily
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Case study 03 · AI · Recruiting

Talent Search

Hire from your resumes, in plain English.

An AI resume-search tool that doesn't just retrieve candidates — it grades them. Ask in plain English and it reads the requirement, scores every person in your pool on skills, role, and experience, and hands back a ranked shortlist with a confidence score and the matched vs. missing skills behind it.

  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • PostgreSQL
  • Pinecone
  • OpenAI
  • RAG
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Case study 04 · Social Media SaaS

FeedHive

Create, schedule, and publish content across every social platform.

FeedHive is an AI-powered social media management platform. I built the multi-platform integration layer and publishing backbone — typed API clients for X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and TikTok, plus the publisher, analytics, and DynamoDB-backed core that keep it reliable at scale.

  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • AWS
  • DynamoDB
  • Serverless
  • Social APIs
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Case study 05 · Amazon SaaS

Appeals Doctor

Resolve violations and regain confidence in your Amazon business.

A data-driven SaaS platform that helps Amazon sellers recover suspended accounts — centralizing appeals, documents, services, and communication into one structured, workflow-driven system.

  • React
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • ETL Pipelines
  • Workflow Engine
  • Multi-tenant
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Case study 06 · Retail Media

BTR Media

Real-time analytics and campaign optimization across marketplaces.

A scalable data-engineering platform that ingests, processes, and analyzes retail media data across Amazon, Walmart, and Instacart — powering real-time analytics and automated bid & budget optimization.

  • Python
  • PostgreSQL
  • ETL Pipelines
  • Amazon Ads API
  • Caching
  • CI/CD
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Case study 07 · Real Estate Fintech

NextLevel

A digital platform for the home-buying experience.

A real-estate fintech platform that connects home buyers, mortgage advisors, buying agents, and partner agencies in one ecosystem — with AI-driven workflows and real-time progress tracking across every role.

  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • ETL Pipelines
  • AI Workflows
  • Real-time Analytics
  • Multi-tenant
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Case study 08 · DTC Pet Wellness

Dandy

Personalized daily supplement treats for healthier, happier dogs.

A direct-to-consumer brand that turns a short quiz about your dog into a custom pack of four daily supplement treats — built as a headless Next.js storefront on Shopify, with the personalization engine and subscription commerce behind it.

  • Next.js
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Shopify (Headless)
  • GraphQL
  • Node.js
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About

A bit about me

I care about the unglamorous parts of software that make products trustworthy: clear data models, honest error states, and systems that behave predictably under load. Good engineering, to me, is mostly about removing surprises.

Over 7+ years I've shipped across the stack — React, TypeScript, Next.js, Node, Python, and PHP — for startups and remote US teams, and led engineers as a team lead. That range means I can follow a feature from a database migration all the way to the pixel.

Most recently I've been wiring LLMs into real products — RAG, LangChain/LangGraph, MCP, and the OpenAI and Anthropic APIs. Outside of work I've taught web engineering, and I stay active in the community as a Stack Overflow contributor.

Experience

Where I've worked

Aug 2026 — Present Present
Remote

Software Engineer

Confidential

Newest chapter — building and scaling product engineering at a company I'm keeping confidential for now.

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
Jun 2025 — Jul 2026
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Team Lead

Techesthete

Led the engineering team — owning architecture, delivery, and mentorship across the product.

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Team Leadership
  • Frontend Architecture
Mar 2023 — May 2025
United States · Remote

Senior Frontend Engineer

Bookimize

Led frontend engineering and delivered production software for a US-based product team.

  • Led a team of engineers designing software solutions, meeting tight deadlines and project specifications.
  • Ran comprehensive code reviews to keep quality and reliability high.
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Team Leadership
Mar 2022 — Feb 2023
United States · Remote

Senior Software Engineer

Interstride

Frontend-focused engineer on an ed-tech platform serving international students.

  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive projects from concept to launch.
  • Built critical modules from scratch — full-duplex chat and a profile system with notifications.
  • Improved performance and reliability through code optimization and debugging.
  • React
  • Redux
  • Express.js
  • WebSockets
Jul 2021 — Apr 2022
Pakistan · On-site

Software Engineer

Bykea

Built and shipped features across Bykea — Pakistan's all-in-one app for transport, delivery, and payments.

  • Developed features from scratch and resolved issues across multiple product modules as part of the core engineering team.
  • React
  • Redux
  • Express.js
  • Node.js
May 2020 — Jun 2021
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Software Engineer

Techesthete

Shipped product features end-to-end and mentored junior engineers.

  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define, prioritize, and ship features from concept to launch.
  • Contributed to features that significantly improved user engagement and retention.
  • Mentored junior engineers and helped onboard new team members.
  • React
  • Redux
  • Laravel
  • Node.js

Earlier

  • Web Engineering Lab Assistant PUCIT · 2019 — 2020
  • Associate Software Engineer Javaid Software & Network Training Center · 2017 — 2018

Education

Education

BS in Computer Science

University of the Punjab

2016 — 2020

CGPA 3.24 · PUCIT

Intermediate in Computer Science (ICS)

Punjab Group of Colleges

2014 — 2016

1009/1100 · 2nd in college, 4th in Lahore Board

Toolkit

Technologies I reach for

Languages

  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Python
  • PHP
  • SQL

Frontend

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Remix
  • Redux
  • React Native
  • Tailwind CSS
  • SCSS

Backend

  • Node.js
  • Express
  • NestJS
  • Django
  • Laravel

AI / LLM

  • RAG
  • LangChain
  • LangGraph
  • MCP
  • OpenAI API
  • Anthropic API

Data & Cloud

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Firestore
  • BigQuery
  • AWS

Contact

Let's build something

Have an idea, a problem worth solving, or a role worth exploring? Send it over — I read everything and reply personally.