Abdul Rahim

Dubai, United Arab Emirates | +971 54 431 7789 | [email protected] | linkedin.com/in/aryem

Professional Summary

Senior Software Engineer with over 7 years of experience in full-stack development, cloud-native architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP), and AI-driven feature innovation. Skilled in leading projects end-to-end, enhancing application security, and driving gains in user engagement and efficiency. Adept at mentoring engineers, applying data-driven insights, and delivering scalable solutions across SaaS environments.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer | Easygenerator | Dubai, UAE Jan 2022 – Present

As a founding engineer of the EG-Labs initiative, I spearheaded AI/ML research and development while concurrently driving key feature delivery and engineering excellence in the core product.

Founding AI Engineer (EG-Labs Initiative)

• Spearheaded the company’s AI R&D initiative from the ground up, architecting and prototyping next-generation features including real-time AI voice agents (LiveKit, Pipecat, OpenAI) and an automated content generation pipeline using multimodal models (Vertex AI).
• Drove product strategy for emerging AI features by leveraging Snowflake to analyze market data and user behavior, translating complex insights into a prioritized development roadmap.

Core Product Engineering & Leadership

• Engineered a critical security overhaul for media assets using signed URLs and access authorization, a decisive factor in passing penetration tests and securing a major enterprise contract.
• Increased user-generated content by 30% by leading the development of a new in-app media suite with video/audio recording and advanced editing capabilities.
• Shipped an AI-powered audio voiceover feature using AWS Language AI, automating a key user workflow and boosting feature adoption by 20%.
• Elevated squad performance and engineering standards by implementing the Architecture Decision Record (ADR) pattern and providing consistent mentorship through code reviews, resulting in a 15% reduction in bugs.

Software Engineer | Unlayer | Remote Aug 2021 – Jan 2022

• Developed the “Workspaces” feature, enabling users to manage projects more efficiently.
• Migrated billing from Stripe.js to Chargebee.js with TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS Lambda, streamlining workflows and improving system efficiency.

Software Engineer | Constellation Software | Remote Nov 2019 – Jul 2021

• Led frontend development for Target CRM using TypeScript, React, Redux, and Material-UI.
• Built a real-time SMS chat microservice with React, Azure Functions, Twilio, and SignalR.
• Designed an SMS-based survey service with React and .NET Core for customer feedback collection.
• Mentored teams on scalable React architectures and best practices.

Software Engineer | TetraHex | Lahore, PK Jul 2017 – Oct 2019

• Improved client website performance by 80% with SSR, lazy loading, and Webpack optimization (Vue.js, Nuxt.js).
• Built an image resizing service reducing server storage by 50%.
• Developed a scalable serverless app with React, AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, and Cognito.

Skills

• Frontend: TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), React, Redux, Vue.js, HTML, CSS/LESS, Webpack, Tailwind CSS, Material-UI
• Backend: Node.js, NestJS, Express.js, .NET Core, Python (Django/Flask), Ruby on Rails, REST APIs, GraphQL, LiveKit
• Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, C#, Python, Ruby, Go (Golang)
• Cloud & DevOps: AWS (Lambda, S3, DynamoDB), GCP (Vertex AI, Firebase), Azure (Functions, App Service), Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Snowflake
• AI/ML: Multimodal Models (Vertex AI), AWS Language AI Services, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Pipecat, Cartesia

Education

B.Sc. in Computer Science National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences | Lahore, PK | 2017