4+
Years experience
15+
Features shipped
300+
Screens migrated
8
Engineers led
Experience
MentatX
mentatx.comFounder · Oct 2025 - Present
MentatX (coming soon) is a browser side panel for research, drafting, and actions on any page without switching tabs, wired to Gmail, Slack, GitHub, and more. Currently building the Fastify backend, React/Vite extension, Next.js admin, payments, and MCP tool connections.
Key features
What I did
Provider abstraction
Designed a request/response layer so clients can swap OpenAI, Anthropic, or other models without code changes.
Failure handling
Built retry, timeout, and error-normalization paths for unpredictable LLM failures.
Gateway structure
Structured the gateway for future rate limiting and logging.
Key features
What I did
MCP wiring
Wired Composio MCP servers into the platform so agents can call Gmail, Slack, GitHub, and 1,000+ other tools.
Auth and discovery
Handled auth scopes, tool discovery, and structured tool responses for LLM consumption.
Integration boundaries
Kept third-party connectors isolated from core app logic.
Key features
What I did
Billing handlers
Implemented checkout, subscription lifecycle, and webhook handlers for Paddle and Polar.
Billing state
Persisted billing state in PostgreSQL via Prisma with idempotent webhook processing.
Plan mapping
Mapped plan tiers, trials, and cancellation flows to match SaaS monetization patterns.
Key features
What I did
Fastify backend
Built the API and services in Fastify, including data access with PostgreSQL and Prisma.
Browser extension
Shipped the main product as a React/Vite extension side panel for research, drafting, and actions on any page.
Admin panel
Built the admin UI in React with Next.js for internal management and operations.
LLM resilience
Designed error boundaries and fallbacks around LLM timeouts and provider outages.
Astera Software
astera.comSenior Software Engineer · June 2022 - Oct 2025
Software Engineer → Software Engineer 2 → Senior Software Engineer
Astera is an AI-powered no-code data platform covering document extraction, ETL/ELT, warehousing, EDI, and analytics. Over three years from SE to Senior SE, led AI Agent Builder, a company-wide WinForms to WPF migration, and LLM-powered document intelligence.
Key features
What I did
Team leadership
Led a team of 8 engineers building Astera's low-code AI Agent Builder.
Orchestration engine
Designed a modular orchestration engine supporting thousands of agent workflow combinations.
Feature delivery
Shipped 15+ major features including tool calling, memory, and visual workflow design. Star Performer Award (2025).
Key features
What I did
Migration leadership
Directed 15 engineers migrating 300+ WinForms screens to WPF across the product suite.
Patterns and standards
Established migration patterns, shared controls, and review standards to keep velocity high.
Cross-platform path
Enabled cross-platform delivery via Avalonia XPF, opening Linux and Mac markets. Outstanding Contribution Award (2024).
Key features
What I did
Layout generator
Built an LLM-powered layout generator (AGL) inside Report Miner for unstructured documents.
Template automation
Cut manual template creation by 50%+ by auto-detecting fields and layout structure.
C# and Python split
Combined C# product integration with Python-side AI processing pipelines.
Key features
What I did
RAG pipelines
Implemented vector embeddings and RAG pipelines for document search in Report Miner.
Throughput work
Improved product throughput by 20% through multithreading and async processing.
Profiling and bugs
Cut bug count by 30% using JetBrains Profiler to find hotspots and memory leaks.
Star Performer Award
Leading the development of AI Agent Builder, a new product currently in testing
Outstanding Contribution Award
Leading the successful product-wide migration from WinForms to WPF
Emerging Leader Award
Strong technical leadership and innovation on platform initiatives
Open source
phpMyAdmin
Apr 2023 - Merged Apr 2024 · Fixes #18210
Merged · phpMyAdmin 5.2.2
Authored and merged a fix to phpMyAdmin (7.9k+ GitHub stars) resolving an issue where creating a replication user on MariaDB failed. The patch ensures the USING clause is applied only when an authentication plugin is set-matching MariaDB's expected behavior.
phpMyAdmin
Apr 2023 · Fixes #18266
Shipped in PR #18319 · credited by maintainers
Opened PR #18315 for issue #18266 where the disable tracking feature did not work. Worked through multiple review rounds with maintainers on Relation.php, ran PHPUnit and PHPCS locally, and helped shape the final approach after feedback from kamil-tekiela and williamdes. The fix shipped in PR #18319 with tests-maintainer williamdes publicly thanked me for the help.
Projects
Web Application
Enrollment Games is a full-stack web app for students and administrators to handle enrollment. It covers landing, auth, resource management, and session scheduling on desktop.
Key features
What I did
Landing & information architecture
Designed and built the marketing landing page with clear navigation to Home, Scheduler, and Resources-setting up the primary user journeys before a user even signs in.
Authentication system
Implemented login and registration flows with form validation, error handling, and session management on both the React frontend and Express backend.
Scheduler module
Built the scheduling interface so users can view and coordinate enrollment sessions-handling date selection, session listing, and the data model to persist bookings in MongoDB.
Mobile Application
Expense Manager is a personal finance mobile app that helps users track daily spending, set monthly budgets, and review transaction history. Built with React Native Expo, it demonstrates production-quality mobile UX-including empty states, success feedback, and a cohesive visual system across 10+ screens.
Key features
What I did
App shell & navigation
Structured the app with a splash screen, tab/stack navigation, and consistent header patterns so users always know where they are and how to get back.
Auth flows
Built login and signup screens with input validation and transitions into the main app-handling the authenticated vs. unauthenticated state across all routes.
Dashboard & spending overview
Designed the dashboard as the home screen showing spending summaries and quick actions, giving users an at-a-glance view of their financial activity.
Mobile Application
Gig Point is a mobile marketplace for the gig economy-connecting service providers with clients who need work done. The app spans discovery, booking, messaging, location, and payments, mirroring the complexity of real-world marketplace products like event staffing and on-demand services.
Key features
What I did
Marketplace dashboard
Built the home dashboard surfacing active gigs, upcoming bookings, and quick navigation to jobs, services, and messages-the central hub for both providers and clients.
Jobs & services discovery
Implemented job listings and a services catalog with filtering, so users can browse available work or list their own offerings with clear categorization.
Booking & scheduling
Designed the booking flow from service selection through confirmation, plus a bookings list to track upcoming and past gigs-handling the core transaction loop of a marketplace.
Skills
Web
Mobile
Backend & APIs
Integrations
AI & Agents
Engineering
Desktop
About
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Institute of Business Administration, Karachi · Graduated June 2022
High School
Secured an internship at a small startup and learned HTML and CSS-the foundation of a career in software.
IBA Karachi
Graduated with a BSc in Computer Science. Caught up through pair programming, explored LAMP and MERN, design patterns, and React Native Expo.
June 2022
Joined Astera, an AI-powered no-code data platform for extraction, ETL/ELT, warehousing, and EDI. Started on the desktop codebase, building LLM-powered layout generation and OpenAI Whisper integration.
2023 - 2024
Promoted to SE2, then directed 15 engineers through a 300+ screen WinForms→WPF migration. Implemented RAG pipelines and improved performance by 30%.
2024 - 2025
Promoted to Senior SE. Led AI Agent Builder development with a team of 8, delivering 15+ major features and a fault-tolerant orchestration engine.
2023 - 2024
Two contributions to phpMyAdmin-merged a MariaDB replication fix (#18316) and helped resolve the disable tracking bug (#18266) through code review, credited by maintainers when the fix shipped in #18319.
Oct 2025
Founded MentatX, a browser side panel (coming soon) for research, drafting, and approved actions across Gmail, Slack, GitHub, and more. Building the Fastify backend, React/Vite extension, Next.js admin, and MCP integrations.