Skills
What I work with
Web
Mobile
Backend & APIs
Integrations
AI & Agents
Engineering
Desktop
About
My Story
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Institute of Business Administration, Karachi · Graduated June 2022
High School
First steps into code
Secured an internship at a small startup and learned HTML and CSS, the foundation of my career in software.
IBA Karachi
Computer science at IBA
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 Software
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
Leading at scale
Promoted to SE2, then directed 15 engineers through a 300+ screen WinForms→WPF migration. Implemented RAG pipelines, raised throughput 20%, and cut bugs and slowdowns 30%+ through profiling.
2023 - 2024
phpMyAdmin contributor
Two contributions to phpMyAdmin: a merged fix for MariaDB replication users (#18316), and a PR for the disable tracking bug (#18315) whose review shaped the final fix in #18319.
2024 - 2025
Senior Engineer & AI Agent Builder
Promoted to Senior SE. Led AI Agent Builder development with a team of 8, delivering 15+ major features and a fault-tolerant orchestration engine.
Oct 2025
Founded MentatX
Founded MentatX, a browser side panel for research, drafting, and actions across Gmail, Slack, GitHub, and more. Pre-launch and in QA testing. Built the Fastify backend, React/Vite extension, Next.js dashboard and admin, and MCP integrations.