Ali Raza
Lead Software Engineer • Backend & DevOps • 10+ Years
Backend engineer with 10+ years building scalable systems. Expert in Go, PHP, event-driven architectures, and cloud infrastructure. I ship production code that performs at scale and generates measurable business value.
10+ Years
Building scalable backend systems and cloud infrastructure
Go & PHP Expert
Deep expertise in backend languages and frameworks
Cloud Native
AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform specialist
Event-Driven
Kafka, Redis Streams, SQS/SNS architectures
Featured Project
Watch Velocity in 53 secondsVelocity
The full-stack framework for Go, one unified API across every service
Velocity is a batteries-included full-stack Go framework with 30+ built-in services. Routing, ORM, auth, cache, queues, mail, broadcasting, gRPC, one unified API, learn once. React 19 + TypeScript + Inertia 3 starter kit with Vite HMR and optional SSR. Single binary deployment.
- 30+ built-in services with pluggable drivers, swap database, cache, queue, storage, or mail via .env
- ./vel CLI: generators, migrations, queue/scheduler workers, dev server with hot reload
- WebSocket broadcasting with presence tracking; HTTP/2 + gRPC with interceptors and health checks
- React 19 + TypeScript + Inertia 3 starter kit with Vite HMR and optional SSR
Core Components
PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite - type-safe models, relationships, migrations with rollback
Generators, migrations, queue/scheduler workers, dev server with hot reload
WebSocket presence channels; HTTP/2 + gRPC with interceptors and health checks
TypeScript starter with Vite HMR and optional SSR
Ecosystem
Projects
Laravel Locksmith
Secrets rotation orchestration with zero downtime
Tech: PHP, Laravel, AES-256, AWS IAM
- Zero-downtime rotation with dual-key grace periods
- Orchestrated workflow: generate → validate → swap → cleanup
- Built-in AWS IAM key rotation recipe
- Audit trails with correlation IDs
Laravel Convert Timezone
Automatic timezone conversion for Eloquent models
Tech: PHP, Laravel, Eloquent
- Store in UTC, display in user's timezone
- Zero database changes required
- Simple trait-based integration
QS Feedback Platform
Full-Stack B2B SaaS Platform
Tech: PHP, PostgreSQL, Redis, Pusher
- Built production-grade feedback system with real-time updates
- Multi-tenant architecture with QR-based collection
- Advanced fraud prevention and analytics
Monitor.temp.cam
Contactless COVID-19 temperature monitoring
Tech: Real-time processing, 1M+ readings/month
Experience
- Modernized legacy server provisioning system, 175+ files migrated, refactored architecture end-to-end
- Led team of 6 on platform migration: 130+ endpoints total, 50+ migrated personally
- Resolved 250+ tickets in Q4 2024 while managing tech debt and migration workload
- Integrated Taxamo into billing system resulting in $5M+ yearly net profit
- Automated Adyen refund system enabling customer success to schedule full/partial refunds
- Drove DDD adoption, championed TDD culture, onboarded 6+ engineers, established team documentation standards
- Led POC for PHP framework 5.5 to 10.x upgrade using TDD methodology
- Increased code coverage from 0% to 30%+ in two quarters while delivering operational tasks
- Monitor.temp.cam: Real-time contactless temperature monitoring for COVID-19, processing 1M+ readings/month for Chelsea FC, NHS UK, Metroline UK
- WavePRO: Property CRM managing contacts, projects, units, offers, sales, and staff
- QuScan (quscan.com): Mobile/web platform for customer-business communication with real-time sentiment analysis
- SAMENA Council (samenacouncil.org): Full website and backend services architecture
- Khilari PK (khilari.com.pk): Sports platform featuring news, venues, events, and coach directory