OPEN TO SOFTWARE ENGINEERING OPPORTUNITIES

Hello, I'm

Syed Uzair Ali

Software EngineerMERN Stack Developer

I build and ship production web and mobile products, with experience spanning frontend, backend, testing, and reliable software delivery.

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Syed Uzair Ali with the Pittsburgh skyline

Pittsburgh, PA

About Me

From product ideasto reliable software.

I'm a Software Engineer with 6+ years of professional experience building and supporting production web and mobile applications. My strongest background is in frontend engineering, but throughout my career I've also worked across backend systems, mobile applications, testing, releases, and production support.

I enjoy working beyond just implementing a UI. I like understanding the problem, collaborating with product and design, thinking through edge cases, building the solution, testing it, reviewing the result, and seeing it through to production.

My earlier experience in Quality Assurance shaped the way I approach engineering today — with a strong focus on product quality, user experience, reliability, and attention to detail.

I'm especially comfortable joining established products and codebases, learning how they work, and taking ownership of features that need to be improved, extended, or shipped reliably.

Years building production software

Frontend Engineering

My strongest technical focus

End-to-End Ownership

From requirements to production

Adaptable

Quick to understand new products, codebases & workflows

Skills & Technologies

The tools I use to buildproduction software.

My experience spans frontend, backend, mobile development, testing, and production delivery — with frontend engineering remaining my strongest technical focus.

Frontend

My strongest engineering focus — building responsive, maintainable product experiences.

ReactTypeScriptJavaScriptNext.jsHTML5CSS3Redux ToolkitContext APIReact RouterStorybookSASS

Backend

Production backend experience supporting features across the MERN stack.

Node.jsExpress.jsMongoDBMongooseREST APIsAPI Integration

Mobile

Building and releasing cross-platform mobile applications for iOS and Android.

React NativeiOSAndroidTestFlightAPK / IPAApp StoreGoogle Play

Testing & Delivery

Reliable delivery through testing, CI/CD, security work, and production ownership.

VitestJestReact Testing LibraryGitGitHubGitHub ActionsCI/CDVercelSnykSOC 2

Professional Experience

Experience builtin production.

My career started in 2019 building React Native mobile applications for freelance clients. I then moved into React.js web development at Pana Cloud before joining Goodkind as a React Native Developer, working on a production mobile application for iOS and Android.

Over the years, my responsibilities expanded into frontend engineering, QA leadership, backend development, and broader software engineering — with growing ownership across development, testing, releases, and production support.

Jan 2025 — Aug 2026

Niche

Associate Software Engineer

Pittsburgh, PA, USA•Remote

Continued working on the product after Goodkind became part of Niche, with my role expanding from primarily frontend engineering into broader full-stack software development. Alongside React and TypeScript work, I increasingly contributed to backend APIs, business logic, data flows, testing, security, and production systems.

Built and maintained customer-facing features across campaign creation, messaging, reporting, audience management, inbox workflows, and video experiences.
Expanded significantly into backend development using Node.js, TypeScript, Express.js, MongoDB, and Mongoose — working on REST APIs, controllers, services, validations, database operations, and business logic.
Worked on backend workflows involving messaging, campaign launches, storyteller assignments, conversation handling, webhooks, email workflows, and data consistency across production systems.
Improved application security and reliability through dependency upgrades, Snyk remediation, SOC-2 related fixes, safer application flows, and automated test coverage.
Investigated production issues, supported frontend and backend releases, reviewed code, added tests, and collaborated closely with engineering, product, design, and QA through delivery.

Jan 2023 — Jan 2025

Goodkind

Frontend Engineer

Toronto, Canada•Remote

Moved into a fully focused frontend engineering role, building and supporting core product experiences across Goodkind's production platform.

Built major product experiences including campaign workflows, messaging and inbox functionality, video-related features, and reusable frontend components.
Worked extensively with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, APIs, application state, and production frontend architecture.
Contributed to Next.js applications, email workflows, third-party integrations, and backend-supported product features.
Supported features throughout implementation, testing, code review, release, and production support.

2021 — Dec 2022

Goodkind

QA Manager & Frontend Engineer

Toronto, Canada•Remote

Took responsibility for software quality while continuing to contribute directly to frontend engineering and product development.

Managed QA responsibilities including feature validation, regression testing, release quality, bug investigation, and collaboration with the engineering team.
Continued building frontend features and gradually expanded my engineering responsibilities across the web application.
Built and contributed to Goodkind's Shopify application and its integration with the wider product ecosystem.
Combined engineering and QA responsibilities, developing a strong focus on reliability, edge cases, user experience, and production quality.

Dec 2019 — Dec 2020

Goodkind

React Native Developer

Toronto, Canada•Remote

Joined Goodkind as a React Native developer and worked on the company's mobile application for iOS and Android.

Built and maintained features for Goodkind's React Native mobile application.
Worked with mobile APIs, application state, UI implementation, debugging, and cross-platform behavior.
Supported iOS and Android builds and contributed to preparing mobile releases for testing and distribution.
Gained hands-on experience working on a production product within a collaborative software engineering team.

Earlier Experience

Nov 2020 — Apr 2021

BNG Labs

React Native Developer · Part-Time

Karachi, Pakistan•On-site

Worked onsite in Karachi alongside my Goodkind role, contributing to React Native mobile application development.

Jan 2019 — Jul 2019

Pana Cloud

Frontend Developer · React.js

Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan•On-site

Worked on React.js web applications and gained early professional experience building modern frontend interfaces.

2019

Fiverr

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Freelance Mobile App Developer

Remote

Started my software development career building React Native mobile applications for clients through Fiverr.

Education & Training

Education that builtthe foundation.

My formal education in Information Technology was complemented by hands-on professional training in web and mobile application development.

Bachelor's Degree

ILMA University

Formerly Institute of Business & Technology (IBT)

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

2014 — 2018•Grade A

Completed my four-year bachelor's degree in Information Technology, building a strong foundation in computer science, software development, and problem solving.

Professional Certification

Saylani Mass I.T. Training

Certified Web & Mobile App Development

2018•Grade A

Completed professional Web & Mobile App Development training focused on practical software development and MERN-stack technologies.

Get In Touch

Let's build somethingmeaningful together.

I'm open to software engineering opportunities where I can contribute to real products, solve meaningful problems, and continue growing across frontend and full-stack development.

Open to software engineering opportunities

Send me an email

Based in

Karachi, Pakistan

Open to remote opportunities worldwideWilling to relocate for the right opportunity

Connect With Me

maazuzair3322@gmail.com

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