Current
Senior Software Engineer
Tractable AI · building product-grade systems
Available · 20268+ yrs shippingGurgaon · Remote
Tractable AIL'OréalVolkswagenEmiratesDyninnoOmnicom
Abdul Qadir KhanBuilding calm software in noisy domains.
Primary role
Software Engineer
Senior & Lead Software Engineer — TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node, Python, AWS. I ship product-grade systems for teams that care about clarity, velocity, and longevity. Previously at L'Oréal, Volkswagen, Emirates, Omnicom; now at Tractable AI; founder of TechHub.Cafe.
Founder
TechHub.Cafe
Designed, built, and maintained independently
Operating mode
Build + lead
IC depth with architecture and team ownership
Reputation
Trusted to unblock
Migrations, scale-ups, and high-leverage delivery
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Path
Geography of the work.
Not decoration — real pins where shipping happened. The line is messy chronology; the outcome is one senior who stays calm when time zones and stakeholders multiply.
5 cities · 3 countries
Lucknow
India2016 — 2017
Foundations · CodeIgniter / Angular
Gurgaon
India2017 — 2020
Agency & travel · React · Expo 2020
Dubai
UAE2019 — 2020
Emirates Dex · on-site delivery
Munich
Germany2022 — 2023
Volkswagen EOL · data viz
Gurgaon · Noida
India2020 — Present
Omnicom / L'Oréal → Tractable AI
Lucknow
India
2016 — 2017
Foundations · CodeIgniter / Angular
Gurgaon
India
2017 — 2020
Agency & travel · React · Expo 2020
Dubai
UAE
2019 — 2020
Emirates Dex · on-site delivery
Munich
Germany
2022 — 2023
Volkswagen EOL · data viz
Gurgaon · Noida
India
2020 — Present
Omnicom / L'Oréal → Tractable AI
Experience
Trajectory, told as shipped systems.
From fundamentals in Lucknow to on-site delivery in Munich and Dubai — milestones that shaped how I think about ownership, craft, and scale.
Aug 2025 — Present
Senior Software Engineer · Tractable AI
Noida, India · AI-powered visual assessment for the auto & insurance industry
ReactTypeScriptAWS CognitoCI/CDRESTSurface area
4 modules
Focus
Product-grade UX
Built the Luma Dashboard from scratch — authentication and dealer login on AWS Cognito, plus a Repair Estimate module with API integration, version history, inline editing, and real-time recalculation. Shipped the Damage Assessment module with image-based panel labeling and an interactive drill-down UX, and a full Lead Capture system with rating, CRUD and soft delete. Improved performance with pagination, search optimisation and advanced date/time filtering, plus CI/CD integration.Jun 2021 — Aug 2025
Lead Software Engineer · Annalect (Omnicom Media Group)
Gurgaon, India · Including on-site at Volkswagen, Munich (Dec 2022 — Feb 2023)
ReactNext.jsFastAPIDockerK8sGraphQLWeb ComponentsLeadership
Team IC + lead
Travel
Munich on-site
Aug 2020 — Jun 2021
Software Developer · Dyninno Group
Gurgaon, India · B2B & B2C travel domain
NestJSReactRESTDomain
Travel
Pattern
Multi-project
May 2019 — Jun 2020
Software Engineer · Dew Solutions (on-site, Emirates Airlines / Innovation Group)
Dubai, UAE · Travel Domain Expo 2020
ReactAngularExpressMongoDBDockerVenue
Dubai on-site
Delivery
Expo timeline
Oct 2017 — May 2019
Senior Software Engineer · CoderSoft
Gurgaon, India · Multi-product agency
ReactNestJSExpressDockerProducts
Multi-client
Mode
Agency velocity
Mar 2016 — Oct 2017
Software Developer · Halwits Solutions
Lucknow, India · Where the fundamentals came from
PHPMySQLAngularCodeIgniterFoundation
Full-stack basics
Impact
Internal systems
Projects
GitHub profileCase studies with product signal.
Outcomes, architecture choices, and the engineering moves behind them — filtered by the lens you care about.
AIFull Stack
01Luma Dashboard · Tractable AI
Product-grade internal tooling for AI-powered visual assessment workflows.
Built end-to-end: AWS Cognito auth, Repair Estimate module with version history and inline editing, Damage Assessment with image-based panel labeling, plus a full Lead Capture system with rating, CRUD and soft delete.
ReactTypeScriptAWS CognitoCI/CD
Architecture
- Cognito-backed auth with role-aware dealer flows
- Modular feature slices with shared data contracts
- Pagination + search + advanced temporal filters at scale
Engineering wins
- Shipped four core modules from zero to production
- Cut interaction latency via targeted query + UI memoization
- Integrated CI/CD for repeatable releases
Modules shipped4 core
Built fromScratch
FrontendFull Stack
02oneMediaTech · L'Oréal
Enterprise B2B front-end at global scale with measurable load-time wins.
Led the B2B front-end migration from React 16 to 18 and the move to Vite. Added Vitest tests and applied code-splitting, lazy loading and memoization to compress load times — while integrating Looker Studio dashboards for data viz.
React 18ViteVitestLooker
Architecture
- Progressive migration path (R16 → R18) without blocking releases
- Bundler modernization (CRA → Vite) with test harness parity
- Bundle strategy: code-splitting + lazy boundaries for heavy dashboards
Engineering wins
- Improved perceived performance for global brand stakeholders
- Established Vitest coverage for critical UI paths
- Integrated Looker Studio for self-serve reporting
MigrationR16 → R18
BundlerCRA → Vite
Full StackFrontend
03ORAD · Omni Reporting Tool
Internal SaaS reporting surface spanning Web Components and polyglot services.
Designed and managed the Omni Reporting Tool for Omnicom — a TypeScript + Web Components front-end backed by Next.js, Node.js and Python services. Internal users get reporting at the speed they need it.
TypeScriptWeb ComponentsNext.jsPython
Architecture
- Web Components + Lit for durable, framework-agnostic UI primitives
- Next.js + Node orchestration with Python analytics services
- Contract-first APIs between reporting slices
Engineering wins
- Unified reporting UX across Omnicom stakeholders
- Balanced delivery velocity with long-term maintainability
StackPolyglot
SurfaceInternal SaaS
FrontendExperimental
04Volkswagen EOL · Munich on-site
High-stakes automotive data visualization with tight stakeholder alignment.
Two months on-site in Munich building data-visualisation tooling for vehicle frequencies on Volkswagen's EOL project. React + Next.js front-end, Express + GraphQL backend, Python pipelines.
ReactNext.jsGraphQLPython
Architecture
- GraphQL aggregation layer over heterogeneous vehicle datasets
- Next.js visualization surfaces tuned for analyst workflows
- Python pipelines for data prep and validation
Engineering wins
- Delivered on-site with cross-functional automotive partners
- Shipped drill-down visualizations for frequency analysis
LocationMunich, DE
DomainAuto data viz
BackendFull Stack
05Monolith → Microservices · Omnicom
Platform modernization: architecture, containers, and deployment discipline.
Pioneered CI/CD pipelines for microservices and led the transition from a monolithic Express web app to a FastAPI-based microservice architecture on Docker + Kubernetes. Improved scalability, modularity and cost.
FastAPIDockerKubernetesCI/CD
Architecture
- Strangler-style decomposition from Express monolith
- FastAPI services with Docker images and K8s rollout patterns
- CI/CD gates for safer incremental delivery
Engineering wins
- Reduced operational drag through automated deploys
- Improved horizontal scalability and team ownership boundaries
ArchitectureMono → Micro
DeploysManual → CI/CD
Full StackFrontend
06Emirates Dex Portal · Travel Domain Expo 2020
B2B + B2C portal delivered under conference-grade timelines.
On-site in Dubai with the Innovation Group: led front-end development for the Emirates Dex Portal (B2B + B2C). React + Angular front-end, Express REST APIs, MongoDB, Docker — all delivered for Expo 2020.
ReactAngularExpressMongoDB
Architecture
- Express REST layer with Mongo persistence
- Dual-framework front-end strategy for legacy + new surfaces
- Dockerized delivery for reproducible environments
Engineering wins
- Owned front-end delivery for high-visibility Expo initiative
- Coordinated APIs and UX across distributed stakeholders
AudienceB2B + B2C
LocationDubai, UAE
Skills
A calibrated engineering ecosystem.
Radar shows aggregate depth by discipline; bars show individual tools I reach for in production. Tap a skill to see where it surfaced — roles and case studies.
Capability radar
Orbit snapshot
Tools change constantly. What stays consistent is how I choose boundaries, write contracts between services, and keep UX honest while systems grow.
TypeScriptReactWebTailwindNodePythonGraphQLAI
About
Signal over noise.
Eight years of shipping under real constraints.
Senior IC · TypeScript & Python · platforms, migrations, and product surfaces · remote-friendly (IST)
Years engineering
8+
Since 2016 — PHP to K8s-shaped problems.
Companies · 4 countries
6
EU, UK, India, UAE delivery.
Production projects
20+
Internal tools to customer-facing apps.
Bugs squashed
∞
With tests, traces, and honest postmortems.
Stack & terrain
- TypeScript
- Python
- Kubernetes
- React
- FastAPI
- Vite
- Node.js
- AWS
Shipped alongside
Tractable AIL'OréalVolkswagenEmiratesDyninnoOmnicom
Selected proof points
Platforms & services
Rebuilt a legacy Express monolith into FastAPI microservices on Kubernetes.
Modernization without stall
Led React 16 → 18 and CRA → Vite so the team kept shipping the whole way.
Enterprise & on-site
Munich engagement for Volkswagen — vehicle-data visualizations at stakeholder scale.
The throughline is leverage: migrations that reduce drag, internal tools that speed teams up, and interfaces that feel intentional — not merely functional. I started in CodeIgniter and PHP; today I lead TypeScript-heavy paths on Kubernetes and still care most about making ideas real and making them last.
➜ ~/philosophy
Engineering philosophy
01 — Listen first
I start with the problem, not the stack.
Tools are downstream. I want to understand the constraint that's actually hurting before I propose anything. Most ‘tech problems’ are decision problems in disguise.
02 — Decide in writing
Async-first, decision logs, no surprises.
Trade-offs go in docs you can revisit. You shouldn't need to be in the room with me to know what I'm thinking — or to push back.
03 — Ship in slices
Small PRs, real users, fast loops.
I optimise for the cycle: design → build → ship → learn. The smaller the slice, the faster the truth surfaces. Big-bang launches lose more often than they win.
04 — Leave it better
The codebase, and the team, sharper than I found them.
Documentation, patterns, the conversations I have in PR review. The goal isn't to be indispensable — it's to be unmissable while I'm there and unmissable in what I leave behind.
Currently exploring
// founder
TechHub.Cafe
A platform offering a diverse, growing collection of interview questions designed to help engineers prepare for interviews and study full-stack development. Built, designed and maintained solo.
// language
German, A2 → fluency
Currently advancing toward higher CEFR levels — partly for the Munich connection.
// always
Reading the source
Whenever a tool surprises me, I open the source. It's the cheapest senior-engineer skill there is.
Collaboration models
Three depths of partnership
Same senior engineer — different mandate. Pick where you need leverage: hands-on build, architecture and migrations, or raising the team's ceiling.
Model 01
Build with me
End-to-end product engineering for teams shipping something that matters. Full-stack, TypeScript-first, AWS-native.
Typical deliverables
- 0 → 1 product builds
- React / Next.js front-ends
- Node, NestJS, FastAPI services
- AWS Cognito · S3 · Lambda
Model 02
Architect with me
Strategic technical work for teams making expensive decisions: scaling, refactoring, or rebuilding — like Express → FastAPI on Kubernetes.
Typical deliverables
- Monolith → microservices
- CI/CD pipeline design
- Performance & bundle audits
- Tech-stack & migration plans
Model 03
Lead with me
For teams that don't just need a hire — they need a senior who raises everyone else's ceiling. Mentorship, reviews, hiring.
Typical deliverables
- Code reviews & mentorship
- Architecture & tech-talks
- Hiring & interview support
- Appraisals & team rituals
Education
A path built in layers, not a single sprint.
Degrees sit next to a career that already ships — each stage sharpened how I frame problems, explain trade-offs, and learn without losing momentum.
Credentials
4
Span
2012 → now
- PostgraduateIn progress
Master of Technology (MTech), Computer Software Engineering
Maharishi University of Information Technology
Formal depth alongside senior product engineering — closing the loop between coursework and production systems.
Chapter 01- Software engineering & advanced programming in parallel with Tractable-scale delivery
- Useful friction: academic rigor stress-tests assumptions I ship in dashboards and services
- PostgraduateCompletedGrade: A
Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Computer Programming & applications
Integral University
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Where scattered coding habits became a coherent engineering mindset.
Chapter 02- Algorithms, databases, and systems thinking that later mapped cleanly to enterprise B2B work
- Lucknow era — the bridge from fundamentals to agency-grade velocity
- UndergraduateCompletedGrade: A
Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA), Computer Programming & applications
Swami Vivekanand Subharti University (SVSU)
Meerut
First disciplined pass across the full stack — the base layer everything else stacks on.
Chapter 03- Programming breadth before specialization; set the tone for polyglot stacks later
- Proof that grades and curiosity can coexist — both show up in how I review code today
- Formal credentialCompleted
A Level (Information Technology)
NIELIT (UPTEC)
Structured IT curriculum alongside degree work — early signal that I like parallel tracks.
Chapter 04- National Institute curriculum — documentation, standards, and fundamentals done properly
- Overlapped with BCA years; taught me to context-switch without dropping quality
Open to work
Hiring? Here is the fast brief.
If you're hiring for a senior product-engineering role, this panel is the fastest way to align on fit before we schedule time.
Experience
8+ years
Location / timezone
Gurgaon, India · Remote-friendly (IST)
Response time
Typically within 48 hours
Preferred roles
· Senior / Lead Software Engineer
· Full-stack (TypeScript product teams)
· Staff-level IC (architecture + delivery)
Quick highlights
- Shipped at Tractable AI, Omnicom / L'Oréal, Volkswagen (Munich), Emirates (Dubai)
- Founder of TechHub.Cafe — product, design, and engineering end-to-end
- Comfortable owning migrations, microservices, and frontend performance
Notable achievements
- React 16 → 18 + Vite migration for enterprise B2B
- Express monolith → FastAPI microservices on Kubernetes
- Built Luma Dashboard modules from scratch on AWS Cognito
Contact
Let's build something worth shipping.
Open to senior full-time roles and a small number of freelance engagements. Email is fastest — I read everything and reply within 48 hours.
Availability
Full-time roles and select high-leverage engagements. Remote-first; open to thoughtful travel when it accelerates outcomes.