Python backend engineer
Python backend engineer with 3+ years in production. I build Django and FastAPI services, PostgreSQL schemas, background workers and the deployment around them, and I stay for what breaks after launch.
Practicalities
- Based in
- Lahore, Pakistan (PKT (UTC+5))
- Experience
- 3+ years, full-time
- Now
- Lead Software Engineer, TransData
Evidence
Three builds that match this role.
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A social and market signal intelligence backend
Wrote 154 of 155 commits of a FastAPI, pgvector and Redis backend for a client, then handed it over.
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An operations console for a healthcare integration engine
Wrote 272 of 389 commits on a console for operating an HL7 integration engine.
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A production AWS backend on HIPAA-eligible services
Designed and deployed a production AWS backend and root-caused its boot-time crash loop.
Stack for this role
Questions
Which backend stacks has he shipped in production?
Python with Django, Django REST Framework and FastAPI on PostgreSQL, with Celery or ARQ workers and Redis. Also a Node.js and TypeScript backend-for-frontend on a healthcare operations console.
Does he handle deployment and operations too?
Yes. Docker, Nginx and Traefik on DigitalOcean and internal servers, and a production AWS backend built with the CDK on ECS, RDS and Lambda.
How much backend experience does he have?
3+ years of full-time engineering, now as Lead Software Engineer at TransData, leading five engineers since March 2026 in Lahore.