Abdullah Ahmed

Founder & CEO at DevConcerns

Lahore, Pakistan Information Technology and Services Previous: Senior Software Engineer, Unifonic Inc. View More Education: BS (Hons.) Information Technology, University of Gujrat View More

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About Me

As the Founder of DevConcerns since 2014, I have had the privilege of steering a passionate and talented team dedicated to technology and innovation.

With over 13 years of experience spanning Front-end and Back-end Development, UI/UX Design, Project Management, Integration, Testing, and Support & Maintenance of business applications, I bring a well-rounded blend of technical and business acumen.

In my current role, I lead our efforts in business development, research-driven initiatives, and assembling top-tier engineering resources for prospective projects. My responsibilities include spotting new opportunities, fostering partnerships, and crafting products and services that align with our clients' goals.

I'm deeply committed to staying ahead of technological trends and am always on the lookout for new challenges that foster both personal and professional growth. Whether it's leading a team, collaborating with clients, or working solo, my goal is always to exceed expectations and deliver impactful results.

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Experience

FromJan 2014 ToPresent DevConcerns Lahore, Pakistan

Founder & CEO

I spearhead our business development, drive research-based initiatives, and build elite engineering teams for upcoming projects. My role involves identifying new opportunities, nurturing partnerships, and developing products and services that meet our clients' objectives.

FromJun 2021 ToJan 2023

(1 Year 7 Months)

Unifonic Inc. Lahore, Pakistan

Senior Software Engineer

CPaaS Product development on Symfony/Springboot frameworks served on top of MySQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, AWS, Docker, Elastic, and more.

My responsibilities were

  • Development of Unifonic Cloud Console
  • Testing the product in pre-production and integration environments
  • Documentation on Confluence for all stakeholders
  • Maintaining the product using tools like Grafana, Kibana, Prometheus, etc.
  • Provide support where necessary to help management.
FromFeb 2020 ToJun 2021

(1 Year 4 Months)

Jeeny (Previously "Easy") Lahore, Pakistan

Principal Backend Engineer

Product development on LAMP/MEAN Stack. It is a microservices based ecosystem on Silex and/or Symfony frameworks served on top of MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, ActiveMQ, AWS, Jenkins, Docker, Elastic, and more.

My responsibilities were

  • Development/Maintenance of microservices/modules of a hail riding application Jeeny.
  • Presenting ideas for product/integrations improvements.
  • Producing detailed specifications and writing the program codes.
  • Testing the product in controlled, real situations before going live using test cases.
  • Preparation of training manuals for users/managers such as user manuals and technical documentation on Confluence.
  • Maintaining the systems once they are up and running to ensure no down-time using tools like New Relics, Crashlytics, etc.
  • Provide support where necessary to help management.
FromJul 2015 ToJan 2020

(4 Years 7 Months)

Coeus Solutions GmbH Lahore, Pakistan

Senior Software Engineer

Product development on LAMP Stack. Mostly microservices based ecosystem on Laravel, Yii, and/or Symfony frameworks served on top of MySQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, AWS, Jenkins, Vagrant, Ansible, Docker, and more.

My responsibilities were

  • Development of microservices/modules out of old/legacy monolithic review collection application.
  • Presenting ideas for product/integrations improvements.
  • Producing detailed specifications and writing the program codes.
  • Preparation of training manuals for users/managers such as user manuals and technical documentation.
  • Maintaining the systems once they are up and running to ensure minimal down-time using tools like StatusCake, Grafana, etc.
  • Provide support where necessary to help management on Zendesk.
FromDec 2013 ToJul 2015

(1 Year 8 Months)

Axis Recruitment Lahore, Pakistan

Senior Software Engineer

Full Stack Web application development. Mostly in-house projects based on MEAN and LAMP stack. Team automated all in-house processes to have a paperless ecosystem.

My responsibilities were

  • Reviewing current system infrastructure and implementations.
  • Identify flaws and new ideas for system improvements.
  • Produce detailed specifications and writing the program codes.
  • Testing the product in controlled, real situations before going live.
  • Preparation of training manuals for users/managers.
  • Maintain the infrastructure to ensure minimal down-time on Microsoft based in-house infrastructure.
FromJul 2011 ToJan 2014

(2 Year 7 Months)

Business Technologies Lahore, Pakistan

Software Engineer

Development in procedural/object-oriented programming in PHP with MySQL, jQuery, CodeIgniter, WordPress, Joomla, and Magento.

The company business model was Rapid Application Development and most of the projects were related to theme customizations to plugin development.

I had delivered more than 2 dozen projects using both procedural as well as Object-Oriented approaches either in PHP with MySQL or in CodeIgniter.

Education

Recommendations

Technical Stack

Bootstrap
LESS/SASS
jQuery
CSS3
Web Pack
HTML5
Adobe PS
Adobe XD
Sulu
WordPress
Symfony
Laravel
MySQL
MongoDB
Docker
Git

Languages

  • EnglishEnglish: Advanced
  • GermanGerman: Basic
  • UrduUrdu: Native