Ali Khan

Ali Khan

Full Stack Engineer
Pakistan
English, Urdu
Contract Hybrid

About Me

Results-driven Full Stack Engineer with 7+ years of experience designing and delivering scalable web applications across the full development lifecycle. Proven expertise in Python, Django, Angular, and TypeScript, with a…

Experience

Full Stack Engineer (Team Lead)

Xref Pty Ltd · Lahore
Aug 2023 - Mar 2026 · 2 years 7 months

<p>Led and reviewed frontend code across Angular repositories, ensuring high standards of quality and consistency.</p><p> Drove the Angular framework migration from version 8 to 16, modernizing the codebase and improving long-term maintainability.</p><p> Designed and implemented accessible UI screens following WCAG standards across Angular repositories.</p><p> Built and maintained REST APIs across Django and Angular codebases, ensuring quality through thorough test coverage and Feature Flag checks.</p><p> Resolved production bugs and hotfixes on the LIVE environment using DataDog for log investigation.</p><p> Integrated Twilio for SMS and WhatsApp messaging, enabling real-time customer communication workflows.</p><p> Built and tested responsive email templates using Litmus, ensuring consistent rendering across all major email clients.</p><p> Published and managed custom private Python packages for internal use at Xref using Gemfury as the package registry.</p><p> Utilized Cursor and GitHub Copilot for AI-assisted development, improving coding speed and quality.</p><p> Used CodeRabbit AI for automated, intelligent PR reviews on GitHub.</p><p> Provided domain knowledge and mentoring to developers, coordinating across teams in an agile environment.</p>

Software Engineer (Team Lead)

TenX. · Lahore
Jul 2019 - Aug 2023 · 4 years

<p>Designed two major analytics dashboards featuring 21 D3.js charts using AngularJS, delivering rich data visualization for clients.</p><p> Built and integrated Google/TPL Map APIs to display business locations in Angular 8 and Python.</p><p> Developed Django APIs, HTTP services, and file reporting for client-facing web applications.</p><p> Optimized backend API response times and improved Vertica database query performance.</p><p> Collaborated with clients to define solution requirements and translated them into technical deliverables.</p><p> Guided and mentored new developers, sharing domain knowledge and development best practices.</p><p> Coordinated tasks between Dev and QA teams, ensuring smooth sprint delivery.</p><p> Deployed code across QA, UAT, and production environments.</p><p> Provided daily client support alongside active development responsibilities.</p>

Graduate Student Fellow

Information Technology University · Lahore
Sep 2018 - Jun 2019 · 9 months

<p>I developed machine learning code focused on optimizing facility locations for a research paper. Additionally, I have hands-on experience implementing and experimenting with state-of-the-art video and speech processing models from <em>Papers with Code</em>. My academic background also includes serving as a Teaching Assistant, where I guided students through complex topics in Algorithms and Discrete Structures.</p>

PROJECTS

Xref

Xref · https://www.xref.com/
Duration : 20-Aug-2023 - 26-Mar-2026

<p>Xref is a global, best in class, HR and recruitment technology company that empowers organisations with people-focused feedback to make great decisions.</p>

Certifications

Docker Foundations Professional Certificate

Linkedin Learning · Lahore , Punjab , Pakistan · 2026

Skills

Angular React TypeScript JavaScript HTML5 CSS3 D3.js AngularJS WCAG Accessibility Responsive Design Python Django FastAPI GraphQL REST APIs Celery Microservices LangChain Hugging Face RAG Vector Databases Weaviate LLM Evaluation LLM Fine-Tuning Prompt Engineering PostgreSQL MySQL Vertica AWS Azure Docker DataDog CI/CD Pipelines Gemfury Twilio Litmus Postman Google Map APIs GitHub GitHub Copilot Cursor CodeRabbit AI Jira Confluence Agile/Scrum Team Leadership Mentoring Conflict Resolution Communication Responsibility
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