Aftab Ali
Technical Skills
Work
Software Engineer (.NET Core)
Backend engineer on the founding team of a national courier platform processing 3M+ weekly shipments. Works on core microservices for real-time tracking, dispatch, and automated billing.
- Architected event-driven microservices using Apache Kafka handling 3M+ shipment events/week with zero message loss, via idempotent consumers and a dead-letter-queue recovery strategy.
- Led migration from a legacy monolith to distributed microservices, cutting feature deployment cycle time from 2 weeks to 3 days.
- Containerized 8 backend services with Docker/Docker Compose, cutting environment setup time from 2 days to 2 hours across an 8-engineer team.
- Designed 30+ RESTful APIs serving 10+ internal teams at 99.9% uptime, with versioning, structured error handling, and OpenAPI/Swagger docs.
- Enforced Clean Architecture and SOLID principles team-wide, reducing bug-to-fix cycle time by ~35%.
- Introduced an xUnit + GitHub Actions CI pipeline reaching 80%+ code coverage, cutting regression incidents by ~40% across three release cycles.
- Contributing to the Angular 19 frontend of an internal Billing Management System — component architecture, RxJS, Angular-to-.NET Core integration.
Software Engineer (.NET Core)
Backend engineer on an enterprise insurance SaaS platform managing policies, claims, and orders for 5,000+ active policyholders across multiple B2B clients.
- Reduced API response time by 30% by migrating heavy transaction workloads to .NET Background Hosted Services, achieving 3x higher concurrent throughput on peak claim days.
- Optimized 15+ critical SQL Server queries, cutting average DB latency from 800ms to 220ms (72% improvement).
- Implemented a Redis caching layer for high-frequency policy lookups, reducing DB reads by 60% and improving P95 latency from 600ms to 85ms.
- Delivered 25+ RESTful API endpoints integrated with SQL Server and third-party insurance providers, automating claims processing for 98% of transactions.
- Implemented JWT-based auth with role-based access control across all APIs — zero security incidents during tenure.
Software Engineer (Mid-Level)
Full-cycle engineer on 3 production .NET Core applications in logistics and HR domains. Promoted from Trainee to Mid-Level within 8 months based on delivery performance.
- Implemented Repository, Factory, Strategy, Unit of Work, and CQRS patterns across 2 client codebases, reducing code duplication by ~40%.
- Delivered 8 production features across sprint cycles with 100% on-time delivery and zero P1 incidents over a 12-month window.
- Conducted 30+ structured code reviews, contributing to ~20% fewer QA-reported bugs across two quarterly releases.
- Mentored 2 junior engineers on .NET Core and clean code — both promoted within 6 months of mentorship.
Teaching Assistant — Programming Fundamentals & OOP
Supported course delivery for Programming Fundamentals and OOP during the final year of BS Computer Science.
- Delivered lab sessions and supplementary lecture support.
- Mentored 50+ students on core programming and OOP concepts, improving average assignment scores by ~25% over one semester.
Notable Projects
JobTruth — LinkedIn Job Authenticity Checker
Chrome Extension + ASP.NET Core 8 Web API that analyzes LinkedIn postings in real time, returning a 0–100 trust score.
- C# rule-based detection engine, 30+ pattern rules, zero API cost
- 3-layer domain-age verification (RDAP + Wayback Machine), ~95% accuracy
- Open source with full docs and contributor guidelines — github.com/Aftab553911/JobTruth
LeetCode Auto-Solver
CI pipeline that fetches each LeetCode daily challenge, solves it in C# via the Anthropic API, and commits the solution.
- Built for portfolio visibility during an international job search
AI Agent MCP Server
An ASP.NET Core MCP server exposing custom tools to LLM-based AI agents — self-directed exploration of agentic workflow and tool-calling patterns in .NET.
C++ Compiler — 5-Phase
Complete 5-phase compiler — lexer, parser, semantic analysis, IR, code generation — with 100+ grammar rules.
- Passed 120+ test cases; ranked top 5% in department cohort (capstone project)
Bank Management System
10+ banking modules with ACID-compliant transactions and 20+ stored procedures.
- Cut query execution time by 45% versus an ORM baseline
Hostel Management System
Independent project for 200+ students with role-based access control, fee management, and attendance tracking.
Certifications
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
AWS Modernize .NET Workloads
Advanced C# Programming in .NET Core
BigQuery for Data Analysts — with Honors
Software Engineer Certificate
Cloud Architect Certification
A structured 6-month program with regular classes, run in the same format as university coursework.
Education
B.Sc. Computer Science — Top 20% of Class
Capstone: a 5-phase C++ compiler, ranked top 5% in department cohort.
Community
Fund Raiser
Led a team of 15+ volunteers and managed PKR 200,000+ in donations for underprivileged children.
Open-Source Maintainer
Reviews pull requests, triages issues, and guides first-time contributors.