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Qaiser Malik

Austin,TX

Summary

  • 20+ years of experience in software applications design, development and maintenance. Led several distributed teams and projects as a CTO, Lead Developer, and Architect
  • Cloud Champion in Azure and AWS
  • Designed, developed, and led multiple systems for self-driving cars of Mercedes-Benz
  • Led many teams to modernize and migrate legacy applications from Walmart's DataCenter to Azure Cloud.
  • Built Dev-ops teams and CI/CD pipelines in AWS, GCP, and Azure
  • Experienced as Team Lead, managing local, nearshore and offshore teams(team size between 4-30)
  • Designed, developed and deployed SOA based enterprise systems, integrating 120 different data sources with high availability and heavy traffic
  • Experienced in Software Performance Tuning, Clustering and Cloud Computing
  • Have experience with NoSQL Databases like MongoDB, Cosmos, Cassandra, and Redis
  • Built a Hadoop-based system using MapReduce, Pig, and Hive
  • Experienced in Full-stack web and hybrid applications development
  • Experienced in developing, signing, and managing iOS and Android applications in the app store
  • Built and ran two startups
  • Have experience in integrating AI tools and OpenAI platform using API.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Application / Cloud Solution Architect

Turnberry Solutions (JnJ Project)
2023.02 - Current

Leading a team of 14+ team members as Application / Cloud Solution Architect.

CTO & Chief Architect

Shahtez Software Solutions (Microsoft & Walmart)
2017.11 - 2022.12

Leading a group of 30+ team members to modernize and migrate legacy applications to Azure Cloud.

Engineering Manager / CTO

RightPlace Consulting
2014.10 - 2017.10

Managed and led teams of 20+ people in implementing systems for self-driving cars of Mercedes-Benz.

Sr. Technical Architect - Apex Systems(Paypal / Ebay)

2014.04 - 2014.10

Sr. Principal Engineer / Architect - Dell Inc

2012.09 - 2014.04

Senior Software Engineer - GL Group

2012.06 - 2012.09

Senior Java Architect - MomentumSI

2012.02 - 2012.06

Senior Java Developer/Architect-TekSystems

2010.05 - 2012.02

Enterprise Solution Specialist - SSCI

2010.03 - 2010.05

Senior Application Developer - ERCOT

2006.09 - 2010.03

Senior Software Engineer - Revolution Health Group

2005.10 - 2006.08

Senior Software Engineer - BSA

2005.03 - 2005.10

Senior Software Engineer - Quality Check Inc

2002.07 - 2005.03

Team Leader - SkillsSoft

2001.12 - 2002.07

Software Engineer - SkillsSoft

2001.02 - 2001.12

Education

B.S (Hons) - Computer Science

University of Central Punjab
Lahore
2002

Skills

  • AWS
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Microsoft Azure
  • CI / CD pipelines
  • No-SQL Databases
  • Apache Kafka
  • Kafka Streaming
  • Apache Spark
  • RabbitMQ
  • MongoDB
  • Cassandra
  • Redis
  • Serverless Technologies
  • Java
  • J2EE / JEE
  • Spring
  • Agile/SCRUM
  • Node.js
  • AngularJS & Angular
  • Express
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • Twitter Bootstrap
  • IOS Applications Development
  • Android Applications Development
  • Javascript development
  • Rails
  • Hibernate
  • AI
  • Amazon Lambda
  • HBase
  • Hadoop
  • Generative AI
  • Azure AI
  • Meta Llama
  • Github Copilot

Objective

To obtain a senior level leadership role in Software Engineering.

Major Projects

Project Name: 4Co Cloud reFactory

Team Size: 30+

Project Description: Cloud initiative of 4 companies (Walmart, Microsoft, Confiz and RevUnit) to migrate / modernize / rebuild 300+ legacy applications to/in Microsoft's Azure platform.

Roles and Responsibilities: Led the whole initiative and many implementation teams (US and offshore) as Chief Architect / Engineering Manager.

Tools and Technologies: Java, Spring, NodeJS, React, Redis, Azure CosmosDB, Azure Dev Ops, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure EventHub, Azure functions, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Data Factory and Azure Container Instances and Microservices (Istio), Azure Functions.

Project Name: RoboTaxi at RightPlace Consulting (Mercedes Benz)

Team Size: 14+

Project Description: Implement fleet management and demand prediction systems for Self-Driving cars.

Roles and Responsibilities: Led the team as an Architect and Engineering Manager.

Tools and Technologies: Node.js, AngularJS, oAuth2 based Rest APIs, Express, Redis, Nginx, GIT, HTML5, Twitter Bootstrap, CSS3, MongoDB, Python, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Amazon Lambda, Docker and Kubernetes.

Project Name: FMM at RightPlace Consulting.

Team Size: 8+

Project Description: Fleet management system for car2go N.A.

Roles and Responsibilities: Designed, built and managed the development of fleet management system.

Tools and Technologies: Node.js, Express, AngularJS, oAuth2 based Rest APIs, Express and Node.js, Redis, Nginx, GIT, HTML5, Twitter Bootstrap, CSS3, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Amazon Lambda, Docker and Kubernetes.

Project Name: Keystone (Bring your own Device) at Dell Inc.

Team Size: 18+

Project Description:

Solving "bring your own X (mobile, tablet, PC and laptop)" to work.

  • Web based modules for IT admins and end users to manage their workspaces and corporate data on personal mobile devices and laptops.
  • Mobile container for email, contacts, calendar, Box.net, secured browser, voice, text and third-party applications.
  • IOS and Android mobile device/application management through web console.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Managed one offshore and one US team, designed the full architecture of the project, developed the middle layer as Restful APIs, developed mobile device management and built a multi-tenant cloud platform.

Tools and Technologies:

iOS, Java Android API, Node.js, Express, AngularJS, Web Services, Nools, Nunit, Redis, Nginx, GIT, Atlassian's tools, HTML5, Twitter Bootstrap, CSS3 and MongoDB.

Project Name: Powerboard (Bring your own Data) at Dell Inc.

Team Size: 6+

Project Description:

Bring your own data, Analyze and create widgets on the dashboard.

  • Web based modules for creating HTML5 widgets and dashboards from different data feeds coming out of Hadoop Clusters.
  • Web based modules for analyzing data and creating custom data feeds from big data.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Managed one offshore and one US team, designed the full architecture of the project, developed the middle layer as Restful APIs, developed data analysis platform using big data technologies and built Hadoop clusters.

Tools and Technologies:

Java, Node.js, Express, AngularJS, Web Services, Nunit, Redis, Nginx, GIT, Atlassian's tools, HTML5, Twitter Bootstrap, CSS3, Hadoop, HBase, Pig and Hive.

Project Name: DealsInThisMall.com – My own startup.

Team Size: 8+

Project Description:

A web and mobile based application to show all available and real time deals in your local mall.

  • Web based admin module for retailers in the mall.
  • IOS and android based mobile application that calculates your GPS location to show list of malls within 5 miles radius and will show all available and real time deals and discounts in a particular mall.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Managed offshore team, developed admin side web module, iOS and Android application development using Foursquare / Facebook and Twitter API integration.

Tools and Technologies:

iOS, Objective C, Java Android API, Grails, Java, Spring, Web Services, Tomcat, Eclipse , Subversion, Wiki, MySQL.

Project Name: Hop-In.us – My own startup.

Team Size: 8+

Project Description:

A web and mobile based application to connect local people for fun and games:

  • Web modules that allow users to share an activity, search people for different indoor and outdoor activities, allowing them to connect with their friends and other people.
  • IOS and android based mobile applications that will facilitate real time hop-in at any place.
  • Foursquare, Facebook, Twitter and Google+ API integration.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Developed and managed offshore team to build the system.

Tools and Technologies:

Objective C, Java Android API, Grails, Web Services, Tomcat, Eclipse, Subversion, Wiki, MySQL.

Project Name: IRIS – Teksystems at DPS.

Team Size: 14+

Project Description:

A web-based portal for Law Enforcement Agencies to provide integration with external systems.

  • SOA based system to integrate with more than 120 data sources.
  • Implemented by using Oracle SOA, OSB, BPM and IAM.
  • Query all external data sources for information and consolidate data in NIEM to display in the web application and share with external clients as web services.
  • Asynchronous and synchronous search implementation in OSB and BPEL.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Designed and implemented Integration framework to collect and combine data from all integrated systems.

Tools and Technologies:

Grails, JEE, Spring, Web Services, BPEL, JMS, JQuery, Weblogic, Eclipse, JDeveloper, Subversion, SQL Server and OSB.

Project Name: TEXAS NODAL Project

Team Size: 600+

Project Description:

An enterprise solution to integrate most of the electricity market in the state of Texas:

  • A large-scale system based on SOA using Enterprise Service Bus and Web Services.
  • A high traffic enterprise system integrating other projects and legacy systems covering 95% of electricity market in Texas.
  • Provide interfaces to get XML / JSON based data for policies, guidelines, reports and business.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Worked as Lead to implement SOA infrastructure, web-based reporting and client/server-side programming.

Tools and Technologies:

Java, Hibernate, Spring, Web Services, TIBCO ESB, SQL, Java Script, XML, XSLT, EDI, JMS, ActiveMQ, AJAX, JBOSS, Eclipse, CVS, JTest, JUnit and Oracle.

Project Name: Revolution Health Group Portal

Team Size: 200+

Project Description:

Provide health care services for end users and partner companies:

  • Allow user to upload their health record to share with health care professionals and insurance companies.
  • Allow users to buy health insurance and to control their health care expenses.
  • E-Commerce based system for users to buy different health care products.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Worked to implement SOA infrastructure and client/server-side programming.

Tools and Technologies:

Java, Hibernate, Web Services, JBI, ServiceMix, SQL, Ruby on Rails, JMS, ActiveMQ, AJAX, Subversion and MySQL.

Project Name: Apollo Medical Solution

Team Size: 30+

Project Description:

A web-based health care solution for physicians, clinics, hospitals, labs and patients:

  • Allow patients to search for a physician based on specialty, geographical preference, insurance networks and hospital privileges.
  • Maintain a CPT/ICD system to store patient medical and insurance information for online insurance claim processing by using EDI.
  • Allow doctors to record patient history and manage their schedule.
  • Allow staff to manage appointments, billing system and the practice.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Designed and developed the complete solution from scratch.

Timeline

Application / Cloud Solution Architect

Turnberry Solutions (JnJ Project)
2023.02 - Current

CTO & Chief Architect

Shahtez Software Solutions (Microsoft & Walmart)
2017.11 - 2022.12

Engineering Manager / CTO

RightPlace Consulting
2014.10 - 2017.10

Sr. Technical Architect - Apex Systems(Paypal / Ebay)

2014.04 - 2014.10

Sr. Principal Engineer / Architect - Dell Inc

2012.09 - 2014.04

Senior Software Engineer - GL Group

2012.06 - 2012.09

Senior Java Architect - MomentumSI

2012.02 - 2012.06

Senior Java Developer/Architect-TekSystems

2010.05 - 2012.02

Enterprise Solution Specialist - SSCI

2010.03 - 2010.05

Senior Application Developer - ERCOT

2006.09 - 2010.03

Senior Software Engineer - Revolution Health Group

2005.10 - 2006.08

Senior Software Engineer - BSA

2005.03 - 2005.10

Senior Software Engineer - Quality Check Inc

2002.07 - 2005.03

Team Leader - SkillsSoft

2001.12 - 2002.07

Software Engineer - SkillsSoft

2001.02 - 2001.12

B.S (Hons) - Computer Science

University of Central Punjab
Qaiser Malik