Open to new opportunities · 2026

Shahbaz Ahmad

Senior .NET Developer · Full-Stack & AI Engineering
Shahbaz Ahmad

14 years turning business-critical requirements into scalable, high-performance web applications — from ERP and recruitment platforms to AI-powered features built on RAG and the OpenAI APIs.

Full-stack engineer building web systems with .NET Core, Angular, TypeScript, and Microsoft Azure. Deep experience in API development and microservices architecture, leading agile teams — and a dedicated AI engineering toolkit: LangChain.js, retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, AI agents, MCP, and the OpenAI APIs (GPT, DALL-E, Vision).

Full-Stack .NET AI Engineering APIs & Microservices Azure Cloud Team Leadership
Lahore, Pakistan qazi.shahbaz555@gmail.com +92 321 5554586 LinkedIn GitHub
14+
Years in software engineering
5
Companies & major engagements
6+
Certifications & specializations
Toolkit

Core Tech Stack

Languages & Frameworks

C# TypeScript JavaScript .NET Core Angular Node.js Web API Entity Framework HTML5 / CSS3

AI & Machine Learning

OpenAI APIs (GPT, DALL-E, Vision) LangChain.js RAG Systems Vector Databases AI Agents MCP Embeddings

Cloud & Databases

Microsoft Azure Azure SQL Cloudflare SQL Server Oracle 11g MongoDB

DevOps & Tools

Git GitHub TFS SVN JIRA Postman Fiddler SOAP-UI CI/CD Pipelines
Career

Experience

Senior Software Engineer — Giant Group
Apr 2021 — Present
Lahore, Pakistan · Full-Time · End-to-end software & support services for recruitment agencies
  • Led and mentored a team of 5 junior developers — code reviews and best practices that lifted team productivity and code quality by 30%.
  • Implemented RESTful APIs and microservices architecture using .NET Core, improving scalability and maintainability.
Precision & Umbrella — Recruitment Management Systems
.NET Core · Angular · SQL Server · Azure
  • Architected and developed both platforms, achieving a 40% improvement in system performance through optimized database queries and API endpoint refactoring.
  • Integrated Angular front ends with .NET Core back-end APIs, reducing average API response time by 35%.
Senior Software Engineer — Almoiz Industries Pvt Ltd
Sep 2019 — Apr 2021
Lahore, Pakistan · Full-Time · One of Pakistan's most technologically advanced sugar manufacturers
  • Facilitated daily scrums and sprint planning, sustaining a 95% on-time delivery rate.
  • Maintained system uptime of 99.5% through comprehensive diagnostics and bug fixing.
Cane Management System
.NET · SQL Server
  • Led the complete development lifecycle, reducing manual data-entry errors by 60% and streamlining agricultural operations.
Senior Software Engineer — Absolute Solutions Pvt Ltd
Feb 2017 — Sep 2019
Lahore, Pakistan · Full-Time · End-to-end business solutions for global clients
  • Worked as an outsourced consultant for international clients on-site in Riyadh, delivering mission-critical enterprise solutions.
  • Delivered in 2-week Scrum sprints with 100% sprint-goal achievement.
  • Converted documented requirements into robust, scalable web applications using .NET Core.
Software Engineer / Team Lead — Collectum Solutions Pvt Ltd
Dec 2013 — Feb 2017
Lahore, Pakistan · Full-Time
  • Designed, coded, and debugged enterprise applications using C#, .NET Framework, and web technologies.
  • Coordinated and mentored a junior developer team; built reusable, portable code libraries for enterprise solutions.
Software Engineer — Powersoft Solutions
May 2012 — Nov 2013
Lahore, Pakistan · Full-Time
  • Developed and maintained ERP systems using PowerBuilder 12.0 and SQL Anywhere.
  • Performed performance tuning, system optimization, and automation to improve application efficiency.
Learning

Certifications & Specializations

AI Engineering Specialization
Completed

End-to-end AI application engineering — from prompting to production deployment.

AI in Software Engineering
Completed

Applying AI tooling and techniques across the software development lifecycle.

Back-End Development with .NET Specialization
Completed

Designing and building robust back-end services and APIs on the .NET platform.

Modern Web Development with TypeScript Specialization
Completed

Front-end and back-end web development with advanced, object-oriented TypeScript.

Microsoft Azure SQL Specialization
Completed

Deploying, managing, and optimizing SQL workloads on Microsoft Azure.

AZ-104 & AZ-400 — Azure Administrator / DevOps Engineer
In Progress

Extending into Azure administration and DevOps: CI/CD, IaC, and release management.

Additional AI & Development Courses

Building AI-Powered Applications with .NET Build AI Apps with LangChain.js RAG with Embeddings & Vector Databases Learn AI Agents OpenAI Assistants API Intro to AI Engineering Open-source AI Models Deploy AI Apps with Cloudflare Intro to Model Context Protocol (MCP) Intro to DALL-E & GPT Vision Advanced TypeScript with OOP Frontend Web Development with TypeScript Backend Web Development with TypeScript
Academics

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Sciences
University of Sargodha · Sargodha, Pakistan
2007 — 2011