Summary
Osama Ishtiaq is a seasoned senior software developer and technical lead with roughly a decade of experience delivering scalable backend and full-stack systems across fintech, ecommerce, and blockchain domains. He is currently a Senior Software Developer at Mercell in Rotterdam, driving core procurement platform features, including procurement creation, business rules validation, and publication logic. Earlier at DEPT he led Merit Circle’s Sphere NFT Marketplace as backend lead, integrating with Ethereum and Solana and enhancing product listings with Elasticsearch and CMS capabilities. At Aion Digital he led a team of six, transforming Kuwait Finance House's legacy system into a modern microservices architecture with Angular, Nest.js, Docker, GraphQL, and AI-based KYC. His broad tech repertoire spans Node.js, .NET, Angular/React, Shopify integration, ETL and data warehousing, cloud infra (AWS, Docker), and building open-source utilities such as a .NET ArcGIS REST client. Based in Rotterdam, Osama blends hands-on engineering with leadership, delivering pragmatic solutions while keeping a curious, growth-oriented mindset.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Virtual University of Pakistan
Associate's degree, Computer Science, Associate's degree, Computer Science at S.M. Govt. Science College
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 3.87, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 3.87 at PAF-Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology
Full Stack Developer Certification, Computer Programming, Full Stack Developer Certification, Computer Programming at freeCodeCamp