Summary
Arafat Khan is a seasoned software development and technical lead with over a decade of experience building scalable mobile and web products across ride-hailing, marketplaces, e-wallets, and real-time systems. He combines hands-on expertise in Flutter, React/React Native, TypeScript, Node.js and Solidity with architectural experience in microservices, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD to deliver production-grade features like live maps, vehicle tracking, and recommendation engines. As a former enterprise architect at Grab and co-founder/CTO at Blackhives, he bridges product strategy and engineering execution while scaling teams and operational processes. Based in Kuala Lumpur, heβs an AI and blockchain enthusiast who brings entrepreneurial instincts to product innovation and has repeatedly taken apps through app-store launches and complex integrations. Notably, he mixes deep mobile-first craftsmanship with a pragmatic focus on real-time systems and analytics that power user-facing experiences.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Karachi.
English, Urdu, Hindi