Imran Shahid
Director Of Engineering at Xref
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolImran Shahid is a Chief Technology Officer with over 25 years of software industry experience and a track record of turning AI, cloud, and product strategy into measurable business impact across FinTech, EdTech, Healthcare, and Enterprise SaaS. He has architected and scaled platforms that handle millions of users and billions of transactions, led distributed engineering teams of 135+ engineers, and delivered products that improved operational efficiency by up to 80% while cutting errors and processing times significantly. Notable achievements include building a licensed EMI FinTech platform serving 45,000+ retailers, launching AI-driven chatbots and mentoring agents that boosted student engagement, and migrating core systems to the cloud to reduce infrastructure costs. Comfortable both as a hands-on system designer and an executive advisor, he combines deep engineering roots with global product leadership spanning Pakistan, UAE, Sweden, and the US. Outside work he codes, reads, and plays cricket—bringing a practical, people-centered approach to technology that prioritizes long-term competitiveness and user outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate Certificate Cyber Security and Networking, Graduate Certificate Cyber Security and Networking at Melbourne Institute of TechnologyBCS Computer Science, BCS Computer Science at University of The PunjabMCS Computer Science, MCS Computer Science at University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi
English, Urdu
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Github Skills (43)
ancestry10
django8
data-models8
genealogy8
django-project7
python7
logging6
mercurial6
react6
chat6
configurations6
bitbucket6
client-library6
smartgit6
temporary-files6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ishahid/ishahid.com.au
May 2017 - Feb 2024
Contributions:7 pushes, 2 branches, 1 issue in 6 years 10 months
ishahid/django-blogg
Mar 2015 - Oct 2019
Blog app for Django
Contributions:1 release, 1 PR, 11 pushes in 4 years 7 months
blog-apppythondjangodjango-blogdjango-project
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