Summary
Masood Azhar is a Lead Backend Engineer with ~9 years of experience building scalable backend services and applied AI solutions using Python, PHP, and Go. He specializes in API design, cloud deployments on AWS, and migrating legacy PHP systems to modern Python-based architectures while leading teams of 3–10 engineers through development, QA, and deployment cycles. Comfortable bridging machine learning pipelines with production services, he has delivered automation and analytics features that inform product decisions. His background includes hands-on server management (Ubuntu) and teaching developer skills, which gives him both operational robustness and an ability to mentor engineers. Based in Karachi, he combines practical legacy-system know-how with a recent focus on data analysis and AI-driven enhancements. Notably, he transitioned from hands-on PHP development to principal-level engineering across multiple languages, highlighting a strong adaptability to evolving tech stacks.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Data Analysis, 95.25, Certificate, Data Analysis, 95.25 at Coursera
ACCP-Pro, Computer Software Engineering, PASS, ACCP-Pro, Computer Software Engineering, PASS at Aptech Pakistan
BSCS, COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES, B, BSCS, COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES, B at Virtual University
Urdu, English