Summary
Naqi Rizvi is a Senior Software Developer and engineering leader with 10 years of experience building billing, payments, and large-scale fintech infrastructure across startups and major banks. He has led teams and shipped production systems at companies like 1Password, Thumbtack, and Scotiabank, architecting microservices, GraphQL, and data-driven platforms that handle millions of users and critical revenue flows. As founder of a software consultancy, he built enterprise dashboarding and real-time promotional offer systems for capital markets and banking, and created cross-platform design systems used globally. Naqi combines hands-on coding (React, Node.js, Python, Java) with product-focused delivery and operational cost savings, having cut infra spend and CI/CD waste in prior roles. Based in Old Toronto, he also brings teaching experience and a knack for translating complex legacy integrations into self-serve, analyst-friendly tools.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts with Honors, Bachelor of Arts with Honors at York University
English, Urdu, Hindi, Persian