Summary
Saif Rao is a senior software engineer based in Lahore with a decade of hands-on experience building scalable web platforms and leading engineering teams. At AlgoRepublic he architected microservices and cloud-native systems using Python/Django, Docker, Kubernetes and AWS, driving up to 300% scalability improvements, 99.9% uptime for high-traffic APIs, and significant cost reductions. He combines full‑stack chops—from React frontends to Postgres and Redis backends—with DevOps rigor, including Terraform-driven IaC and CI/CD pipelines that slashed deployment times and boosted test coverage to 95%. As an early-stage founder of a food‑tech platform, he shipped a production-grade ordering system serving 500+ daily users and generated early revenue while creating local partnerships and jobs. He’s also a mentor who has guided juniors to promotions and a pragmatic problem-solver who translates stakeholder needs into measurable business impact. Although new to Python on GitHub, his production track record shows rapid adoption and application of modern Python ecosystems in enterprise projects.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, A+, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, A+ at National College Of Business Administration & Economics