Shafqat A
Lead Developer at CoStar Group
Ashburn, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolShafqat A is a results-driven Lead Developer with over a decade of hands-on experience building cloud-native, full-stack systems and leading cross-functional teams to deliver scalable products. He architects and ships large-scale platforms—most recently CoStar Suite—using a mix of TypeScript/JavaScript (Node.js, React, Next/Nest), .NET/C#, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS services to migrate legacy systems and improve performance and cost efficiency. Known for pragmatic problem solving, he combines deep backend expertise (microservices, serverless Lambdas, DynamoDB) with frontend performance optimizations and JS tooling like Webpack, Tailwind, Jest, and Playwright. He mentors teams in agile practices and platform engineering, driving automation, observability, and CI/CD improvements across the stack. An active contributor to open-source (notably improving react-google-maps-api by persisting map instances to reduce re-renders), he brings a practical focus on user experience and engineering velocity. Based in Ashburn, VA, he holds a Master’s in Computer Science and consistently evaluates new technologies to transform ideas into production-ready systems.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Computer Science (MCS), Computer Software Engineering, 3.56/4.00, Master of Computer Science (MCS), Computer Software Engineering, 3.56/4.00 at University of Wah
English
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Github Skills (14)
javascript10
google-maps-api10
react10
code-first9
gatsby9
entity-framework9
pdftron6
html6
asp-net6
regex6
ngoptions6
security6
xss6
angularjs6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
JustFly1984/react-google-maps-api
Dec 2018 - Jun 2019
React Google Maps API
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:59 commits, 6 PRs, 14 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Shafqat's contributions primarily involve enhancing the `react-google-maps-api` library by introducing the `GoogleMapPersistedInstance` component. This component appears to optimize map performance by persisting map instances, reducing re-renders, and improving the user experience. Additionally, the user updated documentation and made minor code improvements.
gatsbyapireactgoogle-apigoogle-maps-javascript-api
shafqatalix/css-grid-reactjs
Apr 2020 - Jun 2020
CSS-Grid-ReactJS
Contributions:18 releases, 67 commits, 53 pushes in 2 months
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