Summary
Umair Shahid is a seasoned JavaScript engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience building rich front-end experiences and complex UI systems for analytics, marketing, and communications products. He has deep expertise in React, Backbone.js, OpenLayers, and a broad mix of web technologies (HTML5, CSS3, jQuery) complemented by backend exposure in ASP.NET, PHP and Python. At Knowi he implements modern UI features for a data-driven analytics platform used by enterprise clients, while his consulting and corporate training work demonstrates a rare ability to translate advanced front-end concepts into teachable practice for government and private organizations. He has led front-end teams, built drag-and-drop editors and browser plugins, and worked on GIS/AI solutions—skills that reveal both product-focused craftsmanship and spatial/analytic interests. Based in Punjab, Pakistan, Umair combines practical engineering with public-facing mentorship, having delivered executive training on multiple JavaScript frameworks to institutions like the Atomic Energy Commission and Election Commission of Pakistan.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
English, Urdu