Summary
Umar Asghar is a seasoned Data Scientist and Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in Python and over 8 years in Django, building end-to-end web platforms, RESTful APIs, and data pipelines. He has led projects across cloud environments—GCP and AWS—authoring Airflow DAGs, custom Airbyte connectors, Terraform infrastructure, and CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions to run production data platforms and near-real-time syncs. A full‑stack practitioner comfortable with React and Wagtail, he pairs test-driven development and automation with operations tooling like Docker, Celery, Redis, and New Relic to deliver reliable, monitorable systems. He’s improved legacy stacks (Python/Django upgrades, test coverage from 0% to 60%), mentored small teams, and contributed open-source work for MIT ODL, showing a bias toward pragmatic, well‑tested solutions. Based in Nagoya, Japan, he’s actively expanding into microservices, blockchain, and AI while maintaining hands‑on expertise in data engineering and scalable web architectures.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
INTERMEDIATE, F.Sc Pre Engineering, A, INTERMEDIATE, F.Sc Pre Engineering, A at Government Islamia College Civil Lines Lahore
Bachelor’s Degree, Software Engineering, 3.57 / 4.00, Bachelor’s Degree, Software Engineering, 3.57 / 4.00 at University of Management and Technology - UMT
English, Urdu, Punjabi