Waqas Ahmed
Senior Akeneo PIM Developer at Sharaf DG
Nicosia, Cyprus
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Top SchoolWaqas Ahmed is a Senior Akeneo PIM Developer with 11 years of experience building and integrating large-scale e-commerce systems from the API layer to PIM customization and data migration. Based in Nicosia, he led a major Akeneo upgrade from 1.6 CE to 6.0 Serenity and has single-handedly managed PIM instances handling hundreds of thousands of products while designing taxonomy, migration and integration strategies. He combines full‑stack backend skills (Symfony, Laravel, Node/Lumen) with hands-on OMS, courier and marketplace integrations that helped drive 20x ecommerce growth at Sharaf DG. A mentor and technical consultant, he has led teams, defined architectures, and contributed to open-source Akeneo and Symfony repositories. His blockchain and Web3 credentials (University masters and contributions to decentralized identity/KYC dApps) add a practical edge for projects requiring verifiable identity or decentralized data ownership. Pragmatic, delivery-focused and curious, he blends deep product-data expertise with experience across legacy-to-modern tech stacks.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master in Blockchain and Digital Currency - On Campus (100% Scholarship - Ripple Scholars), Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management, Master in Blockchain and Digital Currency - On Campus (100% Scholarship - Ripple Scholars), Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management at University of NicosiaMaster of Science (M.S.) in Islamic Banking & Finance , Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law, Master of Science (M.S.) in Islamic Banking & Finance , Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law at Al Ghazali UniversityUniversity of KarachiMaster of Science in Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (ICT), Blockchain, Master of Science in Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (ICT), Blockchain at University of MaltaMaster of Science (M.S.), Computer Science (Specialization in Software Engineering), Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science (Specialization in Software Engineering) at Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and TechnologyEthereum Developer Program Bootcamp Certification, Computer Science, Ethereum Developer Program Bootcamp Certification, Computer Science at Consensys Academy
English, Urdu, Gujarati, Arabic
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Github Skills (152)
certification10
browserify10
javascript10
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nodejs10
css10
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laravel9
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Github contributions (5)
tuum-tech/vouch-capsule
Apr 2020 - Jul 2022
KYC dApp for elastOS
Contributions:32 PRs, 71 pushes, 33 branches in 2 years 2 months
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kpachhai/vouch-restapi-backend
May 2020 - Jul 2022
Contributions:8 PRs, 16 pushes, 7 branches in 2 years 2 months
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