Software Engineer · Remote Worldwide

Muhammad Sameed

I build backend systems and cloud platforms that stay fast, observable and maintainable long after launch day.

For the last seven years I have worked with fintech, logistics and healthcare teams — turning ambiguous requirements into architecture, shipping production services, and leaving behind documentation and tests the in-house team can actually own.

7+ Years building software
40+ Production releases shipped
99.98% Uptime on services owned
12 Engineers mentored
Capabilities

What I do

Four areas where I do my strongest work. Most engagements combine two or three of them.


Backend & APIs

Designing service boundaries, REST and gRPC APIs, event-driven pipelines and data models that hold up as traffic grows.


Cloud & DevOps

Infrastructure as code on AWS, containerised deployments on Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines that ship safely many times a day.


Web Applications

Accessible, fast front-ends in TypeScript and modern frameworks, wired to well-documented APIs and sensible state management.


Reliability Engineering

Observability, SLOs, load testing and incident review practices that turn firefighting into predictable operations.

Selected work

Recent engagements

All projects
2024 Lead Backend Engineer

Ledger Core — Payments Platform

Rebuilt a double-entry ledger and settlement engine handling multi-currency transactions for a fintech serving small businesses.

Outcome: Cut end-of-day reconciliation from 3 hours to under 6 minutes.

GoPostgreSQLKafkaAWS
2023 Senior Software Engineer

Atlas Fleet Telemetry

Streaming ingestion service processing GPS and sensor events from 18,000 vehicles, with live dashboards for dispatch teams.

Outcome: Sustained 40k events/second at p99 latency under 120 ms.

TypeScriptNode.jsTimescaleDBKubernetes
2022 Full-Stack Engineer

Cedar Health Portal

Patient-facing appointment and records portal built to WCAG 2.1 AA with strict audit logging and role-based access control.

Outcome: Reduced call-centre booking volume by 34% in the first quarter.

ReactDjangoRedisTerraform
How I work

Principles behind the delivery

01

Clarity before code

Every engagement starts with a written problem statement, constraints and success metrics. Good architecture follows a clear question.

02

Small, reversible steps

I ship in thin vertical slices behind feature flags so stakeholders see progress weekly and risk stays contained.

03

Operable by the team

Runbooks, dashboards and tests are part of the deliverable. Software you cannot operate is not finished software.

Have a project in mind?

I take on a small number of engagements each quarter so every client gets focused attention. Tell me about your product and timeline.