faraz razi

Currently building at Bakhabar Kissan

Software Engineer

I build high-performance distributed systems, real-time communication, and AI/ML pipelines.

About

I like hard problems and clean systems.

I'm a software engineer drawn to the parts of a system that are easy to get wrong — concurrency, real-time media, data that has to stay correct under load. I enjoy taking something tangled and leaving it simpler than I found it.

I've worked across the stack: backends in Node.js and Go, real-time voice and video, GIS and ML pipelines, and the DevOps glue that keeps it all running. I care about the details that users never see but always feel — latency, reliability, and code that the next person can actually read.

When I'm not shipping, I'm usually pulling apart how something works — kernels, networking, distributed computing — and rebuilding it from scratch to really understand it.

Education

B.Sc. Computer Science

FAST — National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences

2020 — 2024 · Rawalpindi, PK

Honors & Publications

  • Cloud Load Balancing via CloudSim — ICAETA '24 (Springer)
  • NaSCon '23 Runner-Up (ML / AI / IoT)

Experience

Where I've shipped.

Bakhabar Kissan (BKK)

Feb 2026 — Present

Full-Stack Engineer

Islamabad, PK

Pakistan's leading AgriTech platform, serving 15M+ farmers with GIS, AI advisory, and fintech.

  • Architecting high-concurrency Node.js / React microservices for a nationwide AgriTech ecosystem.
  • Building VoIP & IVR systems (Asterisk / ARI) to deliver automated agricultural advisory to rural populations.
  • Designing cross-DB sync pipelines over PostGIS, integrating satellite remote-sensing data into real-time dashboards.
  • Managing cloud infrastructure and CI/CD with Docker & GitHub Actions for 99.9% uptime.
Node.jsReactPostGISAsteriskDockerGitHub Actions

Code Huddle

Feb 2025 — Jan 2026

Full Stack Developer

Islamabad, PK

Led GYMYG — a flagship live video-conferencing SaaS connecting fitness trainers and clients globally.

  • Served as the primary technical liaison, translating client needs into prioritized, shipped features.
  • Engineered premium live video (DailyJS), including a one-on-one audio track alongside concurrent Spotify music playback.
  • Implemented core payments — Stripe for charges and PayPal for trainer payouts — with secure transaction processing.
  • Built the cross-platform React Native app to full feature parity, plus Playwright load-testing bots and a full audit log.
NestJSReactReact NativeTypeScriptDailyJSStripePlaywright

Pakistan Air Force

Jun 2024 — Feb 2025

Software Engineer

Rawalpindi, PK

Maintained mission-critical C2 & real-time communication systems across 27 airbases at 99.99% uptime in an air-gapped environment.

  • Stabilized legacy Asterisk PBX systems — diagnosing SIP/RTP issues to guarantee clear real-time voice command delivery.
  • Re-engineered critical MySQL queries, cutting execution from 12 minutes to under 30 seconds.
  • Built Ansible pipelines that slashed fleet deployment windows from 4+ hours to under 12 minutes.
  • Designed a Prometheus/Grafana stack over 500+ metrics, reducing fault detection from hours to under 2 minutes.
JavaVoIP (SIP/RTP)MySQLAnsiblePrometheusGrafanaLinux (RHEL)

Sumiaka

Jun 2023 — Aug 2023

ML & Full Stack Engineer

Remote

AI-driven HR automation platform.

  • Designed and deployed a recommendation engine (85%+ accuracy) for automated candidate matching.
  • Built the end-to-end data pipeline for continuous training and inference.
  • Led MERN stack feature development and established CI/CD pipelines.
PythonMERNMachine LearningCI/CD

Skills

The toolkit.

Languages

GoTypeScriptJavaScriptPythonJavaC++SQLBash

Backend & Real-Time

Node.jsNestJSRESTGraphQLWebSocketsWebRTCAsterisk (SIP/RTP)Microservices

Frontend & Mobile

ReactNext.jsReact NativeFlutterReduxTailwind CSSWebAssembly

Databases

PostgreSQLPostGISMySQLMongoDBRedisElasticsearchTypeORM

DevOps & Cloud

DockerKubernetesTerraformAnsibleAWSGitHub ActionsLinux (RHEL)Nginx

Data, AI & Observability

Ray.ioHadoop / MPIMLOpsYOLOv8OpenCVMediaMTXPrometheusGrafana