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Resume.
Enterprise AI and software consultant with fourteen years building LMS, membership, multi-tenant SaaS, and WooCommerce platforms, mostly on WordPress and PHP, plus the identity, SSO, and infrastructure underneath. These days I build AI agents, MCP servers, and automation into that work. Toptal network developer based in Islamabad.
Experience
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2023–2026
Principal Engineer @ Akademias
Remote · via Direct
- Led a multi-tenant WordPress LMS that grew to 127 enterprise tenants and more than 125,000 registered users, all served from one codebase and one Docker image with each tenant isolated on its own database.
- Authored 35 custom plugins and 20 mu-plugins, including a request-aware plugin loader that swaps the active plugin set per request type to keep WordPress boot overhead down.
- Built an HRIS sync framework that integrated six external HR systems on a shared Action Scheduler pipeline, and ran a 127-connection Auth0 identity estate with Icelandic eID federation and multi-subdomain SSO.
- Managed a fleet of more than 30 servers and led the solo migration from DigitalOcean to Hetzner, saving about $5,000 a month and holding 99.97% uptime.
- WordPress
- BuddyBoss
- LearnDash
- WPML
- Auth0
- PHP 8.3
- Python
- Bash
- Node.js
- React Native
- MySQL
- Redis
- Docker
- Ansible
- Hetzner
- GitHub Actions
- Nginx
- Sentry
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2023–2023
Senior LearnDash & WordPress Developer @ AVIA eLearning
Remote · via Toptal
- Built the foundation of a multi-tenant LearnDash platform on a single WordPress codebase with database-switched isolation, reaching around 20 tenants and 10,000 learners by the end of the phase.
- Integrated Auth0 single sign-on over OIDC, one connection per tenant, on per-tenant subdomains.
- Designed the daily Action Scheduler HR-sync pipeline, from file import through departments, titles, users, enrollment, and cleanup.
- Shipped a front-end LMS-manager dashboard plugin with REST controllers, custom WP-CLI commands, and DataTables reporting.
- WordPress
- BuddyBoss
- LearnDash
- WPML
- Auth0
- OIDC
- PHP
- MySQL
- Redis
- Action Scheduler
- Composer
- Elementor
- jQuery
- Git
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2022–2022
WordPress Developer @ CYBERsprout LLC
Remote
- Built a plugin linking Canvas LMS with WordPress, sharing user accounts and surfacing course progress inside the site.
- Tied WooCommerce subscriptions to Canvas so course access tracked subscription status.
- Built single sign-on so one login worked across both platforms.
- WordPress
- WooCommerce
- Canvas LMS
- PHP
- MySQL
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2021–2022
Senior Full-Stack Engineer @ Reup: Social Shopping
Remote · via Toptal
- Built the WooCommerce marketplace where vendors list products and receive payouts, in the style of Etsy or Amazon.
- Architected the seller dashboard that links Instagram content to products and runs creator-driven discounts.
- Designed and built the REST APIs behind the native iOS and Android apps, and hand-built the front end from more than 50 Figma designs with no page builder.
- Set up AWS autoscaling to keep the platform responsive under load.
- PHP
- WooCommerce
- WordPress
- JavaScript
- Stripe
- REST API
- AWS
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2018–2021
Senior WordPress Developer @ WooNinjas
Islamabad, Pakistan
- Built add-ons and extensions for LearnDash, LifterLMS, Easy Digital Downloads, Restrict Content Pro, and Paid Memberships Pro against client requirements.
- Wrote WP-CLI commands for backups to local and private cloud storage, plus data management and cron jobs.
- Managed environments across VPS, WP Engine, Cloudways, AWS, DigitalOcean, Pressidium, and Pantheon, and handled plugin customization and support.
- WordPress
- PHP
- LearnDash
- LifterLMS
- EDD
- Restrict Content Pro
- Paid Memberships Pro
- WP-CLI
- MySQL
- AWS
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2017–2021
WordPress Developer @ Freelance
Remote
- Built responsive WordPress themes and plugins for direct clients.
- Integrated PayPal, Stripe, Facebook, Instagram, and other REST and SOAP APIs.
- Tuned sites and servers for performance and converted Photoshop designs into working WordPress builds.
- WordPress
- PHP
- JavaScript
- Stripe
- PayPal
- REST API
- SOAP
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2015–2018
Senior PHP Developer @ BTech Group
Islamabad, Pakistan
- Turned mockups into live sites with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, and PHP.
- Extended WooCommerce with Visual Composer and BuddyPress for client builds.
- PHP
- WooCommerce
- JavaScript
- AJAX
- Visual Composer
- BuddyPress
- HTML
- CSS
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2014–2015
PHP Developer @ Aspire Solutions
Islamabad, Pakistan
- Built back-end components for a range of web services.
- Delivered an internal CMS and content-delivery applications.
- PHP
- MySQL
- JavaScript
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2012–2014
Junior PHP Developer @ WebSoftNET Technologies
Islamabad, Pakistan
- Did front-end development on WordPress and Joomla projects.
- Wrote HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and PHP, and converted Photoshop designs to web.
- WordPress
- Joomla
- PHP
- jQuery
- HTML
- CSS
Skills
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AI & Automation
- Claude API
- Claude Code
- OpenAI
- Gemini
- AI Agents
- MCP
- Abilities API
- MCP Adapter
- RAG
- Evals
- n8n
- Workflow Automation
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Languages
- PHP
- Python
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- SQL
- Bash
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Backend & CMS
- WordPress
- WooCommerce
- LearnDash
- BuddyBoss
- LifterLMS
- WPML
- Laravel
- Django
- Node.js
- Express
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Frontend
- React
- React Native
- Next.js
- Astro
- Tailwind
- jQuery
- Bootstrap
- DataTables
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Data
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- Redis
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Infra & DevOps
- Ansible
- Hetzner
- DigitalOcean
- AWS
- Docker
- Cloudflare
- Nginx
- WP-CLI
- GitHub Actions
- Sentry
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Identity & SSO
- Auth0
- OIDC
- OAuth2
- SSO
- Icelandic eID federation
Education
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2008 - 2012
Bachelor's in Computer Science
Air University
Islamabad, Pakistan