I build software
from silicon to cloud.
Senior software engineer with 10+ years across the full stack — from C/C++ on microcontrollers in Italy, up through .NET and React, to architecting a self-hostable SaaS platform of my own.
The journey up the stack
I started where the electrons are — an electrical engineering degree, then embedded systems work at STMicroelectronics in Italy, running JavaScript on bare microcontrollers. Over a decade I climbed upward: firmware, backends, front-ends, and finally building entire platforms.
Where I’ve worked
Senior Software Developer
- ·Core developer on QuantyxRM, an enterprise risk-management platform spanning real estate, private equity, venture capital, private debt and more.
- ·Backend in C#/ASP.NET Core, React/TypeScript front-end, SQL Server with T-SQL, stored procedures, and dacpac-based CI/CD pipelines.
- ·Built Azure Functions, Windows GUI tools, and an Excel VSTO add-in for live data integration.
Founder & Lead Engineer
- ·Architected Horizech Workspace — a modular, self-hostable SaaS platform with a Provider/Plugin/App component model.
- ·19 provider interfaces, 20+ swappable plugins, a package registry, and a JWT-based licensing system for managed and self-hosted instances.
- ·Lead a team of four; shipped products including Wiscademy and CaptainPassword on the platform.
Part-time Consultant
- ·Develop OneCompliance, a configurable corporate-controls and audit platform.
- ·Angular front-end with AWS backend (Lambda, CloudWatch, S3, EC2).
Senior Software Developer
- ·Led architecture and development of document & media archive systems with automated text-extraction and keyword indexing.
- ·Angular, .NET Core, PostgreSQL.
Software Engineer Lead
- ·Lead developer and designer of Drizlet; built a single Ionic/Angular codebase shipping to both Android and iOS.
- ·Built mobile titles in Unity and Godot.
Thesis Stage — Embedded / IoT
- ·Brought JavaScript to ARM mbed boards by running JerryScript on-device, partitioning flash for firmware and interpreted code.
- ·Wrote a layered C++ driver stack exposing ST sensors to JavaScript, with MQTT networking for remote code deployment.
Selected projects
Horizech Workspace
A modular, self-hostable SaaS platform built from the ground up. Provider/Plugin/App architecture, a package registry, and runtime-installable components.
QuantyxRM
Production risk-management platform for Italian financial firms, covering a wide range of asset classes with complex reporting and data workflows.
Wiscademy
Learning platform for Canadian engineering licensing exams. Built in weeks on Horizech Workspace, with Stripe payments and a Next.js front-end.
OneCompliance
Configurable corporate-controls platform supporting everything from line controls to third-level internal audit.
CaptainPassword
Self-hostable password manager built in days on Workspace, leveraging the platform's AES/RSA encryption and auth providers.
The toolkit
Backend
Frontend
Data
Cloud & DevOps
Craft
Roots
Away from the keyboard
Tunes on the Moon
I create children's educational content and games — a creative outlet that grew into a brand spanning videos, 3D worlds, and learning games for kids.
Building for builders
I'm fascinated by developer tools and platforms. Horizech Workspace started as the thing I wished existed when building products quickly.
From Lahore, for the world
Based in Pakistan, working with teams across Italy, the UK and beyond — proof that great engineering has no borders.
Writing
Notes on building platforms, shipping products from Pakistan, and going from embedded C to cloud SaaS. Coming soon.
Let’s build something.
Open to senior engineering roles, contract work, and interesting collaborations. Like this site? I build them too.