About
Syed Sibt-e-Ali
Baqar
$ lead engineer · hill country coders · islamabad
Computer Engineering graduate from NUST, Islamabad (2023). Three years building production systems — a blockchain social platform, mobile apps for a US startup, and a full ERP for a construction company.
Tools are a means to an end. The end is software that stays running under load, gives the right people the right access, and makes the spreadsheet unnecessary. Not attached to frameworks; attached to outcomes.
Experience
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Lead Engineer
- Architected and shipped WhatsNextPlease — a multi-tenant task management platform covering internal teams, external projects, and clients.
- Replaced Excel-based task tracking with a semi-automated workflow: ~10–12% company-wide efficiency gain in under six months.
- Introduced CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and consistent development patterns: ~30% team efficiency gain.
- Built a low-cost real-time chat application (Node.js, WebSockets, React) for internal communication across tools.
- Improved DevOps practices via AWS-based deployments, CI/CD, and AWS CDK — raising codebase security, reliability, and resilience.
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Software Engineer
- Spearheaded development and launch of three mobile applications for Swoop Inc in four months: 5× cost reduction and 40% faster delivery.
- Rebuilt Ensemble UI documentation with searchable examples — 50% reduction in customer and developer queries, ~10% team productivity boost.
- Developed key widgets for Ensemble-React that enabled Atlas Health to adopt it for their V2 MVP.
- Created reusable scripts and components for Atlas Navigator UI (~5% team productivity lift).
- Delivered animations and design enhancements on the Ensemble marketing website: ~30% increase in user traffic and client acquisition.
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Associate Software Engineer
- Played a pivotal role in the alpha-testing rollout of a blockchain-based social media web app; incorporated user feedback into 5+ feature enhancements.
- Built real-time notifications, post creation, and reply features with React and GraphQL: ~5% user engagement boost.
- Created a standardized design system adopted across the codebase: ~30% team productivity increase.
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Technical Lead
- Led the team to Top 10 Startups at iCreate-21 (PIEAS) and Runner-Up at FICS-2022 (NUST).
- Secured incubation at the National Incubation Centre Peshawar (2022).
Education
Bachelor of
Computer Engineering
NUST · Islamabad · 2023
National University of Sciences and Technology. Coursework spanning data structures, algorithms, operating systems, computer networks, and embedded systems.
Awarded Merit Certificates for winning iCreate-21 (PIEAS) and FICS — Finding Innovative & Creative Solutions (NUST).
Recognition
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Top 10 Startups
iCreate-21 · PIEAS · 2021
Certificate of Participation and Top 10 placement with Gul-e-Shaor -
Runner-Up
FICS-2022 · NUST · 2022
Finding Innovative & Creative Solutions — national university competition -
NIC Incubation
National Incubation Centre Peshawar · 2022
Gul-e-Shaor selected for incubation following competition wins