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Khurram Shahzad

Lead Software Architect • Cloud Systems & AI Engineer

23+ Years Architecture Expertise
Flagship Systems & Architecture
OmniSchool Platform — Solo Architect & Lead Developer
  • Architected multi-tenant SaaS with AsyncLocalStorage tenant isolation and automated Flyway schema runner across 75+ database migrations.
  • Engineered decoupled temporal fee schedule engine (fee_schedules) computing student billing dynamically on the fly with live clerk impact previews.
  • Integrated Gemini 2.5 Flash AI OCR with client-side canvas rotation/scaling and verification modals for digitizing physical teacher diaries.
  • Implemented dual-write streaming audit engine logging JSON diffs to append-only JSONL files outside MySQL for zero-RPO disaster recovery.
  • Built hybrid Google Places API and Puppeteer DOM scraper, slashing lead acquisition costs by 95% with automated anti-bot bypasses.
UIS Natural Language SQL AI Assistant — AI Systems Architect
  • Engineered embedded natural language SQL assistant with domain intent routing, time-aware context builder, and automated self-correction loop.
  • Designed strict schema sandboxing, parameterized query guardrails, and dynamic few-shot injection to prevent hallucinations and SQL injection risks.
  • Built real-time streaming execution loop with query explanation, execution time metrics, and tabular visualizers.
ReportAutomation & Cloud Infrastructure — Lead Backend & Cloud Architect
  • Modernized enterprise reporting infrastructure to Java 21, Spring Boot 3, and React 18/Vite, accelerating batch document compilation.
  • Architected containerized UIS Cloud & PartsLocator deployments on AWS (Elastic Beanstalk, RDS, Docker) with multi-threaded synchronization.
Autonomous Lead Ingestion & AI Parsing Suite — Lead Automation & AI Engineer
  • Built resilient web scrapers extracting 100K+ business entities with dynamic fingerprint rotation and rate-limiting.
  • Integrated LLM semantic normalization to clean unstructured profiles into validated, schema-compliant CRM leads with 98%+ precision.
Work History & Leadership
Principal Solutions Architect & Consultant — Muhaimin Tech / Freelance
Upwork Top Rated Plus (100% JSS) • Long-term client engagements across US, Germany, Australia, and UK.
  • Architected and deployed full-lifecycle multi-tenant SaaS & cloud platforms on AWS (Beanstalk, RDS, EC2, SQS, S3) and Linux VPS, maintaining 99.9% uptime and zero-downtime schema upgrades.
  • Built production Applied AI & LLM solutions (Gemini 2.5 Flash, Claude 3.5 Sonnet) featuring structured JSON output parsing, multimodal vision OCR, and self-correcting dynamic SQL generation loops.
  • Delivered 3-year full-stack engineering engagement for Körber Digital (Germany) on OBS logistics platform using Kotlin (Ktor), Vue.js, Azure Form Recognizer, and Docker.
  • Served as Lead Architect for PLM Group (Australia) on UIS Cloud SaaS & PartsLocator platform, reverse-engineering legacy SOAP/XML APIs and building AI-powered catalog matching.
  • Conducted deep root-cause debugging in high-throughput production environments, resolving JVM/Node thread pool deadlocks, memory leaks, and complex database query execution bottlenecks.
Lead Software Engineer & Technical Architect — Elixir Technologies
Enterprise Customer Communications Management (CCM) Platforms serving Global Fortune 500 Clients.
  • Architected core composition engines and web-based document design subsystems inside a 50+ engineer enterprise CCM platform serving Anthem, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Deloitte, and Prudential.
  • Engineered multi-threaded SyncManager, high-performance font parsing subsystems, and high-throughput NDF converter engines in C++, Java, and .NET (C#).
  • Designed and optimized mission-critical document composition pipelines producing millions of personalized transactional billing statements under strict sub-second SLAs.
  • Served as Scrum Master & Scrum of Scrums Lead across US and offshore teams, mentoring senior engineers and enforcing rigorous CI/CD, unit testing, and architectural standards.