Shahzad A.

● Implement mechanisms to monitor, manage, and provide progress on all software development activities. ● Drive innovation with new ideas and options made available by new technologies, by identifying and implementing technology trends that will be able to support the future success of the product. ● Lead and oversee all technical analysis, specifications, and estimation to make sure they are complete and accurate - leading to top-quality written specifications, strategy, and implementation. ● Facilitate technology and decision-making throughout the team, including standardization of system architecture, reusable code base development, versions of software tools, best practices, source control, and deployment processes. ● Provide technical leadership through coaching and mentorship. ● Plan for team growth, considering the blend/level of skills required within the team, with a focus on excellence across the engineering organization. ● Maintaining high standards of software quality within the team by establishing best practices, systems, and policies. ● Facilitate the smooth delivery of the product enhancements and support delivered by the team. ● Help plan future-proof reusable core code libraries, which can be shared, to drive further efficiencies throughout the team

Founder of an independent technology consultancy for startups and SMEs in the US, Europe, and Australia. I lead every engagement personally, from architecture to launch.

Services:

• AI & Automation: workflow automation with n8n, AI agents with LangGraph, and RAG assistants that take manual work out of sales, support, and operations.
• Shopify & E-commerce: store builds, custom apps and integrations, and order and inventory automation.
• Migration & Modernization: legacy applications to modern stacks, framework upgrades, and server and cloud migrations.
• Custom Development: architecture and delivery in Python (Django, FastAPI), React, Next.js, NestJS, and Laravel.

On every project, I own the technical decisions: architecture, security and scalability, testing and automation, CI/CD and release management.

Long-term client: Indus Arts Council (Houston), covering technical support, their WordPress site, and a student LMS built on NestJS, Next.js, and PostgreSQL.