Sovaid Shah Lahore, Pakistan Remote or hybrid PKT (UTC+5)

Hire a Software Architect who still ships Next.js, Rails & .NET

Open to full-time Software Architect and Lead Full-Stack roles — remote or hybrid from Lahore. 7+ years of SSR apps, GraphQL APIs, and cloud-ready backends, with production numbers, not slideware.

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  • 7+ yrs shipping production systems
  • 8+ projects delivered
  • −30% cart abandonment · Cercle
  • +45% organic traffic · Yatty

Fit

Who should hire Sovaid Shah?

Hire me for a full-time Architect or Lead Full-Stack seat when you need architecture that survives production: SSR and SEO routes, background jobs that stay off the request path, checkout that finishes, and a lead who still opens the PR that proves the plan.

The marketplace that ranks and converts

You need crawlable product routes and a checkout people finish. On Cercle, SSR + Stripe work cut cart abandonment 30% and improved TTI 20%.

The enterprise hub drowning in jobs

HR and project workflows spike when batch work shares the request path. On ATC, Hangfire-backed scheduling kept ASP.NET Core + Vue deployments operable under load.

The team that needs a lead in the code

Mentoring and architecture reviews without a hands-off ivory tower. At Go Green Together, a four-person delivery improved operational efficiency 40%.

Skip me if…

You only want a visual redesign with no performance budget, or a junior ticket queue. Architecture ownership has to be part of the brief.

Proof

What does a Software Architect with 7+ years actually ship?

Production systems across Next.js, React, Ruby on Rails, and .NET — marketplaces with Stripe, legal intake, energy dashboards, HIPAA-conscious healthcare UIs, and AI vision overlays — with measured outcomes on each case study.

I take full-time Software Architect and Lead Full-Stack seats when a product needs someone who can set the rendering, API, and job strategy — then ship the critical path in Next.js, Rails, or .NET before the architecture drifts.

Stacks I reach for: ASP.NET Core, Rails, Next.js, React, Vue, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Azure, Docker/CI. Education: Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering, Punjab University College of Information Technology (PUCIT) (2021). Recognition: Employee Excellence Award (2023); Internal Hackathon Winner (2022).

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Role
Software Architect
Experience
7+ years (since 2017)
Core stacks
.NET, Rails, Next.js, React, Vue
Timezone
PKT (UTC+5) · EU / US East overlap
Location
Lahore, Pakistan

Selected work

Projects with measurable outcomes

Case studies first. Every row below carries a production number you can open and verify.

All 8 projects

Experience

Professional trajectory

June 2017 — Present · enterprise and product engineering

  • ATC (Air Traffic Controller)

    Lead Full-Stack Engineer

    Jan 2023 — Present
    • Architected a centralized management hub for HR and project handling across enterprise deployments.
    • Implemented Hangfire-based background processing and job scheduling for high-volume workflows.
    • Delivered the platform with ASP.NET Core and Vue.js, focusing on scalability and operational clarity.

    ASP.NET Core · Vue.js · Hangfire

  • Cercle

    Full-Stack Engineer

    Aug 2021 — Dec 2022
    • Built a server-side rendered clothing rental and resale marketplace with SEO-optimized dynamic routes.
    • Integrated Stripe payments and improved checkout UX, reducing cart abandonment by 30%.
    • Applied dynamic component loading and caching strategies to reduce time-to-interactive by 20%.

    Next.js · Rails 6 · Stripe

  • Go Green Together

    Lead Developer

    Jun 2019 — Jul 2021
    • Led development of an energy management platform, guiding a team of 4 developers through delivery.
    • Implemented automated task scheduling and optimized database schemas, improving operational efficiency by 40%.
    • Integrated real-time energy dashboards and alerting using ActionCable and Sidekiq.

    Ruby on Rails 6 · Ruby 3.0 · Sidekiq

FAQ

Questions people ask before hiring

Who is Sovaid Shah?

Sovaid Shah is a Software Architect in Lahore, Pakistan, with 7+ years shipping full-stack systems in Next.js, React, Ruby on Rails, and .NET. He leads architecture for marketplaces, legal platforms, energy tools, and AI interfaces, and takes full-time remote or hybrid Lead Full-Stack roles.

What do you hire Sovaid for?

Architecture ownership plus hands-on delivery: SSR and SEO-ready Next.js routes, Rails or ASP.NET backends, Hangfire/Sidekiq job systems, Stripe checkout, and mentoring the engineers building against that plan.

Can I hire a Next.js developer in Pakistan for remote work?

Yes. From Lahore (UTC+5) he overlaps EU mornings and early US East hours. On the Cercle marketplace he cut cart abandonment 30% and improved time-to-interactive 20% with SSR routes, Stripe checkout, and caching.

What results has Sovaid delivered on past projects?

Measured outcomes include 30% less cart abandonment (Cercle), 40% better operational efficiency (Go Green Together), 60% less manual case input (Legal Atoms), 45% more organic traffic (Yatty), and 25% fewer post-release bugs (MicroHealth).

Who should not hire Sovaid?

Skip him for pure visual redesigns with no performance or architecture budget, or junior ticket queues that need a mid-level implementer only. He fits best when system boundaries, SSR strategy, or team direction are part of the job.

How do you start an engagement?

Email the role, stack, and timeline. Sovaid replies with the closest systems he has shipped and whether he is the right hire — then a short scope call if it fits. Full-time Architect and Lead Full-Stack seats are the primary fit; scoped contracts are available when the brief needs a fixed first slice.

Contact

Email about a full-time Architect or Lead role

Open to full-time Software Architect and Lead Full-Stack roles — remote or hybrid.

Tell me the role, product context, stack, and timeline. I reply with the closest systems I've shipped — and whether I'm the right hire.

Email
sovaids@gmail.com
Phone
+92 312 6636661
Location
Lahore, Pakistan