Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Awards
Timeline
Generic
Aqib Maqbool

Aqib Maqbool

Software Engineer
Cyberjaya

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Engineer

Deriv
Cyberjaya
10.2024 - Current
  • Company Overview: http://deriv.com/
  • Build RAG-based AI agents utilizing LangChain, CrewAI frameworks
  • Design automation workflows with n8n for business processes and security
  • Research and implement AI-powered solutions for operational enhancement
  • Develop and optimize MCP server infrastructure
  • Lead PSPs and third-party integrations with Deriv platform
  • Maintain robust CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with DevOps
  • Create internal tools: code reviewer, code scanner, GitHub and Clickup integrations
  • Implement low-code/no-code solutions with DroonaHQ, Xano, BuildShip, and Supabase
  • Research cutting-edge technologies to accelerate development cycles
  • Partner with frontend and QA teams for feature delivery and enhancements
  • Participate in code reviews, pair programming, and agile ceremonies
  • Drive technical innovation while ensuring high code quality standards

Software Engineer

Pikessoft
Lahore
06.2021 - 10.2024
  • Engineered scalable web scraping solution handling over 500 million records
  • Designed distributed system architecture across database servers, EC2 instances, and AWS Lambda
  • Reduced database costs and query response time by 15% through strategic sharding, indexing, and Redis implementation
  • Boosted system performance by introducing asynchronous programming with comprehensive testing
  • Cut monthly error rates from 30% to 3-5% by implementing AWS SNS logging and alerts
  • Developed database schema and APIs from scratch, including socket-based chat system that increased user engagement
  • Implemented comprehensive error tracking using Sentry, Bugsnag, Winston logger, and CloudWatch
  • Integrated secure payment gateway and established CI/CD with AWS CodeDeploy
  • Led development team to successful app launch within tight 6-month timeline
  • Created custom ffmpeg video transcoding script that significantly reduced AWS transcoder costs
  • Built scalable admin management system for Germany-based apartment and building management app
  • Designed database schema and API architecture from ground up
  • Conducted Jmeter load testing to ensure system stability under projected traffic volumes
  • Eliminated 190 days of technical debt in just 25 days through collaborative team effort
  • Debugged application socket emitters to resolve critical ETA display issues in Uber-like shuttle service
  • Contributed to architecture design for video-based e-commerce platform
  • Implemented foundational API endpoints for core functionality
  • Increased unit test coverage from 0% to 65% across entire project

Education

Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering

PUCIT
Lahore, Pakistan
03.2021

Skills

Technologies: JavaScript (ES6), AI Agents, LowCode/NoCode, CrewAI, n8n,

TypeScript, Python, Nodejs, Nestjs,

Expressjs, REST APIs, GraphQL

Code Quality: Test Driven

Programming, SonarQube, ESLint,

Husky, Snyk (Security Scanning),

OWASP

Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB,

Redshift, Sequelize, TypeORM,

Mongoose

Cloud: AWS (EC2-Linux, S3, Lambda,

CloudWatch, EventBridge, IAM, RDS,

Redshift, SNS, CodeDeploy, CI/CD

Pipeline), Nginx, Docker, Jenkins,

Terraform

Security & Performance: Cross-Site

Scripting (XSS), DOS Attacks

Prevention, Rate Limiting, End-to-End

Encryption

Version Control & Collaboration:

GitHub, GitLab

Project Management & Agile: Scrum,

Agile, Jira, Notion

Other: Firebase, Google Maps APIs,

Payment Gateways Integration, Web

Scraping, Unit Testing, Integration

Testing, Selenium, Cypress, Jest,

Mocha, 3rd Party Integrations, Redis,

CI/CD, English Communication (Written

and Spoken as I'm working with US

clients for past 3 years), Asynchronous

programming, Familiarity with

microservices

Awards

  • Topper of Deriv AI Competition, Participated in Deriv AI competition and won the 1st Prize position for making a low-code AI agentic tool.
  • Deriv Low Code Competition, Participated in Deriv Low Code competition, and ended as runner up for making fraud detection system with low code and AI.
  • Level 5, Achieved coverage from engineering levels L2 to L5 within seven months at Pikessoft.

Timeline

Software Engineer

Deriv
10.2024 - Current

Software Engineer

Pikessoft
06.2021 - 10.2024

Bachelor of Science - Software Engineering

PUCIT
Aqib MaqboolSoftware Engineer