I help teams |

  • Built a core banking system in a month. Alone.
  • Delivered more than an entire team of contractors.
  • Fixed a broken development process and saved a startup.
  • Architected a greenfield fintech that scaled to 40M users.

Yes, I am a real 10x developer.

10+
Years Experience
Staff
Engineer Level
40M+
Users Impacted
5+
Companies
100%
Remote
Arslan R.

Arslan R.

Remote (US timezones)

Staff Engineer / Tech Lead

Architecture, Backend, AI/Automation

English

Tech Stack

GraphQLgRPCTerraformMongoDBNext.jsElasticsearch
GraphQLgRPCTerraformMongoDBNext.jsElasticsearch
Node.jsTypeScriptRedisKafkaDockerReactGCPGraphQLgRPCTerraformMongoDBNext.jsElasticsearch
Node.jsTypeScriptRedisKafkaDockerReactGCPGraphQLgRPCTerraformMongoDBNext.jsElasticsearch
GoPythonPostgreSQLAWSKubernetes
GoPythonPostgreSQLAWSKubernetes
Node.jsTypeScriptRedisKafkaDockerReactGCP
Node.jsTypeScriptRedisKafkaDockerReactGCP
GraphQLgRPCTerraformMongoDBNext.jsElasticsearch
GraphQLgRPCTerraformMongoDBNext.jsElasticsearch

How can I help you?

Looking to Hire

Need a Staff/Lead Engineer who can own architecture and drive delivery?

  • Full-time or long-term contract
  • Remote-first (US timezone overlap)
  • Backend, platform, AI/ML infrastructure
  • IC or Tech Lead roles
See what I've built →

Need Consulting

Stuck on architecture decisions or need to accelerate a critical project?

  • Architecture reviews & audits
  • Technical debt remediation
  • AI/automation implementation
  • Team acceleration & mentoring
View consulting packages →

What you get

Ship faster without sacrificing quality

I help teams find the shortest path to production-ready code, removing blockers and making pragmatic trade-offs.

Includes:

Architecture decisions that don't need revisiting

Clear technical roadmaps

Reduced time-to-market

Scale systems with confidence

Design and implement systems that handle growth without constant firefighting or costly rewrites.

Includes:

Performance-first architecture

Observability and monitoring

Graceful degradation patterns

Unlock AI/automation potential

Turn AI capabilities into production features that actually work, not demos that break in the real world.

Includes:

LLM integration patterns

Automation workflows

Practical, not hype-driven approaches

Unblock your team

Provide technical leadership and mentoring that multiplies team output, not just my own.

Includes:

Code reviews that teach

Architecture documentation

Decision-making frameworks

Case Studies

B2B SaaS PlatformStaff Engineer

Challenge

Legacy monolith couldn't scale to meet growing customer demands. Team velocity had dropped to near-zero due to technical debt.

What I Did

  • Designed incremental migration strategy to services
  • Implemented strangler fig pattern to de-risk migration
  • Established platform team practices and ownership model

Results

  • 3x improvement in deployment frequency
  • Reduced p99 latency from 2s to 200ms
  • Team shipping features again within 2 months
FinTech StartupTechnical Lead

Challenge

Needed to build compliant transaction processing system from scratch under tight regulatory timeline.

What I Did

  • Architected event-driven system with full audit trail
  • Built real-time fraud detection pipeline
  • Established testing strategy for financial accuracy

Results

  • Launched on time, passed regulatory audit
  • Processing $10M+ monthly transactions
  • Zero compliance incidents in first year
AI/ML Product CompanySenior Engineer

Challenge

ML models worked in notebooks but couldn't reliably serve production traffic at scale.

What I Did

  • Designed model serving infrastructure
  • Implemented feature store and inference pipeline
  • Built monitoring and rollback capabilities

Results

  • Reduced model deployment time from weeks to hours
  • 99.9% uptime on inference endpoints
  • Serving 40M+ predictions daily

Consulting Services

Architecture Audit

Deep dive into your system architecture with actionable recommendations.

For:

Teams with scaling challenges or technical debt

You get:

Written report + 2-hour debrief call

Needs:

Codebase access, 2-3 stakeholder interviews

Get an audit
Most Popular

Acceleration Sprint

Hands-on delivery for a focused project or critical milestone.

For:

Teams needing extra senior capacity

You get:

Production-ready code + documentation

Needs:

Clear project scope, team integration

Start a sprint

Fractional Staff Engineer

Ongoing part-time technical leadership for growing teams.

For:

Startups not ready for full-time Staff hire

You get:

Architecture decisions, code reviews, mentoring

Needs:

10-20 hours/week commitment

Discuss engagement

How I Work

01

Discovery Call

15-minute conversation to understand your situation, challenges, and goals. No pitch, just listening.

02

Scope & Proposal

Clear written proposal with timeline, deliverables, and pricing. You know exactly what you're getting.

03

Execute & Deliver

I do the work. Regular async updates, no meetings unless truly needed. You get results, not status reports.

Working Principles

Bias for action

I'd rather ship and iterate than debate endlessly. Progress over perfection.

Async-first

Written communication, documented decisions. Meetings are for collaboration, not status updates.

No bullshit

Direct feedback, honest estimates. I'll tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear.

Frequently Asked Questions

Let's Talk

Book a Call

Pick a date and I'll reach out to schedule a time that works for both of us.

December 2025

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