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Saad Khawaja

Backend Engineer & Team Lead. We ship scalable products.

Class
Backend Architect
Level
LV.07
Location
Multan, Pakistan
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Saad Khawaja

LV.07

Saad Khawaja, Backend Engineer and Team Lead
Class
Backend Architect
XP
7+ years
Base
Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Availability
Works with clients worldwide — remote, hybrid or on-site.

I build backend systems that hold up when the traffic arrives. A software engineering degree from Virtual University of Pakistan, then 7+ years shipping production APIs, databases and deployment pipelines.

These days I lead the team as well as write the code — scoping architecture, running sprints with weekly demos, and handing over something the client can actually operate. We work across SaaS, e-commerce, marketplaces and mobility.

Attributes

Counted from the stack in each area, not self-scored.

System Design
71
Scalable services, architecture, security practice
APIs
86
REST, GraphQL, Nest.js, third-party and payment integrations
Databases
57
PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, query optimisation
DevOps
57
Docker, CI/CD, AWS, Git
Leadership
71
Team lead, project management, Agile/Scrum

Training

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Software Engineering

Virtual University of Pakistan · 2014–2019

Community

Guest Speaker, Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors Multan

Dec 2024

20,000+ LinkedIn followers. I write about backend engineering, PostgreSQL, Node.js, TypeScript and AI infrastructure.

Skill Tree

Skills

The stack we build on. Every branch is in production today.

  • Core Languages & frameworks

    • Node.js
    • Nest.js
    • TypeScript
    • JavaScript
    • Python

  • Interfaces APIs

    • REST
    • GraphQL

  • Data Databases

    • PostgreSQL
    • MongoDB
    • MySQL

  • Deployment DevOps

    • Docker
    • CI/CD
    • AWS
    • Git

  • Links Integrations

    • Third-party APIs
    • Payment gateways
    • Google Maps

  • Discipline Engineering practice

    • Auth & authorization
    • Unit & integration testing

Stacks we work in

Party size and stack both scale to the mission.

  • MERN

    MongoDB · Express · React · Node.js

  • MEAN

    MongoDB · Express · Angular · Node.js

  • MEVN

    MongoDB · Express · Vue · Node.js

Ways of working

Agile / ScrumTeam leadership

Campaign

Experience

Five roles, newest first. Backend engineering into team leadership.

  1. Level Cleared

    Project Manager / Team Lead

    Jun 2025 — Present

    GoCloud Pvt Ltd. · Hybrid

    Leads scalable Node.js backend services and REST/GraphQL API design.

    • Optimizes MongoDB, PostgreSQL and MySQL databases
    • Integrates payment gateways and applies security best practices
    • Runs Docker and CI/CD deployments
    • Works across frontend, design and project management

  2. Level Cleared

    Senior Backend Developer

    Jan 2025 — Jun 2025

    Syner Matrix Labs

  3. Level Up

    Backend Team Lead

    Jul 2024 — Jan 2025

    Lead Softwares

    Promoted to lead the backend team.

  4. Level Cleared

    Back End Developer

    Feb 2024 — Jan 2025

    Lead Softwares

    Staffed on client work for Crazy Tech AI Innovation Labs.

  5. Level Cleared

    Back End Developer

    Oct 2022 — Apr 2024

    Turing Nova · formerly Intelligent Software Solutions

    Built RESTful APIs with Nest.js and TypeScript.

    • Fixed performance bottlenecks
    • Unit testing and code review
    • Docker and AWS in Agile sprints

Story Mode

My Career Journey

Eleven chapters, from Multan to leading a product team. Every one of them real.

Skip story

11 chapters · ~77 seconds

Chapter list

  1. Ch. 00

    Prologue

    Player spawned

    Multan, Punjab, Pakistan

  2. Ch. 01

    Training Grounds

    University · 2014 – 2019

    Bachelor's Degree, Computer Software Engineering, Virtual University of Pakistan

  3. Ch. 02

    World 1 · Turing Nova

    First backend role · Oct 2022 – Apr 2024

    Back End Developer, Turing Nova (formerly Intelligent Software Solutions)

    • Node.js
    • Nest.js
    • TypeScript
    • REST APIs
    • Docker
    • AWS

  4. Ch. 03

    World 2 · Lead Softwares

    Client delivery · From Feb 2024

    Back End Developer; client work for Crazy Tech AI Innovation Labs

    • City17
    • TigerIT
    • Direct Drive
    • IDN Network
    • CrazyByRasel
    • LeadSuit 360

  5. Ch. 04

    LEVEL UP

    Promotion to lead · Jul 2024

    Promoted to Backend Team Lead

  6. Ch. 05

    Side quest

    Community talk · Dec 2024

    Guest Speaker, Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors Multan

  7. Ch. 06

    World 3 · Syner Matrix Labs

    Senior · Jan – Jun 2025

    Senior Backend Developer; Nexus XR freelance, Jan 2025

    • Nexus XR

  8. Ch. 07

    World 4 · GoCloud

    Leading delivery · Jun 2025 – present

    Project Manager / Team Lead

    • GraphQL
    • PostgreSQL
    • MongoDB
    • MySQL
    • CI/CD
    • Payment integrations

  9. Ch. 08

    Boss Mission

    Aesthetics Consults · Jul 2025 – present

    Product Team Lead, Aesthetics Consults

  10. Ch. 09

    Boss Mission

    TM Fragrances · Mar 2026

    TM Fragrances

  11. Ch. 10

    Current level

    Next mission: yours · Now

    20K+ LinkedIn followers; 7+ years XP

Missions

Case Studies

Ten shipped products. Four of them are the big ones.

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6 missions

Cinematic

How We Build

Scroll to take the stack apart. Client, API, queue, data — the same four layers under every product on this page.

  1. Client

    Web · iOS · Android

  2. API layer

    Nest.js · REST · GraphQL

  3. Queue & workers

    Background jobs · integrations

  4. Data layer

    PostgreSQL · MongoDB · MySQL

Gameplay Trailer

Showreel

Two films. The career story, and the site itself in motion.

Story Mode · the film

0:00
Story Mode rendered as a film — eleven chapters following the same career timeline shown on this page, from Multan to leading a product team.

Site showreel

0:00
A 30–45 second capture of this site in motion: the cinematic intro, a camera flight across the Mission Control islands, and mission cards opening into their case studies.
Film transcript
  1. 00 · Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
  2. 01 · Bachelor's Degree, Computer Software Engineering · Virtual University of Pakistan
  3. 02 · Back End Developer · Turing Nova
  4. 03 · Back End Developer · Lead Softwares
  5. 04 · Promoted to Backend Team Lead
  6. 05 · Guest Speaker · Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors Multan
  7. 06 · Senior Backend Developer · Syner Matrix Labs
  8. 07 · Project Manager / Team Lead · GoCloud
  9. 08 · Aesthetics Consults · Admin overhead cut up to 40%
  10. 09 · TM Fragrances · Luxury e-commerce, built end to end
  11. 10 · NEXT MISSION: YOURS

Quests

Services

What we take on. Pick one, hand us the whole build, or embed a dedicated team alongside yours.

  1. 01

    Backend and API development

  2. 02

    SaaS product development

  3. 03

    E-commerce platforms

  4. 04

    Frontend and web applications

    React, Angular or Vue — whichever the stack needs

  5. 05

    Mobile app backends

    Ride-sharing, delivery, marketplaces

  6. 06

    UI/UX design

  7. 07

    Third-party and payment integrations

  8. 08

    DevOps — Docker, CI/CD, AWS

  9. 09

    QA and test automation

  10. 10

    Maintenance and scaling

    After launch, not instead of it

  11. 11

    Technical leadership and project management

    For startups

  12. 12

    Dedicated development teams

    Engineers embedded with yours; party size scales to the mission

  13. 13

    AI integration

    Chatbots, voice agents, workflow automation

Party

Our Team

Party size scales to the mission.

  • Slot 01

    Team Lead / Backend Architect

    Saad

  • Slot 02

    Backend Engineers

  • Slot 03

    Frontend & Mobile Developers

  • Slot 04

    UI/UX

  • Slot 05

    QA & DevOps

Game Loop

How We Work

Five steps, every engagement. No surprises in the middle.

  1. Discovery call

    Thirty minutes on the actual problem — what breaks today, what the deadline really is, and what has already been tried.

    You get A written summary of what we heard, and an honest answer on whether we are the right team.

  2. Scope and architecture

    The goal becomes a system: data model, API surface, integrations, infrastructure. You see the shape of it before anyone writes a line of it.

    You get Architecture outline, milestone plan and a quote that does not move.

  3. Sprint builds with weekly demos

    Two-week sprints against the milestone plan. Every week ends with something running on a staging URL, not with a status update.

    You get A staging environment you can open and use, updated every week.

  4. Launch and deploy

    Pipelines, monitoring, backups and a runbook. We put it into production, watch it under real traffic, and hand over every key.

    You get Production deployment, CI/CD pipeline and the documentation to run it without us.

  5. Support and scale

    Thirty days of bug cover after launch. After that we stay on call by retainer if the traffic justifies it.

    You get Thirty days included, then an optional retainer.

Join the Party

Contact

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