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Maqsood Abro

Senior Software Engineer

I get called in when a system is fragile, migrating, or already on fire — a startup's codebase after a founder exit, a national bank's reporting pipeline, an e-commerce platform under real transaction load. Ten years across fintech, banking, e-commerce, and agency work has taught me the same lesson every time: the win isn't a clever architecture diagram, it's a system so stable nobody remembers it was ever risky. I optimize what's slow, secure what's exposed, mentor the team that inherits it — as an engineer, tech lead, or architecture consultant — and move on to the next thing that needs stabilizing.

Career

Experience

  1. Specialist Software Engineer

    Mar 2025 — Present

    Scicom MSC Berhad · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    • Engineered high-traffic web applications and APIs with PHP, Magento, and OpenMage for 50,000+ users across educational and corporate clients.
    • Optimized MySQL schemas and indexes — 30% lower query latency and better uptime.
    • Designed secure REST APIs for third-party and payment-gateway integrations.

  2. Consultant — Software Engineer

    Dec 2024 — Feb 2025

    Scicom MSC Berhad · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Remote)

    • Maintained and enhanced critical web applications through a transition window.
    • Streamlined Git/Bitbucket deployments — shorter deploy windows, clearer handoffs.

  3. Software Engineer — API

    Nov 2019 — Nov 2024

    Bank Negara Malaysia · Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaPayroll: HASTRAA Consulting Services Sdn. Bhd.

    • Built Laravel microservices for a national incident reporting system serving 50+ commercial banks and 1M+ monthly API calls.
    • Led a multi-framework REST API platform — Spring Boot for high-throughput financial data, Laravel + Swagger for core business logic; mentored 3 juniors.
    • Tuned MySQL and MS SQL Server schemas — 30% faster critical reports, 99.9% availability.
    • Integrated Liferay DXP portals for internal banking ops and regulatory compliance.

  4. Senior Software Engineer

    Mar 2018 — Oct 2019

    ELKEN Sdn. Bhd. · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    • Led end-to-end e-commerce and MLM platform — Laravel/Lumen backend, Vue.js frontend.
    • Migrated monolith to AWS with auto-scaling — 20% lower cloud cost.
    • Cut average API response time 40% via profiling, DB tuning, and app-level fixes.

  5. Technology Associate

    Mar 2017 — Feb 2018

    MoneyMatch Sdn. Bhd. · Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

    • Built Laravel/Lumen APIs for Android/iOS fintech apps and banking-partner integrations.
    • Reduced server load 35% through query and endpoint optimization.
    • Shipped e-KYC web app with WebRTC and Socket.IO for onboarding.

Earlier (2011 — 2017)

  • Developer — KERN Technology Sdn. Bhd. (Jul 2016 — Mar 2017)
  • Software Engineer (PHP Developer) — Verge Systems Pvt. Ltd. (Aug 2015 — May 2016)
  • PHP Developer — Intern — Hidaya Institute of Science and Technology (Jun 2014 — Jan 2015)
  • Webmaster / Website Admin — Good Luck Enterprise Pvt. Ltd. (Jan 2011 — Dec 2013)

Background

Education

Bachelor of Science (BS), Software Engineering

ISRA University, Hyderabad, Pakistan · 2009 — 2013

Stack

Skills

Backend

PHPLaravelLumenJavaSpring BootNode.js

Frontend

Vue.jsQuasarReactTypeScriptTailwind CSS

Architecture

System architectureMicroservicesRESTful APIsSwagger/OpenAPIPerformance optimization

Data

MySQLPostgreSQLMS SQL ServerRedisMongoDB

Cloud & DevOps

AWSDockerKubernetesTerraformCI/CD

Platforms

MagentoOpenMageLiferay DXPWordPress

Credentials

Certifications

  • Claude Code 4: Agentic Coding for Professional Developers