About

Syed Saqlain is a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer with over 7 years of experience in delivering technology solutions. He has extensive experience in designing, developing, and maintaining highly scalable and reliable systems using technologies such as Python, Django, REST framework, PostgreSQL, and more. Syed is a quality-conscious team player with attention to detail, collaborating with team members to ship beautiful products within deadlines. Currently, Syed works as a Senior Backend Engineer at Plate IQ, an automated accounts payable software that replaces manual data entry by digitizing invoices down to the line item and providing analytics around purchasing. In his role, Syed manages milestones from initial steps through final delivery, enhances the Backend system, and improves client interfaces. He also integrates with multiple payment providers such as Lob, Dwolla, OnPay, etc. for processing payments by cheques and ACH. Syed has experience working with AWS services such as EC2, Elastic Beanstalk, S3, Secrets Manager, Session Manager, and uses Jenkins for triggering deployment builds, run tests, etc. In his past roles, Syed worked as a Senior Backend Developer at MishiPay, an innovative solution that allows retailers to offer an industry-leading customer experience using mobile self-checkout. He also worked as a Full Stack Developer at GALE Partners, a business agency that bridges consulting and creativity, with data at the core. Syed holds a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Computer Science from KNS Institute of Technology and completed his high school education from Presidency School. He has a strong tech stack that includes Backend, Django, Python, AWS, Jenkins, Mobile, Web, and Javascript. Overall, Syed has 7.70 years of relevant experience and is a highly skilled Backend Engineer who can design, develop, and maintain highly scalable and reliable systems using various technologies. He is a quality-conscious team player with attention to detail, and his ability to collaborate with team members to ship beautiful products within deadlines makes him an asset to any organization.