About

Umair Nadeem is a highly skilled software engineer currently working at Dropbox. He has over 5 years of relevant experience in the field and is proficient in a variety of programming languages, including TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, C#, and C++. Umair has a strong background in both back-end and front-end development. He is experienced in working with Node.js, Express.js, NGINX, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, and Redis for back-end development, and with React.js, Redux, jQuery, Backbone.js, Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS3, Webpack, and Babel for front-end development. In addition to his technical skills, Umair is also knowledgeable in testing and DevOps. He is experienced in using Git, Agile Development, Mocha/Chai, Enzyme/Jest, CircleCI, AWS, Docker, Linux, and Bash for testing and DevOps. Umair is passionate about problem-solving and enjoys tackling challenges from different angles to find innovative solutions. He has a track record of building apps from scratch and optimizing back-end system architectures. Outside of work, Umair is driven to help others learn through the power of the internet. He is always eager to make new friends and share his experiences. Umair has previously worked as a software engineer at Deliverr and has worked on personal projects, including optimizing the system architecture of a restaurant reservations app through multi-level horizontal scaling on AWS and code refactoring. He has also implemented a Redis cache layer with an LRU eviction strategy on an NGINX reverse-proxy, reducing round-trip latency from 600 ms to less than 100 ms. Umair holds an Advanced Software Engineering Immersive degree from Hack Reactor and a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance and Economics from the University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management. Overall, Umair Nadeem is a highly skilled and experienced software engineer with a passion for problem-solving and helping others.