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Waqas R.

Senior Full Stack Engineer | AI SaaS, Workflow Automation | Claude AI

𝗧𝗼𝗽 1% 𝗨𝗽𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 | 70+ 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 | 8+ 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 | 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 2019 I am a Senior Full Stack Engineer with 8+ years of experience building SaaS platforms, AI-powered applications, enterprise systems, dashboards, APIs, and scalable web products. I do more than complete assigned tickets. I take ownership of the product, understand the business problem, recommend the right technical approach, and stay involved from development through testing and production launch. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲 • I take ownership instead of waiting for step-by-step instructions • Business-focused development instead of over-engineering solutions • Regular updates through Slack, Trello, Jira, Notion, or your preferred workflow • Strong experience taking existing products, understanding the codebase, and improving them • Reliable delivery with clean, maintainable, and scalable code 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 I believe good communication is just as important as good code. I provide regular progress updates, raise blockers early, explain technical decisions in simple language, and make sure everyone knows what is being worked on and what comes next. 𝗔𝗜-𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 I use tools such as Claude Code and GitHub Copilot to speed up development, understand larger codebases, review implementations, and reduce repetitive work. I also provide project architecture, documentation, coding standards, and existing requirements as context so AI-assisted development follows the actual structure of the application rather than generating disconnected code. AI helps me move faster, but I personally review, test, and validate the final implementation. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗜 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 • Manual code review before delivery • Git/GitHub pull request workflows • Unit, integration, and end-to-end testing where required • API and database validation • Authentication and permission testing • Responsive browser/device testing • Staging testing before production deployment • Performance and error monitoring • Final production verification after release 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 • SaaS platforms • AI-powered web applications • Startup MVPs • AI copilots and assistants • CRM and ERP systems • Admin and analytics dashboards • Marketplace platforms • REST and GraphQL APIs • Third-party integrations • Workflow automation • Multi-tenant applications • Scalable enterprise applications 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, Redux, Tailwind CSS, Shadcn/UI, HTML, CSS, Blazor Backend: Node.js, Express, NestJS, Python, FastAPI, Django, .NET Core, C#, REST APIs, GraphQL, Microservices Database: PostgreSQL, Supabase, MySQL, MongoDB, SQL Server, Firebase, Redis AI & Automation: OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, RAG, Embeddings, pgvector, AI Agents, n8n, Webhooks, API Integrations Cloud & DevOps: AWS, Azure, GCP, Vercel, Docker, GitHub Actions, CI/CD 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 I have worked across: • SaaS and AI • Healthcare and clinical systems • EdTech • FinTech and trading platforms • Automotive • E-commerce and marketplaces • Enterprise/internal business systems • CRM, operations, and workflow automation 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗜 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝘁 If you need someone who can understand an existing product, communicate directly with stakeholders, make technical decisions, solve problems independently, and take ownership through production, I can help. Whether you are building a new product, improving an existing SaaS application, cleaning up an AI-generated codebase, adding AI features, or scaling your platform, I can step in and contribute quickly. Send me a message with your current challenge, and I’ll be happy to discuss the best way to approach it.

🇵🇰Lahore, Pakistan$35/hr100% JSS4.96 (53)Since Nov 2019
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Earnings and projects

MRR
$10k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#1,184 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#99 / 52.9k
Revenue, last 30 days
$16k

Last 6 months: $62k

World#452 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#35 / 52.9k
Total earnings
$208k

Billed in all: $217k

World#14,406 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#1,025 / 52.9k
Per project
$2.8k

$7.8k in the last 6 months

World#58,689 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#4,103 / 52.9k
Projects, last 6 months
8
50% fixed50% hourly
World#24,499 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#5,527 / 52.9k
Projects in all
74

Across 81 contracts

47% fixed53% hourly
World#40,167 / 412k
🇵🇰Country#6,116 / 52.9k

Earnings, last 30 days

$217k+$16.5k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$200k$210k$220kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 0.39% in MERN Stack

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  7. #51AI App Development4,708 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #12Top 1%
  8. #52API7,943 freelancers · 🇵🇰 #2Top 0.65%