Ali R.

Most developers show you a portfolio. I would rather you check my work before we speak. The AI assistant on my company's website is mine. It answers in eleven languages, opens real support tickets, and escalates to a human when it should. The ERP that runs my business is mine too: inventory, orders, invoicing, payroll, support. So is the client invoice portal my clients pay through. I did not buy those tools. I built them. That is the clearest thing I can tell you about how I work. WHAT I DO ➤ E-COMMERCE WEB DEVELOPMENT. Shopify Stores and Shopify Plus, custom Liquid themes, headless storefronts with Hydrogen, WooCommerce builds, and platform migrations that protect the rankings and revenue you already have. Includes payment gateway integrations (Stripe, PayPal, Shopify Payments) and third-party app integrations. Stack: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Liquid, PHP (WooCommerce), React, Hydrogen, Node.js, GraphQL, REST APIs, Stripe, PayPal. ➤ FULL-STACK WEB DEVELOPMENT. React, Next.js, Node.js, TypeScript, PHP, Laravel, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. Applications built to be maintained by whoever comes after me, including a developer who is not me. Payment and third-party service integrations included where needed. Stack: Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS. Backend: Node.js, Express, PHP, Laravel. Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL. Payments/Integrations: Stripe, PayPal, Twilio, SendGrid. ➤ CUSTOM SOFTWARE. CRM and ERP systems, operational dashboards, internal tools, REST and GraphQL integrations, Stripe and payment flows, and automation that removes manual work from a business. Stack: Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Next.js. Backend: Node.js, Express, PHP, Laravel. Database: PostgreSQL, MySQL. APIs: REST, GraphQL. Payments/Integrations: Stripe, PayPal, QuickBooks, Zapier. ➤ AI ENGINEERING. LLM-powered applications, assistants, retrieval pipelines, and AI features built into products that already exist. Engineered properly, not a prompt wrapped in a chat window. Stack: Python, JavaScript, Node.js, LangChain, OpenAI/Anthropic APIs, vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate), RAG pipelines. ➤ SAAS PRODUCTS. End-to-end SaaS development, from architecture and multi-tenant design to billing, onboarding, and scalable infrastructure that grows with your user base. Subscription billing and payment integrations built in from day one. Stack: Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js. Backend: Node.js, PHP, Laravel. Database: PostgreSQL. Infrastructure: AWS/Vercel, multi-tenant architecture. Payments/Integrations: Stripe Billing, Paddle, PayPal. ➤ APP DEVELOPMENT (ANDROID & iOS). Native and cross-platform mobile apps built for performance and long-term maintainability, from concept through App Store and Play Store deployment. In-app payments and subscription integrations included. Stack: JavaScript, React Native, Flutter, Swift (iOS), Kotlin (Android), Firebase, Stripe, In-App Purchas HOW I WORK I scope the work myself, and I write the code. You won't b handed to a junior after the contract is signed. Fixed milestones agreed in writing before anything starts. You always know what is being built and what it costs. Clean, documented, maintainable code. Repositories and accounts in your name, transferred on completion. Direct communication in plain English. No jargon used to make simple decisions sound complicated. WHAT MAKES ME DIFFERENT I came to development through business, not the other way around. Before writing software full-time, I worked in business development, so I read a brief for margin, conversion, and operating cost before I read it for architecture. That changes the advice you get. I will tell you when a feature is not worth building, when an app you were quoted for could be a web page, and when the cheapest path is the right one. Occasionally that costs me the larger contract. It has also kept clients with me for years. WHO I WORK WITH Founders building a first product. Store owners whose platform is now the bottleneck. Businesses running on spreadsheets that should be running on software. E-commerce, fintech, healthcare, real estate, logistics, and education, in Pakistan and internationally. BACKGROUND Founder of Ecomsy, a registered software house and e-commerce agency, SECP-registered and registered with the Pakistan Software Export Board under the Ministry of IT and Telecom. Business Development & Strategy Consultant, SprintOps (Austin, Texas) I am new to Upwork and starting at zero reviews. That is worth being direct about: early clients here will get more of my time and attention than is strictly commercially sensible, because a track record has to start somewhere. NEXT STEP Send me a message describing what you are building, or what is not working. You will get an honest assessment, a realistic budget range, and a timeline. Free and with no obligation. If I am the right person for it, I will say so. If I am not, I will tell you that too.