Abdulrehman J.

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗜 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱? 𝗜 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. 10+ production systems shipped over 5+ years — from AI products and internal business systems to platforms serving 6M+ users. Architecture, integrations, performance, security, infrastructure, and production readiness. 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬: 📈 𝐎𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 — 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝟔𝐌+ 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 Joined when viral growth started exposing serious performance and infrastructure bottlenecks. With infrastructure projected toward $𝟱𝟬𝗞/𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵, I helped redesign the direction toward $𝟮𝟬𝗞/𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 across AWS, Aurora PostgreSQL, Redis, database indexing, hot-path optimization, and WebRTC/LiveKit infrastructure. 🏭 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 — 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘅-𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 A Canadian precast manufacturer built its internal operations platform with Codex across production, inventory, orders, dispatch, QuickBooks, Samsara, and logistics. I took ownership as 10K–20K-line components, Firestore architecture, event-heavy Firebase functions, performance issues, and an unexpected $𝟯𝗞 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹 started catching up with the product. 🎬 𝗩𝘂𝗯𝗼 𝗔𝗜 — 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝟰𝟱+ 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 Worked as Tech Lead on a production AI platform for high-volume content creation — integrating 𝟰𝟱+ 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼, 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗟𝗠 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 with automated content pipelines, Remotion rendering, AWS Lambda/S3, and scalable production infrastructure. 🚜 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 — 𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗥𝗠 & 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 Building the central system behind a US heavy-equipment business, connecting 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗳𝘆, 𝗤𝘂𝗼/𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗣𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗹, 𝗚𝗼𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹, 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮/𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀, 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝟴𝗻 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 into one operational platform. 🤖 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 — 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 Built AI support across three businesses using 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗼𝘁, 𝗤𝘄𝗲𝗻/𝗢𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗮, 𝗥𝗔𝗚, 𝗽𝗴𝘃𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝟴𝗻 — centralizing email, SMS, web chat, and social conversations with AI responses, lead classification, multilingual handling, and human escalation. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬: ◆ 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤: TypeScript, Node.js, React, Next.js, Python, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Firebase ◆ 𝐀𝐈 & 𝐋𝐋𝐌𝐬: OpenAI, Claude, Qwen, Ollama, RAG, pgvector, LangGraph, LangSmith, Hugging Face, AI Agents ◆ 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 & 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/EKS, Lambda, Redis, Aurora, Terraform, CI/CD ◆ 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 & 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Shopify, GoHighLevel, CallRail, Quo/OpenPhone, QuickBooks, n8n, Webhooks & APIs ◆ 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: Architecture Reviews, Refactoring, Performance, Security, Scalability, Observability, Cost Optimization ✅ 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗳: - You have a working product, MVP, or internal system that needs experienced technical ownership - You built fast with AI or an existing team and now need to make it production-ready - You need someone who can own architecture and technical decisions at scale. ❌ 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗳: - Price is your #1 decision factor - The scope is limited to small one-off fixes - You don’t value clear communication, mutual respect & collaboration 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻: → 𝐄𝐧𝐝-𝐭𝐨-𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. I work across the product, backend, AI, data, infrastructure, and deployment instead of treating each problem in isolation. → 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 5+ years and 10+ shipped systems — including platforms serving 6M+ users. → 𝐈 𝐟𝐢𝐱 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. Architecture, refactoring, performance, security, integrations, infrastructure, or cost — based on what the system actually needs. → 𝐀𝐈-𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐀𝐈-𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭. I use AI heavily to ship faster, while engineering decisions stay grounded in production experience. 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁? 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲.