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Syed A.

Syed A.

AI-First Engineer | Solutions Architect | Consultant | Fractional CTO

I help organizations design cloud platforms, ship software, and modernize legacy systems with clarity and momentum. I'm a Solutions Architect and Program Manager with two decades driving digital transformation, cloud architecture, and industrial automation. I stepped into professional engineering at thirteen and never looked back hands-on work, fast feedback loops, and short paths to market beat theory every time. I specialize in resilient, serverless, and cloud-agnostic designs across AWS, Azure, and GCP, with deep work in Industrial IoT and enterprise data management. I've led cross-functional teams and delivered for some of the fastest-growing businesses. I own complex project lifecycles end to end, stay active in open source, and I'm a quick study, a straight talker, and a dependable teammate with a serious passion for mentoring the next generation of builders.

🇺🇸Spring, United States$70/hr100% JSSSince May 2025

Earnings and projects

MRR
$807

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#57,607 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#9,149 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$0

Last 6 months: $4.8k

Total earnings
$4.9k

Billed in all: $5.2k

World#256,404 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#40,311 / 62.1k
Per project
$1.6k

$4.8k in the last 6 months

World#89,560 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#15,108 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
1
0% fixed100% hourly
World#128,092 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#16,472 / 62.1k
Projects in all
3

Across 5 contracts

0% fixed100% hourly
World#304,140 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#44,018 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$5.2kNothing earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$5.0k$5.1k$5.2k$5.3kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

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