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Zeeshan – React, Python, Django, experts in Lemon.io

Zeeshan

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Full-stack Web Developer|Senior

Zeeshan – React, Python, Django

Zeeshan is a Senior Full-stack Engineer with 14 years of experience, including roles at Getty Images and as a startup founder. Specializes in React, TypeScript, Django, AWS, and Kubernetes, with notable achievements like migrating Webpack to Vite (CI/CD from 10min to 1min) and architectural ownership through design docs. Currently leads technical mentorship and runs educational courses, helping PMs bridge gaps with engineering teams. Strong in product instincts, and uses Cursor extensively for planning, PR reviews, and learning acceleration.

14 years of commercial experience in
Banking
Photography
Main technologies
React
7 years
Python
6 years
Django
6 years
Typescript
6 years
AWS
8 years
AI-assisted coding
1 year
Additional skills
Ruby on Rails
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
Docker
Webpack
Vite
GitHub Actions
ORM
Django REST
pytest
Redux
Redux Toolkit
API Gateway
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Possible
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Experience Highlights

Senior Full-Stack Developer
Oct 2025 - Jan 20263 months
Project Overview

This project involved building a mission-critical "Bulk Send" feature that allows enterprise users to bundle and distribute up to 50 financial contracts simultaneously. The focus was on managing complex recipient logic and providing a "snappy" user experience for high-latency background operations.

Responsibilities:
  • Designed a set-theory-based classification engine to distinguish recipients included across all documents from those excluded in some bundles.
  • Eliminated N+1 bottlenecks with batch fetching and authorization prefetching in a single request lifecycle.
  • Modernized the Email Preview API for dynamic variable substitution across multiple documents.
  • Introduced optimistic UI updates for Bulk Send, improving feedback while background workers processed status changes.
Project Tech stack:
Django
Django REST
Python
Docker
pytest
Senior Full-Stack Developer
Aug 2025 - Oct 20252 months
Project Overview

The company's enterprise AI platform utilizes a distributed micro-frontend architecture across multiple distinct repositories. This project focused on modernizing the build system to eliminate bottlenecks in the developer feedback loop and drastically reduce infrastructure costs during CI/CD cycles.

Responsibilities:
  • Architected migration of 5 repositories from Webpack to Vite, cutting CI/CD runtimes 80% (10→2 minutes).
  • Implemented incremental rollout with "Compatibility Bridge" via the exports field for seamless library consumption.
  • Migrated testing from Jest to Vitest, resolving memory leaks and native module conflicts.
  • Optimized Docker builds by refactoring pathing and disabling telemetry for faster image generation.
Project Tech stack:
React
Typescript
Vite
Webpack
GitHub Actions
Docker
Senior Full-Stack Developer
May 2025 - Aug 20253 months
Project Overview

A strategic architectural initiative to refactor the repository layer of the core Authentication API. The goal was to remediate performance degradation in complex data retrieval routes that were exhibiting factorial-time growth as the data schema evolved.

Responsibilities:
  • Refactored repository layer with Lazily Evaluated Builder Pattern for improved query composability.
  • Consolidated 5-7 table joins into optimized single SQL queries using CTEs and window functions.
  • Eliminated factorial time complexity by remediating nested sequential scans with GIN indices.
  • Integrated Dependency Injection for isolated unit testing without live database connections.
  • Advocated model-driven optimization over stored procedures for long-term maintainability.
Project Tech stack:
Django
Django REST
ORM
Python
Docker
pytest
Senior Full-Stack Developer
Mar 2025 - May 20252 months
Project Overview

The integration of the Adobe PDF SDK into the enterprise ecosystem to extend document support beyond standard formats and enable advanced cross-platform collaboration.

Responsibilities:
  • Architected Adobe PDF Embed SDK integration for native PDF annotations syncing with platform comments.
  • Engineered reusable shared library component for PDF rendering and annotation extraction across applications.
  • Authored Technical Design Document defining annotation extraction and backend processing architecture.
  • Updated Content Security Policy (CSP) configurations in Kong for secure Adobe SDK execution.
  • Collaborated with DevOps on infrastructure prep for PDF rendering and long-term security needs.
  • Delivered mission-critical integration through focused sprint prioritization and successful production rollout.
Project Tech stack:
React
Redux
API Gateway
Senior Software Engineer
Jan 2025 - Feb 20251 month
Project Overview

This project focused on modernizing core interactive components to handle high-density, nested data structures within the company’s platform.

Responsibilities:
  • Refactored Commenting System for multi-dimensional annotation grouping with type-safe props.
  • Optimized data access from O(n) array searches to O(1) object-map indexing.
  • Replaced recursive DataPoint hierarchies with a flat-array model to cut memory and rendering overhead.
  • Eliminated deep nesting bottlenecks using visibility-toggling on flat datasets.
  • Ensured backward compatibility across platforms with existing single-item implementations.
  • Standardized generic data structures for reusable group headers and metadata types.
Project Tech stack:
React
Redux
Typescript
Redux Toolkit
Senior Software Engineer
Dec 2024 - Jan 20251 month
Project Overview

It's a unified platform that modernizes and automates document-driven workflows in financial services. The initiative focused on modernizing the platform’s core annotation engine to support high-density, grouped document comments.

Responsibilities:
  • Extended core component with scalable grouping interface using type-safe props.
  • Optimized state management from O(n) array searches to O(1) object-map indexing.
  • Implemented direct indexing for group membership to eliminate iterative search overhead.
  • Designed a flexible metadata structure for dynamic rendering of file names and timestamps.
  • Refactored existing component for maximum reuse instead of feature-specific duplication.
  • Maintained full backward compatibility with legacy single-comment data types.
Project Tech stack:
React
Typescript
Redux
Redux Toolkit
Senior Software Engineer
Nov 2020 - Jul 20232 years 8 months
Project Overview

It's one of the world’s leading creators and distributors of award-winning visual content and stock photography.

Responsibilities:
  • Led enterprise-wide migration from legacy front-end to modern React/TypeScript architecture for 1M+ global contributors.
  • Standardized high-performance state management with React Query and Redux for consistent data sync.
  • Engineered scalable front-end patterns with object-map indexing and flat arrays for sub-500ms performance.
  • Delivered full-stack mission-critical features using React/Redux and Ruby on Rails for high-traffic pipelines.
  • Established comprehensive automated testing suite (Unit + E2E) to reduce regressions and ensure 24/7 stability.
Project Tech stack:
Typescript
React
Ruby on Rails
MongoDB
PostgreSQL

Education

2011
Software Development and Network Engineering
Advanced Diploma

Languages

Urdu
Intermediate
English
Advanced

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