Saadh Shehzad

Software Engineer

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Skills

Programming Languages & Technologies

JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PHP, Bash, Linux, Google Cloud, Selenium, Playwright, Puppeteer, Git

Frontend

React, Next.js, Vite, HTML5, CSS3, Sass, Tailwind CSS

Backend

Express with Node.JS, Ruby on Rails, Strapi (headless CMS), WebSockets/Socket.io, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Wordpress

Projects

  • Developing a Linktree alternative with embedded and integrated social media in one. Developed with Typescript, NextJS, Strapi as a headless CMS, TailwindCSS, and Radix UI + Shadcn UI. Source on Github with a demo on Vercel.
Founding Community Manager, Zoomers.xyz

    A 24/7 online co-working community based around a Zoom meeting room.

  • Visual collaborative timers at https://timers.zoomers.xyz. Developed with NodeJS WebSocket/Socket.io backend, Google Cloud Firestore, and ReactJS. Source on Github.
  • Zoom Meeting automation. Developed with Javascript Playwright to control headless Chromium browser to manage admin tasks for the meeting room every day. Source on Github.
  • Real-time status of people in the meeting room. Created AWS Lambda serverless functions to consume Zoom webhooks and store data in Firestore with a React frontend. Source on Github.
  • Working on: Membership and community site using NextJS with Ghost as headless CMS. Source on Github.

Work Experience

Software Developer, Freelance Consulting

Remote, March 2024 - Present

  • Developed a flexible site for a content creator. Developed with Typescript, Tailwind CSS, Radix UI, NextJS, and Wordpress as a headless CMS with a focus on SSG (static site generation).
  • Worked on porting iMacros code to browser automation code in Javascript Playwright
  • Automated Javascript Playwright to get specialized financial data and present it to the client with basic reporting and printing capabilites with NextJS

Full Stack Developer, Ats Media (Contract)

Princeton, New Jersey, October 2021 - June 2022

  • Developed MAS, Mobile Ad Scout, and VAS, Video Ad Scout, for internal clients
  • Created a Ruby on Rails backend and React frontend for MAS. Created an ExpressJS backend and React frontend for VAS
  • Developed a Ruby Watir/Selenium headless browser scraper of popover, popup, and modern native ads for MAS
  • Developed a Javascript Puppeteer browser automation scraper to get Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook video ads as authentic users, across different demographics for VAS

    Ats Media was an online marketing and adtech company

  • Documented React, GraphQL, and React-Redux internal web app code
  • Upgraded older React and Create-React-App codebases to Typescript, NextJS, and moved to server side rendering
  • Converted outdated bulky React state management to React hooks
  • Ported PHP web frameworks, CodeIgniter and Laravel, code bases to Node/ExpressJS and React

Software Developer, Freelance Consulting

Remote, November 2018 - September 2021

  • Managed an array of Wordpress sites. Created custom Wordpress themes and plugins as needed by clients.
  • Worked alongside a marketing partner managing WooCommerce with Wordpress and Shopify e-commerce stores
  • Created and maintained wrapper libraries for the defunct iMacros web automation language in PHP, Ruby, and Javascript for clients
  • Created and maintained scrapers with Watir in Ruby and Selenium in Python

Programmer & IT, Ats Media

Remote, March 2018 - September 2021

    Ats Media was an online marketing and adtech company

  • System administrator for in-house and client Linux and Windows servers
  • Worked day-to-day with marketers on landing pages and Wordpress content focused sites
  • Created and maintained in-house and client scripts and Wordpress sites