Aashar CK: full-stack and AI engineer

iBloxx Studios DMCC, Full-Stack Engineer (Jan 2024 to present)

Dubai, UAE. Builds and maintains full-stack web applications with React, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js and Python (FastAPI), including an NFT marketplace, an internal analytics dashboard and two company websites. Architects and deploys backend services on AWS with Lambda, API Gateway, AppSync (GraphQL) and DynamoDB, structured as independently deployable services rather than a monolith. Builds data processing workflows on AWS with Glue, Athena and S3 that make large datasets queryable by application-facing APIs. Owns and maintains Jenkins CI/CD pipelines that build game and backend artefacts. Co-developed "Tapshot", a Telegram mini-game in React and Firebase, from first build to live users. Designs and implements the Solidity smart contracts underpinning the product ecosystem, integrated with the front end via Ethers.js and RainbowKit. Takes part in code reviews on frontend and backend, contributes to coding standards and documentation, and works in an Agile/Scrum team.

Source: CV (professional experience)

Dunesberry, Full-Stack Engineer (Jul 2023 to Dec 2023)

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Introduced React across the organisation, moving the team from vanilla HTML, CSS and JavaScript to a component-based architecture that became the front-end standard for later projects. Built and maintained client websites and web apps with React, Next.js, Node.js, MongoDB, TailwindCSS and Bootstrap, translated designs into responsive, cross-browser code, and integrated third-party REST APIs.

Source: CV (professional experience)

Independent, Full-Stack Engineer, freelance (Jul 2022 to Jul 2023)

Remote. Built websites and web applications for multiple international clients with React, Next.js, Node.js, TailwindCSS and Bootstrap. Designed and developed decentralised applications with React, Ethers.js and Solidity, working with OpenZeppelin, Chainlink, Uniswap and Compound, using Hardhat and Foundry. Audited smart contracts competitively on Code4rena and Sherlock. Managed client relationships directly across concurrent engagements: scoping, updates, timelines and deadlines.

Source: CV (professional experience)

Cognizant, Programmer Analyst, ETL Developer (Nov 2020 to Jul 2022)

Remote. Spent 1.5+ years building production data pipelines in Informatica PowerCenter, extracting from multiple sources and loading into databases, flat files and Salesforce at enterprise volume. Designed, built and tested ETL mappings and workflows across Oracle, Salesforce Workbench and flat-file sources; wrote SQL for transformations, queries and performance tuning; scheduled production workflows with Autosys and triaged defects in Micro Focus ALM.

Source: CV (professional experience)