I build the infrastructure that lets teams ship without breaking production.
I started as a full-stack developer in 2019. Five years later, I work across the whole stack, from React interfaces to Kubernetes clusters. I care about systems that are reliable, observable, and cheap to run. I also care about the people using them.
Most of my work has been with small teams in the UK, US, and Singapore. Small teams do not have room for guesswork. Every decision has to earn its place. That constraint shaped how I work: document everything, automate the repetitive parts, and never let infrastructure become someone else's surprise at 2am.
production software
served since 2019
on last engagement
after CRM rebuild
The toolkit.
Grouped by what it does, not by how impressive it sounds.
Where I have worked.
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- Sole owner of internal systems and cloud infrastructure for a fully remote UK logistics company.
- Designed, built, and shipped a custom CRM covering lead capture, sales pipeline, and customer communication.
- Rebuilt inbound lead handling and follow-up workflows, lifting monthly conversions from 2 to 3 up to 20 to 25.
- Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines, containerized services, and cloud deployments on AWS.
- Introduced monitoring and alerting, cutting time to detect production issues from minutes to under a minute.
- Onboarded and supported new sales reps, wrote SOPs, and documented every workflow so the business runs without me.
- Acted as the technical point of contact for the founder across systems, delivery, and vendor decisions.
- Owned delivery of internal product features end to end, coordinating requirements, timelines, and execution across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Led implementation of operational workflows for recruitment and contract management.
- Acted as the bridge between engineering, product, and business to keep features shipping on schedule.
- Reduced manual handling across recruiting operations by redesigning internal UI flows and backend coordination.
- Supported system scalability through backend coordination, database structuring, and deployment workflow improvements.
- Delivered client projects end to end, translating business needs into shipped features across multiple stakeholders.
- Containerized a monolithic application into services using Docker, cutting image size from roughly 1.2GB to 350MB with multi-stage builds.
- Deployed to AWS EC2 and ECS using CodePipeline and CodeBuild, with automated rollback on failed health checks.
- Improved API response times from roughly 420ms to 180ms through query optimization, indexing, and connection pooling.
- Supported conversion initiatives through A/B testing and frontend performance work.
- Transitioned into infrastructure ownership in the final months, taking on Kubernetes and Terraform work.
- Built backend services with Django, Flask, and REST APIs, and frontends with React.
- Designed database models in PostgreSQL and MongoDB for the backend team.
- Worked hands-on with microservices, Docker, Git, and AWS services including EC2, ECS, CodeBuild, and CodePipeline.
- Reduced app loading time by 14 percent after moving the application to a properly provisioned cloud environment.
- Built full-stack features with Django, Flask, REST APIs, jQuery, and React.
- Worked extensively with SQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB on data modeling.
- Gained first production exposure to Docker, Git, AWS, and Microsoft Azure.
- Contributed to content creation and technical maintenance of the company website.
- Improved the frontend UI using CSS3 and HTML5.
Since 2019 I have also worked as an independent contractor for hundreds of clients across Pakistan, the UK, the US, and the Gulf, mostly on web applications, automations, and internal tooling.
Things I have built.
Products, platforms, and client systems. Filter by type.
MoverSync
LiveA smart CRM SaaS built for UK removals and logistics companies. Handles lead intake, survey scheduling, quoting, crew assignment, and customer comms in one place. Born from a real operational rebuild that lifted monthly conversions from 3 to 25.
moversync.co.uk →DevOps / SRE Platform Lab
Open sourceA working reference lab covering the full platform stack: Kubernetes, Helm charts, Terraform modules, ArgoCD GitOps, Prometheus and Grafana observability, SLO and error budget definitions, canary and blue-green rollouts with Slack alerting.
View on GitHub →Custom CRM for UK Logistics
ShippedEnd-to-end CRM built from scratch for a London removals company. Centralized leads, sales activity, and customer communication. Replaced spreadsheets and manual tracking. Monthly conversions went from 2 to 3 up to 20 to 25 within four months.
Internal systemManufacturing Ops Suite
In developmentA SaaS for small and mid-sized Pakistani manufacturers. Handles production tracking, order management, inventory, and client communication. Built for businesses that currently run on WhatsApp and paper registers.
Coming soonSMB Toolkit
In developmentA lightweight operations suite for Pakistani small business owners. Invoicing, customer records, expense tracking, and automated payment reminders. Designed to work on low bandwidth and low-end Android devices.
Coming soonWorkflow Automation Systems
ShippedA collection of automation systems built for clients across logistics, recruitment, and services. Lead routing, follow-up sequences, document generation, and cross-tool synchronization using n8n, Zapier, and custom API integrations.
Multiple clientsCloud Cost Optimization Playbook
Open sourceTerraform modules and audit scripts that find waste in AWS accounts. Orphaned EBS volumes, idle load balancers, over-provisioned RDS instances, and unused Elastic IPs. Used to cut one client's monthly cloud bill by roughly 22 percent.
View on GitHub →Recruitment Operations Platform
ShippedInternal tooling for a Singapore recruitment company. Contract management, candidate pipeline, and recruiter workflow tooling. Reduced manual handling by redesigning UI flows and backend coordination.
Internal systemShipped apps.
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What people say.
"I had the pleasure of working with Abbas, and I highly recommend him for any frontend developer role. Abbas is a quick learner who adapts easily to new project codebases and is always open to suggestions for improvement. He is proactive in his work and never hesitates to ask questions when unsure, which greatly enhances our projects."
"Abbas took ownership of our internal operations at a time when everything was held together with spreadsheets. He rebuilt the whole system, documented it, and it just works. Our conversion rate went from single digits to over twenty percent."
"Clear communication, fast turnaround, and he actually understands the business problem before writing code. We have worked with him on multiple projects and he is the first person we call."
Milestones.
The practical details.
The things that actually determine whether a working relationship succeeds.
Based in Pakistan, UTC+5. I keep 4 to 6 hours of overlap with the UK and 3 to 5 hours with US Eastern. I routinely work until 2am PKT to cover US mornings, and I have done this for years.
Best fit is Seed to Series B, roughly 10 to 200 people, remote-first, with a real production workload. Teams that have infrastructure but no dedicated person owning it. Teams that need someone senior who can operate without being managed.
I work well in async, written-first teams. I document by default. I prefer blameless post-mortems over blame. I ask questions early rather than guessing. I am direct without being difficult.
I am comfortable with ambiguity. I have been the only technical person in the room more than once. I can go from "what do you actually need" to shipped and monitored without a lot of ceremony. I wear multiple hats without complaining.
I start with a 30 day paid sprint so you can see real output before committing to anything long term. No long contracts, no retainer lock-in, no surprises. If it works, we continue. If it does not, you keep the work.
Environments where infrastructure is an afterthought. Reactive on-call with no runbooks. Approval chains that take days for a one line change. Roles that are purely frontend or purely ticket-driven.
Let's talk.
If you have infrastructure that needs an owner, or a system that keeps breaking, send me a message. I reply within a few hours during US and UK working hours.