Umer Khalid
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer & AI Specialist
9+ years building scalable applications across full-stack, cloud, and AI. Specializing in LLM integration, conversational AI, and micro-frontend architecture. Microsoft certified, agile advocate, and tech community speaker.
About Me
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer with 9+ years of experience, now specializing in building AI-powered applications using LLMs, conversational interfaces, and intelligent tooling. Experienced in designing scalable systems integrating OpenAI/Azure OpenAI, prompt engineering, and AI-driven workflows.
Strong background in microservices, micro-frontend architecture, cloud (Azure & AWS), and modern frontend frameworks. Microsoft certified in Azure AI and Azure Fundamentals, with a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering.
Active in the Vancouver tech community — delivering talks on AI and mentoring the next generation of developers.
9+
Years Experience
20+
Technologies
50+
Projects Delivered
10+
Certifications
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer
BC Maritime Employers Association · Jan 2025 – Present
Orchestrating a mission-critical software solution from scratch for terminal operations across British Columbia. Leading Micro Frontend Architecture using Blazor .NET 8, React, and .NET Web Assembly, with an API Gateway and identity provider integration.
Senior Software Engineering Educator
BrainStation · Jan 2024 – Jan 2025
Designed and delivered curriculum in JavaScript, React, Node.js, and SQL. Mentored students, evaluated progress, and collaborated with industry partners to keep the program current with real-world standards.
Senior Software Engineer
MediaValet · Nov 2021 – Sep 2023
Led migration from Angular to React, established CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, implemented MobX state management, and brought QA in-house with Cypress and Selenium — practically eliminating manual testing.
Web Developer
MonetizeMore · Oct 2020 – Nov 2021
Built TrafficCop (traffic monitoring system) and PubGuru (ad detail browser extension) in React. Implemented AWS S3, EC2, and ElasticSearch to optimize ad placements and significantly boost publisher revenue.
Software Engineer
Doctors 365 · Jun 2019 – Oct 2020
Built a web app from scratch in Angular 8, upgraded to Angular 12, and led redesign of 4 multimedia software packages distributed across 20,000 doctors and pharmacies. Architected a full e-commerce telemedicine platform.
Software Engineer
Smart Coders DMCC Limited · Jul 2018 – Jun 2019
Led a team of iOS, Android, and web developers building full-stack apps for clients in e-commerce, fashion, food, and medical. Managed projects end-to-end across React, Angular, Node, and MSSQL.
Software Developer
Shoclef Corporation Limited · Sep 2016 – Jul 2018
Built backend in ASP.NET for an e-commerce platform (live shopping, streaming, marketplace, payments) and integrated APIs including Twilio, Stripe, PayPal, Facebook, Google Maps, and WeChat.
Side Projects
Personal projects exploring AI, LLMs, and full-stack engineering
Jarvis AI
Personal AI Assistant
A personal AI assistant using open-source and commercial LLMs, accessible via WhatsApp. Capable of writing code, searching the web, managing memory context, spawning sub-agents, reading emails, and scheduling — all from a chat interface.
FirstYearsChat
AI Conversational Assistant
An AI-powered chat platform to assist first-year students with onboarding, academic guidance, and FAQs. Integrates OpenAI/Azure OpenAI with engineered prompts and context handling for relevant, accurate responses.
WhatTheTokens
LLM Tokenization & Cost Tool
A developer tool for analyzing token usage and estimating LLM API costs in real-time. Helps engineers debug and refine prompts for efficiency, with token parsing and optimization strategies to reduce API consumption.
Image-Train
AI Image Processing Platform
A platform for training and managing image-based ML workflows. Implements dataset handling, preprocessing, and model interaction pipelines with integration of pre-trained vision models for classification and analysis.
LoanItNow
Intelligent Financial Platform
A full-stack fintech platform with decision-making workflows for loan processing. Architected for scalable evaluation logic and user data processing, with future AI integration for risk scoring and automated decisioning.
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