Shahzaib Khan
Backend Engineer & BSc (Hons) Computing Student
Backend Engineer with a solid computer science foundation from FAST-NUCES, currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree at DITE (UoG). Specialized in building modular RESTful APIs, relational data models (MySQL, PostgreSQL), and backend business logic using Python (Flask/FastAPI), PHP, and Node.js. Maintainer of an open-source custom STL containers C++ library, leveraging AI-assisted tools for rapid interface prototyping while focusing on delivering deterministic data pipelines, robust schema constraints, secure backend services, and reliable containerized deployments.
: Resume (PDF)
: Personal Statement
- Location
- 74700, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- shahzaib27011999@gmail.com
- Phone
- +923356678673
- Website
- https://hypertextassassin0273.github.io
- GitHub
- HypertextAssassin0273
- shahzaibkhan0273
Experience
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Software Engineer (Remote) at DigiFlex Solutions
Architected and maintained modular backend services, relational schemas, and automation workflows.
Highlights
- Architected and maintained modular backend services using Python (Flask) and PHP, building session-based authentication and structured RESTful endpoints.
- Designed and optimized relational schemas in MySQL, defining foreign key constraints, indexes, and transactional state logic for multi-step workflows.
- Integrated third-party webhooks and developed automation routines using n8n and Python scripts to process asynchronous data feeds.
- Configured backend development environments and application runtimes on Linux, maintaining local container setups with Docker.
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Software Developer (Intern) at Calyx Technologies
Contributed to backend module design, API integrations, and Linux staging deployments.
Highlights
- Contributed to backend module design, API integrations, and database schema validation for web-based inventory and management services.
- Maintained Linux staging deployment scripts, web server routing configurations, and environment secret isolation routines.
- Standardized dependency management and team version control practices, assisting in building automated CI/CD staging pipelines.
Highlighted Projects
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Workflow Engine & Invoicing (PHP) at Booking Management System (BMS)
Enterprise booking data architecture and automated invoicing engine.
Highlights
- Engineered an enterprise booking data architecture decoupling core calculation logic from presentation formatting.
- Automated deterministic invoice artifact generation, replacing fragmented manual entry with transactional data integrity.
- Implemented role-based CRUD workflows backed by MySQL relational tables with strict referential constraints.
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Flask, systemd, Nginx at Automated Deployment Daemon & API Orchestration System
Script-driven CI/CD deployment architecture for live Linux VPS servers.
Highlights
- Developed a script-driven CI/CD deployment architecture capable of executing single-command software updates securely on live Linux VPS servers.
- Secured application boundaries with systemd daemon processes, Nginx reverse proxy routing, and automated SSL provisioning.
- Architected a custom interaction layer that decoupled UI rendering from third-party API response structures (Google Custom Search API).
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Rapid Prototype (Lovable, TypeScript, Supabase) at QR Attendance
End-to-end GPS-verified classroom attendance verification system.
Highlights
- Scaffolded an end-to-end attendance verification app using Lovable (AI generator), wiring the generated UI to a Supabase (PostgreSQL) backend.
- Modified generated backend functions and database schema to store classroom GPS coordinates and compare student submission locations.
- Customized database constraints in PostgreSQL to prevent duplicate student check-ins and configured roster exports to CSV/Excel.
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Turnkey Industrial Website & Serverless CMS (Vanilla JS, Vite) at Abbas Brothers
Production industrial website with serverless Google Sheets/Apps Script CMS.
Highlights
- Designed and delivered a production-ready industrial website with a decoupled source/distribution architecture, native Web Components, Vite builds, GitHub Actions CI/CD, and Cloudflare Pages/Workers.
- Built a serverless content pipeline using Google Drive, Google Sheets, and Apps Script to publish equipment and spare-parts catalogs as live JSON, with automated deployment, secure contact-form routing, and edge security controls.
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Developer Utilities (React, Tailwind CSS, Vite) at Web Tools Dashboard
Serverless, local-first developer utilities dashboard.
Highlights
- Built a serverless, local-first web tools dashboard (using React + Tailwind CSS) for managing and publishing custom utilities, with tag search, dark mode, and usage-based sorting.
- Implemented client-side GitHub API integration and automated GitHub Pages deployment using Vite build tooling.
Education
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BSc (Hons) in Computing (1st Year) from Denning Institute of Technology & Entrepreneurship (DITE) — University of Greenwich (UK)
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BS in Computer Science (104 credits completed) from National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences (FAST-NUCES), Karachi
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Inter (HSSC) - FSc in Pre-Engineering (B Grade — 66.55%) from Govt. Degree Science & Commerce College, Gulshan-e-Iqbal
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Matric (SSC) in Science Group (A-1 Grade — 80.58%) from Little Folks Paradise School (LFPS)
Certifications
Crash Course on Python from Google / Coursera
Using Python to Interact with the Operating System from Google / Coursera
Introduction to Git and GitHub from Google / Coursera
The Unix Workbench from Johns Hopkins University / Coursera
Coding Languages
- Python
- Fluency: full-professional-proficiency
- C++
- Fluency: full-professional-proficiency
- C
- Fluency: full-professional-proficiency
- PHP
- Fluency: full-professional-proficiency
- SQL
- Fluency: full-professional-proficiency
- JavaScript
- Fluency: full-professional-proficiency
- TypeScript
- Fluency: professional-working-proficiency
- Bash/Shell
- Fluency: professional-working-proficiency
Skills
- Backend & APIs
- Level: MasterKeywords:
- Databases & Data
- Level: MasterKeywords:
- Web Development
- Level: ProfessionalKeywords:
- Infrastructure & DevOps
- Level: ProfessionalKeywords:
- Cloud & Automation
- Level: IntermediateKeywords:
- AI-Assisted Development
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