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Taimoor Raza

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Building secure, scalable, cloud-native platforms that deliver measurable business impact for 8+ years. Expert in .NET, Python, Angular, ReactJS, Azure, AWS, and GenAI. I design systems that scale reliably with enterprise-grade security.

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Crafting Digital Excellence

Transforming complex challenges into elegant, scalable solutions

I'm a Technical Lead, Solution Architect, Full-Stack Engineer, AI Engineer, and DevOps Specialist focused on building secure, scalable, cloud-native platforms that deliver measurable business impact. My core strengths span .NET, Python, Angular, ReactJS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Azure, AWS, and GenAI, with a consistent focus on designing systems with enterprise-grade security that scale reliably and remain easy to evolve.

Recently, I lead architecture and delivery of the Developer Portal serving 2,500+ developers, and I've built AI-powered assistants achieving 92% accuracy to streamline developer workflows and accelerate problem resolution.

A major recent highlight of my work is SafeTrack, a microservices-based platform deployed on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) designed to proactively reduce risk across production environments. SafeTrack brings together vulnerability scanning, security analytics, real-time dashboards and alerting, plus extensible capabilities such as add-on review insights and App Scanner to strengthen the overall security posture. The platform helps protect 800+ retail stores by continuously surfacing actionable security signals and enabling faster response.

I combine hands-on engineering with architectural rigor, balancing maintainability, performance, security, and time-to-value. I care deeply about clean code, continuous learning, and empowering teams to ship software that's resilient, observable, and built to last.

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SYSTEM ARCHITECT PROFILE v8.0
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IDENTITY
  ├─ name     : Taimoor Raza
  ├─ role     : Technical Lead
  └─ tenure   : 8+ years enterprise

CORE COMPETENCIES
  ├─ Solution Architecture  ████████ 95%
  ├─ Full Stack Dev         ████████ 98%
  ├─ AI & GenAI Systems     ████████ 92%
  ├─ DevOps & Cloud         ███████░ 88%
  └─ Security Engineering   ███████░ 90%

IMPACT METRICS
  ├─ developers_enabled : 2,500+
  ├─ systems_protected  : 800+ stores
  ├─ ai_accuracy        : 92%
  └─ uptime_achieved    : 99.9%

STATUS:  Open to opportunities
// Enterprise Distributed Architecture
// Pattern: Event-Driven Microservices + CQRS

CDN + WAF         Azure Front Door
─────────────────────────────────────────
API GATEWAY       GraphQL Federation
  Rate Limiting · Auth · Tracing
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SERVICE MESH      Istio + Envoy Sidecar
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MICROSERVICES     .NET 10 / Python / Node
  [Identity] [Portal] [Analytics] [AI-RAG]
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EVENT BUS         Azure Service Bus + gRPC
─────────────────────────────────────────
DATA TIER         Polyglot Persistence
  SQL · Cosmos · Redis · Chroma · Blob

✓ DDD ✓ CQRS ✓ Saga ✓ Outbox ✓ 12-Factor
// Full-Stack Development | Web + Mobile
// Senior Full-Stack Engineer | 8+ Years

WEB FRONTEND
  React · Angular · TypeScript · Next.js
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MOBILE APPS
  React Native · Ionic · PWA · Cordova
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API LAYER
  REST · GraphQL · gRPC · WebSocket
─────────────────────────────────────────
BACKEND
  .NET 10 · Python · Node.js · Django
─────────────────────────────────────────
DATA LAYER
  SQL · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Redis

✓ TDD ✓ CI/CD ✓ Agile ✓ Code Review ✓ DevOps
# enterprise-security-posture.yaml
# Zero-Trust Architecture | SOC2 Compliant

identity_security:
  provider: "Azure AD B2C + IdentityServer"
  protocol: "OAuth 2.0 + OIDC + PKCE"
  mfa: enforced
  session: "sliding_expiry: 15m"
  rbac: "policy-based (OPA/Rego)"

data_protection:
  encryption_at_rest: "AES-256-GCM"
  encryption_transit: "TLS 1.3 + mTLS"
  key_mgmt: "Azure Key Vault (HSM)"
  pii_handling: "tokenization + masking"

threat_detection:
  siem: "Azure Sentinel"
  vulnerability_scan: "Trivy + Dependabot"
  pen_testing: "quarterly (OWASP Top 10)"

compliance: [SOC2, GDPR, ISO27001]
protected: 800+ production environments
# Production RAG Pipeline | 92% Accuracy
# Enterprise AI with Guardrails & Observability

class EnterpriseRAGOrchestrator:
    def __init__(self, config: RAGConfig):
        self.llm = AzureOpenAI("gpt-4-turbo")
        self.embedder = CohereEmbed("v3")
        self.vector_db = ChromaDB(persist=True)
        self.reranker = CohereRerank()
        self.guardrails = NeMoGuardrails()
        self.telemetry = LangSmith()
    
    async def agentic_query(self, query):
        # Hybrid search: semantic + keyword
        docs = await self.hybrid_retrieve(query)
        docs = self.reranker.rank(docs, top_k=5)
        
        # Grounded generation with citations
        response = await self.llm.generate(
            context=docs,
            guardrails=self.guardrails,
            citations=True
        )
        return response

# Serving 2,500+ developers | 3K+ daily queries
# production-grade-k8s.yaml
# AKS + Istio + GitOps (ArgoCD)

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: developer-portal-api
  namespace: production
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: sana-platform
spec:
  replicas: 3
  strategy:
    type: RollingUpdate
    maxSurge: 1
  template:
    spec:
      serviceAccountName: workload-identity
      containers:
      - name: api
        image: acr.azurecr.io/api:v2.1.0
        resources:
          requests: {cpu: 500m, memory: 512Mi}
          limits:   {cpu: 2, memory: 2Gi}
        livenessProbe:
          httpGet: {path: /health, port: 8080}
# + HPA + PDB + NetworkPolicy + Istio VirtualService
Architecture
MicroservicesDDDEvent-DrivenCQRS
Full-Stack
ReactAngular.NET 10Python
GenAI & LLM
RAGLangChainAzure OpenAIAgents
DevOps
AzureK8sCI/CDGitOps
Security
OAuth 2.0Zero-TrustOWASP

Technical Expertise

A comprehensive toolkit built over 8+ years of hands-on experience

Programming Languages

C# JavaScript TypeScript Java Python

Frameworks & Technologies

.NET Core .NET MAUI Blazor ASP.NET Angular RxJs ReactJS Redux Ionic Django IdentityServer4 Microservices Docker Entity Framework Web API SignalR RabbitMQ gRPC CQRS MediatR GraphQL Hybrid Apps

Architecture & Design

System Design Microservices Architecture Cloud Architecture Event-Driven Architecture Domain-Driven Design API Design Distributed Systems Security Architecture Scalability Patterns Data Architecture

AI & Machine Learning

Prompt Engineering RAG MCP AI Agents OpenAI API Gemini API LangChain LangSmith QLoRA CrewAI n8n Model Fine-Tuning AutoGPT Huggingface Cohere

Security Engineering

OAuth 2.0 / OIDC Identity Management Zero-Trust Architecture RBAC / ABAC Threat Modeling SOC2 Compliance Penetration Testing SSL/TLS Secret Management Security Auditing

Cloud & DevOps

Azure AWS CI/CD Infrastructure Automation Monitoring & Logging Cloud Migration Cloud Development Kubernetes Active Directory

Databases & Caches

SQL Server PostgreSQL MongoDB InfluxDB CosmosDB DynamoDB Redis Memcached

Soft Skills

Communication Team Leadership Strategic Thinking Problem Solving Collaboration Adaptability

Featured Projects

A portfolio of impactful solutions across AI, enterprise platforms, and real-time systems

GenAI & AI Engineering

Production

Agentic RAG Server

When stakeholders needed instant, accurate answers from 50K+ proprietary documents, I architected an enterprise-grade Agentic RAG system that transformed how the organization accesses knowledge. The platform combines hybrid search with dense and sparse retrieval, intelligent reranking pipelines powered by Cohere, and NeMo Guardrails for safe, hallucination-free responses. Built with a modular agent architecture, it autonomously routes queries to specialized retrieval strategies based on intent classification.

92% Accuracy Rate
50K+ Docs Indexed
Python FastAPI LangChain Azure OpenAI ChromaDB Cohere HuggingFace PostgreSQL Redis Docker Kubernetes
Production

MCP Server Infrastructure

Recognized the transformative potential of AI-native integrations and pioneered the organization's Model Context Protocol (MCP) adoption. I designed and built a secure, OAuth-protected gateway that safely exposes enterprise APIs, databases, and internal tools to AI assistants like Cursor and Claude. This infrastructure enables teams across 5+ departments to leverage context-aware AI automation while maintaining strict security boundaries and audit trails.

15+ Tools Exposed
5x Dev Velocity
Python TypeScript MCP SDK FastAPI WebSocket Azure Functions Redis PostgreSQL OAuth 2.0 Docker OpenAPI
Production

Enterprise AI Assistants

Faced with growing support backlogs and slow developer onboarding, I delivered a suite of multi-tenant AI assistants tailored to each department's unique knowledge base. Each assistant features role-based access controls, domain-specific fine-tuning, and conversation memory powered by CosmosDB. The platform integrates with Azure AD for seamless SSO and uses LangSmith for continuous prompt optimization, resulting in 40% fewer support tickets and dramatically faster team ramp-up times.

40% Ticket Reduction
500+ Daily Users
Azure OpenAI Python C# .NET 10 React TypeScript CosmosDB Redis LangSmith Azure AD Docker

Architecture & Full-Stack

Production

Developer Portal

Partner integrations were bottlenecked by manual onboarding and scattered documentation. I spearheaded the architecture of a global Developer Portal that transformed the developer experience for 2,500+ engineers worldwide. The platform features an interactive API explorer with live testing, auto-generated SDK documentation, isolated sandbox environments, and self-service credential management. Built on a GraphQL federation layer, it reduced partner integration time from weeks to days.

2,500+ Developers
60% Faster Onboarding
C# .NET 10 React TypeScript GraphQL PostgreSQL Redis Azure Docker GitHub Actions xUnit
Production

SafeTrack Security Platform

Retail security incidents were causing significant revenue loss and brand damage. I architected SafeTrack, a comprehensive enterprise security platform that brings automated vulnerability scanning, ML-powered risk scoring, and real-time threat visualization to 800+ retail locations. The event-driven microservices architecture on Azure AKS processes security events in milliseconds, while custom dashboards give operations teams instant visibility into threats. Incident response time dropped by 70%, preventing millions in potential losses.

800+ Stores Secured
70% Faster Response
C# .NET 10 Angular TypeScript Azure AKS CosmosDB Service Bus App Insights Terraform Docker Helm
Production

Multi-Vertical SaaS Platform

The business needed a unified platform to serve diverse verticals without maintaining separate codebases. I engineered a multi-tenant SaaS platform with a pluggable vertical architecture spanning health, streaming, and gaming products. The system handles complex subscription billing through Stripe, delivers real-time analytics via SignalR, and maintains 99.9% uptime through auto-scaling and circuit breaker patterns. Today it powers 400K+ active users across three continents with sub-100ms response times.

400K+ Active Users
99.9% Uptime SLA
C# React TypeScript .NET 10 SQL Server Redis RabbitMQ Azure Stripe SignalR Docker

DevOps & Security

Production

Global Telecom Gateway

Each telecom carrier had different APIs, billing formats, and payment flows creating integration nightmares. I built a unified telecom gateway that abstracts the complexity of 6+ global carriers behind a single, elegant API. The platform handles real-time subscription management, multi-currency billing reconciliation, and payment processing with built-in retry logic and dead-letter queues. It now processes $2M+ monthly with 99.99% transaction reliability and full audit compliance.

$2M+ Monthly Volume
6+ Carriers
C# .NET 6 SOAP REST APIs WebSocket SQL Server Service Bus Azure Functions Hangfire Redis xUnit
Production

Enterprise Data Pipeline

Business intelligence was crippled by slow, unreliable data from fragmented sources. I designed an event-driven ETL architecture that ingests and transforms 10M+ records daily from 15+ heterogeneous data sources including legacy databases, APIs, and file drops. The pipeline features automated scheduling via Hangfire, comprehensive data quality validation, and real-time monitoring dashboards. Query performance improved by 90% through intelligent indexing and OpenSearch integration for analytical workloads.

10M+ Daily Records
90% Query Boost
C# .NET 6 Azure SQL Blob Storage Redis OpenSearch Data Factory Hangfire Dapper Polly Docker
Production

Enterprise Identity Platform

Security audits revealed authentication gaps across legacy systems and new microservices. I architected a zero-trust identity platform built on IdentityServer that unified authentication across the entire ecosystem. The solution delivers SSO with MFA enforcement, fine-grained RBAC with policy-based access, and seamless Azure AD B2C integration for external users. Every authentication flow is SOC2-compliant with comprehensive audit logging, protecting 5,000+ enterprise users and their sensitive data.

5,000+ Users Secured
SOC2 Compliant
C# .NET 6 IdentityServer OAuth 2.0 OIDC Azure AD B2C SQL Server Redis JWT MFA Docker

Full-Stack & Mobile

Production

Industrial IoT Platform

Manufacturing operations were losing millions to unexpected equipment failures. I delivered a cross-platform IoT monitoring solution that captures real-time telemetry from 500+ industrial sensors via MQTT protocols. The platform features predictive maintenance algorithms that analyze time-series data in InfluxDB to forecast failures before they occur. Custom Grafana dashboards and SignalR-powered mobile alerts ensure operations teams can respond instantly, reducing unplanned downtime by 35%.

500+ Sensors
35% Less Downtime
Angular Ionic TypeScript C# ASP.NET Core InfluxDB SignalR MQTT Redis Docker Grafana
Production

Real-time Collaboration Suite

Remote teams struggled with fragmented communication tools that didn't work offline. I built a unified collaboration suite featuring real-time messaging with WebSocket-powered presence, integrated video conferencing, secure file sharing with versioning, and robust offline synchronization. The Ionic-based cross-platform architecture ensures feature parity across iOS, Android, and web while the Spring Boot backend auto-scales to handle 100K+ concurrent users with Redis-powered session management.

100K+ Active Users
3 Platforms
Angular Ionic TypeScript Java Spring Boot PostgreSQL WebSocket Redis AWS GCP Docker
Production

Healthcare Mobile Platform

Patients needed seamless access to healthcare services even in areas with poor connectivity. I engineered a HIPAA-compliant mobile platform in Kotlin that delivers personalized patient dashboards, intelligent appointment scheduling with provider availability, and location-based facility finder powered by Google Maps. The offline-first architecture using Room DB ensures critical health data is always accessible, while end-to-end encryption protects 50K+ patients' sensitive medical information.

50K+ Patients
HIPAA Compliant
Java Kotlin Android SDK Jetpack Room DB Retrofit Google Maps Firebase REST APIs MVVM Dagger

Architecture & Technology Expertise

Battle-tested patterns and tools powering enterprise solutions

Vector Stores Chroma, Pinecone, Weaviate
LLM Orchestration LangChain, LangSmith, Semantic Kernel
Microservices Docker, Kubernetes, AKS, Helm
Cloud Platforms Azure, AWS, GCP, Terraform
Real-time Systems SignalR, WebSocket, gRPC
Security & Identity OAuth 2.0, OIDC, Zero-Trust
Backend Stack C#, Python, Java, TypeScript
Frontend Stack React, Angular, Next.js
Databases SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis

Professional Journey

A track record of delivering impactful solutions across industries

Technical Lead

Sana Commerce
Oct 2022 – Present
  • Lead architecture and development of Developer Portal using .NET, GraphQL, DocFx, and Azure for 2,500+ developers
  • Built automated code scanning tools with .NET background services, reducing manual documentation by 30%
  • Designed Sana SafeTrack on Azure Kubernetes (AKS) for 800+ retail stores with real-time alerting
  • Developed internal AI Assistants using OpenAI, Python, and Django, fine-tuned on proprietary data
  • Architected agentic RAG server with OpenAI, HuggingFace, LangChain, Cohere, Chroma, and vector search achieving 92% accuracy
  • Built MCP server to securely expose internal APIs, tools, and knowledge bases to LLM assistants
  • Created and managed CI/CD pipelines with Azure Log Analytics and Azure Monitor
  • Supported 12+ technical partners in building custom integrations and extensions
  • Produced 5+ hours official SDK training videos, onboarding 300+ developers
C# Python TypeScript .NET 8 Angular Django GraphQL OpenAI LangChain RAG HuggingFace Cohere Chroma MCP Azure AKS Terraform Helm CosmosDB Redis Docker Kubernetes CI/CD

Senior Software Engineer

Aurora Ai
Mar 2022 – Oct 2022
  • Led full-stack development of multi-product SaaS platform (health, streaming, gaming) serving 400,000+ users
  • Upgraded financial system with carrier billing (DOB), subscription, and refund management
  • Integrated 6+ global telecom operators/aggregators using SOAP, REST, and WebSocket APIs
  • Built monitoring tools with Azure Log Analytics, reducing downtime by 30%
  • Developed CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and TeamCity
  • Created scalable background worker services with SQL Server and Azure Service Bus
  • Implemented Azure AD authentication across internal tools
C# TypeScript JavaScript .NET 6 ReactJS Redux REST API SOAP WebSocket Azure Azure AD Service Bus Log Analytics SQL Server Redis Azure DevOps TeamCity Docker

Senior Software Engineer

NorthBay Solutions
Feb 2021 – Mar 2022
  • Developed hybrid cross-platform app using Angular/Ionic 5 with real-time collaboration for 100,000+ users
  • Architected backend with Java Spring Boot + PostgreSQL on AWS Beanstalk/GCP with CometChat integration
  • Built ETL pipelines using .NET Core 6 and Azure (SQL, Blob Storage, Redis) for multi-source data aggregation
  • Migrated legacy .NET Framework MVC app to .NET 6 MVC, improving security and maintainability
  • Created identity management system with IdentityServer4 supporting OAuth2 for 2,000+ users
  • Improved data query speed by 90% using Azure OpenSearch and query optimization
  • Designed microservices-based architecture, containerized with Docker for cloud-agnostic deployment
  • Enhanced system performance with EF Core tuning, CORS optimization, and .NET Core Worker Services
C# Java TypeScript .NET Core 6 Angular Ionic 5 Spring Boot EF Core IdentityServer4 OAuth2 Azure AWS GCP Blob Storage PostgreSQL Azure SQL Redis OpenSearch Docker Microservices

Senior Software Engineer

Strategic Systems International
Jul 2017 – Jan 2021
  • Delivered cross-domain projects using .NET Core, Java, Angular, ReactJS, and Hybrid & Native mobile platforms
  • Built hybrid IoT monitoring app with Angular/Ionic, ASP.NET Core Web API, InfluxDB, and SignalR for real-time telemetry
  • Maintained native Android healthcare app using Java, enhancing stability and features
  • Developed interactive dashboards for KPI tracking, data visualization, and geolocation using Google Maps API
  • Implemented WMBus protocol for IoT-based machine communication
  • Built Worker Services for anomaly detection, constraint enforcement, and auto-generated data using C#, InfluxDB, and Razor Pages
  • Deployed and maintained applications on Azure VMs
C# Java TypeScript .NET Core 3.1 ASP.NET Core Angular ReactJS Ionic 3 SignalR EF Core Azure Azure VMs MongoDB InfluxDB SQL Server Docker Grafana IoT MQTT Android Google Maps

Intern Software Engineer

AIMRL
Jun 2016 – Sep 2016
  • Worked on analysis, design, and implementation of CodinGame's replica using Ruby on Rails
  • Developed AI agents in Python
Python Ruby Ruby on Rails AI Agents

Measurable Results

Real numbers from real projects that drove business value

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Active Developers

Developer Portal ecosystem

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Stores Secured

SafeTrack on Azure AKS

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AI Accuracy

Agentic RAG & MCP

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Query Boost

OpenSearch & EF Core

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Less Downtime

Azure monitoring stack

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Faster Onboarding

Self-service portal

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Users Served

Multi-vertical SaaS

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Tech Partners

Custom integrations

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Devs Trained

SDK training program

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Telecom APIs

Global carrier gateway

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Concurrent Users

Real-time collaboration

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IoT Sensors

Industrial monitoring

Learning Journey

Continuous growth through formal education and professional certifications

In Progress

Generative AI Nanodegree

Udacity
Completed

BS Computer Science

PUCIT - Punjab University 2017
Completed

FSc Pre-Engineering

Govt. College of Science 2013

Professional Certifications

20+ courses completed across AI, Cloud, and Full-Stack development

AI & GenAI

6 courses
  • AI Engineering: RAG for LLMs
  • LLM Apps with LangChain
  • OpenAI API: GPT, DALL-E & Whisper
  • MCP Masterclass in Python
  • Prompt Engineering Bootcamp
  • AI Engineer Core Track

Python & Java

4 courses
  • Complete Python Developer
  • Java Development Bootcamp
  • Java MasterClass
  • Spring Boot Development

.NET & Cloud

4 courses
  • .NET Microservices & RabbitMQ
  • IdentityServer 4
  • Azure (A Cloud Guru)
  • Cloud Computing Fundamentals

Frontend & Mobile

3 courses
  • React (Redux, Hooks, GraphQL)
  • Angular Complete Guide
  • Xamarin Developer Course

Let's Build Something Amazing

Ready to transform your ideas into scalable, production-ready solutions?

Open to new opportunities

Looking for a Technical Lead who can architect enterprise solutions? Need expertise in AI/GenAI, cloud-native systems, or full-stack development? Let's discuss how I can help drive your next breakthrough.

Send me an email taimoor.raza7@gmail.com