SYED AHMAD QURAISHI
SYED AHMAD QURAISHI
Senior React Native Engineer

SYED AHMAD QURAISHI

Transforming fintech and e-commerce with innovative mobile banking solutions.

Islamabad, Pakistan
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5+Experiences
7+Projects
52+Skills
01.

About

I'm Syed Ahmad Quraishi, a seasoned Senior React Native Engineer with over 8 years of experience. I specialize in architecting high-traffic mobile applications and integrating advanced payment solutions, enhancing user experiences across multiple regions. My focus is on delivering quality code and mentoring the next generation of engineers.

02.

Experience

Jun 2023 – Present

Associate Architect (React Native) · Northbay Solutions (outsourced to Ejada)

Riyadh / Islamabad (remote)
  • Engineered and integrated native modules for Apple Pay, Google Wallet, and Samsung Wallet, enabling NFC tap-to-pay and card push-provisioning for over 100,000 cardholders, significantly reducing reliance on third-party payment SDKs.
  • Designed and launched the SADAD billing and government-services payment module, facilitating high-volume transactions across telecom recharge, utility bills, and international remittances.
  • Delivered wallet top-up functionality across five payment rails (Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, Mokafaa, VirtualVault), enhancing user experience and transaction efficiency.
  • Led the development of the cards-management module, supporting over 200,000 active cardholders with features for issuance, freeze/unfreeze, and transaction limits.
  • Optimized performance across 40+ screens, reducing average load time from 2.1 seconds to 0.8 seconds through API-response optimization and request batching.
  • Contributed to enterprise mobile-security initiatives, implementing jailbreak/root detection, encrypted secure storage, and biometric authentication to support PCI-DSS and Saudi SAMA compliance.
  • Owned architecture and technical decisions for assigned modules, actively participating in sprint planning and requirement clarification with Product Owners.
Sep 2021 – Jun 2023

Senior React Native Engineer · Citrusbits

Islamabad
  • Sole engineer for Alaska Commercial Co., delivering a grocery e-commerce app to 32 stores, integrating EBT/SNAP, Debit/Credit, and Gift Cards, enhancing customer convenience with home, curbside, and bush delivery options.
  • Reduced food delivery timelines for Rubios by approximately 50% through the implementation of web-to-mobile logic reuse and a complex product-modifier engine.
  • Established CI/CD workflows on Microsoft App Center, streamlining build distribution, SIT validation, and release management processes.
  • Contributed to Evenple in Nigeria, integrating Flutterwave payments for vendor bookings and ticket sales, completing the project within a 6-month cycle.
  • Owned React Native architecture across three concurrent projects, ensuring adherence to standards, dependency resolution, and high-quality pull requests.
  • Mentored four Android/iOS developers in React Native through comprehensive documentation and code reviews, fostering skill development and team collaboration.
Aug 2020 – Sep 2021

React Native Engineer · Echt Technologies

Rawalpindi
  • Delivered over 8 feature modules for AnalogOne, including real-time chat, media feeds, and social authentication, enhancing user engagement on the platform.
  • Developed real-time delivery tracking for Gasable Driver using react-native-maps and WebSockets, enabling live order tracking and efficient driver dispatch.
  • Mentored junior developers through code reviews and pair programming, maintaining high-quality standards and fostering a collaborative team environment.
  • Acted as the client-facing contact for project updates and requirement gathering, ensuring alignment with client expectations.
Jun 2019 – Aug 2020

Freelance Software Engineer · Independent

Remote
  • Developed the MVP for ReserveBy, a cross-platform React Native app, from the ground up, demonstrating strong project management and technical skills.
  • Provided freelance mobile development services for various clients, managing build-out, store releases, and client communications effectively.
Mar 2018 – Jun 2019

Software Engineer · Bitsol Technologies

Islamabad
  • Built and launched Transparent Hands, a medical crowdfunding app for iOS and Android, raising over PKR 10 million in donations for underprivileged patients through integrated PayPal and card payment processing.
03.

Selected work

URPay (NeoLeap)

URPay (NeoLeap)Check out

Fintech Super-App · Saudi Arabia
  • Engineered and integrated native modules for Apple Pay, Google Wallet, and Samsung Wallet, enabling NFC tap-to-pay and card push-provisioning for 100,000+ cardholders and reducing reliance on third-party payment SDKs.
  • Designed and shipped the SADAD billing and government-services payment module, processing high-volume monthly transactions across telecom recharge, utility bills, and international remittances.
  • Delivered wallet top-up across five payment rails (Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, Mokafaa, VirtualVault) and contributed to the Vehicle Takaful insurance flow.
  • Led the cards-management module (issuance, freeze/unfreeze, limits) serving 200,000+ active cardholders.
  • Optimized performance across 40+ screens, cutting average load time from 2.1s to 0.8s through API-response optimization, request batching, and caching.
  • Strengthened enterprise mobile security with jailbreak/root detection, certificate pinning, encrypted secure storage, and biometric auth, supporting PCI-DSS and Saudi SAMA compliance.
  • Also available on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.urpay.consumer&hl=en
Fintech Super-App · Saudi Arabia
Live Demo
Alaska Commercial Co.

Alaska Commercial Co.Check out

E-commerce · USA (NW Company, est. 1867)
  • Served as sole React Native engineer for 18+ months, owning the entire development lifecycle — requirements gathering, LOEs, and coordination with design, backend, and admin teams.
  • Built order and refund processing across multiple payment gateways, including EBT Cash, SNAP Food Credit/Debit Cards, Gift Cards, and VirtualVault.
  • Delivered home delivery, curbside pickup, and bush delivery options along with a split-payment mechanism for 32 grocery and food stores across Alaska.
  • Integrated Firebase for push notifications, dynamic links, analytics, and crash reporting.
  • Implemented cart management, adaptive low/high-bandwidth settings, and customer feedback capture via the Qualtrics survey SDK and Mixpanel.
  • Built out core product, department, search, order, refund, and payment modules from the ground up.
  • Managed CI/CD and release workflows via Microsoft App Center for consistent build distribution and QA validation.
  • Also available on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.northwest.alaskacommercial&hl=en_GB
E-commerce · USA (NW Companyest. 1867)
Live Demo
Rubios

RubiosCheck out

Online Food Delivery · USA
  • Engineered a business-logic-reuse layer that ported the client's existing web platform logic to React Native, cutting development time by roughly 50%.
  • Built the product-details and modifier engine — the app's most complex feature — supporting flexible order customization.
  • Onboarded and mentored Android/iOS developers transitioning to React Native.
  • Upheld code quality through rigorous code and PR reviews across the project.
  • Also available on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rubios.app&hl=en
Online Food Delivery · USA
Live Demo
E

EvenpleCheck out

Events & Vendor Organiser Platform · Nigeria
  • Integrated the Flutterwave payment gateway to power vendor bookings and event-ticket purchases.
  • Built organiser public/private profile management, including mutual-connections logic.
  • Provided architectural and business-logic mentorship to junior developers and the tech lead.
Events & Vendor Organiser Platform · Nigeria
Live Demo
A

AnalogOneCheck out

Social / Events Platform
  • Built end-to-end social feed functionality — media posts, hashtags, mentions, location tagging, tagged friends, and granular privacy controls.
  • Implemented feed interactions (likes, comments, shares) and group/friend/add-on management.
  • Delivered real-time text, audio, and video chat using GetStream and GiftedChat.
  • Enabled bidirectional media sharing with external social platforms and social authentication via Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
  • Integrated contacts/calendar sync, WebSocket-based real-time features, QR code generation and scanning, and deep linking via Branch.io.
  • Added in-app video and image editing with react-native-photoeditorsdk and push notifications via OneSignal.
Social / Events Platform
Live Demo
Gasable Driver

Gasable DriverCheck out

Gas Delivery Platform · UAE
  • Joined an in-flight UAE gas-delivery app to extend its driver experience, building real-time location tracking with react-native-maps and Google Maps.
  • Implemented WebSocket-driven driver status management for live dispatch and order tracking.
  • Added push notifications via Firebase to keep drivers and customers in sync in real time.
  • Also available on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gasable.driver&hl=en
Gas Delivery Platform · UAE
Live Demo
Transparent Hands

Transparent HandsCheck out

Medical Crowdfunding · Pakistan
  • Initiated and independently built the app end-to-end for iOS and Android under the guidance of the team lead.
  • Developed campaign management tools that helped raise PKR 10M+ in donations for underprivileged patients.
  • Integrated PayPal and debit/credit card payment processing alongside Firebase push notifications.
Medical Crowdfunding · Pakistan
Live Demo
04.

Skills & tools

JavaScript (ES2022+)TypeScriptHTML/CSSReact NativeReactRedux / RTK QueryReact HooksReact NavigationNative ModulesApple PayGoogle WalletSamsung WalletNFC tap-to-payVisa/Mastercard SDKsPayPalFlutterwaveEBT/SNAPSADADMokafaaCertificate pinningAndroid Keystore / iOS KeychainBiometric authJailbreak/root detectionRASPPCI-DSS & SAMA awarenessJestDetoxFirebase (FCMAnalyticsCrashlyticsDynamic Links)DynatraceBranch.ioOneSignalMixpanelQualtricsSocket.ioreact-native-mapsClaude CodeGitHub CopilotKiroSpec-driven development (SDD)GitJiraAgile/ScrumXcodeAndroid StudioApp Store ConnectGoogle Play ConsoleFastlaneMicrosoft App CenterCodePush
05.

Education

Quaid-i-Azam University

MSc Computer Science
2016 – 2018

University of the Punjab

BSc Computer Science
2013 – 2015
06.

Get in touch

Have a role or a project in mind? I'd love to hear from you.

ahmadquraishi399@gmail.com +92-312-5636635
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