Hello! I'm Iqbal
I am a full-stack web developer with an affinity towards free and open-source software. My main expertise is in Python, particularly Django, but I also have experience in various technologies and platforms including, but not limited to, JavaScript, Reactjs, React Native, Jenkins, EC2, Kubernetes.
I love working with data and love collecting, organising and making it more available and usable. I like to automate things that can be - I get a lot of satisfaction out of making people's lives easier, particularly when it comes to accessing the data they need to do their jobs.
Apart from my profession, I like electronic music, sky gazing, travelling, mathematics, physics and renewable energy.
EXPERIENCE
2021-Present
Head of Technology
METAVERSE JOB JAPAN
Primary responsibilities apart from leading the technical team include designing and building a system from scratch that requires to be highly secured as thousands of blockchain transactions take place every month and it is scaling drastically.
2018-2021
Head of Technology
WORK JAPAN
Primary responsibilities included providing technical consultation, designing software architecture, developing both frontend and backend softwares, maintaining and hosting applications on AWS, motivating and guiding the technical team to achieve their goals.
2016-2018
Assistant Manager
EDELWEISS BROKING LTD.
Joined this company as part of the acquisition of WealthPack, the start-up I had worked previously. My role here was a full-stack developer where I took care of development, deployment and maintenance of various applications.
2015-2016
Backend Developer
WEALTHPACK (Later acquired by Edelweiss Broking Ltd.)
I was the sole engineer in the technical team who was responsible for development, deployment and maintenance of the backend of a personal expense management application called WealthPack. I built the whole backend almost from scratch. Besides this, I worked on some web site crawling projects.
EDUCATION
2014
MASTER'S DEGREE
Master of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering
2012​
BACHELOR'S DEGREE
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering
2007
HIGHER SECONDARY
2005
HIGH SCHOOL