Senior Software Engineer — Laravel & Node.js backends, Flutter mobile clients, and the Docker/Linux infrastructure underneath them. Based in Lahore, Pakistan · 4+ years of production work.
- Backend & APIs — Laravel and Node.js/Express REST and WebSocket APIs, token auth, payment gateways, background jobs.
- Mobile — Flutter apps for Android and iOS with Firebase, offline caching and push notifications.
- Infrastructure — Docker, Docker Compose, Nginx, Linux, CI/CD pipelines, hosting migrations, DNS and TLS.
- Design — monolith vs. microservices, scalable schemas, query optimisation.
- AI in production — retrieval-augmented generation pipelines and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations.
PHP Laravel Livewire Node.js Express.js Vue.js React Flutter Dart
Docker Docker Compose Nginx Linux Git AWS Azure MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis Firebase
| Project | Stack | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| EquiSplit | Laravel 12 · Flutter · Docker | Expense splitting platform. Sanctum + Fortify 2FA + Google sign-in, live balances over Soketi WebSockets, FCM push, running on a production Docker stack (PHP-FPM → Nginx + Supervisor, MySQL 8, Redis 7). |
| Bunny Doku | Flutter · Dart · Hive | Puzzle game with a constraint solver producing 1,000 levels where the bundled solution is provably the only rule-legal answer, plus the runtime rules engine, remote-config content pipeline and monetisation layer. |
| Showroom ERP | Flutter · Firebase · Riverpod | Vehicle showroom and fleet operations — inventory, sales with profit and commission maths, role-scoped dealer/agency access, offline caching. |
| Polus Network | Laravel 9 · Inertia · Vue | Deposits, withdrawals, currency swaps, subscription plans and an admin dashboard. |
| WordPress | PHP · WooCommerce | Themes, plugins and storefront customisations delivered for agency clients. |
More of the work I ship is commercial or NDA-covered — I can walk through that architecture on a call.
- Teraception — Backend Engineer (May 2025 – present)
- Technotz — Backend Engineer, contract (Nov 2024 – Jan 2025)
- SolutionWin Technologies — Full Stack Web Developer (Jun 2023 – Nov 2024)
- Blue Horn Technologies — Full Stack Developer (Sep 2022 – Jun 2023)
- Glixen Technologies — PHP Developer (Mar 2022 – Sep 2022)
MSc Information Technology, University of Education, Lahore (2020–2022) · ADP Computer Science, University of Central Punjab, Gujranwala (2018–2020) · Artificial Intelligence, Corvit Systems, Lahore (2021–2022)
- Email — zuhaibranaa@gmail.com
- Phone — +92 308 6609565
- Full portfolio — zuhaibranaa.github.io