Areeb Siddiqui

Areeb Siddiqui

Building what matters.

Platform Engineer at Wise. 10+ years shipping data platforms, real-time systems, and products that move business metrics.

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Certified at 13

When <table> was still a layout tool and CSS was optional. I started building websites at 11 and became a Microsoft Certified Professional at 13 — the youngest in the room, but not for long.

const Portfolio = () => {
  const projects = [
    "Streaming Platform",
    "Live Video Calling",
    "E-commerce Store",
    "Meeting Scheduler",
    "Restaurant Search",
    "Skill Barter App",
  ];
  // shipped: all of them. solo.
  return <Ship count={7} />;
};

7 Products. Solo.

University by day, freelance by night. Streaming platforms, real-time video calling, e-commerce stores, meeting schedulers — each a different stack, a different problem. I didn’t wait for a team. I became one.

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: payment-service
spec:
  replicas: 3
  strategy:
    type: RollingUpdate
  # error_rate:    90% ↓
  # test_coverage: 95%
  # sonarqube:     A rating

Trusted With Payments

SWVL and Securiti.ai taught me what production really means. Fixed critical payment bugs affecting thousands. Built dead letter queues that slashed system errors by 90%. Hit 95% test coverage with TDD. Reliability isn’t a feature — it’s the standard.

┌─ metrics.dashboard ────────────┐
│  revenue      ████████░░  +60% │
│  api_speed    ██████████  -40% │
│  lead_gen     ███████░░░  +30% │
│  latency      ██████████ <200ms│
│  cost/device  ██████░░░░ -$4.2K│
└────────────────────────────────┘
// wise: analytics platform infra
// the needle keeps moving.

Led 10. Shipped 3.

Led a 10-member team at ByteCorp — sub-500ms fleet tracking, $4,200 saved per device. Drove 60% revenue growth at Dubizzle. Now at Wise, building analytics platform infrastructure — automated migrations, zero-downtime tooling. Every line of code moves a metric.

Where I've made an impact.

Feb 2026 — Present

Wise

Platform Engineer
  • Automated Looker → Lightdash migration pipeline
  • Zero-downtime PipelineWise → Apache Flink migration
  • Analytics Platform team, Tallinn
Apr 2024 — 2026

Dubizzle

Software Engineer
  • 60% revenue increase via real-time leads tracking
  • <200ms search with Algolia, 30% more leads
  • 40% faster API response times
Jan 2023 — Apr 2024

ByteCorp.ai

Software Engineer
  • Led 10-member team across 3 products
  • Sub-500ms live fleet tracking dashboard
  • $4,200/yr saved per device via Golang optimization
Jul — Dec 2022

Securiti.ai

Software Engineer
  • 90% error reduction with dead letter queues
  • 80% SonarQube quality rating
  • 100% accuracy in document classifier
Feb — Jun 2022

SWVL

Software Engineer
  • Fixed critical payout bug across 2 cycles
  • 95% test coverage with TDD
  • 90% error rate reduction
13 Microsoft Certified Professional
Top 25 Pakistan Startup Cup
2022 BS Computer Science — NUCES

The tools I reach for.

Languages
Python JavaScript TypeScript Go Java
Frameworks
React React Native Next.js Django FastAPI NestJS Redux
Infrastructure
Docker Kubernetes Helm Terraform GitHub Actions ArgoCD
Messaging
Kafka RabbitMQ Celery
Observability
Grafana Prometheus Elasticsearch Kibana Sentry
Cloud
AWS GCP
Data
PostgreSQL MongoDB MySQL Redis Firebase

Things I've built.

Course Streaming Platform

Full course creation and streaming platform with AI-powered content tools.

Next.js Django OpenAI AWS

Live Video Calling

1-on-1 audio and video calling platform with real-time connectivity and payments.

Next.js Redis Stripe AWS

Restaurant Search

Restaurant listing and cuisine search across web and native mobile apps.

React Native MongoDB Redis

Skill Barter

Platform for exchanging skills and services between users.

React PHP MySQL

Meeting Scheduler

Cross-timezone automated meeting scheduler for distributed teams.

React Native Node.js MySQL

EV E-commerce (SHAED)

Cloud platform for the EV trucking industry with 3D configurator and order tracking.

React Stripe K8s

How I can help.

01

Full-Stack Development

From responsive frontends in React and Next.js to robust APIs in Django and FastAPI. End-to-end delivery, not just one side of the stack.

02

Platform & DevOps Consulting

CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration, infrastructure-as-code. I help teams ship with confidence and observe what matters.

03

Architecture Design

System design that fits your stage. Whether you need microservices, a well-structured monolith, or something in between — the architecture should serve the business.

04

Code Reviews & Mentoring

Elevate your team's engineering culture. Structured code reviews, pair programming sessions, and mentoring for engineers at any level.

Let's build something.

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