Edinburgh, UK · Open to UK roles · [email protected]
Mohammad Arshad
Software Developer — Cloud & Full‑Stack Engineering
Software developer focused on cloud‑native full‑stack systems, automation and data‑driven solutions. Strong background in Python, JavaScript, AWS and scalable architectures.
Summary
Professional Summary
MSc Data Science graduate with 3+ years in software engineering and full‑stack development. Experienced building scalable cloud infrastructure, web platforms, and data pipelines. Authorized to work in the UK.
Software developer focused on cloud‑native full‑stack systems, automation and data‑driven solutions. Strong background in Python, JavaScript, AWS and scalable architectures.
Expertise
Technical Skills
Cloud, backend, frontend, data engineering and DevOps.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Design and deployment of scalable cloud services and server hosting.
- Built AWS infrastructure for eComms surveillance platform
- Improved scalability and reduced deployment time
Backend Development
APIs, ETL pipelines and data storage solutions.
- Developed onboarding automation tools for financial clients
- Implemented high‑volume scraping and Elasticsearch ingestion
Frontend & Product
Responsive UI and product improvements for stability and growth.
- Revamped website to double traffic capacity and boost leads
- Built user‑facing features for Covistan.com
Automation & Integrations
Automation of workflows and integrations with third‑party services.
- Engineered WhatsApp automation reducing response time by 40%
- Created Python scripts to integrate marketing and analytics tools
Data Engineering
Web scraping, data pipelines and search infrastructure.
- Maintained 1M+ URLs in Elasticsearch with automated cleanup
- Optimized scraper for 300% efficiency gain
Work & Projects
Selected Projects
Production systems, automation and high‑scale web services.
eComms Surveillance Platform (eflow Global)
Cloud infrastructure and onboarding automation for a regulatory surveillance platform.
- Designed and deployed AWS components to improve scalability
- Built end‑to‑end client onboarding tool to accelerate integrations
WhatsApp Automation & Site Revamp (StarClinch)
Communication automation and full site rebuild to improve stability and leads.
- Reduced communication delays and improved response time by 40%
- Enabled 2x traffic capacity and 130% increase in lead generation
Covistan.com
National portal for COVID vaccination centres with high traffic and AdSense monetization.
- Aggregated 450K+ centre records and assisted 110K+ users
- Achieved 13.6M+ organic impressions
- 100K+ daily impressions
High‑volume Scraper & Search (Filepursuit)
Scalable scraping and Elasticsearch ingestion for file indexation.
- Scraped and maintained over 1M URLs
- Replaced Selenium with requests+BS4 and multithreading for 300% speedup
Web App Hosting & SEO (Zinble Media)
Developed and hosted multiple web apps and improved organic traffic.
- Hosted 15+ web apps on Cloudflare, eliminating static hosting costs
- Reduced marketing spend by optimizing SEO and social media
Career
Work Experience
Roles across startups and product teams.
Software Developer — eflow Global
Design and implement cloud infrastructure and client onboarding tools for regulatory surveillance.
- Bristol | Deployed AWS Lambda, SQS, EC2 and Auto Scaling
- Led onboarding automation to reduce integration time
Product Developer — StarClinch
Built automation and rebuilt web platform to scale traffic and leads.
- New Delhi | Implemented WhatsApp automation with Vonage API
- Revamped frontend/backend improving stability and lead generation
Developer (Contract) — Zinble Media
Built and hosted marketing web applications; drove SEO improvements.
- Gurugram | Developed 15+ web apps hosted on Cloudflare
- Delivered significant cost savings through hosting and SEO
Data Engineer — Filepursuit.com
Web scraping and search ingestion to support large‑scale index.
- New Delhi | Maintained 1M+ URL index in Elasticsearch
- Optimized scraping pipeline for 300% throughput
Impact
Key Results
Scalability, cost savings and user growth delivered.
Scalability Improvements
Enabled platforms to handle higher traffic with reduced failures.
- 2x traffic capacity for StarClinch
- Improved eComms platform scalability via AWS
Cost & Efficiency Gains
Reduced hosting and marketing costs through technical and SEO solutions.
- Eliminated static hosting costs (~£150K annual estimate)
- Reduced marketing spend by optimizing channels (~£100K)
User & Traffic Growth
Large organic reach and user assistance during public health crisis.
- Covistan: 13.6M+ organic impressions and 100K+ daily impressions
- Assisted 110K+ users locating vaccination centres
Get in Touch
Contact
Available for software development roles in the UK.