Ali Raza Saleem

Hi, I’m Ali, Senior Software Developer

I write code that is clean, scales and doesn't crash

From Medicine To Software

My journey began in medicine, driven by a desire to make a difference. But what I found in software was something deeper—an ability to shape systems that touch lives at scale. In the past 4+ years, I’ve architected SaaS platforms that aren’t just efficient—they’re resilient, human-centered, and designed for growth. I believe there is more to code than pure logic—it’s a craft. When done right, it’s invisible. It just works. That’s the kind of experience I strive to build.

Ali Raza Saleem – Senior Laravel developer and PHP backend engineer

Career Timeline

Senior Software Engineer — Customer Genius

Feb 2025 – Present

Remote • USA

  • Flagged 2000+ fraudulent orders in 3 months, helping merchants recover $10,000+ through improved real-time detection logic.
  • Refactored Laravel backend into modular components—cut CPU by 40% and hit zero incidents with backups and health checks.
  • Rebuilt the frontend using Blade and Alpine.js (cut load time from 20s to 2s) and built a Filament admin panel for non-tech teams.

Senior Software Engineer — Sacred Cube

Jul 2024 – Feb 2025

On-site • Lahore, PK

  • Integrated a fast AWS S3-based backup and restore system—enabled full tenant recovery in minutes and 99% uptime.
  • Implemented a unified communication suite syncing calls, emails, SMS, and notes—giving teams full customer history so any agent can step in seamlessly.
  • Fixed daily crashes by tuning a 150M+ row SQL database engine, cutting load times to 300ms, and stabilizing CPU usage.
  • Designed a multi-tenant billing engine with regional pricing, access tiers, and proration—eliminated manual invoicing errors.

Intermediate Software Engineer — Sacred Cube

2023

On-site • Lahore, PK

  • Rebuilt the core architecture to support multitenancy—fully isolated databases, cache, files and backups for each tenant.
  • Designed a formula-driven accounting engine to automate double-entry bookkeeping, reducing reconciliation time by over 90%.
  • Launched a no-code App Store with industry templates to launch custom ERPs in minutes—cut tenant onboarding time by 40%.

Junior Software Engineer — Sacred Cube

2022

On-site • Lahore, PK

  • Created a trucking tool, scraping and processing 2M+ daily records, enabling 2,000+ agents to make faster, data-driven decisions.
  • Built a dynamic permission system with field-level and relationship-based controls — removed the need for manual policy setup.

Open Source Projects

Laravel Runner VS Code demo

Laravel Runner

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VS Code Extension

Run and debug Laravel snippets inside VS Code with one click — using real .php files, so you keep code highlighting, formatting, styling, and smart autocompletion powered by your existing VS Code extensions.

  • Color-coded, searchable output
  • One-click stop for hung scripts
  • Works on macOS, Linux, Windows, WSL & SSH

My Engineering Toolkit

Core Back-End

PHP 8+
Laravel
Symfony
Livewire
Filament
Nova

Front-End & UI

Blade
Alpine.js
Vue 3
Inertia JS
Vite
Tailwind CSS

CI/CD and DevOps

Linux
Docker
Git
Laravel Horizon
Forge
Envoyer

Data Storage & Automation

Python
Playwright
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Redis
AWS S3

Credentials I’ve Earned Along the Way

Deep Learning Specialization – Coursera
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Deep Learning Specialization – Coursera

Worked With Some Great People

“Ali joined us when our Laravel app was becoming difficult to scale and prone to overnight crashes. Within weeks, he had stabilized the system, modularized the codebase, and refactored key components into clean, maintainable units. He also rebuilt our fraud detection logic — catching thousands of fraudulent orders we were previously missing — while reducing CPU usage from 50% to under 10%, which significantly lowered our compute costs. I especially appreciated how he took the initiative to build an admin panel with Filament, making it easy for non-technical users to manage day-to-day operations independently. I’d strongly recommend him to any team looking for someone dependable, pragmatic, and technically sharp.”

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