Syed Faheel Ahmad

Backend Engineer · Platform Builder

Hi, I'm Faheel

I build backend systems that stay reliable as products grow—across high-throughput APIs, cloud infrastructure, data workflows, and developer tooling.

About me ↓ Resume ↗
Portrait of Syed Faheel Ahmad

Career experience

8+ years building production systems

Lead Software Engineer · RiskProfiler ↗

Leading backend and cloud-security platforms processing millions of API requests and 10M+ asset scans each month. Focused on system reliability, distributed execution, infrastructure efficiency, and engineering quality.

Selected impact
10M+ scans per month Security Scanning Platform
80% manual effort reduced Gemini + RAG questionnaire automation
$50K+ annual cloud savings AWS cloud cost optimization
5→10 team members Scaled and managed the backend team

Senior Software Engineer · Animall ↗

Built and operated high-throughput APIs, real-time marketplace infrastructure, ML orchestration, logistics automation, and internal platforms. Delivered measurable gains across latency, infrastructure cost, daily operations, and most importantly user experience.

Selected impact
1B+ requests per month High-Throughput API Platform
$10K+ annual infrastructure savings JWT authentication re-architecture
3K+ model runs per day ML orchestration platform
50x VPN capacity increase OpenVPN to Tailscale migration

Software Developer · EthicalHat ↗

Delivered full-stack and serverless security products across AWS services, Django platforms, and event-driven systems, building the foundation for later backend and platform work.

Selected impact
250M+ domains scanned Elasticsearch security workflows
100+ microservices Built and operated several microservices
<1s time-to-render Optimized full-stack apps

Work projects

6 selected projects
01
PLATFORM ENGINEERING

High-Throughput API Platform

Animall

1B+ requests per month with lower latency and improved production reliability.

Node.js · Python · PostgreSQL
02
CLOUD SECURITY

Distributed Scanning Platform

RiskProfiler

10M+ scans per month across multiple cloud providers with high availability and low error rates.

Python · Go · AWS · GCP
03
DATA INFRASTRUCTURE

ML Orchestration Platform

Animall

3K+ ML model runs per day through production Airflow and Kubernetes pipelines.

Python · Airflow · Kubernetes
04
MARKETPLACE SYSTEMS

Real-Time Hyperlocal Feed

Animall

Sub-200ms p90 latency while serving millions of users and listings.

Node.js · MongoDB · Redis · Geohash
05
OPERATIONS SYSTEMS

Logistics Allocation Engine

Animall

60+ hours saved per day through automated vehicle allocation and route planning.

Node.js · Vroom · OpenStreetMap
06
INTERNAL PLATFORMS

No-Code Notification Platform

Animall

10% engineering capacity freed by enabling campaigns without developer support.

Node.js · Strapi · PostgreSQL

Open source

6 selected projects
01
ALGORITHMS

ProAlgos

GitHub ↗

A widely starred collection of quality algorithm implementations following modern C++ practices.

C++ · Catch
02
CORE LIBRARY

BigInt

GitHub ↗

An arbitrary-sized integer library built for practical usage, learning, and dependable behavior.

C++ · Catch
03
DESKTOP TOOLING

Desktop Entry Creator

GitHub ↗

A graphical utility for creating Linux desktop entries for installed applications.

Python · GTK
04
DEVELOPER TOOLING

Cleanup

GitHub ↗

A command-line file organizer that automates directory cleanup with predictable behavior.

Python
05
LANGUAGE DESIGN

Flex

GitHub ↗

A natural-language-inspired programming language and transpiler experiment.

Python · Rasa NLU
06
CLOUD OBSERVABILITY

CloudFrontier

GitHub ↗

A self-hosted application for monitoring public-cloud internet attack surfaces.

Python · Vue.js · Cloud SDKs

Apps & games

1 Android app · 1 website
01
Contour Quest app icon
PUZZLE

Contour Quest

Google Play ↗

Some objects look oddly like countries. A leaf might look like Sri Lanka, a crumpled T-shirt like Australia. Contour Quest turns that into a game: photograph an object, trace its outline, and compare it against 200 simplified country shapes.

Kotlin · Jetpack Compose · CameraX
02
BROWSER GAMES

Games by Faheel

games.faheel.in ↗

A growing collection of no-fuss games that run straight in the browser, with nothing to install and no account needed. Five so far: Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe, SOS, Hangman, Dots and Boxes, and Cows and Bulls.

HTML · CSS · Vanilla JS