● Backend Engineering • Full-Stack • Technical SEO • Agentic AI
Principal Software Engineer building scalable backend systems and modern SaaS products.
I’m Husnain Akmal, a backend-heavy full-stack engineer with 8+ years building production SaaS platforms with Node.js, Ruby on Rails, Vue/Nuxt and PostgreSQL. I pair that with hands-on technical SEO — crawlable architecture, structured data, Core Web Vitals and AI-search visibility — and ship agentic AI workflows into real delivery pipelines.
● Lahore, Pakistan • Open to remote US, UK & EU hours
●●● sys_diag://husnain-cluster-01● Live
Core StackNode.js / Rails / Vue
LocationLahore, Pakistan (Remote)
FocusBackend • Full-Stack • SEO • AI
AvailabilityPrincipal & Consulting
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8+
Years Production Experience
100,000+
Monthly Transactions Handled
$8M+
Monthly Payment Volume Scaled
85%+
Automated Test Coverage
Executive Positioning
Engineering reliable products that scale and get found.
With deep experience across distributed backend architectures, high-performance database tuning, modern reactive frontends and technical SEO, I design end-to-end foundations that hold up under load and stay discoverable in search and AI answers.
ARCH_01 / BACKEND
Backend Architecture
Designing resilient microservices, transactional consistency boundaries, and high-throughput background processing clusters with BullMQ, Sidekiq, and event-driven data streaming.
High-throughput APIs BullMQ / Sidekiq Event-driven Pipelines
ARCH_02 / FULL_STACK
Full-Stack Engineering
Crafting responsive, real-time client systems that synchronize instantly with backend states via WebSockets, strict TypeScript contracts, and modular component architectures.
Vue / Nuxt React / Next WebSockets TypeScript
ARCH_03 / AI_AGENTIC
AI-Assisted & Agentic Development
Building agentic development loops and prompt workflows with frontier LLMs to speed up delivery, test generation and architectural review — with human ownership of every design decision.
OpenAI API Claude Code Cursor Tooling Prompt Workflows
ARCH_04 / SEARCH_ENGINEERING
Technical SEO & Search Engineering
Engineering for organic growth: crawlable rendering, structured data, Core Web Vitals and internal-linking architecture, plus AI-visibility (GEO) work — including running ToolkitWizard, a developer-tools site built on search-led content.
Technical SEO Audits Schema & Structured Data Core Web Vitals AI Visibility (GEO)
Capabilities Matrix
Technical Expertise
● Backend Engineering
Node.js • Express.js
Ruby on Rails
RESTful APIs • Microservices
PostgreSQL • MySQL
Redis Cache • BullMQ
Sidekiq Asynchronous Queues
● Full-Stack Development
TypeScript • JavaScript
Vue.js • Nuxt 3/4
React • Next.js
WebSockets • Action Cable
Tailwind CSS • UI Systems
State Management & hydration
● AI & Agentic Development
OpenAI API Integration
Claude Code & Anthropic API
Cursor IDE Custom Pipelines
Codex • GitHub Copilot
Opencode Frameworks
Prompt Workflows & Chaining
● Cloud, Data & DevOps
AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, ECS)
Docker Containerization
Vercel • Supabase
CI/CD • Codefresh • Jenkins
Auth0 Identity Infrastructure
Elasticsearch Logging & Search
Search & Growth
SEO Expertise
● Research & Strategy
Niche & Market Research
Keyword Research & Clustering
Search Intent & Topical Maps
Competitor & Content Gap Analysis
SERP & Opportunity Modelling
Ahrefs • Search Console • GA4
● Technical SEO
Crawlability & Indexation
Site Architecture & Internal Linking
Core Web Vitals & Page Speed
Schema & Structured Data
JavaScript SEO (SSR / Nuxt / Next)
Migrations, Redirects & Log Analysis
● On-Page & Content
Content Briefs & Outlines
On-Page & Metadata Optimisation
Programmatic SEO Pages
E-E-A-T & Content Audits
Content Refresh & Consolidation
Rank Math • WordPress SEO
● Off-Page & AI Visibility
Link Building & Digital PR
Backlink Audits & Cleanup
Brand Mentions & Entity SEO
AI Visibility (GEO / AEO)
Citations & Knowledge Graph
Reporting & Rank Tracking
Production Track Record
Featured Engineering Work
Selected architectural initiatives & delivered scale
FINTECH SAAS Production System
Tenant Inc — Fintech SaaS Backend Platform
Key Performance Outcome$8M+ monthly payment volume, 100,000+ monthly transactions, 99.9% on-time execution
Node.js and Express.js microservices with secure APIs, billing workflows, auditing, and background processing on BullMQ. Tracked 500,000+ daily user actions across 50,000+ monthly automated tasks.
Engineered Tech Stack
CRYPTO DATA ANALYTICS Production System
The Tie — Crypto Analytics Platform Modernization
Key Performance Outcome25% less backend tech debt, 40% less manual effort, 35% faster data retrieval
Modernized a mature Ruby on Rails application, expanded automated testing, integrated Auth0, and connected the OpenAI API through reusable prompt workflows.
Engineered Tech Stack
REAL-TIME PRODUCT Active Build
Bridge by The Tie — Real-Time Chat Product
Key Performance OutcomeProduction environment built from scratch across Supabase, Auth0 and Vercel
Building a real-time chat system and platform features end to end with Nuxt 4 and TypeScript, including server API routes running on the Node.js runtime.
Engineered Tech Stack
RETAIL ANALYTICS Production System
Digital Shelf by EDGE / Flywheel — Retail Analytics Backend
Key Performance Outcome50% faster API responses, SSO for 5,000+ enterprise users, 99.9% deployment uptime
Rails backend improvements for a retail and e-commerce analytics platform used by global brands, including Looker integration, SSO, 85%+ RSpec coverage, and automated releases.
Engineered Tech Stack
Career Trajectory
Experience Timeline
2021 – Present
Strategic Systems International (SSI) PRESENT
Principal Software Engineer
Lead backend and full-stack delivery for US and UK enterprise clients across fintech, crypto analytics, retail analytics, and real-time products. Work spans architecture, APIs, databases, authentication, testing, CI/CD, engineering standards, code review, and team coaching.
2018 – 2021
Codility Solutions
Software Engineer
Architected and scaled Ruby on Rails applications, implemented role-based authentication and authorization, optimized database schemas, delivered real-time functionality with Action Cable, and supported reliable production deployments.
Core Tenets
Engineering Philosophy
// TENET 01
Architecture First
Model the domain, data, boundaries, and operational constraints before layering on unnecessary complexity.
// TENET 02
Built for Reliability
Use automated testing, observability, secure data flows, performance work, and deployment discipline to keep systems dependable.
// TENET 03
AI-Accelerated Development
Use AI tools for refactoring, testing, debugging, review, and repetitive engineering work while keeping human ownership of design decisions.
// TENET 04
Continuous Improvement
Iterate on architecture, delivery flow, developer experience, and product outcomes using evidence from real production behavior.
Search Principles
SEO Philosophy
PILLAR 01
Search Intent First
Start from what the searcher is actually trying to do, then shape pages, architecture and content around that intent rather than around keyword lists.
PILLAR 02
Technical Foundations First
Crawlability, indexation, speed, structured data and AI-answer eligibility come before content volume. A site engines cannot process reliably cannot rank.
PILLAR 03
Authority Earned, Not Bought
Links, brand mentions and entity signals come from work worth citing: original assets and digital PR, never link schemes.
PILLAR 04
Measure, Then Iterate
Judge changes against Search Console, analytics and rank data, then refresh, consolidate or prune content based on what the evidence shows.
Knowledge Sharing
Latest Technical Articles
Supabase Explained: 7 Benefits, Pros, Cons and Use Cases
● Open to Consulting, Principal & Technical SEO Roles
Let’s build something reliable, scalable and easy to find.
Whether you are scaling high-throughput backends, shipping agentic AI workflows, or making a complex platform rank and get cited in search and AI answers, I’m ready to advise and engineer. I work with SaaS teams, agencies and founders as a hands-on principal: from architecture reviews and backend builds to technical SEO audits and search-led growth, embedded remotely and accountable for outcomes.
Architecture Reviews • Backend & SaaS Builds • Technical SEO Audits • Agentic AI Workflows • Remote