Software Engineer
Pixelpk Technologies
Nov 2022 — Present · Lahore, Pakistan (On-site)
- Led full-stack development of AIVideosTube, an AI video platform serving 18,000+ users, owning architecture end-to-end from the Next.js frontend to a Node.js, FastAPI, and AWS Lambda backend.
- Cut API response time by 80% by introducing caching and optimizing database queries, improving user retention and overall platform responsiveness.
- Built CI/CD pipelines that reduced deployment time from 10 minutes to 1 minute, eliminating manual release errors and enabling zero-downtime deployments.
- Designed and integrated AI features (AI video generation, AI Prompt Battles, Thread Generator, viral effects generator) adopted by 10% of active users.
- Implemented serverless backend services on AWS Lambda, reducing infrastructure costs and improving scalability for production workloads.