Almas Sayyad

Senior Backend Engineer with 8+ years of experience building scalable, high-performance web applications and RESTful APIs using PHP (Laravel) and AWS cloud services. Strong expertise in Laravel-based backend architecture, API integrations, and secure, production-grade systems. Experienced in collaborating with cross-functional teams in fast-paced SaaS environments and delivering scalable solutions with measurable performance improvements (40%+).

Currently upskilling in Python and AI/GenAI integrations for modern application development.

Career Break

(2026-01)

Focused on upskilling in modern technologies including Laravel advanced concepts, React.js, and system design, while building production-ready applications and exploring GenAI & Agentic AI.

Senior Software Developer - ASHORE SYSTEMS PVT. LTD. - Pune

(2020-03 - 2025-12)

• Built and scaled high-performance REST APIs, improving reliability and response times.
• Drove end-to-end backend delivery with clean architecture and SOLID design.
• Improved performance by ~40% via query optimization, caching, and async processing.
• Integrated secure, fault-tolerant third-party services (Salesforce, Stripe).
• Strengthened scalability, security, and AWS infrastructure, boosting reporting by 35%.
• Led architecture decisions, mentored team members, and resolved critical incidents (MTTR < 10 mins).
• Improved API performance by 40% through query optimization and indexing strategies
• Reduced production incident resolution time (MTTR) to under 10 minutes
• Scaled backend systems to handle high concurrent traffic using Redis caching and queues
• Successfully led backend architecture for multiple business-critical applications

Associate Software Engineer - XENTO SYSTEMS PVT. LTD. - Pune

(2019-04 - 2019-12)

• Developed and maintained PHP REST APIs in Agile Scrum teams.
• Improved API performance and data consistency for multi-tenant SaaS modules.
• Collaborated with QA, DevOps, and Product for release readiness and production stability.

Software Developer (Early Roles) - IGLULABS | APRIGTECH | RAKSHAK INFOTECH | LINOSYS

(2015-08 - 2017-11)

• Built 25+ RESTful APIs using PHP, CodeIgniter, MySQL, MVC architecture.
• Refactored legacy systems for better maintainability and scalability.
• Participated in full SDLC including deployment and production support.

Master of Computer Applications - MCA - Allana Institute of Management Sciences (2012-06 - 2015-05)

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science - Abeda Inamdar Sr College (2009-06 - 2012-05)