Amjad Khan

Application Architect and Senior Software Engineer with more than 15 years of experience designing, architecting, developing, and delivering enterprise software solutions using C++, Qt, Linux, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and distributed system technologies. Experienced in building mission-critical real-time applications, enterprise data processing platforms, distributed software architectures, and cloud-enabled solutions across the Energy and Defense sectors. Possesses deep expertise in modern C++ software development, multi-threaded application design, large-scale data processing, software architecture, database-driven systems, and cross-platform development for Linux and Windows environments.

Currently working as an Application Architect on enterprise seismic data management solutions supporting international energy-sector clients, contributing to the design and implementation of seismic data ingestion, metadata management, navigation processing, cloud integration, and industry-standard seismic data exchange workflows. Recognized for combining strong technical expertise with architectural thinking, analytical problem-solving, and the ability to deliver high-quality software throughout the complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), from requirements analysis and solution design through deployment and long-term product support.

Senior Software Engineer / Application Architect - LMKR (Pvt.) Ltd. - Islamabad, Pakistan

(2021-05)

LMKR is a leading provider of geoscience and energy industry software solutions. As a Senior Software Engineer / Application Architect, I contribute to the architecture, design, and development of enterprise-scale seismic data management solutions used by international energy-sector clients. My responsibilities span software architecture, technical design, high-performance C++ development, cloud integration, data processing, code reviews, customer collaboration, and technical mentoring throughout the complete software development lifecycle.

• Project: Seismic Data Management (SDM) - Role: Application Architect - Technologies: C++, Linux, PostgreSQL, VS Code, GMake, Git, AWS S3, Microsoft Azure
• Architect and develop enterprise C++ components supporting high-volume seismic data processing workflows.
• Design scalable software modules for ingestion, validation, storage, processing, and export of seismic datasets.
• Develop high-performance parsers supporting industry-standard formats including SEG-Y, SEG-D, UKOOA, ASCII, and related navigation datasets.
• Design metadata extraction workflows for SEG-Y EBCDIC headers, binary headers, trace headers, navigation information, and acquisition metadata.
• Implement configurable validation frameworks enforcing business rules, metadata quality, and data integrity before production loading.
• Contribute to implementation of SEG-Y Revision 2.1 support, including extended metadata handling and header processing enhancements.
• Design and implement P111 and P611 seismic navigation export capabilities supporting customer data exchange requirements.
• Develop software supporting loading and management of 2D seismic surveys, 3D seismic cubes, navigation datasets, velocity datasets, bin grid information, and section data.
• Design PostgreSQL persistence workflows for large-scale seismic metadata repositories.
• Implement cloud-integrated processing using AWS S3 and Microsoft Azure Storage.
• Develop automated workflows for generation of supporting datasets required during quality assurance and production loading.
• Analyze customer requirements and translate complex business needs into maintainable software solutions.
• Perform root-cause analysis of production issues and implement reliable long-term software improvements.
• Participate in software architecture discussions, technical reviews, and solution design sessions.
• Conduct peer code reviews while promoting software quality, maintainability, and engineering best practices.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance to a development team of approximately 12–15 software engineers.
• Contributed to the successful delivery and continuous enhancement of enterprise seismic data management capabilities used by international energy-sector clients.
• Implemented support for modern seismic data processing workflows including SEG-Y Revision 2.1 and industry-standard navigation exchange formats.
• Designed cloud-enabled processing capabilities integrating enterprise software with AWS and Microsoft Azure storage platforms.
• Improved software maintainability through modular architecture, reusable components, and consistent engineering practices.
• Helped modernize seismic metadata processing and validation workflows supporting increasingly complex customer requirements.
• Collaborated with geographically distributed engineering teams and customer stakeholders to deliver production-ready software solutions.
• Project: SDB2Cloud - Role: Application Architect / Technical Lead - Technologies: C++, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Linux, CMake, Git, JSON
• Designed and developed high-performance multi-threaded C++ applications for automated seismic data migration.
• Architected software responsible for extraction of seismic, navigation, and velocity datasets from enterprise repositories.
• Designed automated processing pipelines for SEG-Y trace-header updates and output generation.
• Implemented metadata generation workflows producing JSON metadata packages for Prestack 2D, Prestack 3D, Poststack 2D, Poststack 3D, Velocity, and Navigation datasets.
• Designed Oracle and PostgreSQL tracking databases for monitoring migration progress and operational status.
• Contributed to migration of enterprise workflows from Oracle-based repositories to PostgreSQL-based environments.