Ahmad Shah
Senior Distributed Systems Engineer | Platform & Cloud Architecture
Tech Stack
Technologies I use to build scalable, reliable systems
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Frameworks
Infrastructure
Databases & Messaging
AI/ML
About Me
I'm a Senior Distributed Systems Engineer specializing in building scalable, reliable SaaS products and cloud infrastructure. With 5+ years of experience, I've architected systems processing $50M+ in annual payments while achieving 99.99% uptime.
My expertise spans distributed systems design, multi-tenant SaaS architecture, and cloud cost optimization—having reduced client AWS spend by $420K/year through strategic architecture decisions.
Currently building AI automation infrastructure and high-throughput payment systems as Principal Engineer & Co-Founder at BitSic Product Studio.
Experience
A track record of building high-impact systems at scale
Principal Engineer & Technical Co-Founder
BitSic Product Studio
- ▹Built AI video automation engine rendering 1,000+ videos/day, reducing costs by 85% ($500 → $75/video)
- ▹Architected Horus, a distributed task queue processing 12,000+ tasks/sec at <5ms latency
- ▹Engineered HIPAA-compliant booking platform with $1.2M annual revenue and 99.9% uptime
- ▹Reduced client AWS spend by $420K/year (30% savings) via multi-region caching & CDN optimization
- ▹Led HIPAA/PCI-DSS audits for 50+ clients with zero security incidents over 3 years
- ▹Developed Cortex, internal developer platform accelerating product launches by 3x
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
ContentWise
- ▹Reduced dashboard load time by 33% (1.2s → 0.8s) for 10K+ daily active users
- ▹Decreased MTTR to <30 minutes via Grafana dashboards with P99 latency alerts
- ▹Designed RBAC system using JWT + Redis supporting 500+ concurrent users
Full-Stack Engineer
Lightning Web Solutions
- ▹Delivered 8 production apps and published internal UI kit (25 components)
- ▹Reduced feature development time by 50% via reusable component library
- ▹Migrated 5 legacy jQuery codebases to React 18, reducing bug backlog by 25%
Deployed Units
Selected works and production deployments
Vela
High-performance browser video editor using Next.js, WebGL, and FFmpeg.wasm. Edit and export 1080p video directly in the browser with near-native performance.
Explore SystemHorus
Custom distributed task queue built with Go/Redis/K8s processing 12,000+ tasks/sec at <5ms latency. Powers $50M+/year in payment processing with zero data loss.
Titan
Distributed, strongly consistent key-value store built from scratch. Implements Raft Consensus algorithm for leader election and log replication with custom TCP protocol.
P99
Performance optimization showcase demonstrating Cal.com clone optimization from Lighthouse 65 to 98. Reduced bundle size by 60% and LCP from 4.2s to 1.1s.
Explore SystemCortex
Internal developer platform providing standardized microservices foundation. Handles multi-tenancy and authentication out-of-the-box, accelerating product launches.
Booking Engine
HIPAA-compliant scheduling platform handling 500+ daily bookings with Stripe integration. Automated appointment reminders with 99.9% uptime.
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