Team Lead / Full-Stack Engineer
AI-Powered SaaS · RAG & LLM Agents · Next.js & NestJS · 4+ years
Team Lead / Full-Stack Engineer who takes AI-powered SaaS from prototype to production. Currently leading 5 developers across 6 client projects and owning system design for a multi-tenant site-intelligence platform built on multimodal RAG, LangGraph agents, and eval-gated LLM quality. 4+ years shipping React/Next.js, NestJS, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and AWS products, including a recruitment SaaS with 7k+ active users.
Islamabad, Pakistan
Available for UK & international clients — remote, GMT/BST
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I'm Muhammad Asad Akmal, a Team Lead / Full-Stack Engineer based in Islamabad, Pakistan (open to remote), with 4+ years of experience taking AI-powered SaaS from prototype to production with React/Next.js, NestJS, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and AWS.
Today I lead 5 developers across 6 concurrent client projects—owning architecture and system design, code reviews, mentoring, and release planning. I architected Terravive, a multi-tenant AI site-intelligence platform built on multimodal RAG (pgvector, hybrid search, Cohere reranking), LangGraph agents with guardrails, and CI-gated LLM evals. Before that I shipped platforms serving 10k+ users, from AI recruitment to accounting SaaS, CRM, and payment integrations.
--tech-lead--ai-rag-agents--saas-scale--nextjs-nestjs--clean-secureWhen I'm not shipping features, I stay sharp with the latest in LLM tooling, React, Node, and cloud (AWS, Docker, CI/CD, OpenTelemetry) and enjoy sharing what I learn with the developer community.
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Multi-tenant AI site-intelligence SaaS for architects, built around a multimodal RAG pipeline and LangGraph agents on a type-safe Turborepo monorepo (NestJS 11 API + Next.js 16 RSC admin).
Virtual-CFO accounting SaaS, re-engineered from a low-code Base44 prototype into a production-grade Express + Prisma + PostgreSQL backend on AWS.
AI-powered recruitment SaaS scaled to 7k+ active users, featuring ATS pipelines, AI personality assessments, video interviews, and Stripe subscriptions. Spearheaded end-to-end delivery.
SEO-driven fashion discovery platform, optimized for page-load performance and organic search visibility using Next.js SSR.
Marketing automation platform enabling users to design campaigns and creatives using a canvas-based editor. Frontend with Next.js and Polotno, scalable backend APIs in NestJS.
Drove the migration from v1 to v2 using Next.js 14 and NestJS within a microservices architecture and NX monorepo.
Personalized coloring and sketchbook marketplace using the T3 stack (TypeScript, Next.js, Shadcn, Drizzle ORM, PostgreSQL).
Web3-based betting platform with smart contracts built using Ethereum and Solidity. Led MVP development. Real-time data pipelines using The Graph Protocol and WebSockets.
Ethereum Name Service (ENS) Marketplace with AI-powered domain appraisal. Users can buy, sell, and evaluate ENS domains via a Next.js web app and a Flutter mobile app backed by on-chain data.
Crypto payment integration for e-commerce, enabling cryptocurrency payments via MetaMask alongside traditional gateways like Stripe for seamless Web3 payment flows.
Online digital art marketplace for selling digital art assets including graphics, templates, fonts, and photos. Scalable architecture and optimized digital content delivery.
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Islamabad, Pakistan · Full-time
Full-Stack Developer
May 2024 – Jul 2025 · Islamabad, Pakistan · Full-time
MERN Stack Developer
May 2023 – Apr 2024 · Islamabad, Pakistan · Full-time
Full-Stack Developer
Oct 2022 – Apr 2023 · Remote · Full-time
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Remote engagements for UK & international clients — the details that matter before we start.
Yes. I work remotely with UK and international clients, keeping GMT/BST business hours for overlapping communication. I'm based in Islamabad, Pakistan, and have shipped production SaaS for teams across time zones — async-first, with clear updates and reliable delivery.
Yes. I take on freelance and contract engagements on a day-rate basis, including outside-IR35 arrangements for UK companies. Engagements can be fixed-scope (e.g. an MVP build) or ongoing (embedded in your team as a full-stack engineer).
I specialise in AI-powered, multi-tenant SaaS platforms built end-to-end with Next.js, NestJS and TypeScript — including multimodal RAG pipelines, LangGraph agents with guardrails and CI-gated LLM evals, Stripe subscription billing, and CRM integrations (HubSpot, GoHighLevel, Jobber). I've scaled products to 10k+ users with secure auth (JWT/OAuth, RBAC, 2FA) and monorepo/microservices architecture, and I currently lead a team of 5 developers.
Yes. I take SaaS products from idea to production — architecture, UI, APIs, payments, auth and deployment on AWS with CI/CD. For startups I focus on shipping a lean, well-architected MVP fast, then iterating as you find product-market fit.
My core stack is Next.js, React, NestJS, TypeScript, PostgreSQL and GraphQL, with Turborepo/Nx monorepos, Stripe, AWS, and Docker. For AI work I use RAG with pgvector and hybrid search, LangGraph agents, and Claude / OpenAI APIs, with OpenTelemetry tracing. I also work with Prisma, Drizzle, Redis, MongoDB, BullMQ, and integrate third-party CRM and payment providers.
Send a short brief through the contact form or email m.asadakmal1999@gmail.com. I'll reply within 24 hours, and we can set up a call to scope the work, timeline and day rate before anything is committed.
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Accepting new freelance & contract projects for UK & international clients — remote, GMT/BST hours, day-rate / outside-IR35.