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Available for senior IC and tech-lead roles, remote

Ubaid Ahmed Awan

Senior Full-Stack Engineer at Learnsignal, Dublin (remote from Islamabad).

Solo engineer at Signal building and maintaining Learnsignal: marketing site, custom Next.js LMS, Stripe billing, study planner, and course delivery. The platform serves 100,000+ ACCA, CIMA, and AAT learners across 130 countries (ACCA Gold Approved). 7+ years across Next.js, React, TypeScript, Node.js, and Laravel.

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Islamabad, PKT (UTC+5) Strong EU overlap 7+ years building

01. About

A practical senior engineer

Senior full-stack engineer with 7+ years shipping production web applications. Solo engineer at Signal, where I built and maintain the entire Learnsignal platform: marketing site, custom Next.js LMS, Stripe billing, study planner, and course delivery for 100,000+ ACCA, CIMA, and AAT learners across 130 countries (ACCA Gold Approved).

In 2026 I led the platform's migration from Laravel/PHP to Next.js + Vercel, and replaced two SaaS LMS products (Docebo and LearnWorlds) with a custom Next.js LMS built in-house. The live deployment scores 93 / 95 (mobile / desktop) on Google PageSpeed Insights.

Day-to-day work spans the full delivery cycle: feature build, AWS production (legacy stack) and Vercel deploy (current), GitHub Actions CI/CD, backend performance, code review, and architecture. AI-assisted development (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) is part of daily work. Before Signal I spent ~4 years as Software Development Team Lead at DexterCode running multi-project agency delivery.

Best as a senior IC or sole technical lead at remote-first product companies. PKT (UTC+5) gives strong overlap with European teams and partial overlap with US east coast.

02. Now

Currently working on

Learnsignal (Signal)

Senior Software Engineer, Dublin (Remote) · Jun 2024 to Present

learnsignal.com

ACCA Gold Approved EdTech platform serving 100,000+ ACCA, CIMA, and AAT learners across 130 countries. Solo engineer building and maintaining the platform: marketing site, custom Next.js LMS that replaced Docebo and LearnWorlds, Stripe billing, study planner, course delivery. Led the Laravel-to-Next.js rebuild and Vercel cutover in early 2026; live deployment scores 93 / 95 (mobile / desktop) on Google PageSpeed Insights.

  • ›Solo engineer on the platform
  • ›Replaced Docebo + LearnWorlds (custom LMS)
  • ›Led Laravel → Next.js + Vercel rebuild
  • ›Lighthouse 93/95 on PageSpeed Insights
  • ›Stripe billing + study planner + LMS
  • ›AI-assisted dev (Claude Code, Cursor)
Next.js React Node.js TypeScript AWS GitHub Actions

03. Skills

Stack and tooling

A working list. Heavier on the things I ship every week, lighter on the things I reach for occasionally.

Current stack (Learnsignal)

Next.js React Node.js TypeScript JavaScript

Backend depth (5+ years)

PHP Laravel Node.js MySQL REST APIs 3rd-party integrations

Frontend

React Next.js (App Router) Server Components TypeScript Tailwind CSS HTML / CSS

AI-assisted development

Claude Code Cursor GitHub Copilot Prompt-driven refactor

Used in daily delivery for code generation, review, and refactoring.

Cloud and deployment

AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda) Vercel Docker GitHub Actions CI/CD Google Cloud (prior) Microsoft Azure (prior)

CMS and platforms (deep prior)

WordPress (themes, plugins, multisite) Shopify

CI/CD and tooling

GitHub Actions Bash deploy scripts Git / GitHub Docker (local dev) Linux basics

04. Experience

Roles and timeline

Most recent first. Both part-time freelance retainers wound down in May 2026 to focus on full-time work.

  1. Senior Software Engineer

    Jun 2024 to Present

    Signal (Learnsignal) · Dublin, Ireland (Remote)

    Solo engineer at Signal building and maintaining the Learnsignal platform (see Now for current scope). Led the Laravel-to-Next.js rebuild and Vercel cutover in early 2026; replaced Docebo and LearnWorlds with a custom Next.js LMS. Lighthouse 93/95 on PageSpeed Insights.

  2. Software Development Team Lead

    Sep 2020 to Jul 2024

    DexterCode · Islamabad, Pakistan

    Technical lead for multiple concurrent client engagements across Laravel, Shopify, and WordPress. Established peer code review standards and Laravel/PHP conventions adopted team-wide. Mentored engineers via 1:1s and review feedback; contributed to hiring and onboarding. Authored system documentation and provided third-tier escalation support. Introduced Agile delivery practices and structured estimation; sprint predictability and backlog health improved across the team.

  3. Senior Software Engineer (Part-time freelance retainer)

    Jan 2020 to May 2026

    The Ingenio Marketing LLC · West New York, NJ, USA · Remote

    Long-running freelance retainer (~3–4 hrs/week) for WordPress, PHP, Laravel, and AWS maintenance on existing client web properties. Maintained custom WordPress themes/plugins and Laravel/PHP modules; managed AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, RDS); implemented on-demand feature requests and third-party API integrations. Wound down in May 2026 to focus on full-time work.

  4. Senior Software Developer (Part-time freelance retainer)

    Jan 2020 to May 2026

    Dr. William Rahal · Beverly Hills, CA, USA · Remote

    Long-running freelance retainer (~3–4 hrs/week) on WordPress and PHP maintenance for the practice's web properties. Maintained custom WordPress themes and plugins (performance- and SEO-aware updates); built PHP backend functionality and third-party API integrations; implemented caching and load-time optimizations. Wound down in May 2026 to focus on full-time work.

  5. Junior Web Developer

    Jun 2019 to Aug 2020

    Corporate Research and Investigations Limited · Islamabad, Pakistan

    Built PHP-based websites and internal portals (HRMIS, Audit Portal, event scheduler, LMS, test management) serving 2,000+ internal users. Owned QA testing protocols before production releases.

  6. WordPress Developer

    Sep 2018 to May 2019

    2 Web Design · Saskatchewan, Canada (Remote)

    Designed and developed 30+ WordPress sites for clients across diverse industries. Built interactive web apps including registration and membership systems, event schedulers, and a learning management system. Direct client support and live-site bug resolution.

05. Projects

Featured projects

Production sites I built for clients, from a global accountancy training platform serving 100,000+ students to a US municipal government website. Built with WordPress, custom PHP, Laravel, and (most recently) Next.js as the work has evolved.

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learnsignal.com

Senior Software Engineer, Jun 2024 to Present

ACCA Gold Approved EdTech platform serving 100,000+ ACCA, CIMA, and AAT learners across 130 countries. Solo engineer at Signal: built and maintain marketing site, custom Next.js LMS (replaced Docebo and LearnWorlds), Stripe billing, study planner, and course delivery. Led the Laravel-to-Next.js + Vercel cutover in early 2026 (Lighthouse 93/95).

Next.js React Node TypeScript Vercel Laravel AWS Stripe
Visit learnsignal.com
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kdainc.com

Sole developer, freelance

Public website for KDA Inc. (Karla Dennis and Associates), a tax preparation, planning, and advisory firm based in Orange County, California. Designed and built the entire site as sole developer: custom WordPress theme, plugin work, and content architecture for tax-resource pages, contact flows, and service pages.

WordPress PHP MySQL Custom theme Custom plugins
Visit kdainc.com
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westnewyorknj.org

Sole developer, freelance

Official website of the Town of West New York, New Jersey, a Hudson County municipality of 50,000+ residents directly across the Hudson River from Manhattan. Designed and built the entire site as sole developer: departmental pages, document libraries, public notices, and resident-facing service flows.

WordPress PHP MySQL Custom theme Custom plugins
Visit westnewyorknj.org

Also maintain a few open-source starters on GitHub: github.com/UbaidAhmedAwan

06. Education

Where I studied

MS, Project Management

2019 to 2020

Bahria University, Islamabad

BS, Computer Science

2014 to 2018

Bahria University, Islamabad

HSSC, Pre-Engineering

2011 to 2013

Preston Boys College

07. Contact

Get in touch

Best for: senior IC and tech-lead roles at remote-first product companies. EU and UK overlap is strongest from Islamabad (PKT, UTC+5).