Your next technical leader — available now
Mehroz AfzalPrincipal Software Engineer & Fractional CTO for Hire
You have a product to ship and no time for a six-week hiring pipeline. I embed with your team as a principal engineer or fractional CTO, architecting AI-powered SaaS, mobile apps serving millions, and full-stack platforms across US, Singapore, and European markets. One conversation to scope the work. Code shipping within the first week.
Why Founders Trust Me
You have probably hired engineers who needed three sprints just to understand your business. I started CodeMiners because I kept meeting founders stuck at the same intersection: strong product vision, no technical partner who could architect a production system on Monday, navigate international compliance on Tuesday, and close a partnership deal on Wednesday. That has been my operating rhythm for eight years — and it means you get one person who holds the full context instead of a chain of handoffs that loses your momentum.
For you, this means no context loss. I am equally fluent in Flutter state management and SaaS pricing models, in LLM fine-tuning and multi-jurisdiction corporate structuring. When you bring me a payment integration challenge in the UAE or an AI feature that needs to work at scale, I do not just solve the technical problem — I understand your business model behind it, the regulatory environment around it, and the partnership channel that will make it profitable. You are not hiring an engineer. You are hiring someone who thinks like a co-founder but bills like a contractor.
US, Singapore, UAE, Hong Kong, Europe
Cross-Border Payments & Global Expansion
CSPs, Resellers & Platform Partners
Case Studies
Detailed breakdowns of enterprise solutions I've architected and delivered, showcasing the challenges, solutions, and measurable business impact.
Parchi App
A comprehensive digital receipts and expense management platform designed to revolutionize how users track, organize, and manage their financial transactions with AI-powered assistance.
HelperLogs Web Portal
An intelligent logistics management dashboard that leverages AI/ML to optimize delivery routes, predict ETAs with high accuracy, and automate dispatching decisions for fleet operations.
Offer Management System
A sophisticated offer and campaign management platform enabling businesses to create, distribute, and track promotional campaigns with AI-assisted content generation and customer behavior analytics.
Must Break - Real-time Translation Engine
An innovative AI-powered real-time translation solution designed to break language barriers during multinational team meetings, enabling seamless communication across Korean, English, Japanese, and Chinese.
Factory IoT Monitoring Platform
An enterprise-grade industrial monitoring platform providing real-time visibility into factory operations, energy consumption, machine health, and production metrics across multiple manufacturing facilities.
Enterprise Project Tracker
A comprehensive project management and field operations platform enabling engineering teams to track projects, conduct inspections, and manage resources with offline-capable mobile applications.
BOQ Generator Tool
A specialized desktop application for engineering firms to streamline bill of quantities (BOQ) creation, cost estimation, and client proposal generation with standardized templates and automated calculations.
Work Experience
CodeMiners IT & Consultancy
- Partner directly with founders, CFOs, and operations leaders across Pakistan, US, Singapore, Middle East, and Europe to enable offshore company setups, SaaS scaling, and global payments integration.
- Built and managed long-term relationships with service providers, resellers, and platform partners, negotiating commercial terms and creating repeatable pipelines that drive customer acquisition and recurring revenue.
- Enabled compliance-aware product launches and multi-jurisdiction business structures for companies expanding into global markets like Delaware, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubai.
- Architected microservices with NestJS, Redis, and PostgreSQL in Dockerized environments deployed via ECS Fargate.
- Integrated payment systems (Stripe, Payoneer, Razorpay), real-time features (Socket.IO), and notifications (Firebase, SNS).
- Fine-tuned LLMs (GPT-2/GPT-Neo) on domain-specific datasets using Hugging Face Transformers.
- Developed in-app AI assistants using FastAPI + LangChain for RAG-based document summarization.
- Deployed vector DB search using FAISS/Pinecone for personalized recommendation systems.
Parchi App
Flutter app integrating a GPT-2 fine-tuned chatbot for user support, Firebase Firestore for real-time DB, Isar for local persistence, and Stripe for payments.
✓Achieved 10,000+ downloads within the first 3 months; reduced support queries by 35% with in-app GPT chatbot.
HelperLogs Web Portal
A React + Node.js dashboard with AI-based route optimization and ETA prediction using TensorFlow and vector-based matching via Pinecone.
✓Improved ETA prediction accuracy by 28%; reduced manual dispatching by 40% through AI automation.
MUST Company
- Built mobile apps in Flutter using GetX, Dio, and Firebase for real-time user interaction.
- Designed backend with Express.js + MongoDB, hosted via Heroku, and included REST APIs and modular architecture.
- Developed embedded LLM utilities with ONNX/GGML for smart field suggestions and autocomplete directly on-device.
- Custom FAQ generator using OpenAI's GPT-3.5 Turbo + vector embeddings.
- LangChain-powered smart search with Pinecone for semantic retrieval across FAQs and policy docs.
- On-device GPT-J inference using quantized LLMs (GGUF) with Whisper integration for speech queries.
Offer Management App
Flutter app with QR-based offer validation and campaign assistant powered by LangChain + GPT-3.5; included AI-driven customer behavior insights and auto content suggestions.
✓Reduced manual campaign design time by 50% using AI-assisted recommendations; increased QR-based redemption rate by 22%.
Must Break
Developed an AI-powered real-time translation engine using Whisper and on-device LLMs to enable seamless multilingual communication during team meetings.
✓Decreased language-related meeting miscommunications by over 60%; achieved sub-300ms latency on live translations.
Ittehad Engineering & Services
- Supervised deployment of SCADA and monitoring solutions across industrial facilities using Node-RED, InfluxDB, and Grafana dashboards.
- Built Python microservices to capture sensor data over Modbus RTU, and exposed secure APIs via FastAPI.
- Designed a field reporting dashboard using Vue.js + Firebase to monitor technician activities.
- Orchestrated MQTT and OPC-UA data pipelines for real-time data processing and reporting.
Factory IoT Monitoring Platform
Built a live dashboard that visualized energy consumption, machine status, and downtime metrics.
✓Cut reporting delays by 45% and improved on-site data collection accuracy by 30%.
Ittehad Engineering & Services
- Developed internal tools using Angular + Firebase for project tracking, attendance, and material logging.
- Built a Flutter-based mobile app for field staff to submit reports and perform checklists in offline mode with local sync using SQLite.
- Created REST APIs with Express.js and authentication with Firebase JWT.
- Worked on asset tagging system using NFC + QR Code reader and label printers.
Project Tracker App
A complete internal project tracking system with Gantt chart view, field inspection module, and push notifications.
✓Cut reporting delays by 45% and improved on-site data collection accuracy by 30%.
Engineering Enterprises
- Built desktop utilities in Electron.js to generate project BOQs and perform cost estimation.
- Wrote Python scripts for sensor testing, calibration, and serial port communication (RS-485).
- Created dashboards using Vue.js and Chart.js to visualize test results and QA data.
- Assisted with software installation on field controllers and updating firmware via CLI tools.
BOQ Generator Tool
Built a standalone app that engineers used to estimate costs and generate dynamic client proposals.
✓Reduced estimation preparation time by 70%; standardized costing procedures across departments.
Procter & Gamble
- Worked with the Digital Transformation team to prototype internal tools for automation of inventory reporting and quality audit data using Google App Script, Google Sheets API, and JavaScript.
- Assisted in the creation of dashboards and automated performance tracking reports that integrated with legacy ERP systems for real-time visualization.
- Participated in early exploration of AI/ML-based anomaly detection in operations, gaining foundational experience in preparing data for modeling.
- Shadowed senior IT and engineering leads working on real-time monitoring and alert systems.
- Developed strong understanding of enterprise-scale system integration, cloud-first development principles, and IT operations.
Automated Dashboard System
Streamlined internal processes by automating inventory reporting and quality audit data.
✓Automated dashboards decreased manual data collection efforts by 60%; contributed to pilot ML system with 75% anomaly detection accuracy in QA datasets.
Meet The Counselors Foundation
- Supported the engineering team in digitizing field reports, QA checklists, and SOPs by developing internal tools using Excel Macros and Python scripting.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimize QA workflows and reduce manual documentation overhead.
- Participated in client meetings to gather technical requirements and assisted in translating business needs into structured documentation.
- Contributed to a pilot tool for inspection task tracking that inspired later digitalization efforts.
- Gained early exposure to software documentation standards, QA process automation, and field engineering data systems.
QA Automation Tools
Developed custom macros and templates for QA checklist automation and report generation.
✓Improved documentation efficiency by 50% using custom macros and templates; enhanced QA checklist accuracy and traceability.
Hire a Remote Principal Engineer
Your roadmap is stalling because you cannot find senior engineers fast enough. I am already here — a principal engineer and fractional CTO with 8 years of hands-on AI, mobile, and full-stack delivery across US, Singapore, and Middle Eastern markets. One call to scope the engagement. Code shipping within the first week.
Fractional CTO
Get a technical co-founder without giving up equity. I own architecture decisions, hire your first engineers, and set product strategy — so you focus on fundraising and customers.
Principal Engineering
Your hardest feature ships in weeks, not quarters. I embed with your team, take senior-level ownership, and deliver AI integrations, mobile apps, or full-stack platforms end-to-end.
Cross-Border Expansion
Enter new markets without the legal headaches. I handle offshore entity setup, payment integrations, and compliance across US, Singapore, UAE, and Europe so your product generates global revenue.
AI That Ships to Production
Stop paying for AI prototypes that never launch. I take LLM features, RAG pipelines, and fine-tuned models from proof-of-concept to production revenue — with measurable cost reduction.
No commitment required. 15 minutes to scope the engagement and see if there is a fit.
Technical Skills
Across 8 years and 50+ shipped products, I have built deep expertise in these areas. Click any category to see the full list.
Certifications & Achievements
Registered Engineer
Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)
Advanced Flutter Development
Udemy
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
Introduction to Generative AI
Google Cloud (Coursera)
Building LLM Applications with LangChain
DeepLearning.AI
Fine-tuning Transformers
Hugging Face
Deploying LLMs with ONNX and GGUF
Private Course
Start Shipping This Week
Your next technical hire takes months. A conversation with me takes 15 minutes — and I can be writing production code by Friday. Tell me what you are building, and I will tell you exactly how I would ship it.