Basit Ali

I'm passionate about programming for its thrill of problem solving and to create something new and future proof. I love exploring and learning new technologies, frameworks and programming languages. Writing efficient & low latency code, keeping it simple, and using best coding and architectural practices are my priorities when programming.

Remotebase, Karachi (Remote)

Railtown Ventures is a Canadian quest lab, which turns ideas into great ventures. Here I'm working on a startup called SparkScience, which provides video conferencing and other VoIP solutions. My role at SparkScience is to implement features on the backend and frontend using following technologies and more:

• Go / Golang
• Web Services ( gin )
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Async Processing

SpaceHost, Canada (Remote)

#SpaceHost is a fully managed hosting provider that I helped develop and architect from scratch. #SpaceHost offers fully managed hosting for more than a dozen software, most of which are federated e.g, Mastodon, Pixelfed, Lemmy, Firefish, Akkoma etc.

At #SpaceHost, I work on the backend, cloud providers, reverse proxies, bash scripting, automation, payments, databases, caches, cloud storage, message queues, networking, monitoring, observability, and everything else that powers a fully managed hosting platform.

• Go / Golang
• Web Services ( net/http )
• PostgreSQL
• Linux / Bash Scripting
• Redis
• RabbitMQ
• Webhooks
• Stripe
• AWS / DigitalOcean
• Monitoring / Observability
• System Design
• DevOps

Railtown Ventures, Canada (Remote)

Railtown Ventures is a Canadian quest lab, which turns ideas into great ventures. Here I'm working on a startup called SparkScience, which provides video conferencing and other VoIP solutions. My role at SparkScience is to implement features on the backend and frontend using following technologies and more:

• Go / Golang
• Web Services ( net/http )
• PostgreSQL
• React ( TypeScript/HTML/CSS )
• WebRTC / VoIP

Intigral, Dubai (Remote)

Intigral is the leading provider of digital entertainment and sport in the MENA region.
My role at Intigral was to implement features on the backend and expose APIs for the frontend to consume using following technologies:

• Spring Boot ( Java / Kotlin )
• Web Services ( REST, JAX-WS )
• JDBC
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Amazon Web Services

Oraan, Karachi

Oraan is a fin-tech startup that is bridging the gap between conventional saving mechanisms and financial technology to provide simpler financial access and money-management tools.
My role at Oraan was to work on Software Architecture and implement it on backend using following technologies:

• Spring Boot
• Web Services ( REST, JAX-WS )
• PostgreSQL
• Hibernate
• Keycloak
• Google Cloud Platform

Health at Hand, Dubai

Health at Hand is a Dubai based telehealth startup where patients can take remote video consultations with doctors. I worked as the Lead Android Developer and helped my team solving critical problems like VoIP and creating a successful product.

• Health at Hand
• LiveDoc

NextGenI, Karachi

Next Generation Innovations is a technology solutions company specializing in startups where I worked as Senior Android Developer on delivering various interesting and challenging products.

Nest I/O, Karachi

Incubated at Nest I/O for IOTechnica, a startup on IoT and home automation co-founded by me.

• IOTechnica