Zeeshan Gardezi

Full-Stack & AI Engineering Leader with 14+ years of experience architecting and delivering scalable enterprise applications across AI, fintech, healthcare, education, and SaaS. Expert in React, Next.js, Angular, Node.js, Python, PHP, Java, cloud infrastructure, microservices, and RAG-based AI solutions. Proven track record delivering 20+ production products, improving scalability by 40%, optimizing API performance by 35%, and leading engineering teams from architecture to deployment.

Built enterprise MERN/MEAN applications using React, Angular, Node.js, Express, MongoDB, TypeScript, and modular APIs. Created real-time dashboards and recruitment workflows for 1,000+ candidates, contributing to 10% higher hiring success, plus fleet tools that improved productivity by 11%. Designed AWS solutions and Docker CI/CD, reducing deployment failures by 60%. Improved page loads by 40% through SSR/SSG, caching, query optimization, testing, and performance tuning.

Developed fintech applications using PHP/Laravel, Java/Spring Boot, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Redis for digital wallets, transfers, settlements, and bill payments. Built REST APIs, operational portals, and payment integrations. Deployed services on GCP and implemented OAuth/JWT, RBAC, KYC/AML, audit logging, and secure data handling. Improved reliability through SQL optimization, caching, automated testing, and production monitoring.