Usman Asad — Backend Software Engineer

// about

I'm a backend engineer with 3+ years shipping real systems. Backend is home base, but I'll jump to the frontend when it's the right call — SvelteKit and React both included.

I've taken AI features from proof-of-concept to production with the OpenAI and Claude APIs. Off the clock you'll find me tinkering with Linux, self-hosting with Docker, wiring up Tailscale, and untangling networking in my homelab. I'm into both defensive and offensive security, and always poking at something new.

Outside the screen: cars (always cars), 3D printing, and a steady supply of chai — coffee too, when the deadlines demand it. If you want to talk tech, cars, or chai, my inbox is open.

$ cat ~/.interests
chai · coffee · cars · linux · homelab · 3d-printing · security

// stack

Languages & Frameworks

Cloud & DevOps

AI & Data

// where I've worked

Backend Software Engineer · Atolio

2024 — Present

Go backend for an AI enterprise-search platform (10K+ users, sub-second queries). Permission-aware data connectors across 15+ platforms; LLM features on OpenAI & Claude.

Software Engineer · Dr. Inbox

2023 — 2024

Shipped an ML document-processing system (95% accuracy) and a serverless NLP pipeline on AWS Lambda. Full-stack fax app in SvelteKit + TypeScript.

Evertz / Evertz.io

2021 — 2023

Real-time monitoring over 1M+ daily network events (Java/Spring). Earlier: serverless microservices on AWS at 100K+ daily requests, 99.9% uptime, IaC with CloudFormation.

// side projects

CIGO

My university capstone — a Go monorepo management CLI with a JSON/YAML config + query engine and GitLab CI/CD.

Golang →

Container Armada

A public, version-controlled collection of working Docker/OCI stacks I use to self-host my homelab — reusable templates anyone can deploy.

Docker · Compose →