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Senior full stack and AI developer

I build it, then I stay to run it.

I build platforms that keep running for years, AI products grounded in real data rather than general model knowledge, and automation that nobody has to watch.

Most of my work is long engagements with a small number of clients: 23 of 39 Upwork contracts came from people who had already hired me once, and every client relationship has passed 90 days. I take projects end to end, from the architecture through to being the person who gets called when production misbehaves.

Muhammad Usman Naeem
Available for work

Track record

Job Success Score on Upwork
100%
projects delivered, across every channel
61
Upwork contracts, 23 of them repeat clients
39
of client relationships pass 90 days
100%
freelancing full time, since March 2021
5 years

Skills

Everything below is drawn from the work itself, not from a wish list. Pick any one of them to see the projects it was used on.

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Where the work happened

One still running, three finished. Each links to the projects that came out of it.

Current

Mar 2021 - Now

Top Rated Plus Freelancer

Upwork

Top Rated Plus, with 100% Job Success across thirty-nine contracts since March 2021. Twenty-three of them came from clients who had already hired me once. The work below is the part that can be shown.

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Feb 2021 - Jul 2024

CTO

AlphaSoftHub

I joined AlphaSoftHub as a full stack developer, working across the frontend and backend of their core product, and was promoted to Chief Technology Officer. From there I led development on web, mobile and automation projects for their clients.

Feb 2022 - Feb 2023

Web Developer Intern

Riphah International University

Riphah International University offered me the opportunity to work on building an alumni management system for them. The university will use this system to manage its alumni where they can connect with them, volunteer on events, post updates, and communicate with each other. I was excited to take on the project and help the university strengthen its relationship with its graduates.

Mar 2021 - Nov 2023

Freelancer

Fiverr

Where the first paid work landed, in March 2021. Seventeen orders completed at a 5.0 rating across fifteen reviews, mostly Python automation and weather graphics, before the work moved fully to Upwork.

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What clients say

Verbatim from public reviews on completed contracts. Upwork does not record client names, so the engagement is described instead.

Great work, once again. Program turned out better than expected. Great visualization tools in python with custom styling. Can’t wait for the next project (actually ongoing!) have used him several times and plan to hire again!!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND !!
Weather channel operator, broadcast graphics automation5out of 5Upwork ·
Muhammad is extremely knowledgeable. I contacted him to debug my python script. He optimized it in fewer lines of code and all unit test cases worked. He quickly came up with a solution. Excellent communication. Great quality of work.
Python scripting and optimisation5out of 5Upwork ·
Very talented developer that I would surely hire again - as a matter of fact, this was my second time working with him. Very fast, great communication skills. Helped me resolve some challenging technical issues.
Windows automation utility, returning client5out of 5Upwork ·
Good listener and high skill worker, has a lot of experience and does not require a lot of input from the Client. Looking forward on working with him.
Data anonymisation tooling5out of 5Upwork ·
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4.98out of 5average client rating · 25 rated contracts

Education

Computer science from school onward, ending with a software engineering degree in 2024.

  1. Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering

    Riphah International University (I-14 Islamabad)

    Grade
    3.73 / 4.00
    Period
    2020 - 2024

    Gold Medalist

    Awarded to the top graduate of the 2020 session

  2. Intermediate of Computer Science

    Superior Group of Colleges (Kot Addu)

    Grade
    78%
    Period
    2017 - 2019
  3. Secondary School Certificate (Computer Science)

    Mairi Darsgah (Kot Addu)

    Grade
    86%
    Period
    2015 - 2017

Certificates

Courses completed alongside the work. Every one of them is verifiable at the issuer.

  • University of Michigan · Aug 2022

    Python for Everybody Specialization

    A five course specialisation covering Python fundamentals, data structures, consuming web services and REST APIs, relational databases with SQL, and a capstone on retrieving, processing and visualising data. This is the base the rest of my Python work is built on.

    Coursera never produced a share page for this one: it was issued to a university account that did not transfer across. The link is the certificate as issued, and the credential ID is from the official source.

    Credential ID: RH5QMKQB6YFDView
  • Google · Jan 2023 · 90.50%

    The Bits and Bytes of Computer Networking

    The layers underneath the applications I deploy: TCP/IP, routing, DNS, and troubleshooting. Directly useful when a production problem turns out to be network behaviour rather than application logic.

    Credential ID: YYL6JL3WHUKJVerify
  • IBM · Jan 2022 · 100%

    Hands-on Introduction to Linux Commands and Shell Scripting

    Shell fundamentals, filters and pipelines, and scheduling with cron. Everything I run in production runs on Linux, so this is daily working knowledge rather than background.

    Credential ID: GEQ7ZQ9RSZGDVerify
  • LearnQuest · May 2023 · 97.40%

    Fundamentals of Kubernetes Deployment

    Container orchestration concepts: pods, deployments, services and scaling. Foundational knowledge. I have not run Kubernetes in production, where I deploy with systemd instead.

    Credential ID: G6W4PXFNMVS9Verify
  • Coursera · May 2022 · 100%

    Build Your Portfolio Website with HTML and CSS

    Semantic markup and responsive layout from first principles, which is what makes an accessible page rather than one that merely looks right.

    Credential ID: VLB8G2UUNN9BVerify
  • Coursera · Mar 2023 · 88.88%

    Docker for absolute beginners

    Images, containers, volumes and networking. I use Docker for development and build tooling; production services run under systemd.

    Credential ID: 9TRSZA9RUCKRVerify
  • Google Cloud · Jul 2022 · 100%

    Building Scalable Java Microservices with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud

    Service decomposition, configuration and service discovery. Taken to see how another ecosystem solves the problems I solve in Python, which is usually the fastest way to understand a pattern properly.

    Credential ID: 3XEX6JAMN7EJVerify
  • Coursera · May 2023 · 100%

    Terraform for absolute beginners

    Declarative infrastructure, state and providers. Foundational knowledge rather than production experience.

    Credential ID: TAARTFKECX8UVerify
  • Coursera · May 2023 · 100%

    Jenkins : Automating your delivery pipeline

    Build and deployment pipelines, stages and triggers. Foundational knowledge; the automation I ship in production is scheduled and service based.

    Credential ID: HTLPMX69SB2RVerify
  • Coursera · May 2023 · 100%

    Scheduling Selenium TestNG tests via Jenkins CI/CD tool

    Running browser test suites on a schedule and reporting results, which is the same problem I solved for a client by rebuilding their Selenium framework as a standalone tool.

    Credential ID: F76FGC6JVMZAVerify

Contact

Send me what you are building and where it is stuck. You will get a straight answer on whether I can help, and what it would take.

I read every message. Most get a reply within a few hours, and none take longer than a working day.