Rao Waqas Akram

LinkedIn | +92 303 7441193 | raowaqasakram@gmail.com | GitHub

Skills ____________________________________________________________________________________________
• Java | SpringBoot | Docker | ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) | ETL (Talend) | Git
• ActiveMQ | MySQL | MongoDB | Apache Superset | POSTMEN | Kubernete

Experience _______________________________________________________________________________________
Sr. Software Engineer ExpertFlow Lahore, Pakistan 02/2022 - Present
• Developed an integration with Twilio WhatsApp API for the “ExpertFlow Interactions” product using the Java, Springboot & Twilio APIs.
• Developed a few APIs in the Media Routing Engine.
• Historical Reporting Team Lead: Designed the ETL jobs to provide data for reporting. So that the Director board of our customers can
make strategies based on different reports/graphs using Talend, MySQL & Apache Superset.
• Involvement in the deployment of reports at FNB, South Africa’s Big Four banks.

Funavry Technologies Islamabad, PK 11/2020 - 01/2022

Software Engineer
• Worked as Consultant in Telenor GSS -which is responsible for managing & automating the back-office operations for Finance,
Accounting & ERP integrations for customers in Telenor Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Pakistan, Thailand, and Myanmar.
• Reported directly to Director Automation Hub: Implemented ELK stack in the company. Led a Team for designing and developing the
fintech transaction dashboards (using Kibana) that provides a rich visual to take proactive actions in case of any issue & helps customers and
directors to monitor smooth processing.
• Designed & developed the solution for SFTP using Java & MariaDB.
• Designed the architecture for archiving the files to AWS S3 Glacier which was 65% more cost-effective than S3 Bucket.
• Continuous Integration/Deployment Pipeline Integration, pull requests, code reviews & onboarding of new resources in a team.

Software Engineer Let’s Plan Meals UK (Remote) 06/2019 - 11/2020

• Developed an application whose key function is to generate an optimal meal plan to minimize the food wastage of $230B/yr using Java,
SpringBoot, Elasticsearch & MySQL
• Reported directly to Director: Backend Team lead for designing and developing the microservices & integration with front-end. I have
also remained involved in the deployment of services & implementation of SSL using Nginx.

Founder & President Computer Science Society Sahiwal, Pakistan 02/2019 - 06/2020
• I have founded and Presided over the Computer Science Society on the campus on the agenda to arrange programming competitions, IT
Seminars, and workshops. That has helped in minimizing the gap between IT Industry & academia.

Android Developer, Intern COMSATS Software House Sahiwal, Pakistan 06/2018 - 08/2018
• Fitness Trainer: Developed an Android app to give exercise tips/instructions. (Java, Firebase)

Education ________________________________________________________________________________________
Bachelor of Science COMSATS University Islamabad Sahiwal, Pakistan 09/2016 - 08/2020
• Major in Software Engineering

Mentorship _______________________________________________________________________________________
• AT Hub: Led a Discord community responsible for mentoring and giving career advice to SWE students.
• Computer Science Tutor: Intro to Programming | OS Concepts | SpringBoot

Awards ___________________________________________________________________________________________
• Excellent Researcher: Awarded by ExpertFlow Pvt Ltd (09/2022)
• Spotlight Award 2021: Awarded by Funavry Technologies Pvt Ltd (12/2021)
• Medals: Institute Bronze Medal & Campus Gold Medal in BS Software Engineering (10/2020)
• 33rd Position in Pakistan: in International Kangaroo Mathematics Contest (IKMC 2008)