Syed Muhammad Hamza Raza

Software Engineer | M.Sc. CS @ Saarland University

About Me

Full-Stack Software Engineer & CS Graduate Student

I'm a Full-stack Software Engineer with expertise in building modern web applications. Currently pursuing my M.Sc. in Computer Science at Saarland University, Germany, I combine strong academic knowledge with hands-on experience in React, Next.js, Node.js, and other modern technologies. I’m dedicated to crafting efficient, scalable, and user-friendly applications that solve real-world problems.

Professional Experience

10PearlsSenior Software Engineer / Consultant
- Led development of a custom CPQ platform integrated with Salesforce and HubSpot using NestJS, Next.js, PostgreSQL, Docker & AWS
- Migrated bloated frontend logic to AWS Lambda, improving performance and reducing build size
- Built internal talent allocation tool using Flask, RAG and LLMs, enabling smart candidate matching
- Upgraded legacy codebase from Next.js 12 to 14 and documented entire system in Confluence
XordBlockchain Engineer
- Developed Solidity smart contracts and integrated them into full-stack DApps using React and Ethers.js
- Contributed to DeFi projects by building tokenomics dashboards and audit-safe contract modules
- Worked on protocol-level improvements and tested smart contracts using Hardhat and Chai
- Collaborated with the R&D team to build proof-of-concept tools for decentralized identity and DAOs
AfinitiSDET Intern

Personal Interests

Web Development

Systems Architecture

Distributed Systems

Rust

Low Level Programming

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Projects

Here are some of my open source projects that showcase my skills and experience.

Sign Language Translation App (SUNO)

A mobile application that translates english text to Pakistani Sign Language. We also wrote a research paper on this detailing our findings and algorithm used for conversion.

React Native

JavaScript

Python

Flask

Code ML Algorithm 📄 See Paper