# Awais Ali — Senior Software Engineer

Website: https://www.awaisali.net/
Location: Islamabad, Pakistan
Email: awaisaly93@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/awaisaly
GitHub: https://github.com/awaisaly
Resume (PDF): https://www.awaisali.net/CV-Awais-Ali.pdf

## Summary
Senior Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience building scalable web applications.
Experienced collaborating with distributed teams across time zones.
Experienced working in a full stack role, including Node.js backend work.

## Current role
- Creator at Knowvio (Mar 2026 – Present): premium knowledge workspace for citation-backed answers and semantic recall

## Core skills
- React, TypeScript, Next.js, Redux, Node.js
- UI architecture, performance, accessibility
- Payments & POS: Stripe, Adyen
- APIs & data: REST, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQL Server/MySQL

## Selected work (high-level)
- Knowvio — premium knowledge workspace for connected sources, grounded chat, and reusable insights
- Restaurant Ordering & POS Systems — payments, POS flows, admin/reporting
- Polarr Photo Editor — UI components + performance at scale
- ZTNA Security Application — security-focused UX (Web + Electron)
- Data Workbench (Aera Technology): https://www.aeratechnology.com/data-workbench/

## Open source
- Explain My Error — https://github.com/awaisaly/explain-my-error
- Mini Coding Agent — https://github.com/awaisaly/mini-coding-agent
- lumidot contribution (x×y dot-grid support) — https://github.com/awaisaly/lumidot

## Preferred roles
- Senior Software Engineer / Senior Frontend Engineer
- Remote-first / distributed teams