Hassaan Saleem
Staff Software Engineer building AI products. 8+ years across React, Node.js, Python, AWS, GCP.
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About Me
Staff Software Engineer, 8+ years at product startups — Indigo, Lingopal, Retailo, Nas, Integry, Educative. I ship AI products end-to-end: LangGraph agents, MCP integrations, real-time media.
Day-to-day in TypeScript, Python, Next.js, FastAPI, and the LangGraph stack. I run on AWS and GCP, instrument with Sentry and New Relic, test with Playwright and PyTest.
Based in Lahore, Pakistan. Open to senior IC and EM roles, and focused freelance projects.
Featured Projects
Indigo
AI-powered productivity tools that eliminate app-switching by embedding assistants directly into users' workflows.
Next.jsElectronLangGraphMCP
Lingopal
AI-powered video translation: lip-sync dubbing, live streaming translation, and real-time meeting translation. $1.3M+ ARR.
PythonLangGraphFFmpegWebRTC
Retailo
B2B platform digitizing retail supply chains across the MENAP region. Microservices migration, k6 load testing, TDD discipline.
Node.jsTypeScriptMicroservicesk6
Nas
Content localization MVP launched in 2 months — ReactJS + Django + AWS + FFmpeg, integrated with major social platforms.
ReactDjangoAWSFFmpeg
Integry
Embeddable integrations for SaaS companies — backend migrated GAE→GKE with server-side caching for an 85% infra cost cut.
KubernetesGCPPythonSDK
Educative
Joined as 2nd employee, led the design system team while engineering scaled from 2 to 45+. Cut bundle 75%, Lighthouse 23→87.
ReactDesign SystemsWeb Perf