Full Stack Engineer · Laravel, Node.js & DevOps · Lahore, Pakistan
Dashboards, REST APIs and the data models behind them — built with Laravel, Livewire and Filament, or Node.js and Express, with React where the interface needs it. I also own delivery: Docker, Terraform and CI/CD on AWS, with monitoring once it's live. Currently at Nestosh, building Tradeasia MDM — a headless master data platform for a global chemical trading enterprise.
01 — About
I'm a full stack developer based in Lahore, Pakistan. Most of my work sits in the Laravel ecosystem: server-rendered applications with Livewire and Alpine.js, admin portals built on Filament, and PostgreSQL or MySQL underneath. When a project calls for a JavaScript frontend, I reach for React and Node.js.
Right now I'm at Nestosh, working on Tradeasia MDM — a multi-tenant, headless master data platform for a global chemical trading enterprise. Product data there doesn't fit a normal catalogue: attributes vary by chemical, everything is keyed on CAS numbers instead of SKUs, and the same record has to exist in several languages at once. The interesting part is keeping reads fast under that flexibility.
Before that I spent a year at Apps Global, where I built SMTLLC — a fleet management system for a transport company — and contributed to the company's own website. That's where I learned what it takes to keep an application healthy long after launch day.
I started as a backend intern at TapOne Studio, writing CRUD applications with Node.js and Express. That's where I learned to think about data shape before writing endpoints — a habit that matters more now than it did then.
I care about applications that stay maintainable after launch: readable code, sensible database design, and interfaces that work on a mid-range phone as well as they do on a desktop.
At a glance
02 — Tech Stack
Six areas I'm regularly hired for — most projects combine the first four, and the last one is how they reach production — and the tools I reach for by default. I pick what suits the problem rather than defending a stack.
01
End-to-end applications on the TALL stack — routing, authentication, business logic and reactive Livewire interfaces without a separate frontend build to maintain.
02
Internal tools where people actually do their work — built on Filament or plain Livewire: filterable tables, record management, page builders and reporting views that stay fast as data grows.
03
REST and GraphQL APIs that front an application for storefronts and clients — built in Laravel or in Node.js with Express — plus consuming third-party APIs: search, mail, cloud and external data sources, with authentication, retries and sane error handling.
04
Schema design, migrations and relationships that match how the product is actually used — including EAV and JSONB models for flexible attributes — plus fixing the N+1 queries and missing indexes that slow pages down.
05
Design to working UI with Tailwind — mobile-first layouts, accessible markup and interaction handled with Alpine.js or React where state gets complex.
06
Shipping is part of the job. I containerise applications with Docker, define AWS infrastructure as code with Terraform, and automate build, test and deploy through GitHub Actions or a custom pipeline when a project needs something else — with Prometheus and Grafana to watch it afterwards.
The toolkit behind it
Where most of my time goes.
Server-rendered first, JS where it earns its place.
Schema design through to query tuning.
Containers, infrastructure as code and delivery pipelines.
Work that shouldn't block a request.
Day-to-day workflow.
03 — Key Projects
A short list rather than a full archive. The first two link to a full case study — what the situation was, what got in the way, what I built, and what changed as a result.
Nestosh · 2026
Multi-tenant, headless Master Data Management platform for a global chemical trading enterprise. Hybrid EAV attributes cached into PostgreSQL JSONB for zero-JOIN API reads, CAS-number product identity, multi-language scoping, and a Filament v5 admin portal.
Apps Global · 2025 — 2026
Fleet management system for a transport company — vehicles, drivers, trips and maintenance records in one place, replacing spreadsheets that nobody could reconcile.
Apps Global · 2026
Contributed to the company's public site — responsive layout work through to the backend changes behind it.
Client project · 2025
Business management platform with automated workflows, inventory tracking and custom CRM modules, built to grow with the company using it.
Personal · 2026
This site — a Livewire application containerised with Docker and deployed to AWS EC2, with nginx, php-fpm and MySQL running as services.
04 — Experience
Jul 2026 — Present
Plot No. 23, J 3 Block Block J 3 Phase 2 Johar Town, Lahore
CurrentAug 2025 — Jun 2026
Nawab Town,Lahore
TapOne Studio
Mar 2025 — May 2025
Jauharabad
05 — Certifications
Two Microsoft certifications, both earned in August 2026. I build on AWS day to day; these cover the same ground — infrastructure, pipelines and operations — and the principles carry across clouds.
Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
Designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, source control strategy, monitoring and feedback loops — the delivery side of cloud engineering.
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure — compute, networking, storage, identity and access, and keeping workloads monitored and backed up.
06 — AI & Modern Development
AI is part of my workflow, not a substitute for understanding the code. It speeds up the mechanical parts; the architecture, the data model and the review are still my responsibility.
Where I draw the line
07 — Testimonials
Written by the people I built for — each one submitted directly and published only after I verified who sent it.
I had the pleasure of working with this employee as a Full Stack Developer, and he consistently demonstrated strong technical expertise, professionalism, and dedication throughout his work. He took ownership of assigned tasks, delivered high-quality solutions, and showed the ability to handle both frontend and backend development efficiently. His problem-solving skills, willingness to learn, and commitment to meeting deadlines made him a valuable member of the team. He always maintained a positive attitude, collaborated well with colleagues, and was ready to go the extra mile whenever needed. His contributions played an important role in the successful delivery of our projects. I appreciate his hard work and dedication, and I confidently recommend him for any Full Stack Development role. I wish him continued success in his career. **— Ali Hyder** **CEO**
Ali
CEO, AppsGlobal
Gohar is nice person and is very good in his technical software development skills. he is a hard working and dependable person
Trade Asia
Gohar has consistently demonstrated strong ownership, reliability, and a positive attitude. He delivers quality work on time, communicates effectively, and collaborates well with others. Overall, he has been a valuable contributor to the project.
Tradeasia MDM
08 — Articles
Practical notes from real projects — Laravel, Node.js, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD and AWS.
Put your queue worker in its own container, make it wait for a healthy database, stop it from re-running migrations, and restart it cleanly on every deploy.
· 4 min read
A practical checklist from building this site: per-page meta, canonical URLs, Open Graph, JSON-LD, a dynamic sitemap and Search Console — with the code and the things I deliberately skipped.
· 4 min read
Run tests on GitHub, then deploy from a runner that lives on the server itself — no SSH keys in secrets, no inbound deploy port, and a deploy that never gets cancelled halfway.
· 4 min read
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09 — Let's talk
Open to full-time roles, contract work and client projects. Tell me what you're working on and I'll get back to you.