Muhammad
Awais Ashraf
Full Stack DevelopmentSoftware Engineering
I'm a Full Stack Developer who enjoys building complete products end to end — from the interface people use to the systems and data behind it. I like understanding what happens underneath the abstractions, not just learning enough of a framework to make a feature work.
These days I work mainly with Next.js, React, and TypeScript on the frontend, and NestJS, Prisma, and PostgreSQL on the backend. I'm particularly interested in architecture, performance, developer experience, and building systems that remain understandable as they grow.
Current
Currently
I recently completed my Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from UET Lahore. I started out with programming fundamentals and Android development before moving toward full-stack web development.
These days, I enjoy building complete products and understanding the engineering underneath them — authentication, databases, APIs, background jobs, performance, deployment, and the boundaries between different parts of a system.
I'm particularly interested in software architecture and AI engineering: using strong software fundamentals to build systems that are useful, maintainable, and practical.
Updated August 2026
Journey
How I Became a Full-Stack Developer
Not a transcript — a rough map of how my focus shifted, stage by stage, from first principles to shipping full-stack apps.
01 · 2022
Learning to Think in Code
Started with C++ and programming fundamentals. Writing small programs taught me to break a problem into smaller pieces, reason about the steps, and understand what the code was actually doing.
C++Problem SolvingProgramming Fundamentals
02
Learning to Structure Software
Moved from procedural programs to object-oriented design with C#. Classes, interfaces, inheritance, and SOLID principles changed how I thought about organizing larger programs instead of simply making individual features work.
C#OOPSOLIDDesktop Applications
03
Going Deeper Than the Application
Started connecting programming with the fundamentals underneath it — data structures, algorithms, relational databases, SQL, database design, and how queries are actually executed and optimized.
Data StructuresAlgorithms
SQLDatabase DesignQuery Optimization
SQLDatabase DesignQuery Optimization04
Building Software People Could Use
Moved into application development with Android, starting with Java and XML before moving to Kotlin and Jetpack. This was the shift from solving isolated programming problems to building complete applications with real state, persistence, networking, and authentication.
JavaKotlinAndroidJetpackRoom
05
From Applications to Full-Stack Systems
Shifted toward web development and started building complete products across the stack — React and Next.js on the frontend, TypeScript and NestJS on the backend, with PostgreSQL, Prisma, authentication, background jobs, payments, and cloud deployment.
ReactNext.jsTypeScriptNestJSPostgreSQLPrismaRedisDocker
06 · Present
Thinking Beyond the Feature
Now I'm spending less time asking only how to build a feature and more time asking how the system should be designed — architecture, performance, developer experience, deployment, and where AI can genuinely improve a product.
ArchitecturePerformanceDeveloper ExperienceAI EngineeringVueNuxt
Experience
2026
Dev-Collab
A full-stack team collaboration platform on a two-tier authorization model — global platform roles and per-team roles enforced as genuinely separate checks — with a BullMQ/Redis notification worker fully isolated from the API's request path and 123 backend tests against a real in-memory MongoDB replica set.
2026
NanoLink (Final Year Project)
A link-management SaaS built with three teammates. I owned the authentication system end to end — local and Google OAuth login, 6-digit OTP email verification, password reset, and the JWT access/refresh token model everything else in the app runs on top of.
2026
Portfolio Website
Designed and built this site with Next.js 16, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS 4, and Framer Motion — a minimal, editorial layout with a consistent purple-accented theme, light and dark, throughout.
2025
PetSoft
A full-stack pet management platform with authenticated CRUD, Stripe-gated premium access, and Server Actions throughout — built with Next.js 15, NextAuth v5, and PostgreSQL.
2025
Evento
A city-based event discovery platform with search and filtering, built with Next.js, Prisma, and a Framer Motion interaction layer across the listing and detail views.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore
Graduated: 2026
CGPA: 3.44 / 4.00
Software EngineeringDatabase SystemsOperating SystemsArtificial IntelligenceSystem DesignComputer Networks
Certifications
Mastering NestJS
Packt (Coursera)
Meta Front-End Developer Professional Certificate
Coursera
SQL (Basic) Certificate
HackerRank
Achievements
HEC NSCT 2026
Scored in the 97.7th percentile (71/100) among 33,000+ students from 199 universities.
Problem Solving
90+ DSA Problems
Regular practice with data structures and algorithms, including arrays, strings, linked lists, trees, hash maps, recursion, graph traversal, sliding window, and other common problem-solving patterns.
Tech Stack
Next.jsReactTypeScriptNestJSPostgreSQLPrismaRedisDockerTanStack QueryTailwind CSS
See full skills breakdownPhilosophy
I want to understand why something works before I worry about memorizing how to use it. Frameworks and tools change quickly, but the mental models behind databases, networking, architecture, concurrency, and distributed systems stay useful.
When I build something, I try to understand the trade-offs behind the design — what happens when it fails, where the boundaries should be, and how the system behaves beyond the happy path. I use AI to move faster, but not as a substitute for understanding the code or the decisions behind it.
- Understand why before learning how
- Build mental models, not just framework knowledge
- Think about failure, not only the happy path
- Choose architecture around real constraints
- Keep systems understandable as they grow
- Use AI to accelerate engineering, not replace it
- Learn through building and debugging
- Prefer depth over collecting tools
What I'm Curious About
AI EngineeringSoftware ArchitectureDistributed SystemsDeveloper ToolsSystem DesignTechnical ReadingHow Systems Work Internally