Experience / 2018 — present

Ownership over time.

Roles from the resume only. Concurrent instruction at ECS sits inside the Ferrum years on purpose.

TEKHQS · Feb 2025 — Present

Lahore, Pakistan

Own architecture for TEKHQS's blockchain division — a six-engineer team shipping protocols, wallet systems, and identity platforms.

Architected two flagship platforms: RYT Chain, an in-house blockchain protocol aimed at scalability and enterprise adoption, and RYT Wallet, a non-custodial wallet combining MPC key management with decentralized identity support.
Directed R&D into MPC-based custody and threshold cryptography for institutional-grade digital-asset security, and into zk-rollup identity models for privacy-preserving on-chain authentication.
Shipped two blockchain systems to production while extending cross-chain interoperability across Ethereum, BSC, Solana, Cosmos, and Algorand, and bringing Canton Network into the team's technical scope.
Set division engineering standards — CI/CD, modular microservices, and secure development practices — while mentoring blockchain engineers and running solution-design workshops with stakeholders.

Ferrum Network · Aug 2022 — Oct 2024

United States

Led R&D on cross-chain bridging and interoperability, shipping four bridge and swap systems to production across heterogeneous networks.

Architected MultiSwap Alpha — a cross-chain swap system that unifies token exchange across multiple blockchain networks into a single infrastructure layer.
Built and deployed bridge and staking infrastructure for the Algorand Foundation, plus Glitter Finance staking infrastructure on Algorand.
Defined the POKT Network cross-bridge architecture for asset and message bridging across heterogeneous networks.
Implemented a Casper Labs communication layer for bidirectional asset transfer between Casper and external blockchain ecosystems.
Created the Linear Release Engine, an on-chain vesting protocol that has vested roughly $10M worth of tokens through structured, auditable release schedules.
Engineered the core integration layer for cross-chain communication, established a microservices architecture for blockchain infrastructure, and contributed to technical hiring.

ECS · Sep 2023 — May 2024

Islamabad, Pakistan

Built Web3 training across four tracks while remaining in production engineering at Ferrum.

Developed curricula covering blockchain fundamentals, dApps, smart contracts, and DeFi.
Mentored engineers of varying skill levels on Ethereum, Solidity, and Web3.js, and ran workshops on production Web3 use cases.

OptimusFox · Jan 2020 — Aug 2022

Lahore, Pakistan

Contributed to blockchain solutions and server-side integrations for corporate clients on multi-stakeholder systems.

Worked with senior engineers on complex corporate blockchain projects spanning research, design, and delivery.
Maintained server-side applications and business logic for blockchain-based digital payment systems, and defined data-protection practices for client work.

Miranz Technologies · Mar 2018 — Dec 2019

Lahore, Pakistan

Entered professional blockchain engineering as an intern and progressed to associate, coordinating Web3 development with the team lead.

Supported blockchain and Web3 development tasks while building the production engineering foundation the later protocol work sits on.