Sharaaf Nazeer
Available for freelance

Hello!.I'm Sharaaf Nazeer.

ASoftware Engineerbuilding things people love.

9+ years architecting web, mobile and cloud-native products — from scrappy startups to global enterprises across Singapore, the US, Europe and South Asia.

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Sharaaf Nazeer — illustrated portrait
What I do

Crafting digital products end-to-end

From product strategy to pixel-perfect delivery, I help teams ship software that's resilient, accessible and a joy to use.

Web Development

Forge exceptionally responsive web applications leveraging the forefront of cutting-edge technologies.

App Development

Architects and engineers meticulously craft mobile applications that are intuitive, user-centric, and engaging across Android and iOS.

UX/UI Design

By cultivating a deep understanding of user empathy, we engineer designs that afford profoundly meaningful experiences.

Cloud & Architecture

Design scalable, resilient cloud-native systems with a focus on performance, security and developer ergonomics.

Agentic AI Development

Design and ship production-grade agentic AI systems — autonomous agents, RAG pipelines, tool-using LLMs and multi-agent workflows wired into real product surfaces.

About me

I build software that helps people.

Sharaaf Nazeer is an experienced Software Engineer with around 9 years of expertise in full-stack development, enterprise software engineering, and cross-functional team leadership. He has delivered scalable, secure solutions across fintech, e-commerce, content management & publishing, banking, telecom, and enterprise systems — collaborating with globally distributed teams across Asia, Europe, and North America. Passionate about building high-quality systems, AI applications, mentoring engineers, and aligning technology delivery with business goals.

Years of experience
9+
Countries shipped to
8
Teams led
5+
Cup of coffee per day
Experience

A timeline of the work

  1. Dec 2025 — Present

    Lead Software Engineer

    TI&M Singapore · Singapore

    Leading backend engineering on Bank Julius Baer's CLM/CRM platform — designing onboarding services in Java + Spring Boot, modernising legacy modules, and shipping features aligned with APAC regulatory requirements.

  2. Sep 2023 — Dec 2025

    Technical Lead — KYC

    Crédit Agricole CIB · Singapore

    Led design and delivery for the KYC team — Java/Spring/Hibernate services, Spring Batch extraction jobs, GitLab CI migration, and Kubernetes-deployed REST APIs consumed across the bank. Ran AI proof-of-concepts for the customer KYC flow and contributed to the on-prem → GCP migration study.

  3. May 2022 — Aug 2023

    Associate Technical Lead

    ConceptVines / Verdentra

    Technical lead across two parallel platforms — a multi-custodian fintech middleware for Inveniam (USA) and Cowrie's AI-powered knowledge platform — owning architecture, AWS infrastructure-as-code, and GenAI chatbot delivery.

  4. Dec 2021 — May 2022

    Associate Technical Lead

    Axiata Digital Labs

    Co-led the Chatbot CX platform for Axiata clients (Celcom, Dialog Axiata, Ncell) during COVID-19. Designed backend in Java/Spring Boot + GoLang, integrated Dialogflow, Zendesk and Yellow Messenger, and deployed on Kubernetes / GCP.

  5. Aug 2019 — Dec 2021

    Senior Software Engineer — Full Stack

    Just In Time Technologies

    Built and shipped four large platforms across content authoring, telco analytics, data anonymisation and enterprise ERP — full-stack work spanning Java/Spring, C#/.NET, Angular, React and GCP.

  6. Jan 2017 — Jul 2019

    Software Engineer — Full Stack

    Findmyfare

    Built the booking flow and B2B platform for one of Sri Lanka's leading OTAs, plus the RetailGenius e-commerce marketplace — full-stack work across Laravel/PHP, Java/Spring Boot, Node.js and Angular.

Education

  • Master of Computer Science

    University of Colombo School of Computing, Sri Lanka

    2019 — 2021

  • BSc in Information Technology

    Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology

    2014 — 2017

Expertise

Tools I reach for every day

A pragmatic stack — proven where it matters, modern where it pays off.

Languages & Frameworks

  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • Node.js
  • Go
  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • Angular
  • React
  • Next.js
  • NestJS
  • React Native

Cloud & DevOps

  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Terraform
  • Helm
  • ArgoCD
  • GitLab CI
  • Jenkins

Data & Messaging

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MSSQL
  • MongoDB
  • Kafka
  • IBM MQ
  • Pinecone
  • Firebase

AI / LLM

  • LangChain
  • OpenAI
  • GenAI
  • MCP
  • Dialogflow

Architecture & Practices

  • Clean Architecture
  • Microservices
  • REST
  • gRPC
  • GraphQL
  • TDD
  • DevSecOps
Freelance availability

I'm available for freelance work.

Bring me into your team to ship a new product, untangle a difficult system, or coach engineers — fully remote or on-site in Singapore.

Hire me now
Contact

Let's talk.

Whether it's a freelance project, a full-time role, a coffee chat or a teaching gig — I'd love to hear from you.