Usman Ghani

Engineering Leader & Product Builder

I lead engineering teams, consult on architecture and ERP/business systems, and build my own products.

15+ years across full-stack development and technical leadership — currently Lead Engineer at EventMobi, previously architect and consultant on multi-tenant SaaS and government digital transformation, and founder of Pebble, Cricnix, and Sandooq.

What I do

Three tracks, one engineer

Employee, consultant, and founder — the same engineering judgment applied three ways.

Engineering Leadership

Lead Engineer at EventMobi — running team operations, providing technical guidance, and building consensus on complex decisions across cross-functional, multi-timezone teams.

  • Shipped an AI-powered event chatbot
  • Cut engineering effort 70% with a branded-app builder
  • Mentoring and engineering standards

Architecture & ERP Consulting

Architecture reviews, multi-tenant SaaS design, and ERP implementation — from SAP- and Microsoft Dynamics-inspired custom ERPs for Gulf enterprises to a full SMB ERP of my own. I know the domain any ERP platform implements: the modules, the accounting core, and the processes underneath.

  • Custom ERPs modeled on SAP & MS Dynamics patterns
  • Multi-tenant SaaS architecture (Gama Suite)
  • Province-scale government digitization

Founder & Products

Building my own products end-to-end — product thinking, architecture, mobile and backend engineering, cloud operations, and everything in between.

  • Pebble — mobile-first ERP for SMBs
  • Cricnix — cricket platform since 2019
  • Sandooq — community fund manager

Services

Work with me

Consulting engagements I take on alongside my full-time role and products.

Architecture review

A focused audit of your system — scalability, tenant isolation, service boundaries, and delivery bottlenecks — with a concrete, prioritized improvement plan.

ERP implementation & business systems

Process mapping, module scoping, implementation, data migration, and integrations — experience spanning SAP- and Microsoft Dynamics-inspired custom ERPs and my own multi-tenant SMB ERP, from retail POS to manufacturing.

Fractional tech lead

Ongoing technical leadership for your team: architecture decisions, code-quality standards, delivery process, and mentoring — without a full-time hire.

Product build for founders

From idea to shipped product — mobile-first apps with a pragmatic cloud backend, built the same way I build my own: small, fast, and maintainable.

5.0 across verified client reviews on Upwork

If you are thinking about hiring a programmer, you can stop your search and hire Usman! Easily one of the BEST programmers we have worked with…

Upwork client — software development engagement, 2024

Fantastic work by Usman. He went above and beyond to complete the project on time. Would definitely recommend him!

Upwork client — full-stack React, Node.js & AWS project, 2024
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Career

15+ years of shipping

The employment track — from ERP developer to engineering lead.

  1. Lead Engineer · EventMobi

    Dec 2020 – Present

    Toronto, Canada (Remote)

    Progressed from Software Engineer to Lead Engineer; lead team operations and technical direction.

    Designed a branded mobile-app builder that cut engineering effort by 70% and support workload by 50%; shipped an AI-powered event chatbot.

  2. Senior Software Developer, Team Lead · Contour Software

    Jan 2019 – Dec 2020

    Karachi, Pakistan

    Led development of a fleet-management product for the New Zealand dairy industry, including driver-fatigue tracking from collected route data.

  3. Senior Manager / Team Lead · SysCrowd

    Mar 2018 – Jan 2019

    Karachi, Pakistan

    Built WebRTC live streaming and a countrywide distribution platform modeling the full sales hierarchy.

  4. Principal Software Engineer · 10Pearls

    Jan 2016 – Mar 2018

    Karachi, Pakistan

    Led a nationwide telehealth gateway integration for Avizia; enabled FIPS compliance in Docker using Golang.

  5. Team Lead · Nebras (Enterprise Business Solution)

    Jun 2011 – Jan 2016

    Karachi, Pakistan & Abu Dhabi, UAE

    Led ERP component development for the UAE market — clients included Al Sahraa Group, Al Mariah United Group, Ahmad Perfumes, and Alfardan Group.

    Built a dynamic workflow module enabling cross-domain integration.

  6. Master of Computer Science

    2021

    Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi · GPA 3.45/4.0

  7. Bachelor of Commerce

    2017

    University of Karachi

  8. Microsoft

Languages

TypeScriptJavaScriptC#GolangJavaSQLDart

Front-End

ReactAngularFlutterReact NativeReduxTanStack QueryMUITailwind CSS

Back-End

Node.js.NETGolangFastifyEntity FrameworkWebRTC

Data

SQL ServerPostgreSQLMongoDBElasticsearchRedis

Cloud & DevOps

AWSAzureDockerGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDFirebase

Monitoring

SentryPagerDutySquadcast

Contact

Let's talk

Hiring for a senior technical role, or need an architecture or ERP consultant? Either way, reach out.

Get In Touch

You may also know me as Usman Iqbal — same person behind @usmanniqbal everywhere.

Professional Links

Open to Opportunities

Currently exploring senior technical leadership roles, consulting opportunities, and challenging projects in full-stack development, system architecture, and team leadership.

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