Sameer Baig
Senior Software Engineer
📧 im.sam.b@icloud.com | 💻 GitHub
🧑💼 Summary
Senior Software Engineer with 10 years of experience designing scalable, distributed systems and modernizing legacy codebases. Proven track record of improving system performance, building production-grade cloud-native solutions, and delivering user-focused backend features. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex engineering challenges.
💼 Experience
Senior Backend Engineer – Zippertic (2022–Present, Stockholm, Sweden)
- Developed new customer-facing features for a ticketing platform.
- Optimized system to handle millions of transactions, improving response times 80x.
- Reduced memory usage and upgraded legacy code to latest framework.
Full Stack Engineer – Alchemy (2021–2022, Paris, France)
- Worked on Phraseanet, building SDKs and internal dev tools.
- Developed WordPress and Drupal modules.
- Refactored core components, resulting in a 70% performance boost.
Software Engineer – ILM Techno Solutions (2016–2020, Noida, India)
- Integrated REST/SOAP APIs and deployed apps on AWS.
- Managed 50+ projects, coordinating with QA and business teams.
Full Stack Developer – Elvish Health Solutions (2013–2016, Noida, India)
- Built hospital OPD/IPD systems using Laravel.
- Improved legacy PHP code quality by 60%.
🎓 Education
Bachelor of Technology, Graduated in 2013
🚀 Projects
Contributed to Laravel packages and PHP libraries.
Developed internal SDKs and tools for enterprise-scale ticketing and media platforms.
GitHub: sam0hack
💖 Volunteer Work
Computer Science Mentor – MTR (2016–2019, India)
- Taught computer science fundamentals to children.
- Developed structured lesson plans using Python and visual tools.
⚙️ Interests
Deep Learning, DIY server / Homelab, RC Planes & Boats, Systems programming (Rust)
📅 A Day of My Life
- Team collaboration & stand-ups
- Code reviews & writing tests (Zippertic)
- Technical reading & research
- Spending time with family
- Feature development & debugging (Zippertic)
- Short coffee breaks