Rana's CV
Rana Ahmer Yasin
Engineering Leader · Delivery Lead & Product Owner · Distributed Systems Architect
Profile summary
Strategic Engineering Leader with 12 years shaping distributed systems, core microservices, and financial technology outcomes across the GCC and international markets. Known for directing offshore teams, scaling high-traffic platform architectures, and delivering secure banking integrations and event-driven systems. Committed to engineering excellence and rigorous product delivery.
Career highlights
Microservices Delivery and Leadership: Managed core banking services and offshore development while directing engineering operations for loan banking, retail pricing, identity management, and cross-channel reporting systems.
High Scale Platform Engineering: Built distance-based pricing and digital wallet features that grew daily bookings from 2,500 to 14,000 at Airlift.
Fintech and Smart Contract Development: Designed withdrawal features with smart contract automation and integrated encryption protocols, multi-factor authentication, and regular security audits for internal fintech platforms.
Online Exam Platform Architecture: Engineered online exam conduct capabilities and automatic percentage generation features for platform architecture adopted by 50 institutes across Pakistan, serving 1 million students.
Key skills
Professional experience
Directs the Core Microservices team with reporting lines into engineering leadership, steering core banking services, offshore development, and maintenance operations spanning loan banking, retail pricing, identity management, and cross-channel reporting systems. Originally joined within the Open Finance division to lead regulatory backend initiatives before expanding scope to govern enterprise microservices delivery.
- Designed and implemented secure APIs for payments, refunds, direct debits, and consent management during the Open Finance tenure.
- Implemented Push Authorization Request flows and secure consent mechanisms for financial integrations.
- Built scalable microservices architecture using Node.js, TypeScript, and NestJS, integrated with core banking systems.
- Developed event-driven systems using Kafka for real-time transaction processing.
- Directs AI and LLM integrations across product workflows to support system intelligence.
Guided backend architecture and operational readiness for Amazon Launchpad. Steered production systems from initial design through deployment, holding full on-call ownership.
- Designed scalable backend components for high-traffic production systems with full on-call ownership.
- Implemented end-to-end test automation using Cypress to support continuous integration and deployment reliability.
Shaped technology strategy and steered blockchain operations, guiding engineering teams through platform development, architectural decision making, and cross functional delivery planning.
- Architected and deployed blockchain solutions and smart contracts using Ethereum and Hyperledger.
- Built microservices to scale product functionality across domains using Node.js, Angular, React.js, and Next.js.
- Integrated blockchain technology with existing systems through APIs and frameworks while conducting code reviews.
Architected backend and frontend systems using Node.js, Go, TypeScript, and Angular. Owned technical delivery for internal fintech platforms while managing blockchain API integrations and microservices architecture.
- Designed withdrawal features with smart contract automation and integrated encryption protocols, multi-factor authentication, and regular security audits.
- Connected blockchain APIs for real-time on-chain tracking of withdrawal requests with full immutability inside the internal management portal.
- Collaborated on user interfaces and conducted usability testing for iterative improvements across the microservices-based application architecture.
- Developed a full property management solution automating operations for landlords, tenants, and brokers.
- Built a tenant portal featuring online rent payment, maintenance request tracking, and communication workflows.
- Architected microservices enabling rapid iteration and independent deployment of tracking, analytics, and real-time communication services.
- Developed Food-Choo, a delivery application featuring real-time vehicle and order tracking, market analytics, driver hiring, and meal promotions planned for launch in Thailand, USA, and Australia.
- Implemented microservices for wallet, promo code, booking, and pricing to decouple key business logic.
- Built distance-based pricing and digital wallet features, growing daily bookings from 2,500 to 14,000.
- Designed end-to-end shipping platform featuring truck and carrier management, distance-based pricing, and real-time vehicle tracking.
- Executed migration from monolithic architecture to microservices to improve deployment cycles and fault isolation.
- Built a desktop marketplace for selling used assets.
- Enabled cryptocurrency payment acceptance within the marketplace platform.
- Architected MED CHECK, a video and audio telemedicine platform enabling global online medical consultations, appointment scheduling, and medical report sharing.
- Sold the MED CHECK telemedicine platform to an international firm.
- Built a drag and drop form builder producing custom forms exportable as HTML for embedding on external websites.
- Developed a medical solution in CoffeeScript and PHP featuring PouchDB offline synchronization for internet independent usage.
- Built the Pana online exam platform featuring a question bank, test administration workflows, and automatic percentage generation for assessment results.
- Delivered front-end interfaces using Angular.js and Backbone.js to support platform adoption across 50 institutes in Pakistan, serving 1 million students.
- Built a tenant portal featuring online rent payment, maintenance request tracking, and communication workflows.
- Implemented automated lease renewal reminders to maintain local regulatory compliance.
- Constructed a desktop marketplace platform enabling the sale of used assets.
- Integrated cryptocurrency payment acceptance directly into the marketplace architecture.
- Built custom car-pooling and mass transit software platforms tailored to client specifications.
- Built a drag and drop form builder allowing custom forms to be exported as HTML and embedded on any website.
- Developed a medical solution using CoffeeScript, PHP, and PouchDB featuring offline sync capabilities for internet independent usage.
- Engineered online exam conduct capabilities and automatic percentage generation features for institute evaluations.
- Deployed platform architecture adopted by 50 institutes across Pakistan, conducting exams for nearly 1 million students.