Ship production SaaS, payments & AI — with a senior who owns the outcome.
I'm Ali Asghar, a senior software engineer and technical lead. I build and ship production SaaS, payment systems, and AI features for funded startups, scale-ups, and enterprises — primarily in Next.js, NestJS, TypeScript, Node.js and PostgreSQL, remote-first across USA and European hours. Not prototypes: software real businesses run on.
Who this is for
- SaaS & startup founders who need a product shipped, not a prototype
- CTOs and product leaders scaling an existing platform or team
- Venture-backed startups and scale-ups with real engineering budgets
- Companies adding AI features that have to work in production, not just demo
- Lowest-bidder, spec-only work with no room for engineering judgment
- Throwaway prototypes where correctness and scale don't matter
Ways to work together
End-to-end delivery of a production SaaS — multi-tenant architecture, subscription billing, RBAC, analytics, and a deploy pipeline you can ship on safely.
Details →Ship AI features users can trust — grounded in your data, evaluated for cost/latency/reliability, and hardened against the failure modes demos hide.
Details →The engine room — well-structured APIs and integrations with the idempotency, retries, rate limiting and observability that survive real traffic.
Details →Architecture ownership, code review, and delivery accountability for a team that needs senior direction without a full-time hire.
How it works
A short call to understand the outcome you need. I scope the smallest valuable slice and the architecture behind it.
I own the architecture, the code, and the review — shipping in production-ready increments, not a big-bang reveal.
Observability and measurement ship with the feature. Engineering is judged in business outcomes, not tickets closed.
Common questions
How do engagements start?
With a short call to scope the outcome and the smallest valuable slice. From there I propose an architecture, a plan, and a shape of engagement that fits — project build, AI sprint, or fractional lead.
Do you work with international clients?
Yes. I'm remote-first from Lahore, Pakistan, and comfortable with USA and European working hours. Most of my production work has been for international teams.
What kind of budgets does this suit?
Serious product work where correctness, scale, and speed matter — funded startups, scale-ups, and enterprises. If you're weighing a real engineering investment, let's talk scope.
What's the fastest way to reach you?
Book a call or message on WhatsApp — both are on the contact page. Share what you're building and the outcome you need, and I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right fit.
Hire for a specific role
Looking to hire for a particular stack or engagement? These pages go deeper on each, with the process, tech, and related work.
Tell me the outcome you need. I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right fit — and if I am, how I'd build it.