Professional Experience — Afzal Ahmed

Since completing my role at Setfords, I have focused on intensive hands-on software engineering, portfolio building, and exploring modern engineering practices. Working across ASP.NET Core, Angular, React, Blazor, SQL Server, and Azure, I have designed and developed several enterprise-grade platforms spanning property development, healthcare, legal operations, financial services, and community systems.

• ▸Designed and developed BuildEstate Pro — a comprehensive real estate development platform managing the entire project lifecycle from land acquisition through to sales
• ▸Built ClarityCare Hospital Management System covering patient registration, clinical workflows, admissions, pharmacy, laboratory services, billing, and staff management
• ▸Developed Loan Investments Supermarket — a lending and wealth management platform with customer onboarding, financial calculations, reporting, and operational workflows
• ▸Created ClarityLegal Platform for managing legal matters, documents, workflows, billing, and compliance requirements
• ▸Built TheLeague — a sports operations and community platform supporting league administration, team management, fixtures, and player statistics
• ▸Embraced AI-assisted engineering using Claude, Kiro, GitHub Copilot, and Azure AI technologies to accelerate development while maintaining strong engineering principles

Worked as a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer on Halo, Setfords' business-critical legal practice management platform used by solicitors and operational teams to manage matters, case workflows, document handling, billing, payments, compliance activities, and internal business processes.

• ▸Developed and enhanced features across a mature enterprise platform where reliability, maintainability, security, and business continuity were critical
• ▸Worked using C#, ASP.NET Core, Angular 19, SQL Server, REST APIs, and frontend/backend integrations while supporting complex business workflows
• ▸Collaborated closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, QA engineers, stakeholders, and operational users to understand requirements and deliver practical solutions
• ▸Worked with API-driven integrations and supporting SaaS applications used across legal and operational processes
• ▸Performed code reviews, mentored developers, promoted engineering standards, and helped maintain high-quality, testable, and maintainable code
• ▸Played an active role in troubleshooting production issues, investigating root causes, performing performance tuning, and implementing corrective actions
• ▸Contributed to platform modernization initiatives, release processes, SDLC improvements, and continuous improvement activities

Dedicated this period to hands-on software engineering, enterprise platform development, and exploring modern engineering practices. Designed and built several full stack applications across property development, healthcare, legal operations, financial services, and community platforms.

• ▸Focused on modern application architecture, API-driven solutions, workflow-based business systems, and cloud-native development
• ▸Continued strengthening frontend capability through component-driven Angular development, RxJS state management, and scalable UI design
• ▸Built and maintained REST APIs, database-driven applications, and Azure-hosted solutions
• ▸Explored Clean Architecture, CQRS, modular design, role-based security, notifications, dashboards, reporting, and SaaS-oriented architectures
• ▸Leveraged AI-assisted development tools including Claude, Kiro, GitHub Copilot, and Azure AI services to accelerate prototyping and architecture exploration

Led development of a business-critical Loan Management platform supporting customer onboarding, investor operations, financial calculations, daily ledger processing, interest forecasting, approvals, notifications, dashboards, reporting, and operational workflows across the business.

• ▸Acted as both technical lead and hands-on engineer, working closely with business stakeholders and operational users to translate requirements into practical solutions
• ▸Designed and implemented complex features across ASP.NET Core, Angular, SQL Server, and Azure, contributing to architecture decisions and platform evolution
• ▸Worked extensively on complex financial calculations, loan algorithms, daily ledger processing, interest forecasting, and transactional operations where accuracy, auditability, and security were essential
• ▸Designed and supported integrations between the core Loan Management platform and supporting internal and third-party systems using REST APIs and Azure services
• ▸Implemented and supported role-based access controls, authentication, authorization, and user-specific experiences for clients, investors, staff, and administrators
• ▸Supported transition towards a more modular and scalable SaaS-oriented architecture while maintaining stability across existing workflows
• ▸Contributed to operational excellence through monitoring, tracing, logging, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis
• ▸Mentored developers through code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing, helping maintain engineering standards and encouraging collaborative problem solving

Worked across multiple client projects in a fast-paced digital agency environment, balancing parallel development work, changing priorities, and tight delivery timelines across different business domains.

• ▸Contributed to full stack development using ASP.NET, Web API, SQL Server, Angular, and React, delivering features across backend systems, frontend applications, and database-driven functionality
• ▸Worked closely with project managers, stakeholders, and developers to break down requirements into deliverable tasks and maintain steady project delivery
• ▸Played an active role in improving development practices, supporting Agile workflows, mentoring junior developers, and helping maintain code quality
• ▸Worked extensively with Angular, RxJS, and NgRx for frontend development, alongside SQL Server optimization and backend API development
• ▸Contributed to application performance improvements through better query design, Entity Framework optimization, and more structured backend development

Worked on enterprise applications within a structured corporate environment, contributing across backend development, database design, application support, and full software delivery lifecycle activities.

• ▸Developed and maintained complex SQL Server logic, stored procedures, and backend functionality, with a strong focus on database performance optimization, maintainability, and application reliability
• ▸Contributed to technical design discussions, application architecture decisions, and development planning while supporting delivery across multiple workstreams
• ▸Worked closely with developers and stakeholders to organize development tasks, support project delivery, and maintain consistent engineering and code review standards
• ▸Helped improve development quality through structured code reviews, better development practices, and ongoing focus on reducing defects

Worked across a wide range of client projects in a fast-paced London digital agency environment, supporting and developing applications for over 40 clients across different industries and technology stacks.

• ▸Delivered full stack development, troubleshooting, and technical support across both legacy and modern platforms including Classic ASP, ASP.NET MVC, Web API, AngularJS, Angular, and SQL Server
• ▸Regularly investigated and resolved complex production issues, database problems, application bugs, and client support requests under tight deadlines
• ▸Worked on projects ranging from legacy application support and SQL Server investigations through to modern web application development, Umbraco CMS integrations, and payment gateway integrations
• ▸Deployed and maintained applications across Azure and IIS environments, supporting application stability and performance
• ▸Collaborated closely with clients, project managers, designers, and developers throughout the full software development lifecycle
• ▸Supported junior developers through code reviews, technical guidance, and day-to-day collaboration while helping maintain coding standards