Mujahid Islam

Software Engineer — Full Stack · Automation · AI

Python · TypeScript · Next.js · Node.js · Playwright · PostgreSQL · AWS

Profile

Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience building full-stack web applications, APIs, AI-powered automation and large-scale web data pipelines for US and UK clients. Proficient in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL and cloud technologies, delivering scalable production systems from architecture and development through deployment and long-term maintenance.

Experience

Freelance Software Engineer — Data Extraction & Automation

2019 — Present
Independent · Fiverr · Upwork · Apify Store Remote
  • Designed and delivered scalable backend applications, REST/GraphQL APIs and AI-powered automation.
  • Built production Playwright/Crawlee pipelines for large-scale web data extraction with robust anti-bot handling.
  • Upwork Top Rated — 100% Job Success across 22+ completed projects · Fiverr Level 2 Seller — 148 completed orders, 92 client reviews (4.9★).

Developer / Automation Engineer

Aug 2021 — Aug 2024
Big Brain Automation LLC · Contract Virginia, US · Remote
  • Developed API integrations and workflow automation using Zapier, Make and Parabola.
  • Built reusable automation templates, debugged production systems and documented solutions.
  • Maintained automation infrastructure supporting 100+ client campaigns in production.

Selected Projects

Optolix Next.js · TypeScript · Prisma · Claude · GPT · Gemini

AI-powered profile intelligence platform combining social-media scraping, authentication and LLM analysis.

John Lewis → Shopify Product Sync Crawlee · Apify · Shopify GraphQL

Built an automated GraphQL pipeline synchronizing thousands of Shopify products, variants, inventory, pricing and media.

Google Ads Transparency Scraper Python · Apify · Playwright

Commercial Playwright scraper processing 100,000+ advertiser domains. Published on the Apify Store with 393+ users and 2.3K+ executions.

Ofsted Reports Data Scraper Python · Apify · Supabase

Automated extraction and daily sync of Ofsted inspection reports into a searchable client database.

US Department of Labor Job Feed Python · Apify · pdfplumber · pandas · Make.com

Parsed federal PDF job reports into Monday.com CRM via automated ETL workflows.

Skills

Languages
Python · JavaScript · TypeScript · SQL
Cloud
AWS · Google Cloud · VPS
Full stack
Next.js · Node.js · REST APIs · GraphQL
Automation
Playwright · Crawlee · Apify · Make · Parabola
Databases
PostgreSQL · MySQL · Supabase
AI
Claude · GPT · Gemini · Prompt Engineering

Education

BS Computer Science — Institute of Management Sciences (IM|Sciences) · Pakistan · CGPA 3.42

2012 — 2017

Exchange Semester, Computer Science — Troy University · Alabama, USA · Global UGRAD Program

2015 — 2016

Honors & Awards

Certifications

Languages

English — professional · Urdu — fluent · Pashto — native