Zain Syed
Software Architect at Kurli
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolZain Syed is a software architect with 12 years of experience building full-stack, cloud-native platforms and high-performance web applications for enterprise and regulated industries. He has led end-to-end architecture and delivery of multi-tenant SaaS, document search and ingestion pipelines, and customer-facing interfaces using Next.js/React/TypeScript, Terraform and AWS, bringing projects from zero to production. His work spans both frontend design systems and backend services, with practical expertise in RBAC, real-time systems, search indexing (Typesense), OCR pipelines, and CI/CD-driven deployments. Zain has delivered solutions for clients like Rogers, ESDC, Switch Health, The Home Depot and York University, and often combines product-minded UX thinking with operational observability and security-conscious file handling. Based in Toronto, he pairs hands-on coding with leadership in architecture decisions and has a track record of consolidating legacy systems into modern, maintainable platforms.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
BHRM Human Resources Management, BHRM Human Resources Management at York UniversityHigh School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Notre Dame Catholic Seconday School
Github Skills (40)
react-component-library10
nextjs10
data-validation9
rich-text9
json-schema9
json9
react-component9
ruby9
rails9
browser9
wysiwyg9
webforms9
rich-text-editor9
react9
jekyll9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
DTS-STN/Alpha-Site-CMS
Dec 2021 - Jul 2022
Strapi CMS for the alpha site
Contributions:19 reviews, 60 PRs, 51 pushes in 6 months
cmsstrapi
DTS-STN/Service-Canada-Design-System
Mar 2022 - Feb 2023
React component library for the Service Canada Design System
Contributions:2 releases, 47 reviews, 607 commits in 10 months
react-component-library
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