Solution Architect | Lead Developer | AI & E-commerce Specialist

Building high-performance commerce, AI and enterprise platforms.

Hands-on solution architect and lead developer with 8+ years across Adobe Commerce, Shopify, WordPress, AI systems, middleware, backend engineering and CTO-level technical leadership.

Scalable ecommerce architecture and platform migrations AI-driven assistants, reporting systems and automation workflows ERP, payment, healthcare and broker API integrations
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Syed Ali Iftikhar

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Strategy, system design and implementation in one profile.

Technical leadership across architecture, commerce platforms, integrations and applied AI delivery.

8+ Years across ecommerce, AI and enterprise systems
CTO Hands-on leadership from senior engineer to solution architect

About

A technical profile spanning architecture, hands-on engineering, and technology leadership.

I am a Solution Architect and Senior Lead Developer with extensive experience across ecommerce, enterprise software, and AI-assisted systems. My background includes Adobe Commerce, Shopify, WordPress, Laravel, Go, Python, Node.js, React, and Vue.js. I have delivered platform migrations, enterprise integrations, performance optimization projects, healthcare middleware solutions, trading automation systems, and technology strategy initiatives while remaining actively involved in architecture, development, and team leadership.

Experience

Leadership and engineering across architecture, ecommerce and AI delivery

Solution Architect / CTO

RLTsquare

Jun 2023 – Present

Balanced technical leadership, solution architecture and hands-on development for ecommerce, integrations, automation and custom product delivery.

Senior Lead Developer

ParkkTech

Jun 2022 – Present

Delivered AI-driven, ecommerce and full-stack systems using Python, Go, Node.js, React, Vue.js and Laravel, including Bedrock-based AI workflows and vector-search architectures.

Lead Developer / Software Engineer

Abersoft

Jun 2023 – Feb 2025

Worked on advanced engineering delivery with a focus on scalable backend systems, ecommerce implementations and practical solution design.

Tech Lead

RLTsquare

Mar 2021 – May 2023

Led engineering teams, custom Adobe Commerce work, ERP integrations, payment extensions and migration projects across large client accounts.

Senior Lead Developer

RLTsquare

Mar 2019 – Feb 2021

Delivered senior Magento and backend engineering work across custom modules, ecommerce workflows, ERP-linked processes and platform enhancements.

Magento / PHP Developer

RLTsquare

Mar 2017 – Feb 2019

Built early Magento, PHP and integration-focused delivery foundations across commercial ecommerce builds and client support projects.

Projects

Selected work across commerce, middleware, AI and automation

Ego Shoes UK

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Magento upgrade, checkout support and trading-platform stability improvements for a fashion ecommerce brand.

J. (Junaid Jamshed)

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Support, payment integrations and performance-focused Adobe Commerce delivery for a major clothing brand.

Sana Safinaz / Adobe Commerce Cloud

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Enterprise-level Adobe Commerce support, customisation and performance work for a major clothing brand.

Pasha Fabrics

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Magento 1 to Magento 2 migration with layout redesign and custom extension work.

Interwood

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Magento 2 support, data migration and custom order/catalog workflows for a major retail brand.

ParkkTech

AI-driven, ecommerce and full-stack product delivery across modern backend and frontend stacks.

Healthcare Middleware Platform

Go-based healthcare middleware connecting Shopify with a custom doctor-patient portal under privacy-sensitive workflows.

US ERP Subscription Platform

Subscription and order management platform integrated with enterprise ERP systems.

Germany Based ERP Commerce Project

Magento migration and custom ERP API delivery for a Germany-based ecommerce operation.

Switzerland Subscription Commerce Project

Magento migration and subscription customization for a Switzerland-based commerce build.

US Fashion Ecommerce Middleware Project

Magento-to-Aimeos data migration using Aimeos as middleware for a US fashion ecommerce business.

Edge-Trades

Laravel-based trading automation platform for signal-driven execution across multiple broker integrations.

Expertise

Platform breadth with depth in architecture, integrations and modern AI workflows

Platforms & Frameworks

Laravel Adobe Commerce / Magento Magento Cloud Shopify WordPress WooCommerce CodeIgniter Node.js Express.js React Vue.js Electron.js Aimeos Android Studio Unity

Languages

PHP JavaScript TypeScript Python Go Java SQL C C++ C# Swift Kotlin MATLAB

Databases, Search & DevOps

MySQL MariaDB PostgreSQL MongoDB Microsoft SQL Server Elasticsearch OpenSearch Algolia Docker Git GitHub GitLab Bitbucket Apache Nginx CI/CD Pipelines

Integrations & Delivery

REST APIs SOAP APIs GraphQL ERP Integrations Payment Gateway Integrations Shopify APIs CRON Jobs Magento UI Components Checkout Customization Agile Delivery System Design API Architecture

AI, Data & Cloud

Amazon Bedrock OpenAI API LangChain LlamaIndex RAG Vector Databases pgvector Embeddings Prompt Engineering AI Agents NLP Computer Vision Pandas NumPy scikit-learn TensorFlow PyTorch OpenCV AWS Azure Google Cloud DigitalOcean Adobe Cloud Nexcess

Credentials

Adobe Commerce Certified Developer

Salesforce Certified B2C Commerce Developer

Microsoft Office Specialist

Education

Academic work, internship exposure and applied final-year delivery

BS Computer Science

Information Technology University

University Projects

  • Driver Behaviour Analysis – AI at Bismil Lab
  • Air Quality Index Kit – Final Year Project

Talks

Industry-facing presentations grounded in practical AI delivery

AI: Enough blue-sky thinking! What’s practically happening and where can you start?

Meet Magento UK Panel Discussion · June 2024

Presented practical AI application paths for ecommerce teams, focusing on intelligent assistants, backend task automation and operational efficiency gains.

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