umair.dev — London, UK

Engineer.
Builder.
Founder.

Software Engineering Cloud & Kubernetes Founder, U85 Tech Ltd
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Umair Younus
UY
Umair Younus
Chapter One

14 years of code,
systems, and scale

I'm a software engineer with over 14 years of commercial experience building high-traffic web applications, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure. I've worked across monoliths and microservices, startups and global media companies.

I've worked with SaaS platforms, startups, fintechs, and news agencies — architecting serverless systems, building microservices, and shipping products that scale. I also founded U85 Tech Ltd, a London-based software consultancy.

Outside of work I run a home Kubernetes cluster, tinker with IoT and smart home automation, and enjoy cricket and travel.

London, UK — Open to remote & on-site
"A fully competent all-around developer that writes clear, concise and bug-free code — and provides scalable web solutions." — 14 years, zero shortcuts
Chapter Two

The tools I trust

A decade of production systems teaches you which tools hold up under pressure. These are mine.

Languages
TypeScript / JavaScript PHP Python HTML & CSS Bash SQL
Frameworks
Node.js Express.js Laravel Angular RxJS AWS CDK
Databases & Messaging
PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB Redis DynamoDB Elasticsearch Kafka RabbitMQ
Infrastructure & Cloud
AWS Kubernetes Docker Helm Istio Terraform Prometheus Grafana Nginx Jenkins GitLab CI/CD CircleCI
Testing
Jest Mocha Chai Cucumber Sinon AVA
Chapter Three

Things I've built

A mix of commercial work, personal projects, and infrastructure that keeps running while I sleep.

News & Media

Serverless syndication platform on AWS — Lambdas orchestrated via Step Functions, SQS, and API Gateway, defined in CDK and deployed via CI/CD pipelines with full test coverage.

TypeScript AWS Serverless CDK TDD

Fintechs & Startups

Digital banking platforms, lead management systems, and SaaS products — built with microservices, event-driven architecture, and infrastructure as code. Reduced cloud costs by 50% through containerisation.

Microservices Node.js Kubernetes AWS

High-Traffic Platforms

Scaled web platforms to 2.5 million unique visitors using multi-server environments, Nginx load balancing, Memcache, and master-slave MySQL replication. Social platforms, classifieds, and real-time systems.

Scalability PHP / Node.js MySQL Nginx
Chapter Four

Let's talk

Whether it's a project, a question, or just a good conversation about distributed systems.

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