Hey, I'm Shoaib!
Backend Engineer with 4+ years building Go-first distributed systems — auth, billing, and observability at scale. Currently at Placepoint, serving 30K+ concurrent users on AWS.
Achievements & Recognition
Placepoint 2025
Excellence Award
Technical Brilliance
IBCOL 2023
6th Place International
Blockchain Olympiad
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Billing Platform
$500K Revenue
Event-Driven Payment System
Performance Expert
99.9% System Uptime
30% Latency Reduction
Scalable Architecture
Tech Arsenal
Technologies I work with to build scalable backend systems
Languages & Frameworks
Databases & Cloud
Messaging, Infra & Observability
GitHub Analytics
Latest Posts
See AllTechnical articles, tutorials, and insights.
JWT Authentication System Explained - Building Secure APIs with Golang
A comprehensive guide to implementing production-grade JWT authentication in Go. Learn about access tokens, refresh tokens, security best practices, and protecting your APIs from common attacks.
Seven Databases in Seven Weeks - A Guide to Modern Database Systems
Explore seven databases in seven weeks and learn when to use PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, CouchDB, Neo4j, HBase, and Riak for your Java Spring Boot applications.
Hello World - My First Blog Post
Welcome to my portfolio and blog! I'm Shoaib, a Backend Engineer specializing in Go, distributed systems, auth, billing, and observability at scale.
Featured Projects
See AllThings I've built and open-sourced.
Event-Driven Payment Platform
in-progressKafka-based billing and payment platform at Placepoint serving 30K+ users, generating $500K in revenue with auth, observability, and AWS infrastructure.
DigiDignity - AI × Blockchain Identity System
completedAI-integrated blockchain identity system for refugees and stateless populations. Modern Next.js frontend with secure identity UX, wallet integration, and full mock flows.