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Engineer by craft, architect by instinct, partner by choice.

I help companies ship ambitious software, from AI platforms to compliance-grade SaaS, trusted by clients across five continents.

Noman Akram

I am Noman, a technical consultant and solution architect who started out writing real-time media infrastructure at TestRTC, where the platform was trusted by the world's largest video companies, including Google and Zoom. That is where I learned that at real scale, the boring things, reliability, observability and correctness, are the whole game.

Since then I have run an independent practice, partnering with founders and enterprises across the US, UK, EU, UAE, Australia and Asia. I have shipped 40+ platforms: AI products that cut real costs, HIPAA-grade healthcare systems, fintech and trading infrastructure, and multi-tenant SaaS, frequently as the sole engineer, sometimes leading a small team, always hands-on in the code.

What I care about is not the framework of the month. It is taking an ambitious, fuzzy problem and turning it into something that is live, correct and holding up under load, and being a partner you would actually want to build the next thing with.

Substance over surface

A slick demo means nothing if it falls over at 10,000 users. I build for the real world: the edge cases, the compliance, the 2am incident.

Clarity is a deliverable

You'll always know where things stand: what's done, what's next, what the trade-offs were. No black boxes, no surprise invoices.

Own the outcome

I don't hand off a repo and disappear. I care whether the thing actually works in production and moves your numbers.

Experience

The path so far

From real-time media infrastructure at scale to an independent consulting practice serving clients on five continents.

2020 to Present

Independent Technical Consultant & Solution Architect

Freelance / Contract
Global (US · UK · EU · UAE · Australia · Asia)

Partner to founders and enterprises shipping ambitious software, from AI platforms and HIPAA-grade healthcare systems to fintech infrastructure and multi-tenant SaaS, often as the sole engineer or technical lead.

  • Delivered 40+ platforms end-to-end across healthcare, fintech, AI, SaaS and enterprise
  • Built a HIPAA-compliant insurance enrollment platform (18+ modules, 5 portals) solo in 10 weeks
  • Cut a client's support tickets 30% in one week and saved $25K in a single day with a conversational AI platform
  • 5.0 rating from international clients on Upwork
Next.jsNestJSNode.jsPythonAWSPostgreSQLLangChain
2018 to 2020

Software Engineer

TestRTC
Remote · US / Global

Built and maintained WebRTC testing, monitoring and analytics infrastructure used by the world's largest video-communication companies, including Google and Zoom.

  • Worked on real-time media infrastructure at Google/Zoom-level production scale
  • Built video recording, playback and quality-analysis tooling
  • Developed browser-based media session testing & diagnostics
  • Maintained enterprise-grade SLA infrastructure for video platforms
Node.jsWebRTCReal-time MediaTest Automation
Capabilities

A full-stack toolkit, used in production

Depth across the stack, from React and Next.js on the front, through Node, NestJS and Python services, to cloud, data and AI infrastructure.

Frontend

  • React & Next.js97%
  • TypeScript95%
  • Tailwind CSS94%
  • React Native88%
  • Angular80%

Backend

  • Node.js & Express96%
  • NestJS94%
  • Python (Django / FastAPI)88%
  • .NET78%
  • GraphQL & REST92%

AI & Data

  • LangChain & LLM apps92%
  • OpenAI / Anthropic / Gemini90%
  • RAG & Vector DBs (Pinecone)86%
  • TensorFlow / Keras78%
  • ClickHouse & Kafka84%

Cloud & DevOps

  • AWS (Lambda, ECS, S3, SQS)92%
  • Google Cloud & GKE86%
  • Docker & Kubernetes85%
  • CI/CD & Vercel90%
  • Observability (OTel, New Relic)82%

Databases

  • PostgreSQL94%
  • MongoDB92%
  • Redis88%
  • Neo4j & Elasticsearch82%
  • SQL Server / MySQL84%

Architecture & Leadership

  • Solution architecture94%
  • Microservices & event-driven92%
  • Multi-tenant & RBAC security93%
  • Compliance (HIPAA, GDPR)86%
  • Team leadership88%
Available for new projects

We can build something that lasts.

Tell me what you are building. I will come back with an honest take on approach, scope and timeline, usually within 24 hours.