# Muhammad Zaki — Full portfolio content (zakibuilds.com) This file provides expanded, LLM-readable content for https://zakibuilds.com For a shorter summary, see https://zakibuilds.com/llms.txt --- ## Identity - Name: Muhammad Zaki - Title: Senior Full Stack Engineer - Location: Pakistan (open to remote) - Website: https://zakibuilds.com - Email: zaxrana.pk@gmail.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muhammad-zaki-dev/ - Also: https://progmaze.com ## Professional summary Muhammad Zaki is a Senior Full Stack Engineer with 8+ years of experience building enterprise WordPress systems, serverless AWS middleware for CRM integrations, and Node.js/React product platforms. He currently works at Strategic Systems International (SSI) on Care.com (WordPress/Gutenberg at scale) and Fangram (Node.js/React creator platform with Telegram integration). Core strengths: WordPress architecture, Gutenberg custom blocks, AWS Lambda + SQS middleware, WordPress ↔ CRM and CRM ↔ CRM data sync, headless CMS, REST APIs, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, performance optimization, and design system implementation. --- ## Career timeline ### Strategic Systems International (SSI) — April 2025 to Present Role: Full Stack Engineer **Care.com** (https://www.care.com) - Enterprise WordPress architectures serving millions of users - Custom Gutenberg blocks — 18% reduction in content creation time over one quarter - Caching strategy (transients + object caching) — 30% faster page loads under high traffic - LaunchDarkly integration plugin for feature rollouts on multisite - Design system via Tailwind and SCSS from Figma across custom blocks and themes **Fangram** - Node.js + React creator platform integrated with Telegram - Age and identity verification (Ondato) for compliance - Real-time, region-based tax calculation (Ondato, Quaderno) - Real-time chat, media vault, and performance improvements ### Tek Headquarters — September 2023 to March 2025 Role: Full Stack Developer **LoadStop** - Event-driven serverless middleware (AWS Lambda, SQS, API Gateway) syncing data between CRMs and between WordPress and CRMs - Headless WordPress CMS architectures and extensible APIs - Custom REST API endpoints for React.js frontends **Ebizcharge** - WooCommerce payment gateway extension with Gutenberg blocks ### XNREL — August 2020 to December 2022 Role: Full Stack Developer - WordPress architecture (post types, taxonomies, meta) - Custom REST APIs for mobile apps - Headless CMS with WordPress REST API ### Sigma Square — January 2018 to July 2020 Role: Junior Developer - Plugin/theme customization, custom plugins, ACF, Gravity Forms, WooCommerce ### Education — COMSATS Institute, Abbottabad (2014–2018) BS Computer Sciences — algorithms, databases, OOP, computer architecture --- ## Featured projects (portfolio highlights) ### Tall Projects Full Stack Developer at Tek Headquarters era. AWS Lambda middleware for automated sync: WordPress ↔ CRM (Salesforce, GoHighLevel, Sheep, Arlo) and CRM ↔ CRM (Salesforce ↔ GoHighLevel, Arlo ↔ Sheep). Amazon SQS for large or slow payloads. ### Care.com SSI · Senior Full Stack Engineer. Seven WordPress/Gutenberg site redesigns for a leading US care marketplace. Custom blocks, caching, editor workflows, design-system alignment. ### Fangram (current) Node.js + React monorepo. Creator platform for Telegram audiences — paid content, media vaults, agency dashboards, Ondato verification, Quaderno tax, real-time chat. --- ## Tech stack Languages: PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS Frameworks: React, Node.js, WordPress, Gutenberg Cloud: AWS Lambda, Amazon SQS, API Gateway Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis Integrations: Salesforce, HubSpot, Go High Level, LaunchDarkly, Ondato, Quaderno, Socket.IO, Telegram Tools: Docker, Tailwind CSS, Git, Jira, Confluence --- ## Blog — published articles ### AI adoption and its delusions URL: https://zakibuilds.com/blog/ai-adoption-and-its-delusions Date: 2026-05-20 Tags: AI, Software Development, Career AI tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT) speed up development but can create a false sense of understanding when teams ship AI-generated code without tracing the logic. The article argues that adoption without ownership of understanding is the real risk — not AI itself. ### Why are many WordPress developers paid less? URL: https://zakibuilds.com/blog/why-wordpress-developers-paid-less Date: 2026-04-10 Tags: WordPress, Career, PHP, REST API Low WordPress salaries often reflect market confusion between WordPress users (themes, page builders) and WordPress engineers (hooks, plugins, REST APIs, architecture, performance, security). Enterprise organizations including IBM, Meta, Microsoft, Salesforce, and The New York Times use WordPress at scale. --- ## Site map (human navigation) - Homepage: https://zakibuilds.com - About: https://zakibuilds.com/#about - Journey: https://zakibuilds.com/#journey - Projects: https://zakibuilds.com/#projects - Building (Fangram): https://zakibuilds.com/#building - Tools: https://zakibuilds.com/#tools - Blog index: https://zakibuilds.com/blog - Contact: https://zakibuilds.com/#contact ## Technical SEO resources - Sitemap: https://zakibuilds.com/sitemap.xml - Robots: https://zakibuilds.com/robots.txt - Structured data: Person, WebSite, ProfilePage (homepage); BlogPosting (each article)