Waqas Raza is an AI-Native Systems Engineer based in Lahore, Pakistan. He is Top Rated on Upwork with $175K+ earned from 168 contracts, 6,555+ billed hours, a 4.97/5 average client rating, and 13+ years of experience building production AI agents, RAG systems, SaaS platforms, payment infrastructure, fintech workflows, and Ethereum/Web3 products for global clients.

What does Waqas Raza specialize in?

Waqas Raza specializes in AI agent development (OpenAI, LangChain, LangGraph), LLM integration with RAG and guardrails, Web3 and Solidity smart contracts, full-stack development (Next.js, Node.js, TypeScript, Flutter), payment systems (Stripe), and data pipelines.

What is Waqas Raza's Upwork rating and track record?

Waqas Raza is Top Rated on Upwork with $175K+ in total earnings, 168 completed contracts, 6,555+ billed hours, and a 4.97/5 average client rating across 136 rated contracts. The site derives those public proof stats from the local Upwork history dataset.

Can Waqas Raza build AI agents and LLM-powered applications?

Yes. Waqas Raza builds production-grade AI agents with tool use, RAG, strict guardrails, and predictable cost controls using OpenAI, LangChain, LangGraph, and FastAPI. He has shipped a deep research agent, a DocOps automation agent, speech analytics platforms, and AI-powered pipelines.

Does Waqas Raza do Web3 and Solidity development?

Yes. Waqas Raza develops Solidity smart contracts on Ethereum and Base, DeFi banking platforms, ERC-4337 smart account systems, token launch studios, and milestone escrow contracts. He works with Foundry, Hardhat, and Ethers.js.

What technologies does Waqas Raza use?

Waqas Raza's core stack includes Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, React, Flutter, Python, Supabase, PostgreSQL, Redis, Stripe, OpenAI, LangChain, LangGraph, Solidity, Foundry, Hardhat, Docker, AWS, and GCP.

Is Waqas Raza available for freelance projects?

Yes. Waqas Raza is available for freelance projects at 30+ hours per week with a typical response time of 0–4 hours. He can be hired through his Upwork profile at upwork.com/freelancers/waqasraza.

Where is Waqas Raza based?

Waqas Raza is based in Lahore, Pakistan. He works remotely with clients worldwide across the US, EU, and other regions. He is fluent in English and has worked with teams at Delivery Hero (Berlin) and Hello HD (EU startup).

Waqas Raza — AI-Native Systems Engineer

Senior judgment + AI-native execution

From traditional full-stack work to AI-native systems engineering

I started as a traditional full-stack developer, building websites, dashboards, APIs, business tools, WordPress and WooCommerce projects, Laravel apps, React interfaces, Node.js backends, payment flows, mobile features, and client systems.

For a long time, I mostly stayed inside stacks and project structures I already understood. AI gave me a new learning loop: I could enter unfamiliar codebases, ask better questions, test ideas, compare options, and turn difficult roadmaps into smaller engineering decisions.

Today I use Codex, Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and similar tools as a disciplined engineering workflow. I control the architecture, sequence, boundaries, safety rules, verification, and final judgment while using AI-native leverage to execute complex product layers end-to-end.

Foundation

Traditional full-stack production work across websites, APIs, dashboards, business tools, mobile features, and payments.

Learning Loop

ChatGPT turned blockers into a faster cycle of asking, testing, correcting, comparing, and learning.

Agentic Engineering

Claude and Codex now support repo inspection, architecture planning, implementation phases, docs, tests, and verification.

Complex systems I build

I am most useful when a product has multiple layers that must work together cleanly: AI workflows, backend state, APIs, payments, data, automation, operator tooling, and user-facing product surfaces.

Agents01

AI Agents & Tool-Using Workflows

Production agents with tools, memory boundaries, guardrails, retries, human review points, and observability.

RAG02

RAG & Grounded LLM Systems

Document and product knowledge systems with ingestion, chunking, vector search, citations, refusal behavior, evaluation, and diagnostics.

Payments03

Payments, Fintech & Stripe Systems

Subscriptions, Connect, payouts, webhooks, idempotency, reconciliation, audit trails, and operator visibility.

Web304

Ethereum & Web3 Product Logic

Solidity, Foundry/Hardhat, ERC-4337, smart accounts, escrow, settlement flows, wallet/auth integration, and offchain orchestration.

SaaS05

SaaS & Internal Operations Platforms

Multi-tenant systems, admin dashboards, workflow automation, reporting, background jobs, and data pipelines.

Hardening06

Rescue, Refactor & Production Hardening

Stabilizing fragile systems, fixing payment and webhook failures, improving architecture, and reducing regression risk.

Case Studies

Each case study highlights the systems/layers coordinated, what made the build complex, and the production concerns handled across AI, Web3, payments, data, and product surfaces.

Case study

AI Ad Studio

Short-form product ad generation platform

DeliveredProduction-ready

End-to-end workflow: brief → concepts → previews → controlled render batches → review → canonical winner → promotion → deliveryWinner-only public campaign pages and structured delivery workspacesProduction-safe approvals, review gates, and export handoff

Premium, constrained ad-generation system for product marketing teams, ecommerce brands, app founders, and agencies. Focused on a single high-quality workflow from brief to canonical export and delivery.

Complexity

Brief → generation → review → approvals → rendering → export → delivery surfaces.

My role

Architecture, implementation sequencing, AI workflow design, backend/product integration, documentation, and verification.

Systems/layers coordinated

✓Next.js product UI
✓Supabase state
✓OpenAI concept workflow
✓Runway render jobs

Production concerns

Approval gatestoken-gated deliveryrender status consistencyaudit-friendly workflow records

Next.jsTypeScriptSupabaseRunwayOpenAIR2Monorepo

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Case study

Stealth Trails Bank

DeFi banking platform on Ethereum

DeliveredProduction-ready

Real deposit intent workflow with operator review and worker executionDurable audit trails for money-state transitionsSeparation of customer web, API, and internal operator/worker paths

Monorepo for a blockchain-backed banking platform moving from prototype flows into a production-grade system for deposits, wallets, and auditability.

Complexity

Customer deposit intent → operator review → worker execution → onchain broadcast → audit and repair paths.

My role

System architecture, money-state workflow design, backend implementation, operator paths, documentation, and runbooks.

Systems/layers coordinated

✓Customer web
✓API state model
✓operator review
✓background workers

Production concerns

Audit trailsoperator controlbroadcast failure handlingwallet projection repair

Next.jsTypeScriptPrismaPostgreSQLEthereumDeFi

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Case study

AvatarKit AI

Consent-first business avatar platform

DeliveredProduction-ready

Phase 4 complete: auth, workspaces, avatar drafts, source photos, consent, and identity-safety acceptanceWorkspace-scoped Avatar Studio with protected routes, role-aware access, and setup checklist stateClean monorepo boundary for web, API, widget, Python AI/runtime services, and future provider integrations

Phase-driven SaaS foundation for business avatar infrastructure: workspace-scoped creation, source-photo validation, consent records, and a provider-ready architecture for future talking avatar runtimes.

Complexity

Workspace auth, source-photo validation, consent state, avatar drafts, future AI/runtime boundaries, and provider-ready services.

My role

Monorepo architecture, phase sequencing, product state modeling, auth/workspace implementation, and safety guardrails.

Systems/layers coordinated

✓Next.js dashboard
✓API foundation
✓Prisma schema
✓private media storage

Production concerns

Workspace isolationidentity safetyconsent recordsphase guardrails

Next.jsTypeScriptPrismaPostgreSQLRedisFastAPITurborepoDocker

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Case study

Milestone Escrow

Base · ERC-4337 · NestJS · Solidity

DeliveredProduction-ready

WorkstreamEscrow contract: milestones, disputes, resolution, refundsNestJS API: OTP/JWT sessions, SIWE wallet flow, escrow gateway + receiptsPostgres persistence, IP-aware OTP throttling, compliance policy package

Production-oriented foundation for a Base-native milestone escrow: smart-account onboarding, programmable milestone release, disputes, and compliance-aware workflows—engineered as a serious monorepo, not a wallet demo.

Complexity

Smart contracts, ERC-4337 onboarding, web2 auth, wallet proofs, escrow state, compliance rules, and admin workflows.

My role

Contract/product architecture, API orchestration, auth and wallet flow design, implementation sequencing, tests, and runbooks.

Systems/layers coordinated

✓Solidity contracts
✓NestJS API
✓Next.js apps
✓Postgres persistence

Production concerns

Escrow lifecycle integrityreceipt persistencereplay-safe sessionsrefund/dispute paths

SolidityFoundryNestJSTypeScriptBasePostgreSQLERC-4337pnpm

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Case study

VoiceCrunch AI

Speech Analytics Platform

DeliveredProduction-ready

Searchable call-review workflow40+ smart criteria across sentiment, silence and talk dynamicsFlexible monthly and PAYG pricing for call analysis

AI-powered speech analytics platform that scans recorded calls for keywords, phrases, sentiment and conversational patterns, then transcribes and translates key moments.

Complexity

Recorded-call ingestion, transcription, analytics criteria, search, alerting, dashboards, and pricing workflows.

My role

Product architecture, backend workflow design, analytics surface planning, and integration strategy.

Systems/layers coordinated

✓Audio ingestion
✓speech-to-text
✓NLP analytics
✓dashboards

Production concerns

Transient processingconnector normalizationsignal traceabilityusage-based pricing

Speech-to-textNLPSentimentDashboards

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Case study

Deep Research Agent

Python + LangChain + LangGraph

DeliveredProduction-ready

Deterministic, reproducible research runsURL + document ingestion (HTML, PDF, DOCX, TXT, MD, CSV)Traceable artifacts for every run

Production-grade deep research agent that plans, fetches, and writes structured reports from URLs and documents with strict guardrails.

Complexity

Planning, URL/document ingestion, guarded fetches, artifact generation, retries, and reproducible research reports.

My role

Agent architecture, LangGraph workflow design, tool boundaries, artifact model, guardrails, and verification commands.

Systems/layers coordinated

✓Python runtime
✓LangChain/LangGraph
✓fetch tools
✓document parsers

Production concerns

Timeoutssource capsretry limitsdeterministic artifacts

PythonLangChainLangGraphOpenAIFastAPI

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Case study

OpenClaw DocOps Agent

Node.js + TypeScript + OpenAI + Qdrant

DeliveredProduction-ready

Deterministic PDF ingestion into QdrantGrounded Q&A with citations and refusal guardrailsOps-ready doc lifecycle and diagnostics

DocOps automation agent for production-grade document ingestion, grounded Q&A with citations/refusals, and an audit harness for evaluation.

Complexity

PDF ingestion, deterministic chunking, embeddings, Qdrant lifecycle ops, grounded answering, refusals, and audit harnesses.

My role

RAG architecture, ingestion implementation, retrieval debugging, answer policy design, diagnostics, and docs.

Systems/layers coordinated

✓Node.js CLI/API
✓OpenAI embeddings
✓Qdrant Cloud
✓document registry

Production concerns

Deterministic chunk IDscitation behaviorrefusalsrebuild/delete safety

TypeScriptNode.jsOpenAIQdrantOpenClaw

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Case study

AI-Powered Video Editing Pipeline

Python + Remotion · VO → YouTube

DeliveredProduction-ready

Dual-stack: Python (WhisperX, LLM, asset sourcing) + Remotion (React/TS) for renderingEDL JSON pivot format connecting intelligence and compositingAnimated subtitles, overlays, transitions, audio ducking, -14 LUFS

Takes a single voiceover audio file (and optional script) and produces a fully edited YouTube video at professional quality. Target format: VO + B-roll documentary style (Johnny Harris, Veritasium, ColdFusion). Handles 10 minutes to 1 hour.

Complexity

Voiceover → transcript → LLM analysis → EDL JSON → asset sourcing → Remotion render → FFmpeg final output.

My role

Pipeline architecture, EDL contract design, Python/Remotion coordination, production rules, docs, and verification.

Systems/layers coordinated

✓WhisperX
✓LLM analysis
✓asset sourcing
✓Remotion

Production concerns

Editable artifactscache/deduplicationloudness targetsrender reproducibility

PythonWhisperXLLMRemotionReactTypeScriptFFmpegEDL JSON

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Case study

CrimeStats.co.nz

Python/FastAPI + Next.js

DeliveredProduction-ready

Fast APIs via cachingSEO at scaleAutomated ingest pipeline

Crime analytics platform for New Zealand with automated police data ingestion and safety scoring.

Complexity

Public data ingestion, geospatial normalization, scoring, cache layers, API performance, and SEO-scale page generation.

My role

Data pipeline architecture, backend/API implementation, scoring integration, caching, and product surface delivery.

Systems/layers coordinated

✓FastAPI
✓Supabase
✓Redis
✓GeoPandas/Shapely

Production concerns

Idempotent ingestionfairness controlscache strategystructured SEO

PythonFastAPINext.jsSupabaseRedis

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Case study

Flowestate.co.nz

React + NestJS + Supabase

DeliveredProduction-ready

Secure RBAC/ABACWorkflow automationPDF/CSV reporting

Comprehensive dashboard system for law firms, lawyers, and executors managing estates.

Complexity

Legal estate roles, RBAC/ABAC, matter integrations, document workflows, reporting, and role-specific dashboards.

My role

Full-stack architecture, backend module design, dashboard delivery, workflow automation, and reporting surfaces.

Systems/layers coordinated

✓React UI
✓NestJS API
✓Supabase RLS
✓legal integrations

Production concerns

Record-level accessdocument accuracyrole boundariesworkflow automation

ReactNestJSSupabaseTypeScript

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Case study

Cetirc

Flutter App for German Businesses

DeliveredProduction-ready

Stripe Connect payoutsEnterprise securityRAG support chat

Mobile app enabling Stripe payments and payouts with enterprise-grade security.

Complexity

Mobile payments, Stripe Connect, encrypted identity documents, OTP/JWT auth, webhooks, payouts, and RAG support chat.

My role

Mobile/backend integration, payment workflow design, webhook hardening, auth/security implementation, and AI support integration.

Systems/layers coordinated

✓Flutter app
✓Node.js API
✓Stripe Connect
✓AWS SNS/SES

Production concerns

Webhook idempotencydocument encryptionOTP rate limitspayout state integrity

FlutterNode.jsStripeAWSOpenAI

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Upwork Work History

Full Upwork contract history with year-by-year breakdown across payments, SaaS platforms, mobile apps, and modern AI integrations.

Full Contract History

Every contract from my Upwork account history, grouped by year.

Showing 168 projects • $174,978.07 total

20263 projects

$2K+0 hrs

Project	Rating	Dates	Amount	Type	Hours
AI-Powered Automated Video Production Agent	5.0	Mar 6, 2026 - Mar 14, 2026	$1,800.00	Fixed	—
Fix Webhook and Payment Stripe/Nodejs Full-Stack	5.0	Jan 8, 2026 - Jan 10, 2026	$160.00	Fixed	—
Webhook issue for POS payments, Nodejs, TypeScript	5.0	Jan 2, 2026 - Jan 3, 2026	$160.00	Fixed	—

Hour totals only exist for hourly contracts (fixed price jobs don't report hours).

202536 projects

$30K+776 hrs

Project	Rating	Dates	Amount	Type	Hours
Website Integration Project	5.0	Sep 16, 2025 - Dec 10, 2025	$5,641.66	$25.00/hr	226
Backend development for MVP	5.0	May 27, 2025 - Dec 10, 2025	$8,410.00	$20.00/hr	420
Flutter App Optimizations, Getx Navigation Stack	5.0	Jul 12, 2025 - Jul 18, 2025	$440.00	Fixed	—
Twilio API Issue in Flutter and Node.js	5.0	Jul 8, 2025 - Jul 12, 2025	$240.00	Fixed	—
Stripe Payment SDK Update & Stripe Payout API Fix	5.0	Jul 3, 2025 - Jul 4, 2025	$180.00	Fixed	—
Email Delivery via AWS SQS & SES + Flutter updates	5.0	Jul 2, 2025 - Jul 3, 2025	$320.00	Fixed	—
POS WiFi & Custom Controls + Next.js Updates	5.0	Jun 27, 2025 - Jul 1, 2025	$210.00	Fixed	—
Stripe webhook updates, IAM AWS Role with Node.js	5.0	Jun 18, 2025 - Jun 18, 2025	$100.00	Fixed	—
OpenAI & RAG chat issues, Auth, Next/Node/Flutter	5.0	Jun 12, 2025 - Jun 17, 2025	$460.00	Fixed	—
Nextjs website updates & Flutter App Face-ID issue	5.0	Jun 7, 2025 - Jun 10, 2025	$100.00	Fixed	—
physician job board website	2.6	May 14, 2025 - Jun 7, 2025	$1,890.00	$20.00/hr	94
Bolt / Supabase / Auth Assistance	5.0	May 20, 2025 - May 27, 2025	$200.00	Fixed	—
SaaS Auth/Payment Setup – Final Stage Dev Support	5.0	May 7, 2025 - May 13, 2025	$483.00	Fixed	—
Flutter In-App Update, API Fix & SSL Setup Node.js	5.0	May 5, 2025 - May 8, 2025	$300.00	Fixed	—
Flutter - Save PDF, Camera, POS Stripe Payment Fix	5.0	Mar 26, 2025 - Mar 27, 2025	$180.00	Fixed	—
Flutter: Apple & Google Auth Integration Fixes	5.0	Mar 24, 2025 - Mar 25, 2025	$120.00	Fixed	—
AI-Optimized Palm Image Sync in POS App to Node.js	5.0	Mar 22, 2025 - Mar 25, 2025	$200.00	Fixed	—
Flutter App: UI/UX Fixes & EN–DE Localization	5.0	Mar 21, 2025 - Mar 22, 2025	$400.00	Fixed	—
POS Android App – Stripe Integration Fixes	5.0	Mar 8, 2025 - Mar 9, 2025	$200.00	Fixed	—
Transaction PDF Receipts (Wise/Revolut-Style)	5.0	Mar 1, 2025 - Mar 3, 2025	$320.00	Fixed	—
NextJS Dashboard Fixes, APIs Integration, JWT AUTH	5.0	Feb 26, 2025 - Mar 1, 2025	$500.00	Fixed	—
Next.js Multi-Domain Setup, i18n, Flutter changes	5.0	Feb 21, 2025 - Feb 24, 2025	$600.00	Fixed	—
AWS server upgrade, Flutter issues, Authentication	5.0	Feb 18, 2025 - Feb 20, 2025	$300.00	Fixed	—
Stripe Connect APIs Onboarding, WebID, Compliance	5.0	Feb 10, 2025 - Feb 18, 2025	$3,400.00	Fixed	—
OpenAI Chat Support in Flutter + UI + Backend	5.0	Jan 31, 2025 - Feb 10, 2025	$840.00	Fixed	—
Integrate Cetirc Payment System for Businesses	5.0	Jan 28, 2025 - Jan 30, 2025	$500.00	Fixed	—
CI/CD Setup, Biometrics Login, Flutter UI updates	5.0	Jan 20, 2025 - Jan 28, 2025	$500.00	Fixed	—
Passcode local authentication system in Flutter	5.0	Jan 28, 2025	$100.00	Fixed	—
Google Maps Caching, Preloading Screens in Flutter	5.0	Jan 24, 2025 - Jan 28, 2025	$600.00	Fixed	—
Flutter changes, Emails, iOS Optimization, Maps	5.0	Jan 12, 2025 - Jan 20, 2025	$300.00	Fixed	—
Event-Triggered Notifications Nodejs, SES AWS	5.0	Jan 16, 2025 - Jan 20, 2025	$400.00	Fixed	—
Flutter, NextJs, NodeJs, AWS Full Stack	5.0	Jan 1, 2025 - Jan 13, 2025	$720.00	$20.00/hr	36
SEPA Direct Payments, Stripe APIs, Flutter UI	5.0	Jan 12, 2025	$480.00	Fixed	—
Stripe connect onboarding and Stripe Cards Element	5.0	Dec 27, 2024 - Jan 6, 2025	$120.00	Fixed	—
AWS server setup	5.0	Dec 29, 2024 - Jan 6, 2025	$200.00	Fixed	—
Flutter changes, UI Updates, Directions etc	5.0	Dec 31, 2024 - Jan 6, 2025	$160.00	Fixed	—

Hour totals only exist for hourly contracts (fixed price jobs don't report hours).

202412 projects

$9K+460 hrs

Project	Rating	Dates	Amount	Type	Hours
Push + Real time notifications in Flutter	5.0	Nov 29, 2024 - Dec 26, 2024	$250.00	Fixed	—
Android POS Palm Vein/Card Scan, NFC Registration	5.0	Dec 16, 2024 - Dec 26, 2024	$600.00	Fixed	—
Integrate stripe connect into Flutter	5.0	Nov 21, 2024 - Dec 9, 2024	$500.00	Fixed	—
Convert TypeScript Node REST APIs to ReactAdmin	5.0	Nov 2, 2024 - Nov 15, 2024	$150.00	Fixed	—
Payment APIs for POS in TypeScript - Stripe	5.0	Nov 7, 2024 - Nov 15, 2024	$50.00	Fixed	—
Flutter Add Stripe Card, Update Card - Stripe API	5.0	Nov 9, 2024 - Nov 15, 2024	$50.00	Fixed	—
You will get Full Stack React \| Laravel \| TypeScript \| PHP \| NodeJs \| WordPress Expert	5.0	Oct 30, 2024 - Nov 2, 2024	$299.00	Fixed	—
Migrate old laravel to new hosting with database	5.0	Oct 12, 2024 - Oct 13, 2024	$50.00	Fixed	—
Ecommerce Web App & Mobile App Development with Cryptocurrency Integration	5.0	Sep 30, 2024 - Oct 12, 2024	$550.00	Fixed	—
Full Stack Associate Developer	5.0	May 18, 2024 - Sep 4, 2024	$2,820.00	$15.00/hr	282
Booking Core PHP Project	5.0	May 19, 2024 - Jul 25, 2024	$201.67	$10.00/hr	20
Build API & Simple Reporting Module (PHP Laravel Spark Application)	—	Jul 5, 2023 - Jan 12, 2024	$3,166.67	$20.00/hr	158

Hour totals only exist for hourly contracts (fixed price jobs don't report hours).

20233 projects

$25K+1,262 hrs

Project	Rating	Dates	Amount	Type	Hours
Seeking Skilled Laravel Developer for Filament-based Project!	5.0	Apr 3, 2023 - Nov 17, 2023	$25,240.00	$20.00/hr	1,262
PHP and csv script	—	May 16, 2021 - Aug 4, 2023	$100.00	Fixed	—
Shopify search optimization	—	Jun 17, 2021 - Aug 4, 2023	$100.00	Fixed	—

Hour totals only exist for hourly contracts (fixed price jobs don't report hours).

20222 projects

$169.24+16 hrs

Project	Rating	Dates	Amount	Type	Hours
Looking for a PHP expert	5.0	Aug 16, 2022 - Aug 16, 2022	$19.24	$20.00/hr	1
Create appealing Landingpage (Wix)	—	Mar 6, 2021 - Mar 25, 2022	$150.00	$10.00/hr	15

Hour totals only exist for hourly contracts (fixed price jobs don't report hours).

20211 projects

$285.00+0 hrs

Project	Rating	Dates	Amount	Type	Hours
Wordpress & API Integrations	5.0	May 6, 2021 - May 10, 2021	$285.00	Fixed	—

Hour totals only exist for hourly contracts (fixed price jobs don't report hours).

202012 projects

$9K+462 hrs

Project	Rating	Dates	Amount	Type	Hours
Need to Add Image Upload Form to Laravel Spark App	—	May 5, 2020 - Nov 9, 2020	$400.00	$20.00/hr	20
Phase 2 Modification and Development of Laravel Project	—	May 7, 2020 - Nov 9, 2020	$450.00	Fixed	—
WP Developer needed to help support multi-languages website asap	—	May 7, 2020 - Nov 9, 2020	$400.00	$20.00/hr	20
Updates to Laravel app	—	May 26, 2020 - Nov 9, 2020	$1,220.00	$20.00/hr	61
Re-Design of my Website	—	Feb 24, 2019 - May 14, 2020	$472.00	Fixed	—
Remove hack on site	—	Feb 18, 2020 - May 14, 2020	$300.00	Fixed	—
Developer needed for modification of Open Source Laravel Project	5.0	Apr 29, 2020 - May 14, 2020	$200.00	Fixed	—
Laravel, Adsense, Countly, Heroku and AWS	—	Oct 27, 2018 - May 14, 2020	$3,885.00	$15.00/hr	259
Complete Website migration from Wordpress to Bluehost	—	Feb 2, 2020 - Apr 15, 2020	$50.00	Fixed	—
Experience LARAVEL Developer	5.0	Feb 22, 2020 - Mar 18, 2020	$1,530.00	$15.00/hr	102
Logo to Site	5.0	Feb 5, 2020 - Feb 6, 2020	$35.00	Fixed	—
Assistance Updating/Creating Website Through Wordpress	5.0	Feb 2, 2020 - Feb 4, 2020	$55.00	Fixed	—

Hour totals only exist for hourly contracts (fixed price jobs don't report hours).

20198 projects

$39K+733 hrs

Project	Rating	Dates	Amount	Type	Hours
Construct Website with Template	5.0	Oct 9, 2019 - Nov 5, 2019	$850.00	Fixed	—
Music Platform	—	Sep 10, 2018 - May 17, 2019	$16,000.00	Fixed	—
Remaining of March with Capnotch	—	Apr 1, 2019 - May 17, 2019	$6,100.00	Fixed	—
Urgent Angular site work	5.0	Dec 18, 2018 - Apr 25, 2019	$5,364.00	$18.00/hr	128
Laravel developer to join a International Team	5.0	Nov 30, 2017 - Apr 24, 2019	$3,352.50	$15.00/hr	224
Laravel PHP Web Application Developer needed	—	Aug 29, 2017 - Apr 24, 2019	$7,250.00	$20.00/hr	363
patch website and move to new hosting	5.0	Feb 6, 2019 - Feb 21, 2019	$360.00	$20.00/hr	18
Fixing my Website Hacks	5.0	Feb 8, 2019 - Feb 13, 2019	$100.00	Fixed	—

Hour totals only exist for hourly contracts (fixed price jobs don't report hours).

201810 projects

$47K+2,218 hrs

Project	Rating	Dates	Amount	Type	Hours
Build API & Simple Reporting Module (PHP Laravel Spark Application)	5.0	Aug 1, 2018 - Oct 8, 2018	$1,860.00	Fixed	—
Need a CTO for a startup	5.0	Jul 26, 2018 - Sep 7, 2018	$7,200.00	$100.00/hr	232
App development for a Spotify third party app.	5.0	Jun 19, 2018 - Aug 14, 2018	$100.00	Fixed	—
Mobile Developer for Music Platform	4.9	Jan 3, 2018 - Jun 8, 2018	$31,323.34	$20.00/hr	1,476
website upload, change logo and background etc.	5.0	Mar 16, 2018 - Mar 28, 2018	$120.00	Fixed	—
New Updates to InDev website	5.0	Jun 23, 2017 - Mar 15, 2018	$4,360.01	$10.00/hr	419
WordPress Review Site Needed	—	Aug 8, 2017 - Feb 19, 2018	$1,336.67	$20.00/hr	67
make button updates and links	5.0	Feb 16, 2018 - Feb 17, 2018	$25.00	Fixed	—
Upload website, add logo, change color, add video	5.0	Jan 29, 2018 - Feb 2, 2018	$100.00	Fixed	—
Laravel/VueJS Back end Developer	5.0	Aug 12, 2017 - Jan 23, 2018	$238.33	$10.00/hr	24

Hour totals only exist for hourly contracts (fixed price jobs don't report hours).

201722 projects

$7K+605 hrs

Project	Rating	Dates	Amount	Type	Hours
Laravel Developer required for couple of projects	5.0	Jun 16, 2017 - Dec 14, 2017	$475.00	Fixed	—
Wordpress: Simple install, modifications, and content entry for premium WP template (X-Theme and/or Avada)	4.5	Jun 18, 2016 - Dec 12, 2017	$653.33	$5.00/hr	131
WordPress blog Designs	5.0	Nov 4, 2017 - Nov 4, 2017	$50.00	Fixed	—
PHP developer with Codeigniter experience.	5.0	Aug 21, 2017 - Oct 18, 2017	$25.00	Fixed	—
Google Analytics Embed API Dashboard in Laravel	5.0	Aug 13, 2017 - Oct 16, 2017	$110.00	$10.00/hr	11
PHP to Laravel,vue.js rewrite of eCommerce module	—	Jun 15, 2017 - Sep 12, 2017	$500.00	Fixed	—
Laravel developer to both assist and develop on a project the coming months	—	Apr 23, 2017 - Sep 5, 2017	$320.00	$20.00/hr	16
Wordpress Website Upgrade	—	Apr 21, 2017 - Sep 5, 2017	$90.00	Fixed	—
Laravel and VueJS/Angular Back end Developer for a Movie Database	5.0	Jul 13, 2017 - Aug 8, 2017	$296.67	$10.00/hr	30
Laravel Developer	5.0	Jul 4, 2017 - Aug 2, 2017	$130.00	$10.00/hr	13
Restoring website	5.0	Jul 31, 2017 - Jul 31, 2017	$50.00	Fixed	—
required wordpress wizard	—	Jan 3, 2017 - Jun 13, 2017	$10.00	Fixed	—
Laravel Developer required for couple of projects	—	Jun 7, 2017 - Jun 12, 2017	$80.00	$10.00/hr	8
Need to add a blog to OptimizePress site on Wordpress	5.0	May 31, 2017 - Jun 1, 2017	$20.00	Fixed	—
fix wordpress	5.0	May 31, 2017 - May 31, 2017	$20.00	Fixed	—
Wordpress development for a website with AVADA theme	—	Feb 5, 2017 - Apr 23, 2017	$50.00	Fixed	—
clone site and put on new domain	5.0	Apr 1, 2017 - Apr 21, 2017	$60.00	Fixed	—
WordPress Plugin Conflict Fix	5.0	Apr 4, 2017 - Apr 4, 2017	$20.00	Fixed	—
mobile website	5.0	Mar 13, 2017 - Apr 1, 2017	$200.00	Fixed	—
Need Wordpress Site fixed	5.0	Mar 31, 2017 - Mar 31, 2017	$50.00	Fixed	—
WordPress Work	5.0	Mar 17, 2017 - Mar 17, 2017	$20.00	Fixed	—
Laravel Work	5.0	Aug 23, 2016 - Feb 7, 2017	$3,956.69	$10.00/hr	396

Hour totals only exist for hourly contracts (fixed price jobs don't report hours).

201623 projects

$3K+0 hrs

Project	Rating	Dates	Amount	Type	Hours
small fixes to wordpress	5.0	Nov 19, 2016 - Dec 1, 2016	$50.00	Fixed	—
Add-Resellers and referralCANDY	—	Sep 29, 2016 - Nov 6, 2016	$25.00	Fixed	—
Need a website designed in Wordpress, Drupal or Joomla for a food Takeaway business	5.0	Aug 20, 2016 - Sep 22, 2016	$400.00	Fixed	—
Website building	5.0	Jun 21, 2016 - Aug 27, 2016	$501.01	Fixed	—
WordPress Site Redesign / WordPress to Moblle Site Design	5.0	Jun 21, 2016 - Aug 15, 2016	$205.00	Fixed	—
Replicate Joomla functionality on Wordpress	5.0	Aug 4, 2016 - Aug 8, 2016	$100.00	Fixed	—
add buttom and fix revslider	5.0	Jul 24, 2016 - Aug 2, 2016	$20.00	Fixed	—
Talented Wordpress Divi Theme Designer Needed	4.5	Jul 5, 2016 - Jul 22, 2016	$100.00	Fixed	—
Simple Wordpress in x-theme using parallax!	5.0	Jul 9, 2016 - Jul 15, 2016	$325.00	Fixed	—
Create a site using Pagecloud	4.6	Jun 15, 2016 - Jun 23, 2016	$50.00	Fixed	—
Easy Job: Download a Wordpress template from website to put on another domain	5.0	Jun 10, 2016 - Jun 11, 2016	$10.00	Fixed	—
Experienced CSS Coder Required	5.0	Feb 29, 2016 - Mar 20, 2016	$100.00	Fixed	—
Fix website make hack free	5.0	Mar 10, 2016 - Mar 10, 2016	$135.00	Fixed	—
Transfer site from wordpress.com to wordpress.org	5.0	Mar 6, 2016 - Mar 7, 2016	$100.00	Fixed	—
Wordpress layout Build - with template	5.0	Feb 1, 2016 - Feb 29, 2016	$80.00	Fixed	—
Fixing website	5.0	Feb 17, 2016 - Feb 18, 2016	$75.00	Fixed	—
Wordpress layout Build with template - EDG	5.0	Feb 16, 2016 - Feb 16, 2016	$100.00	Fixed	—
Update website	5.0	Jan 28, 2016 - Feb 7, 2016	$50.00	Fixed	—
Wordpress layout updates	5.0	Jan 28, 2016 - Feb 1, 2016	$50.00	Fixed	—
Designing a Wordpress website for a foundation for horses and kids with autism	—	Sep 29, 2015 - Jan 18, 2016	$100.00	Fixed	—
Online Store For Spanish Website	—	Nov 6, 2015 - Jan 18, 2016	$70.00	Fixed	—
Wordpress layout updates	—	Oct 14, 2015 - Jan 18, 2016	$30.00	Fixed	—
Simple bilingual Wordpress website with events calendar	—	Oct 3, 2015 - Jan 18, 2016	$150.00	Fixed	—

Hour totals only exist for hourly contracts (fixed price jobs don't report hours).

201523 projects

$2K+0 hrs

Project	Rating	Dates	Amount	Type	Hours
Wordpress website problem	5.0	Nov 26, 2015 - Nov 26, 2015	$5.00	$10.00/hr	—
Spanish Website	5.0	Aug 2, 2015 - Nov 4, 2015	$150.00	Fixed	—
Wordpress Blog Design	4.9	Jul 22, 2015 - Jul 31, 2015	$300.00	Fixed	—
Simple Wordpress for Contacts, Companies and Products pages	5.0	Jul 18, 2015 - Jul 26, 2015	$100.00	Fixed	—
Upload graphic design on website	5.0	Jul 9, 2015 - Jul 14, 2015	$10.00	Fixed	—
Minor updates to WordPress - Security, etc	5.0	Jul 8, 2015 - Jul 11, 2015	$20.00	Fixed	—
Basic info splash page and contact page with calendar interface	5.0	Jun 22, 2015 - Jul 7, 2015	$175.00	Fixed	—
Transfering domains to Bluehost	5.0	Feb 18, 2015 - Jun 2, 2015	$40.00	Fixed	—
Develop real estate website	5.0	Feb 11, 2015 - May 22, 2015	$450.00	Fixed	—
Need Wordpress Expert to Re-Design Our 2 Websites	—	Feb 11, 2015 - Apr 23, 2015	$200.00	Fixed	—
Short wordpress job ftp/back end needed	5.0	Apr 8, 2015 - Apr 8, 2015	$10.00	Fixed	—
Travel Agency Wordpress Web Design	—	Jan 3, 2015 - Apr 3, 2015	$90.00	Fixed	—
Wordpress pro to complete my website start immediately - re-posting	5.0	Mar 9, 2015 - Mar 22, 2015	$100.00	Fixed	—
Need to fix Wordpress site - plugins all deactivated	5.0	Mar 1, 2015 - Mar 1, 2015	$50.00	Fixed	—
Redesign website	5.0	Feb 23, 2015 - Feb 28, 2015	$200.00	Fixed	—
convert drupal site to wordpress	5.0	Dec 30, 2014 - Feb 21, 2015	$85.00	Fixed	—
Redesign New ECommerce Site with Customization	—	Jan 3, 2015 - Feb 17, 2015	$81.00	Fixed	—
Move Domain	5.0	Jan 29, 2015 - Jan 29, 2015	$27.00	Fixed	—
Need a Graphic Designer to Help me Modify the Look of my current Website	5.0	Jan 7, 2015 - Jan 20, 2015	$135.00	Fixed	—
Basic info splash page and contact page	5.0	Jan 11, 2015 - Jan 16, 2015	$99.00	Fixed	—
Wordpress site needed for Personal Brand	5.0	Jan 3, 2015 - Jan 5, 2015	$45.00	Fixed	—
Worpress Guy needed	5.0	Dec 30, 2014 - Jan 3, 2015	$18.00	Fixed	—
Redesign New Beauty Wordpress Site	—	Dec 24, 2014 - Jan 2, 2015	$67.50	Fixed	—

Hour totals only exist for hourly contracts (fixed price jobs don't report hours).

201413 projects

$654.78+23 hrs

Project	Rating	Dates	Amount	Type	Hours
Website Hosted on Drupal Needs Transferred to Bluehost	5.0	Dec 24, 2014 - Dec 30, 2014	$14.40	$8.00/hr	2
Can you help fInish Wordpress Website? Divi theme	5.0	Dec 23, 2014 - Dec 27, 2014	$27.00	Fixed	—
Re-design a website, make website tablet & phone friendly	5.0	Dec 12, 2014 - Dec 26, 2014	$81.00	Fixed	—
Completely Redesign Wordpress Site	5.0	Dec 24, 2014 - Dec 24, 2014	$72.00	Fixed	—
Wordpress Transfer Post to New Pages	5.0	Dec 23, 2014 - Dec 23, 2014	$45.01	Fixed	—
Final Phase of Gecko	4.7	Oct 20, 2014 - Oct 29, 2014	$46.20	$8.55/hr	6
Login page and setup wordpress theme	5.0	Oct 12, 2014 - Oct 20, 2014	$135.00	Fixed	—
Installing wordpress theme	5.0	Sep 23, 2014 - Sep 28, 2014	$22.50	Fixed	—
Wordpress Ecommerce Site Built with cart	—	Aug 7, 2014 - Sep 24, 2014	$90.00	Fixed	—
Re-produce a site in Wordpress	5.0	Sep 4, 2014 - Sep 9, 2014	$58.67	$4.44/hr	15
Re-produce a site in Wordpress	5.0	Sep 2, 2014 - Sep 4, 2014	$36.00	Fixed	—
Drupal website	5.0	Jul 18, 2014 - Jul 26, 2014	$18.00	Fixed	—
Small task	5.0	Jul 19, 2014 - Jul 20, 2014	$9.00	Fixed	—

Hour totals only exist for hourly contracts (fixed price jobs don't report hours).

168 contracts across 2014–2026, totaling 6,555 billed hours and an average rating of 4.97/5 on 136 rated contracts.

How I work with Codex/Claude orchestration

I do not use AI as blind code generation. I use it as a structured engineering workflow around senior judgment: understand the system, define the architecture, implement in safe slices, document decisions, verify behavior, and leave the codebase easier to continue.

Problem model

Clarify goals, constraints, users, data, money and state transitions, edge cases, and what failure looks like.

Architecture before implementation

Define boundaries, data flow, APIs, state models, auth, background jobs, payment/webhook behavior, and integration risks.

AI-native execution plan

Use Codex/Claude to inspect the repo, identify conventions, plan safe implementation slices, and sequence work without breaking existing paths.

Implementation in controlled layers

Build frontend, backend, agents, contracts, payments, workers, and integrations in small verifiable slices rather than chaotic rewrites.

Verification and hardening

Run typechecks, linting, builds, tests, smoke tests, webhook simulations, contract tests, and manual acceptance flows where needed.

Documentation and handoff

Leave architecture notes, runbooks, state docs, verification commands, and next-step context so the project can continue cleanly.

Skills & Stack

13+ years · Agents, RAG, Payments, Web3, Full-Stack

CoreProficientFamiliar

AI & LLM

Core focus

5 core6 +

OpenAI / GPT-4oAI AgentsLangChainLangGraphRAGPrompt EngineeringEmbeddingsQdrant / PineconeCrewAIWhisperXGuardrails & Cost Controln8nZapier

Web3 & Blockchain

Core focus

3 core5 +

SolidityEthereumFoundryBase (L2)ERC-4337HardhatEthers.jsDeFiSIWESmart AccountsWagmi

Backend

4 core4 +

Node.jsTypeScriptNestJSFastAPIPythonExpress.jsREST & GraphQLServerless

Frontend

4 core2 +

Next.jsReactTypeScriptTailwindReduxFramer Motionshadcn/ui

Data & Storage

3 core3 +

PostgreSQLSupabaseRedisPrismaDrizzleQdrantMongoDB

Payments

3 core2 +

Stripe ConnectWebhooksPayoutsSubscriptionsIdempotencyPayPalPaddle

DevOps & Cloud

2 core4 +

DockerGitHub ActionsAWSGCPVercelNginxRenderPM2

Mobile

2 core2 +

FlutterDartPush NotificationsIn-App PurchasesApp Store / Play Store

About Me

AI-Native Systems Engineer combining 13+ years of full-stack production experience with Codex/Claude orchestration to build complex AI, SaaS, payment, fintech, and Web3 products.

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$175K+

Total earnings

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4.97/5

Avg rating

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168

Contracts

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6,555+

Total hours

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0–4 hrs

Avg response

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30+ hrs/week

Availability

Long-form background

My engineering transformation

A ladder-style story from traditional full-stack delivery into AI-native systems engineering with Claude and Codex.

13+ yearsStructured promptsAgentic workflowCodex/Claude orchestration

I started in the traditional way: websites, dashboards, APIs, business tools, WordPress, WooCommerce, Laravel, React, Node.js, payment flows, mobile features, and client systems. I was capable of delivering real work, but I mostly stayed inside stacks and project structures I already understood. Simple and straightforward projects felt safer because large unfamiliar systems had too many layers, and learning them through the old path was slow and unclear. That phase still mattered. It taught me h...

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Experience

AI-Native Systems Engineer | Agents, RAG, Payments, Fintech & Web3

2013 – Present

Upwork

Founder of 2 startups and former CTO. Building complex AI agents, RAG systems, SaaS platforms, payment workflows, data pipelines, and Web3 products for global clients.

Software Engineer

2020 – 2021

Delivery Hero Berlin

Built and maintained high‑performance delivery web experiences and backend services in a global org.

Remote CTO / Lead Engineer

2019 – 2020

Hello HD (EU Startup)

Owned outcomes: shipped MVP features, led remote delivery, and built systems that scaled with the team.

Education

National University of Sciences and Technology

Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Software Engineering

2013 – 2017

Response time: typically 0–4 hours. Availability: 30+ hrs/week.

Complex AI-native software, built end-to-end.

From traditional full-stack work to AI-native systems engineering

Complex systems I build

AI Agents & Tool-Using Workflows

RAG & Grounded LLM Systems

Payments, Fintech & Stripe Systems

Ethereum & Web3 Product Logic

SaaS & Internal Operations Platforms

Rescue, Refactor & Production Hardening

Case Studies

AI Ad Studio

Stealth Trails Bank

AvatarKit AI

Milestone Escrow

VoiceCrunch AI

Deep Research Agent

OpenClaw DocOps Agent

AI-Powered Video Editing Pipeline

CrimeStats.co.nz

Flowestate.co.nz

Cetirc

Upwork Work History

Full Contract History

How I work with Codex/Claude orchestration

Problem model

Architecture before implementation

AI-native execution plan

Implementation in controlled layers

Verification and hardening

Documentation and handoff

Skills & Stack

AI & LLM

Web3 & Blockchain

Backend

Frontend

Data & Storage

Payments

DevOps & Cloud

Mobile

About Me

My engineering transformation

Experience

Education