Umar Saeed Cheema

Umar Saeed Cheema

Exploring the Art of Building Scalable Software

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2025 -
Snoonu
Working as a Software Engineer at Snoonu, Qatar’s leading food delivery platform. I contribute to the development of the Inventory Management System, which manages product data, pricing, and real-time stock levels across 10+ dark stores. My work involves building scalable backend services, ensuring data consistency, and integrating with internal APIs as part of Snoonu’s journey toward becoming the Middle East’s first unicorn.
2023 - 2024
Worked as a Full Stack Developer in the internal tools team, I focused on developing essential systems and applications for our digital banking platform. This included creating portals for agents, enabling efficient customer modifications, and product management.
2022 - 2023
At Open Data Pakistan, I led the expansion of the platform to support a significantly larger dataset collection, creating a vital resource for researchers and policymakers. This project marked my introduction to Open Data, where I focused on fostering data accessibility and collaboration.
2019 - 2023
BSc at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, majoring in computer science. I was introduced to the idea of learning beyond borders and life-long learning. Worked on the HEC funded Open Data Pakistan and also served as Gen Sec of INDEX during my senior year.
featured writing
I have started a blog but not very regular. Here is the collection of some of my posts:
featured projects
Audio Screen Blackout
Audio Screen Blackout Faced extreme displeasure in early days of job because of too much noise. To tackle that, built a simple Python app that would black out the screen of the user if their volume level was higher than normal conversation level.
python
Interview Deck
Interview Deck an AI-powered flashcards app designed to enhance interview preparation. It generates customized flashcards based on selected prompts, providing a targeted and effective study tool for users aiming to excel in interviews.
React (Next.js) MUI Firestore Groq LLama-3-8b Clerk Vercel
Pomodoro
Pomodoro Chrome Extension Developed a Chrome extension based on the Pomodoro technique to enhance productivity by enabling focused work sessions. The extension includes a customizable timer, session tracking, and integrated website blocking to minimize distractions during focus periods.
JS
ResolveAI
ResolveAI is an intelligent chatbot platform built for Ooredoo customers using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). It allows users to query uploaded documents or general company information.
FAST API Streamlit Python Langchain OpenAI API EC2 Docker CI CD
PAQI Dashboard
PAQI Dashboard: Built a real-time data streaming dashboard for the Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI) to monitor air quality data from various sensors across Pakistan. The dashboard provides a visual representation of the data, allowing users to analyze trends and patterns in air quality over time. This was also my first interaction with streaming data.
FAST API Shinny Python AWS Lambda AWS DynamoDB EC2 Docker AWS EventBridge
Misc
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