Umar Saeed Cheema

Umar Saeed Cheema

Exploring the Art of Building Scalable Software

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2025 -
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Building the backend behind Qatar's largest super app and its in-house delivery fleet (FalconFlex). Across the Inventory and FalconFlex teams, I focus on backend system design and architecture — microservices, distributed systems, and real-time logistics.
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.
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 in Computer Science. Expanded Open Data Pakistan as my final-year project and served as Gen Sec of INDEX.
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
misc: I built a lot of other random stuff over time.
misc unsorted
strava runs