Saad Irfan
Founding SWE @ Langbase ❯ React, Next.js, Node.js, Cloudflare ❯ Next.js Conf Speaker
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About
As an expert Software Engineer with over 4+ years of practical experience, I specialize in building scalable, high-performance platforms with a strong focus on developer experience and system design. Currently, I'm a Founding Software Engineer at Langbase, where I led the launch of Chai.new, an AI agent platform that scaled to 10K+ users and over 100K agents within two months. I’ve built core systems including agent lifecycle management, code versioning, LLM thread infra, multi-tenant orgs with RBAC, and API key management at scale—helping support over 500M monthly agent runs. Previously at Kyte, I worked across web and mobile to improve performance, conversion, and reliability through features like recent searches, abandoned cart flows, and cross-platform design system components. Before that, I built developer tools and content-driven apps at Rapid (formerly RapidAPI), boosting developer engagement and traffic by 300%. I'm proficient in tools and frameworks such as React, Next.js, Node.js, Express, Hono, React Native, TypeScript, Supabase, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Firestore, and Cloudflare Workers. I also work with Tailwind CSS, Styled Components, Tamagui, React Query, Tinybird, Storybook, Figma, Segment, Braze, Strapi CMS, and Vercel. I apply patterns like RPC, RLS, and JWT-based RBAC to build secure, efficient, and scalable systems. I’m driven by clean code, performance, and building tools that empower users and developers alike.
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Experience (10 roles)
Founding Software Engineer
Current⌘ Creator of Chai.new — For the first time, you can vibe-code any AI agent. Your on-demand AI Engineer. → Designed, engineered, and launched Chai.new, an AI agent platform for building and managing code-based AI agents and apps using Next.js, Hono, and React Query. → Built core features including ...
2 roles · Jul 2023 - Feb 2024
Software Engineer II
→ Developed cross-platform "Recent Searches" feature for Kyte web and native mobile app, optimizing HP-to-checkout flow. Utilized user cache for unauthenticated users and database for authenticated ones, resulting in an 8% increase in bookings. → Revamped the Homepage with a new web/mobile navbar a...
Software Engineer I
→ Utilized Flagr as a feature flagging tool to conduct A/B testing on features across various service markets or demographic segments prior to widespread release. → Enhanced web user verification process, elevating user experience and incorporating Segment events, resulting in a significant 12.2% r...
Software Engineer
→ Designed and deployed numerous secure, reliable, and scalable on-demand ISR web applications utilizing HTML, CSS, TypeScript, React, Next.js, and WP as a headless CMS. Leveraged Tailwind CSS, styled-components, React hooks, and Vercel to facilitate the launch of diverse DevRel initiatives. → Enha...
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Education (1)
University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore
Activities and societies: Microsoft Student Partner | Developer Student Club | Google Developers, Society for the Advancement of Computing, Table Tennis, Badminton, Cricket → Studied at the University of Engineering and Technology (UET), one of the top-ranking universities in Pakistan, which has an acceptance rate of 3.6%. → Graduating CGPA: 3.52/4 → Subjects of Interest Programming Fundamentals Object-Oriented Programming Data Structures & Algorithms Computer Organization & Assembly Language Database Management System Operating System University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore
Skills (58)
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Volunteer Experience (8)▼
Speaker
iCode Guru
May 2021 · 1 mo
Web Development Forum Manager
ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Jan 2021 - Mar 2021 · 3 mos
Guest Speaker
Hack Club NUST
Jun 2021 · 1 mo
General Member
CurrentAKS-UET Photography Society
Oct 2018 - Present · 6 yrs 10 mos
Guest Speaker
Mehran University of Engineering and Technology
Sep 2020 · 1 mo
Student Volunteer
KAAR-E-KAMAL
Aug 2019 · 1 mo
Web Development Team Lead
ACM, Association for Computing Machinery
Jul 2021 - May 2022 · 11 mos
Next.js Conf Speaker
Vercel
Oct 2021 · 1 mo
Honors & Awards (1)▼
Microsoft Learn Ambassador
Issued by Microsoft · Jan 2020
Associated with University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore Learn Student Ambassadors are a global group of campus leaders who are eager to help fellow students, create robust tech communities, and develop technical and career skills for the future.
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