Since 2010
16+ years
writing and shipping production software
400+
projects built, joined, maintained, migrated, and rescued
Since 2018
freelancing end to end: scoping, pitching, building, supporting
CTO
at DS Technologies since February 2024
Technology leadership for the systems your business runs on.
I am Muhammad Irfan Afzal, CTO at DS Technologies. Since 2010 I have worked on more than 400 projects — building them from scratch, joining teams mid-flight, keeping systems running in production for years, and rescuing the ones that had become unsafe to change. Since 2018 I have done that same work independently, for clients who need someone senior who will still write the code.
Capabilities
All services
What I work on
Shaped by what clients actually ask for. Each area covers the decision-making and the hands-on build.
Experience
From engineer to CTO, without leaving the codebase
Sixteen years across product companies, an enterprise security firm, and independent consulting that has run continuously since 2018.
Chief Technology Officer
DS Technologies
Own technical strategy, architecture, and engineering operations. Currently leading Aruna, a real-time trucking and logistics platform built on Laravel, Nuxt, and Flutter.
Software & DevOps Consultant
Independent
Freelance delivery running alongside my full-time roles: Ethereum token and wallet infrastructure, multi-chain Web3 front ends, AWS migrations, CI/CD pipelines, and conversational AI tooling.
Principal Software Engineer
Technosids · London, UK
Led core product and architecture decisions for ecommerce systems, including a multi-store progressive web app serving a catalogue of 6,000+ items.
Lead Software & DevOps Engineer
Lockmesh
Built a mobile device management platform for secure enterprise communications, spanning a MERN stack application, custom Android OS integration, and the cloud infrastructure underneath it.
Software Engineer to Principal Engineer
Sunztech Intl
Eight years across web, mobile, and infrastructure. Geolocation marketplaces, hybrid mobile apps, payment integrations, API design, and day-to-day production support.
Selected work
All projects
Four projects that show the range
Logistics dispatch, an ecommerce storefront, enterprise device management, and blockchain infrastructure.
Engagements
Looking for senior technical help?
Whether you need architecture direction, a production system stabilised, or an extra pair of experienced hands, the best place to start is a short conversation.
Contact
Let us talk about your project
Shipping a product, fixing reliability problems, modernising deployments, or just wanting a second opinion on an architecture decision — send me an email. I read everything.
Get in touch
Email:
Phone:
Location: Faisalabad, Pakistan
Available for: consulting, fractional CTO work, freelance delivery, and mentoring