# Aaqif Shafi — Full-Stack Product Engineer

> Personal portfolio of Aaqif Shafi, a full-stack product engineer based in Kashmir, India. Building end-to-end products with NestJS, Next.js, and everything in between.

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## About

- Name: Aaqif Shafi (@aaqifshafi)
- Role: Full-Stack Product Engineer
- Location: Kashmir, India
- Status: Available for work
- Contact: aaqifshafi@gmail.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/aaqifshafi
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aaqifshafi

## Experience

- Designfolio — Full-Stack Product Engineer (May 2026 – Present)
  Portfolio builder for designers and developers. Built the full jobs board (scraping, Kanban, AI match scoring), mock interview, resume tailor, cover letter generation, Tiptap case study editor, and dynamic templates. Next.js, NestJS, TypeScript, Tiptap, PostgreSQL.

- Gistr Technologies — Fullstack Product Engineer (Jan 2025 – Apr 2026)
  AI knowledge workspace. File ingestion pipelines (PDF, EPUB, DOCX, PPTX, podcasts, web), credit-based billing with Dodo Payments, BullMQ job queues, PostHog analytics, core AI features. NestJS, Next.js, BullMQ, MongoDB.

- Payoll Payments LLC — Software Engineering Intern (Sep 2024 – Jan 2025)
  B2B payments consolidation API and Ared carbon footprint calculator with carbon credit marketplace. Express, Vite, PostgreSQL.

Each role has a detailed case study at https://aaqif.is-a.dev/work/<slug> (designfolio, gistr, payoll).

## Tech Stack

Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript
Frontend: React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion
Backend: Node.js, NestJS, Express.js, BullMQ
Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
Cloud: AWS, AWS Lambda, Vercel
Tools: Git, GitHub, Vite, Bun, VS Code

## Certifications

- Next.js SEO Fundamentals — Vercel (2025)
- Python with Data Science & Machine Learning — NIELIT (2023)
- Responsive Web Design — freeCodeCamp (2023)
- The Complete 2023 Web Development Bootcamp — Udemy (2023)
- HTML, CSS, and Javascript for Web Developers — Johns Hopkins University (2022)
- Fundamentals of Digital Marketing — Google (2021)

## Sections

- [Work](https://aaqif.is-a.dev/#work): Roles and companies, each linking to a detailed case study.
- [Tech Stack](https://aaqif.is-a.dev/#stack): Languages, frameworks, and tools.
- [Contributions](https://aaqif.is-a.dev/#contributions): GitHub contribution activity.
- [Certifications](https://aaqif.is-a.dev/#certifications): Credentials and certificates.

## Pages

- [Home](https://aaqif.is-a.dev/): Single-page portfolio.
- [Blog](https://aaqif.is-a.dev/blog): Writing on software engineering and product development (coming soon).

## Colophon

Built with Next.js (App Router), TypeScript, Tailwind CSS v4, shadcn/ui, the Geist typeface family, and @tabler/icons-react.