Saman Khan — Software Engineer | Frontend Development

Software Engineer/Developer

Udrive — Rent-a-Car | Dubai, UAE · August 2024 – Present

Developing and maintaining production web applications across fleet operations, mobility services, subscription management, business analytics, and customer-facing experiences.

Primary frontend owner for major React and TypeScript administrative platforms, with additional contributions to backend verification services, cloud infrastructure, and operational automation.

IT Intern

Arata International FZC — Bahwan International Group | Dubai, UAE · February 2024 – June 2024

Built and shipped a cross-platform React Native application using Expo for buying and selling used vehicles, including user profiles, vehicle listings, and bidding workflows.

Developed and maintained .NET REST APIs and supported rental and leasing data operations, business intelligence dashboards, and data-quality processes.

Certificate of Appreciation for successfully completing the Engineering & Technology Services Division internship.

Software Intern

Dubai Technologies | Dubai, UAE · July 2023 – August 2023

Developed responsive desktop applications using Python, Tkinter, and PyQt. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into deployable software solutions.

Internal Operations & Analytics Platform

Role: Primary Frontend Owner

Developed and enhanced a large-scale internal operations platform supporting customer management, vehicle operations, reservations, invoicing, verification, analytics, and mobility services.

• Built and significantly improved six analytics areas: Trip Revenue, Cleaning, RTA Parking, Customer Stats, Metrics, and TARS.
• Developed responsive dashboards featuring interactive D3 visualizations, reusable filters, data tables, and CSV exports.
• Built a near-real-time Mapbox driver monitoring interface using 10-second polling.
• Implemented fleet and vehicle operations including lock/unlock, immobilization, location updates, and onboarding/offboarding workflows.
• Created an interactive Banner Studio supporting draggable layers, image and text editing, templates, undo/redo, previews, and HTML/JSON import/export.
• Maintained protected routes, JWT authentication flows, role-based UI access, and reusable responsive components.

Focus: Frontend Architecture · Data Visualization · Operational Software · Fleet Management

Stack: React, TypeScript, Material UI, D3.js, Mapbox

Subscription, CRM & Fleet Management Platform

Role: Primary Frontend Developer

Built most of the frontend for a monthly vehicle subscription management platform integrating customer relationship management, fleet operations, subscriptions, billing, and business analytics.

• Developed a complete lead management workflow with Kanban boards, stage transitions, assignments, filtering, and deal tracking.
• Integrated personalized WhatsApp outreach into CRM workflows.
• Built customer management interfaces for KYC, payment history, account actions, and verification queues.
• Developed fleet consoles with interactive maps, vehicle controls, reservations, damage reporting, and state management.
• Implemented subscription vehicle assignments, invoicing, product configuration, and mileage-based pricing interfaces.
• Built interactive sales funnel analytics and printable business reports.
• Migrated the frontend from Create React App/CRACO to Vite to improve development speed and simplify configuration.
• Managed frontend deployment using AWS EC2, Nginx, and HTTPS.

Focus: CRM Systems · Subscription Software · Frontend Modernization · Business Operations

Stack: React, TypeScript, Material UI, MapLibre, D3.js, Vite, AWS

Udrive Customer-Facing Website

Role: Frontend Developer

Building a modern customer-facing mobility website from Figma designs using Next.js App Router, with a focus on responsive design, performance, multilingual accessibility, and reusable frontend architecture.

• Implemented approximately 20 routes covering rental services, fleet listings, mobility offerings, business services, support, articles, careers, and legal information.
• Developed responsive interfaces for desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.
• Implemented English and Arabic locale routing with right-to-left layout support.
• Created reusable navigation, hero sections, pricing interfaces, galleries, FAQs, and call-to-action components.
• Optimized images and animations using WebP, SVG, Lottie, Next.js image optimization, and AWS CloudFront.
• Applied lazy loading, font optimization, and selective asset preloading to improve page delivery.

Focus: Next.js Development · Responsive Design · Internationalization · Web Performance

Stack: Next.js, TypeScript, CSS Modules, AWS CloudFront, Lottie

Automated KYC & Identity Verification

Role: Software Engineering Contributor

Contributed to a production identity verification pipeline automating customer document validation and approval workflows.

• Developed and maintained validation logic for Emirates ID, driving licences, and passports.
• Integrated document-processing workflows involving AI OCR, identity checks, face matching, and liveness verification.
• Supported eligibility validation based on document expiry, age, and driving experience.
• Worked with Kafka-based event processing, AWS S3 document storage, and PostgreSQL database updates.
• Contributed to automated approval and rejection decisioning, including fraud-related validation signals.

Focus: Backend Integration · Event-Driven Systems · Identity Verification · Automation

Stack: Python, FastStream, Apache Kafka, PostgreSQL, AWS S3, Pydantic

Analytics Infrastructure & Workflow Automation

Role: Software Engineering Contributor

Improved business operations through analytics infrastructure modernization and automated financial workflows.

• Migrated analytics infrastructure to a self-hosted Apache Superset environment.
• Integrated secure data access and authentication workflows.
• Achieved approximately 70% infrastructure cost reduction through the analytics migration.
• Delivered serverless invoice automation that improved debt recovery by 30%.
• Contributed to Kafka-based operational monitoring and observability.

Focus: Cloud Infrastructure · Analytics · Workflow Automation · Cost Optimization

Stack: Apache Superset, Python, AWS, Serverless, Apache Kafka