I help teams stabilize, refactor, and scale their web applications: clean, tested, and production-ready.
About
I'm a senior software engineer with over 9 years of experience building and maintaining production-ready systems. At Automattic (WooCommerce Core Team), I worked across the full stack: React, TypeScript, and PHP; shipping stable features to millions of stores worldwide.
I value clarity, reliability, and technical craftsmanship. My work centers on writing code that outlives trends: robust, maintainable, and easy to evolve.
Expertise
Focused engagements for teams who need a steady, senior partner on code quality, reliability, and delivery.
I diagnose and fix brittle or AI-generated codebases. Refactoring, debugging, and restoring reliability in production systems.
Modern WordPress / WooCommerce plugins built with React and PHP, Composer autoloading, and CI tests for long-term maintainability.
From flaky tests to full pipelines: I set up automated coverage, Playwright E2E tests, and GitHub Actions CI flows to keep deployments safe.
Work
Selected engineering initiatives spanning architecture migrations, developer tooling, and launch-critical UX.

Challenge: WooCommerce Blocks relied on fragile React Context for critical checkout state.
Solution: Migrated the architecture to WordPress Data Stores with typed selectors, actions, and a safe rollout workflow.
Result: Third-party integrations gained a stable API surface and regressions decreased.

Challenge: The Puppeteer suite produced flaky failures that blocked releases.
Solution: Rebuilt the E2E strategy in Playwright with deterministic fixtures, tracing, and GitHub Actions integration.
Result: CI stability improved dramatically and false positives dropped by over 40%.

Challenge: Merchants had no signal when incompatible payment gateways were activated together.
Solution: Built detection and notice surfaces in WooCommerce Blocks that explain conflicts directly in the checkout editor.
Result: Support tickets dropped and launches moved faster.
Social Proof
Notes from teammates who partnered with me on platform-level work.
“Saad is an exceptional Senior Software Engineer with an impressive skill set and a deep understanding of complex technical concepts.”
“I can attest to his technical abilities in both frontend, backend, and dev tooling, and most importantly, his character.”
Articles
Long-form write-ups on testing, migrations, and delivery practices.
I’ll be publishing short write-ups on debugging strategies, refactors, and build-system insights. Follow me on LinkedIn for updates.
Contact
Need help stabilizing, refactoring, or maintaining your product? I'm available for focused engagements or ongoing retainers.