Payments & Financial Systems
Designing platforms that move money securely at scale—from ISO 8583 messaging and payment integration to API security and high availability.
- ISO 8583
- Payment integration
- API security
I engineer systems
that move money, data,
and business forward.
I’m Ashkan—a software engineer and technology leader with 30+ years delivering secure platforms, modern integrations, and AI-enabled products across North America.
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01 / Expertise
Where I create
Where I create
impact.
Software Architecture
Shaping complex systems from first principles—making boundaries, tradeoffs, security, data, and evolution explicit before they become expensive.
- Architecture
- Domain design
- Technical strategy
Systems Integration
Connecting critical platforms through secure APIs, event-driven architecture, and resilient services built for change.
- .NET
- Azure Service Bus
- API security
Digital Products
Building responsive web and mobile products that turn complex workflows into focused, maintainable experiences.
- Angular
- TypeScript
- Product engineering
Platform & Automation
Removing delivery friction with repeatable environments, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and tooling that helps teams move faster.
- Automation
- Cloud infrastructure
- Tooling
Capabilities
Built across
Built across
the stack.
Technology chosen for fit, security, and maintainability—not fashion.
Featured capability
AI
Integration.
Integration.
Taking AI from prototype to production with secure integration, reliable data, thoughtful guardrails, and measurable value.
Languages
C# / .NET · Python · C++ · TypeScript
Web & mobile
Angular · React · React Native · Expo
Integration & security
REST · OpenAPI · OAuth 2.0 · OpenID Connect · JWT · Service Bus · SignalR
Cloud & platform
Microsoft Azure · DevOps · CI/CD · Terraform · Automation
Data & intelligence
Data Engineering · SQL & Databases · Data Lakes · ETL / ELT Pipelines · Big Data · Machine Learning
Delivery
Agile · SAFe® Certified
Industry experience
Enterprise technology
Enterprise technology
across North America.
Technology in a global visual-media and digital-content environment.
Enterprise systems supporting large-scale, operationally complex business.
Payments
Secure transaction flows, payment-system integrations, and ISO 8583 messaging.
Secure, dependable digital systems built for public services, accountability, and long-term operation.
Repeatable delivery, environment orchestration, and dependable operational workflows.
02 / About
Deep experience.
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Deep experience.
Fresh thinking.
I work where business complexity meets engineering reality—turning ambiguity into systems people can trust, operate, and evolve.
My experience spans payments, integration, cloud platforms, digital products, data, automation, and applied AI. The constant is ownership: understand the outcome, make the tradeoffs clear, and deliver.
Start with outcomesDesign for changeOwn the result
30+
years of experience
Leadership & management
Three decades.
Three decades.
Still building forward.
I bring technical depth, delivery judgment, and a calm path through complexity—helping teams make better decisions and turn strategy into working software.
Technical strategy & direction
Team leadership & mentorship
Stakeholder alignment
Program delivery & continuous improvement
14
LinkedIn recommendations
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Known for making complex work actionable, improving how teams deliver, and staying with the problem until the outcome works.
Peer perspectives
What collaborators
What collaborators
say about the work.
Selected highlights from 14 recommendations spanning search, financial products, healthcare, platform delivery, and engineering leadership.
Thomas highlights creative engineering solutions that translated complex localization goals into actionable, optimized data workflows.
Joel describes fast understanding of nuanced language-detection work, with thorough analysis, useful data, and responsive iteration.
Wumi credits resourcefulness, technical strength, and an inspiring willingness to understand problems behind exceptionally successful search experiments.
Sara remembers a supportive agile teammate who repeatedly helped the team solve difficult problems with remarkable skill and work ethic.
Nicole recognizes a highly talented integration engineer and natural problem solver who contributed across backend, frontend, QA, and release delivery.
Imaad points to dependable delivery, proactive product thinking, stronger deployment pipelines, better team processes, and generous technical guidance.
Aaron describes a diligent backend developer whose careful, creative solutions and team-first attitude strengthened key initiatives.
Tim emphasizes rare full-stack range, quick mastery of business rules, timely delivery, strong automated testing, and leadership through knowledge sharing.
Education & credentials
Software Engineering
An academic foundation in designing, building, testing, and evolving reliable software systems.
SAFe® 5 DevOps Practitioner
Scaled Agile, Inc. · Issued June 2020
Microsoft .NET Certified
MCSD · MCAD · Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft SQL Server
MCTS: SQL Server 2005
03 / Beyond the screen
Life is better
Life is better
with a little motion.
Two wheels,
long roads.
As a H.O.G. chapter member, I value the shared road as much as the ride itself—planning curving routes through BC’s mountains, small towns, and open country.
H.O.G. chapter member · Motorcycle touringCapturing
the ride.
I shoot in 360°, sync the GPS trail, shape keyframes, and turn hours on the road into a story someone else can feel.
Insta360 · Video editingSlow, quiet
craft.
Bonsai is the counterweight: patience, observation, and tiny adjustments over time. Good systems often grow the same way.
BonsaiSix strings,
one room.
Classical guitar asks for focus, touch, and patience—the satisfaction of finding expression through precision, one phrase at a time.
Classical guitarThinking in
probabilities.
Poker is more than entertainment for me. It is a practice in reading incomplete information, managing risk, recognizing patterns, and making disciplined decisions under uncertainty.
Poker · Strategic thinkingFinding
the frame.
Photography makes me slow down and notice: changing light, honest moments, roadside details, and the geometry hiding in everyday places.
PhotographyHave an idea?
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