Full Stack Software Engineer

Wahaj
Taseer

7+ years building regulated financial software at scale. I lead engineering initiatives, own complex business domains end-to-end, and ship reliable products that real people depend on.

7+
Years of experience
100k+
End users served
1,000+
Companies supported
20+
Features shipped

About

I'm a full stack engineer focused on building and modernizing regulated financial software - the kind that thousands of companies and hundreds of thousands of users rely on every day.

At Morgan Stanley, I've owned complex business domains from technical design through deployment and post-release support. I work closely with product, compliance, and architecture stakeholders to deliver systems that are scalable, maintainable, and regulation-compliant.

Outside of my day job, I enjoy building things and experimenting with the latest tools and technologies. At work, I've built developer tooling including an AI-powered PR reviewer and infrastructure automation solutions, while continuously exploring how AI-assisted workflows can improve the way engineering teams build, ship, and collaborate.

Calgary, AB
Morgan Stanley
Full Stack Developer · 2020–Present
Shared Services Canada
Systems Analyst · 2017–2018
University of Calgary
B.Sc. Computer Science · 2019

Experience

Morgan Stanley at Work
Oct 2022 – Present
Calgary, AB

Full Stack Developer - Participant Experience

  • -Led delivery of multiple high-impact initiatives across a team of 3 engineers and 1 QA, partnering with product, architecture, and compliance stakeholders
  • -Migrated a GWT/Struts trading workflow to React, improving order execution completion by 40% across 1,000+ companies
  • -Delivered Trading Instructions workflow for 1,400+ Alphabet participants enabling compliant pre-scheduled trade execution
  • -Shipped 20+ production features supporting equity trading workflows used by hundreds of thousands of users
  • -Contributed to CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins automation, release processes, and branching strategies
  • -Conducted 10+ technical interviews and mentored engineers through code reviews and onboarding
  • -Advocated for AI-assisted development workflows to improve engineering productivity and delivery efficiency
ReactTypeScriptJavaNode.jsJenkinsPostgreSQLREST APIs
Morgan Stanley at Work
Jan 2020 – Oct 2022
Calgary, AB

Full Stack Developer - Plan Administration

  • -Owned complex equity compensation and trading restriction workflows supporting 1,000+ companies and 100,000+ employees
  • -Designed async processing solutions that saved users up to 30 minutes per week on report generation
  • -Led accessibility initiative driving WCAG compliance improvements across 100,000+ users on the Shareworks platform
  • -Led implementation of Canadian stock option legislation changes, partnering with legal and compliance to mitigate regulatory risk
  • -Owned technical design and database architecture for cross-platform consolidation initiatives
  • -Led a hackathon initiative improving the internal developer CLI with automated database diagnostics - saving ~50 developer hours per month
ReactJavaPostgreSQLGWTStrutsREST APIsAnsible
Shared Services Canada
May 2017 – Aug 2018
Edmonton, AB

Systems Analyst

  • -Developed features for Sarracenia, a national open-source data dissemination platform used across Canada
  • -Gained deep experience in Linux/Unix systems administration and distributed infrastructure
  • -Delivered secure, scalable solutions supporting mission-critical government operations within agile teams
PythonLinuxBashPostgreSQL

Projects

AI Pull Request Reviewer

An AI-powered code review platform that analyzes pull requests, identifies potential defects, validates coding standards, and generates contextual feedback for engineers. Designed workflows supporting automated review, developer validation, and human oversight to enable faster feedback cycles without sacrificing quality.

Integrated into existing CI/CD pipelines to reduce manual review effort at scale

PythonOpenAI GPT-4Atlassian APIs

Wake-on-WAN Power Management

Custom remote power management solution allowing team members to securely power on machines over WAN. Automated infrastructure workflows using Ansible to simplify operations and improve developer accessibility to remote systems - eliminating dependency on VPN-only solutions.

Reduced friction for distributed teams working across network boundaries

AnsiblePostgreSQLYAMLLinux

Skills

Languages
TypeScriptJavaScriptJavaPythonSQL
Frontend
ReactNext.jsAngularIonicHTML/CSS
Backend
Node.jsREST APIsGraphQLMicroservices
Databases
PostgreSQLMySQL
DevOps
DockerJenkinsCI/CDAnsibleGitLinux
Testing
React Testing LibraryTDDIntegration TestingRegression Testing
AI & Automation
OpenAI APIsPrompt EngineeringDeveloper Tooling Automation
Architecture
System DesignDistributed SystemsDatabase DesignScalable Web Apps

Contact

Let's talk.

Whether it's a role you think I'd be a fit for, a side project, a collaboration, or just a conversation about engineering - I'm always open to hearing from interesting people building interesting things.

hello@wahajtaseer.dev