Junaid Riaz
Senior System Software Engineer | Telecom Architect
Tech_Stack
Languages
- C (12+ Years)
- Golang (4+ Years)
- Bash / Python / C++
Core_Telecom
- 3GPP (OCS, PCRF, HSS)
- Diameter / SIP / SIGTRAN
- Open5Gs / Free5GC
Infrastructure
- Docker / Kubernetes
- Redis / Oracle / MySQL
- Linux Kernel / LibUV
Experience_Log
- Led migration of monoliths to Dockerized Golang microservices serving 5M+ subscribers[cite: 5].
- Designed PCRF and VAS SDP using Golang, gRPC, and Goroutines[cite: 15, 16].
- Developed NGP platform on top of LibUV, achieving 4x performance boost[cite: 20].
- Architected Revenue Assurance System and managed OCS deployment for 6+ operators[cite: 22].
- Bridge between Clients, Ops, and R&D; translating RFPs into technical specs[cite: 8].
- Manage full SDLC for BSS/OSS products and cross-functional team alignment[cite: 9, 11].
- Established formal release SOPs (Dev -> Staging -> Canary -> Prod)[cite: 14].
- Architected 3GPP OCS/AAA from scratch in C using async LibUV[cite: 28].
- Optimization: Re-engineered Oracle connector to slash memory from 22GB to 300MB[cite: 3, 31].
- Integrated Google TCMalloc reducing CPU usage by 40%[cite: 3, 32].
- Mentored team of 3 engineers and managed sprint planning[cite: 35].
- Developed MFS (Mobile Financial Services) core handling 10M+ daily transactions[cite: 41].
- Implemented 600+ money transfer flows and robust authentication (2FA)[cite: 39].
- Ported Valgrind (DBI framework) from x86 to Cavium MIPS-based Linux (Octeon SDK)[cite: 43].
- Implemented assembly instructions and syscalls for N64 ABI[cite: 44].
Education_&_Awards
- MS Computer Science @ NUST, Islamabad [cite: 7]
- MS Information Technology @ IUB, Bahawalpur [cite: 7]
- 🏆 Top Performer Award (2025) [cite: 6]
- 🏆 Employee of the Year (2019, 2024) [cite: 6]