Available for Forward-Deployed & Contract Roles

Forward-Deployed Engineer & Systems Integration Architect

I take bleeding-edge, undocumented APIs, broken SDKs, and complex backend architectures and make them work in production. 4+ years shipping Rust & TypeScript systems, multi-language SDKs, real-time event indexers, and AI agent workflowsβ€”solo or leading 10+ engineers.

● Live Interactive Proof
instabox.sh MicroVM Sandbox Runner
Sub-second isolated code execution directly in browser terminal via FastAPI + ephemeral microVM APIs.
● 24/7 Autonomous Cloud
Jarvis / Owais OS Architecture
Persistent operations and developer agent running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (Ashburn ARM64).
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4+ Systems
Solo Rule Engines & Indexers Shipped
3 SDKs
TypeScript Β· Rust Β· Unity C# (PR #236)
0 Exploits
Mainnet Security Audit Record
10+ Engineers
Technical Delivery Lead / TPM

Featured Systems Architecture

Technical breakdowns of battle-tested systems engineered from first principles under real-world money pressure.

gRPC / RPC Β· Node.js Β· TypeScript Β· Redis Β· PostgreSQL Solo Architecture 4+ Production Deployments

1. Real-Time Event-Driven Loyalty & State Engine

Problem: Needed to track complex user transaction histories, asset holding durations, and trade graphs in real time and automatically evaluate dynamic tier rules to mutate on-chain and off-chain user states and badges without manual intervention.

Architecture: Built an event ingestion pipeline subscribing to live gRPC and RPC blockstreams, decoupling high-velocity event ingestion via bounded Tokio and Redis queues. Fed a custom deterministic rule evaluation engine that computes time-weighted holding curves, executing idempotent state mutations and dynamic badge issuance with zero downtime.

Ingest
gRPC/RPC Stream Listeners
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Buffer
Bounded Redis Queue
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Evaluate
Time-Weighted Rule Engine
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Mutate
Idempotent Tier & Badge State

Outcome: Solo-architected and shipped across 4+ production deployments with zero state corruption, handling real-time indexing surges with sub-50ms rule evaluation latency.

Rust Β· Anchor Β· TypeScript Β· Unity C# Upstream Open Source 10+ Teams Enabled

2. Day-Zero SDK Engineering on Undocumented Upstream Protocols

Problem: External developer teams needed to integrate brand-new protocol standards (such as programmable asset standards and core state compression) on launch week when official documentation did not exist and upstream SDKs contained breaking bugs.

Architecture: Read raw Rust source code and IDLs directly from upstream GitHub repositories. Reverse-engineered instruction layouts, diagnosed and bypassed SDK bugs, and contributed fixes upstreamβ€”including authoring and merging PR #236 into the official Solana Unity SDK. Architected production-grade TypeScript, Rust, and C# wrapper libraries with comprehensive developer guides and working starter templates.

Recon
Raw GitHub Code & IDLs
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Upstream Fix
Bug Patch & Merged PR #236
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SDK Layer
TypeScript Β· Rust Β· Unity C#
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Delivery
10+ Teams Shipped Early

Outcome: Enabled 10+ internal and external engineering teams to ship production integrations weeks ahead of official documentation releases with 0 breaking SDK failures.

Python Β· FastAPI Β· instabox.sh Β· Linux ARM Β· Telegram Active 24/7 Production <450ms MicroVM Boot

3. Autonomous Agent Orchestration (Owais OS) & instabox.sh Sandbox Integration

Problem: Safely executing untrusted code in browser demos without exposing host server security, while running persistent background automation and developer assistance on lean cloud infrastructure.

Architecture: Integrated instabox.sh microVM APIs for sub-second isolated execution on owaisiqbal.dev via a lightweight FastAPI control plane (instabox-py) supporting instant provisioning, command execution, and auto-suspension on idle. Deployed an autonomous operations agent (Jarvis / Owais OS) on an Oracle Cloud ARM node wired to Telegram and a custom management dashboard.

Browser Demo
Interactive Terminal Tab
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Control Plane
FastAPI / Cloud Gateway
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Sandbox API
instabox.sh MicroVM (<450ms)
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Result
Safe Isolated Output

Outcome: Sub-second ephemeral sandboxes for untrusted code execution on owaisiqbal.dev plus a 24/7 background agent system operating with zero human babysitting.

How to Work With Owais

Direct senior engineering execution alongside founders and technical leads. Zero agency bloat, zero handholding.

Interactive Systems Engine

Live ephemeral execution sandbox and production systems simulators running directly on Oracle Cloud.

instabox_microvm_runner.py

Core Competencies

πŸ€– Forward-Deployed & AI Infrastructure
SDK Architecture Day-Zero API Integration MicroVM Sandboxes LLM Tool Calling Autonomous Agents Technical PM Enterprise Integration
πŸ’» High-Throughput Backend & Event Systems
Rust TypeScript Node.js gRPC / RPC PostgreSQL Redis Docker
⛓️ Protocol & Distributed Systems
Solana Anchor State Compression Token Extensions DAS API Yellowstone gRPC Zero-Exploit Delivery

Global Recognition

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Solana Sandstorm Global Hackathon Winner
Honeycomb Protocol Β· Core Engineering Track
2023
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Solana Renaissance Hackathon Winner
Mining Badgers Β· Games Track 3rd Place
2024
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Amanah Network β€” Verifiable Waqf & Philanthropic Escrow Engine
Engineered deterministic multi-pool treasury routing, escrow locks & transparent distribution architecture on Solana
2026
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Solana Unity SDK Contributor
PR #236 Merged Β· SignAllTransactions core feature
Open Source

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