๐ Hey, I’m Gibran
Full Stack Software Engineer ยท Node.js ยท React ยท Distributed Systems ยท AI
10+ years shipping production systems at scale โ including platforms with 13M+ users across 48,000+ communities.
I wrote WebSocket event pipelines by night and diagnosed patients in the NICU by morning. Concurrency is kind of my thing. ๐ฉบ๐ป
๐ ๏ธ Tech Stack
๐ Featured Projects
Harbor.gg โ Windwalk Games ยท Full Stack Engineer 2023 โ 2026
Full stack engineer on a gaming community platform scaling to 10M+ users.
- ๐ค Contributed to AI-driven sentiment analysis pipelines processing hundreds of thousands of messages daily
- ๐ Built real-time dashboards for community analytics, trend detection, and reporting
- ๐๏ธ Implemented event-driven architecture for large-scale user activity and engagement
- ๐งฑ Built modular systems: quests, referrals, raffles, leaderboards, and guilds
- ๐ Maintained a visual no-code web hub builder for community website deployment
- ๐ Integrated OAuth & APIs: Discord, Twitter/X, Steam, Twitch, YouTube, Facebook
Stack: C# Node.js TypeScript Redis MySQL WebSockets AWS Docker Next.js
Shoob.gg โ Founder & Lead Developer 2017 โ 2025
Built and scaled a Discord game platform from the ground up to 13M+ users across 48,000+ servers โ one of the largest Discord-native gaming ecosystems ever built.
- ๐ฎ Designed real-time multiplayer systems using WebSockets and distributed event pipelines
- โก Optimized for high-concurrency with Redis and scalable Node.js services
- ๐งฉ Full-stack ownership: backend game logic, REST/WS APIs, and all frontend interfaces
Stack: Node.js TypeScript MongoDB Redis WebSockets GoLang Docker
AnimeSoul โ Founder & Lead Developer 2016 โ 2025
Built and operated one of the largest Discord anime communities โ 750K+ members.
- ๐ณ Backend systems, moderation tooling, and billing integrations (Stripe, PayPal)
- ๐จ Frontend built with React + Redux
- ๐ค Created an ecosystem of bots and services supporting high user concurrency
Stack: Node.js TypeScript MongoDB Redis GoLang Docker
WarrisKids.com โ Full Stack Developer 2022 โ Present
A full-stack pediatric telehealth platform with patient management, appointment booking, payment processing, and real-time video consultations.
- ๐น Real-time video consultations via WebRTC / PeerJS
- ๐ Secure medical data systems with encryption and compliance considerations
- ๐ Growth tracking, appointment book, and integrated payment processing
Stack: Node.js MongoDB Redis WebSockets/PeerJS Docker Express Handlebars
Medical Board of Trinidad & Tobago (MBTT) โ Subcommittee Lead 2021 โ 2025
Led redesign of the national medical board platform and digitized the national medical registry and CME systems.
- ๐ฅ Led cross-functional team as liaison between medical and technical stakeholders
Stack: PHP WordPress Redis Docker
๐ By the Numbers
๐ Education & Background
- ๐ Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery (MBBS) โ University of the West Indies, Mona Campus (2011โ2017)
- ๐ฉบ Pediatric Resident Doctor โ Mt. Hope Women’s Hospital / Eric Williams Medical Science Complex (2019โ2023). NICU and pediatric wards, part-time software dev throughout.
- โค๏ธ Volunteer โ Social Outreach Assistance Clinic (2019โ2023). Free medical consultations in underserved communities.
๐ค Let’s Connect
Open to remote roles, interesting collaborations, and conversations about distributed systems, AI pipelines, or healthcare tech.
- ๐ GibranAli.com
- ๐ github.com/Gib-git
- ๐ Mississauga, ON, Canada ยท Open to Remote
โก Fun fact: I shipped a real-time multiplayer Discord game platform to 13 million users and a pediatric telehealth system with WebRTC video in the same year. Different kinds of uptime pressure.