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An AI-native engineering company, built across the UK and Pakistan

Softweb Planet designs and engineers AI agents, intelligent software and cloud platforms for organisations in the UK, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and beyond.

Our story

From websites to intelligent systems

Softweb Planet started with websites and digital marketing. Today the team builds AI agents, generative AI products, enterprise software, automation and cloud-native platforms.

We are headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan, with an office in the United Kingdom. Our work has grown from local projects into international ones, including clients in the UK and Saudi Arabia, and we apply the same engineering standards to all of them.

We would rather be an honest, capable partner than a large agency. If you are comparing options, our pages for the UK, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia explain how we work in each market.

Deployments
10+
Years of experience
3+
Specialists across AI, cloud and product
14
Markets: UK, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
3

AI-first does not mean AI everywhere. It means designing every system so intelligence can be added where it earns its place, measured honestly and kept under human control.

Mission

Turn ideas into reliable intelligent products

To help ambitious organisations turn ideas into reliable digital products and AI systems that earn their keep.

Vision

The engineering partner the world trusts for AI

To be the engineering partner organisations around the world trust for AI, software and cloud.

Leadership

The people accountable for your project

Shabir Ahmad

Founder / CEO

Leads Softweb Planet's direction, client partnerships and growth across the UK, Pakistan and international markets.

  • Company strategy
  • Client partnerships
  • Business growth

Abdul Qadeer

Co-Founder

Co-founder working across company leadership, delivery and long-term client relationships.

  • Leadership
  • Delivery oversight
  • Client relationships

Mehmood Ul Hassan

CTO

Leads engineering across AI agents, microservices and cloud-native platforms, bringing 5+ years of production experience in healthcare, e-commerce and automotive systems.

  • AI agents & automation
  • Microservices architecture
  • Cloud-native & Kubernetes
  • Infrastructure as code

Mansab Ali

COO

Runs day-to-day operations, delivery planning and resourcing so projects stay on scope and on schedule.

  • Operations
  • Delivery management
  • Resource planning

Syed Wasi Shah

Head of IT

Oversees internal IT, infrastructure and the security practices that keep team and client environments safe.

  • IT infrastructure
  • Systems administration
  • Security practices

Team

Engineers, designers and specialists

AI/ML, full-stack and blockchain engineering, DevOps and SRE, mobile, QA, design and people operations under one roof.

Umeed Salman Sheikh

Senior AI/ML Engineer

Builds machine learning and generative AI solutions, with Microsoft Azure certification.

  • Machine learning
  • Generative AI
  • Microsoft Azure

Saith Waqas Ali

Full Stack Engineer / Blockchain Solution Architect

Builds full-stack applications and designs blockchain solutions, from smart contract architecture to ledger integrations with conventional back ends.

  • Full-stack development
  • Blockchain architecture
  • Smart contracts
  • System integration

Nouman Ali

DevOps Engineer / SRE

Builds and runs cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud and AWS, with Kubernetes, CI/CD, automation and reliability engineering.

  • Google Cloud
  • AWS
  • Kubernetes
  • CI/CD

Muhammad Ali Azhar

Senior DevOps Engineer

Designs delivery pipelines and cloud infrastructure, and leads DevOps practice on client platforms.

  • DevOps
  • CI/CD
  • Cloud infrastructure

Muneeb Shaukat

DevOps Engineer

Automates build, release and infrastructure workflows and supports reliable cloud operations.

  • DevOps
  • Release automation
  • Cloud operations

Muneeb Akram

Mobile Application Developer

Builds mobile applications for iOS and Android, from first prototype to store release.

  • Mobile development
  • iOS
  • Android

Muhammad Khuzain

UI/UX Designer

Designs product flows, interfaces and design systems, from research and wireframes to high-fidelity prototypes.

  • UX research
  • UI design
  • Prototyping
  • Design systems

Azka Falak Sher

QA Engineer

Plans and runs manual and automated testing so releases ship with fewer surprises.

  • Manual testing
  • Test automation
  • Regression testing

Kainat Basharat

HR Executive

Leads hiring, onboarding and people operations for the Softweb Planet team.

  • Talent acquisition
  • Onboarding
  • People operations

Selected team experience

Experience behind our engineering

Earlier work by members of our team, delivered before joining or outside Softweb Planet. Shown to illustrate depth of experience, not as Softweb Planet client work.

  • Mehmood Ul Hassan · Previous employer (Code Encoders)

    BlockMed Pro

    Healthcare platform built from 20+ microservices.

  • Mehmood Ul Hassan · Independent contract

    Octopus Bill of Lading

    AI-powered automation for trade and payment documents.

  • Mehmood Ul Hassan · Automotive start-up

    Otobucks

    Automotive services marketplace launched in Dubai.

  • Mehmood Ul Hassan · Previous employer (Eguana)

    Headless commerce for a global sportswear brand

    Transition to Salesforce Commerce Cloud headless architecture.

Engineering principles

How we make technical decisions

  • Production over demos

    We design for the messy data, permissions and edge cases of real operations from the first sprint, not after the demo.

  • Measure, then improve

    AI features ship with evaluation sets and monitoring, so quality is tracked rather than assumed.

  • Security by design

    Least-privilege access, managed secrets and reviewed infrastructure are defaults, not add-ons.

  • The simplest thing that works

    If a rules engine, a form or an off-the-shelf tool solves it better than custom AI, we say so.

  • Own the outcome

    Every project has a named lead accountable for scope, quality and communication.

  • Leave it maintainable

    Typed code, tests, documentation and infrastructure as code so your team can own what we build.

Delivery approach

From first call to scale, in seven steps

A clear process so you always know what happens next.

  1. Step 01

    Discover

    We learn your business, users and goals, and write down what success looks like.

  2. Step 02

    Strategy

    We choose scope, architecture and a delivery plan that fits budget and timeline.

  3. Step 03

    UX/UI

    Flows and interfaces are designed and tested as prototypes before code is written.

  4. Step 04

    Development

    We build in short cycles with working demos, code reviews and clear communication.

  5. Step 05

    Testing

    Functional, device and performance testing catch issues before your users do.

  6. Step 06

    Launch

    We deploy with monitoring, analytics and search tracking in place.

  7. Step 07

    Scale

    We support, measure and improve the product as your business grows.

Culture

What we value

  • Clarity

    We explain trade-offs in plain language and write down what we agree.

  • Craft

    We care about the details people feel: speed, accessibility and polish.

  • Ownership

    We treat your product and deadlines as our own.

  • Honesty

    We say when something will not work, and we never invent results.

FAQ

About Softweb Planet: questions answered

Softweb Planet is an AI-native technology company with offices in the United Kingdom and Lahore, Pakistan. We design and build AI agents, generative AI products, custom and enterprise software, web and mobile apps, cloud-native platforms, blockchain solutions and digital growth programmes for organisations worldwide.

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