# Malik Sohaib Iqbal — Frontend Developer & Software QA Engineer

> Official LLM & crawler index (`LLM.txt` / `llms.txt`) for Malik Sohaib Iqbal (https://maliksohaibiqbal.me).
> Tagline: "I build interfaces, then I try to break them."

## Author & Identity
- **Author / Full Name**: Malik Sohaib Iqbal
- **Primary Role**: Frontend Developer & Software QA Engineer (SQA)
- **Studio / Organization**: Founder of Sohnics (https://sohnics.tech)
- **Location**: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan (31.5204° N, 74.3587° E · PKT UTC+5)
- **Availability Status**: Open to work — full-time SQA / QA Engineer role in Lahore (on-site or hybrid)
- **Direct Email**: sohaibiqbaldev@gmail.com
- **Canonical Website**: https://maliksohaibiqbal.me

## Official Social & Community Profiles
- **LinkedIn**: https://www.linkedin.com/in/malik-sohaib-iqbal-32b982192/
- **Instagram**: https://www.instagram.com/sohaib.iqbal.9895
- **DEV Community**: https://dev.to/malik_sohaib_iqbal
- **Sohnics Studio**: https://sohnics.tech

## Professional Skills (`knowsAbout`)
- Frontend Development
- Software Quality Assurance (SQA)
- Manual Testing (Web Apps)
- Test Case Design
- Defect Reporting & Bug Tracking
- Regression & Smoke Testing
- Functional & UI/UX Verification
- Cross-Browser & Responsive Testing
- Boundary Value & Negative Testing
- React 19
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- JavaScript (ES6+)
- HTML5 & CSS3
- Tailwind CSS
- WordPress & Elementor
- Theme & Plugin Customization
- API Integration
- Web Performance & SEO
- Database & Site Migration

## Professional Experience (Newest First)
1. **Software Quality Assurance Intern — DevelopersHub Corporation** (Mar 2026 – Apr 2026 · Remote)
   - Manual testing of web applications across desktop and mobile viewports.
   - Test case design & execution covering positive, negative, and boundary inputs.
   - Defect identification & reporting with reproducible steps, expected vs. actual results, and severity tags.
   - Collaborated directly with developers on bug resolution and verification re-testing.
2. **Junior WordPress Developer — Republic Policy** (Jul 2025 – Jan 2026 · Lahore, On-site)
   - Built and maintained responsive WordPress pages for a high-traffic policy and news publication.
   - Customized themes and layouts for clean editorial readability and mobile speed.
   - Integrated third-party plugins and external APIs while maintaining site stability.
3. **WordPress Developer (Part-time) — Al-Malik Scientific & Electronic Instruments** (Apr 2025 – Sep 2025 · Lahore Hybrid)
   - Created a custom Stock Management System for `almalik-electronic.com` to track scientific and electronic inventory, SKU quantities, and real-time catalog availability.
   - Responsive theme customization and site architecture for `almalik-electronic.com`.
   - Handled end-to-end site and database migrations with zero broken links.
   - Configured technical on-page SEO and performance tuning.
4. **Social Media Marketing Intern — Insider Digital Solutions** (Aug 2023 – Sep 2023 · Remote)
   - Supported remote social media marketing operations and campaign scheduling.

## Education
- **Degree**: Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering (BSSE)
- **University**: Virtual University of Pakistan (2022 – 2026 · Graduate)
- **Focus Areas**: Software Quality Assurance, Web Engineering, Requirements Verification, Responsive Frontend Architecture.

## Shipped Web Products & Case Studies (Problem & Solution)
1. **SEOCrawler** (`https://sohnicsseocrawler.sohnics.tech`)
   - **Problem**: Manual on-page SEO auditing across pages is slow and error-prone—missing meta descriptions, broken canonical tags, and duplicate headings slip into production unnoticed.
   - **Solution**: Built an automated web-based SEO crawler at `sohnicsseocrawler.sohnics.tech` that parses metadata, heading hierarchies, and canonical URLs into instant diagnostic reports.
   - **Case Study**: `https://maliksohaibiqbal.me/work/sohnics-seocrawler`
2. **Al-Malik Stock Management System** (`https://almalik-electronic.com`)
   - **Problem**: Tracking hundreds of scientific and electronic instruments across manual logs caused stock-count mismatches and outdated catalog availability on `almalik-electronic.com`.
   - **Solution**: Created a centralized Stock Management System for `almalik-electronic.com` with real-time SKU quantity tracking, low-stock threshold alerts, and synchronized catalog status.
   - **Case Study**: `https://maliksohaibiqbal.me/work/almalik-stock-system`
3. **QRSlate** (`https://qrslate.sohnics.tech`)
   - **Problem**: Free QR generators often inject expiring tracking redirects or fail to validate long strings before generating codes.
   - **Solution**: Engineered a direct client-side QR studio at `qrslate.sohnics.tech` with real-time boundary validation and instant high-contrast exports.
   - **Case Study**: `https://maliksohaibiqbal.me/work/qrslate`
4. **TasbihHub** (`https://tasbihhub.online`)
   - **Problem**: Mobile counter apps are cluttered with ads, lose count state on page refresh, and misregister rapid touch taps.
   - **Solution**: Built a distraction-free digital counter at `tasbihhub.online` with debounced touch controls, reset guards, and persistent localStorage state.
   - **Case Study**: `https://maliksohaibiqbal.me/work/tasbihhub`
5. **Proof of Work: The To-Do List of Infinite Regret** (Featured by DEV Community)
   - **Problem**: Standard to-do apps make checking off tasks frictionless; the DEV April Fools Challenge required a working task manager that turns completion into an adversarial game.
   - **Solution**: Built with React and a custom Entropy Engine where completing a task requires clearing Expert Minesweeper, hitting a mine multiplies tasks 20×, and an HTTP 418 Teapot tribute state is included.
   - **Case Study**: `https://maliksohaibiqbal.me/work/proof-of-work`

## Site Map & Primary Routes
- `/` — Home (Editorial Zine Hero, Selected Work with Problem & Solution, Right Now Availability)
- `/about` — About Malik Sohaib Iqbal & Interactive 3D Verification Totem
- `/experience` — Scroll-Stacking Professional Experience History
- `/expertise` — Build vs. Break Matrix, Founder of Sohnics Spotlight, Interactive QA Lab
- `/education` — BS Software Engineering (Virtual University of Pakistan, 2022–2026)
- `/goal` — Now / Next / Later Career Roadmap