Resume

Senior Software Engineer, Prayers Connect

Full-time · Nov 2024 – present · 2 yrs

• Porting core API endpoints from a Rails backend to NestJS, keeping existing behavior.
• Fixed a recurring database permission problem on a shared Rails database by replacing per-feature grants with one default-privileges setup. This gave up a read-only boundary on purpose.
• Worked on timezone-aware caching for per-mosque prayer data, and Next.js ISR refreshes per timezone.
• Worked on Redis caching, GraphQL subscriptions for prayer times and events, and background jobs with Solid Queue.
• Investigated production 503 errors tied to Kubernetes node changes, and certificate issuance for the platform’s domains.

Founding Engineer, MeetPure Events

Part-time · Dec 2024 – present · 1 yr 11 mos

• Working on an event and ticketing platform built with Rails, Haml, Turbo, and Stimulus, with Next.js for the landing page.

SamuraiGeeks

Full-time · Jan 2020 – Nov 2024 · 4 yrs 11 mos

• Senior Software Engineer, Jan 2023 – Nov 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Software Engineer, Jan 2020 – Dec 2022 · 3 yrs

• Built a report verification system for RUET, with QR code generation for test verification, image storage on AWS S3, and automated email and SMS notifications.

• Developed a lab product stock management system with real-time stock tracking and a product ledger.

• Built a voter candidate information management system, with a PHP front end and an AngularJS backend on MongoDB.

• Restructured multiple modules within two months to meet the product roadmap.

• Improved the performance of a legacy codebase.

• Set up CI/CD with GitHub Actions to ship updates within minutes.

• Wrote documentation for incident reports, engineering workflows, and onboarding. I estimate it roughly doubled team productivity.

Tech: PHP, Laravel, MySQL, PostgreSQL, JavaScript, jQuery, React, Vue.js, Inertia.js, Livewire, WordPress, Tailwind CSS, AWS, Docker, Android, CodeIgniter.

Software Engineer, Prayers Connect

Full-time · Jul 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

PrayersConnect is a platform that helps Muslims find local mosques and prayer locations, view prayer times, and find community events.

• Converted the PrayersConnect site from Ruby on Rails to Next.js, and built the Next.js architecture from the start to production.
• Worked on the admin panel for mosque management.
• Reviewed code to keep quality high.
• Built the PrayersConnect mobile app, with 1,000+ downloads on Android and iOS.

Tech: Next.js, React, Nativebase, MUI, Jest, Expo, Redux, GitHub CI/CD, Sentry, Ruby on Rails, TypeScript.

Software Engineer, ModernSoft LLC (through SamuraiGeeks)

Jan 2023 – Feb 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Built RESTful APIs for a restaurant ordering application on Laravel, with a multi-tenant package serving 1,000+ shops.
• Automated product catalog syncing from two point-of-sale systems.
• Cut response times from a few seconds to a few hundred milliseconds by adding caching to reduce queries.
• Integrated third-party APIs and webhooks, including Matomo Analytics, Stripe, a payment gateway, and Twilio SMS.
• Built a static-generated site with Nextra and Contentful as a headless CMS.
• Converted HTML sites to React with a FastAPI backend.

Tech: PHP, Laravel, React, MySQL, Next.js, Nextra, Redis, Docker, PHPUnit, RESTful APIs.

Software Engineer, ElmulQuran

Part-time · Sep 2020 – Oct 2020 · 2 mos

• Designed and built the ElmulQuran app, used by 1,000+ paying users.
• Led development of the back-end API and services.

Tech: PHP, Laravel, MySQL, JavaScript, React, React Native.

Software Engineer (contract), Freewire BD

Sep 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Designed and built a point-of-sale application with Laravel and Vue.js.

Tech: PHP, Laravel, MySQL, JavaScript, Vue.js.