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Hamidul Islam

Backend & Product Engineer

Chittagong, Bangladesh

Summary

  • Security- and infrastructure-minded backend/product engineer who builds production systems in Go, TypeScript, and modern cloud infrastructure.
  • Owns 0→1 architecture through secure operations: APIs, data, CI/CD, observability, and threat-aware delivery.
  • Partners with founders and teams on outcomes that move the business - uptime, conversion, cost, and shipping speed.

Public Work

  • Built OurCampusBD: multi-tenant school management for Bangladesh (attendance, fees, exams, finance, parent SMS) - 22+ institutions, early recurring revenue over ৳1 lakh.

Experience

Code2b - Backend Engineer (Security & Infrastructure)
May 2026–Present
Athens, Greece · Remote — production backends, product security, and resilient infra.
  • Build Go services/APIs that power business-critical production workloads while designing infrastructure that absorbs traffic growth.
  • Raise platform security through application/infra/deploy controls, vulnerability remediation, and product-security reviews across the SDLC.
  • Automate ops and release workflows, cutting manual overhead and release risk while improving monitoring and incident response.
Bright Brain AI - Founding Engineer (Systems Architecture & AI Infrastructure)
Jan 2025–May 2026
London, UK · Remote — 0→1 architecture across app layers and cloud infrastructure.
  • Architected frontend→API→database→infra systems from 0→1, cutting feature delivery time ~40% via clear boundaries and reusable components.
  • Designed backend services with latency/reliability targets (sub-150ms avg API) and PostgreSQL strategies that improved critical queries 2–5×.
  • Operated AWS with autoscaling/observability at >99.9% uptime; CI/CD cut deploy time from hours to minutes and reduced release errors.
  • Set architecture standards that cut production bugs ~30% and sped ambiguous product cycles ~2× through scoped systems and reviews.
Minimal Steel - Product Engineer
2024–2025
Product company building and selling steel products - digital systems for growth.
  • Helped grow Minimal Steel by translating a physical steel catalog into reliable digital product, pricing, and order workflows customers could trust.
  • Reduced quote turnaround and sales follow-up drag by shipping systems that connected inventory, orders, and customer communication.
  • Improved conversion and operational throughput with a performance-focused storefront/admin stack that scaled catalog and fulfillment without chaos.
deal.ai - Senior Full-Stack Engineer (AI Systems & Product)
Mar 2022–Dec 2024
Miami, FL · Remote — AI-native product features and LLM workflows in production.
  • Led full-stack AI product features for production users, improving delivery speed ~35% and automation rates ~50–70% on key workflows.
  • Built API/orchestration layers for real-time AI interactions at thousands of daily requests, with smarter caching that cut LLM cost ~20–30%.
  • Owned frontend architecture and flexible MongoDB schemas that cut client-side bugs ~25% and shortened idea-to-deploy from weeks to days.
Ayzenberg - Frontend Engineer (Brand & Digital Experience)
Apr 2020–Feb 2022
Pasadena, CA · Remote — brand systems shipped as scalable digital experiences.
  • Led digital implementation of brand identities into production frontend architectures with React, GatsbyJS, and Contentful.
  • Shipped responsive, high-performance brand platforms optimized for SEO and accessibility without sacrificing visual fidelity.
  • Partnered with design to turn static brand systems into interactive experiences maintained on AWS for client delivery.

Selected Projects

  • OurCampusBD - School management SaaS - attendance, fees, exams, finance. Live for 22+ institutions with early recurring revenue over ৳1 lakh.

Skills

  • Go / backend services
  • TypeScript / JavaScript
  • React / Next.js / Node.js
  • PostgreSQL / MongoDB
  • AWS / Linux / CI/CD
  • Application & product security
  • Observability & reliability
  • AI/LLM product systems
  • Performance & system design

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science, BGC Trust University Bangladesh (2020–2024)