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Arafat Islam

Backend-focused full-stack engineer building web platforms in PHP/Laravel and TypeScript/Node. Currently working as a freelance software engineer.

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Location
Dhaka, BD
Experience
10+ years
Status
Open to freelance work

<About />

I'm a backend-focused full-stack engineer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, currently working as a freelance software engineer. Over the past decade I've shipped production systems in PHP/Laravel and TypeScript/Node, from multi-vendor marketplaces to uptime-monitoring and hosting infrastructure.

Backend is where I'm most at home: PHP, Laravel, Node, Express, PostgreSQL, MongoDB. But I ship the frontend too, in Vue, Nuxt, React and Next. I hold an M.Sc. in Computer Science from BUET and started freelancing years before finishing my B.Sc.

  • PHP
  • Laravel
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • Express
  • Vue
  • Nuxt
  • React
  • Next.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Docker
  • AWS

<Experience />

  1. Nov 2025 to Present HEAD

    Freelance Software Engineer

    Self-employed · Remote

    Building and shipping backend-focused web platforms for clients, from infrastructure to product.

    PHP · Laravel · TypeScript · Inertia · Vue · Node · Express · React · Next.js · Postgres · MySQL · MongoDB · Docker

  2. Aug 2022 to Oct 2025

    Software Engineer → Senior Software Engineer

    FlyCommerce (weDevs) · Hybrid

    Built microservices behind a no-code, multi-vendor e-commerce marketplace platform.

    TypeScript · Express · Laravel · Postgres · MongoDB · RabbitMQ · Microservices · React · Next.js

  3. Jan 2022 to Jun 2022

    Laravel Engineer

    rtCamp Inc. · Remote

    Worked on a Laravel/React product, then moved to backend work on Easydash, built with NestJS.

    Laravel · React · NestJS · WordPress

  4. Mar 2021 to Dec 2021

    Software Engineer

    weDevs Ltd.

    Worked on Appsero, a SaaS for software licensing, auto-updates, and analytics.

    Laravel · Vue · Express · Python · MySQL · MongoDB · BigQuery

  5. Mar 2015 to Feb 2021

    Full-Stack Developer, Freelance

    40+ projects for clients in Bangladesh & abroad

    Laravel · Vue · PHP · WordPress

Education

  • M.Sc. (Engineering) in Computer Science

    BUET, Dhaka · 2022 to Present

  • B.Sc. (Engineering) in Computer Science

    PUST, Pabna · 2015 to 2019

Recognition

  • Champion, National Top 7

    Banglalink IT Incubator 3.0 · 2020

  • Runner Up

    Student2Startup, Chapter 2 · 2019

  • 1st Runner Up

    BASIS National ICT Award · 2019

<Products />

<Contributions /> open source

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<Contact />

Have a web app or product idea worth building?

I take on project-based work end to end: planning, backend, frontend, and the infra it ships on. If you need a full-stack engineer to build or ship a web app, let's talk.

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