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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 opportunities

<About />

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, across a wide range of web applications and backend services.

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

  • PHP
  • Laravel
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • Express
  • Hono
  • 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 web applications for clients, from infrastructure to product.
    • Solving critical bugs.

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

  2. Aug 2022 to Oct 2025

    Software Engineer → Senior Software Engineer

    FlyCommerce (weDevs) · Hybrid

    • Worked on a multi-tenant, microservice-architected SaaS deployed on Kubernetes, letting users spin up a multi-vendor e-commerce marketplace in a minute.
    • Architected and managed several backend services, plus contributed to the React and Next.js frontend.
    • Later managed a team of eight engineers: reduced bugs, improved test coverage, and joined client meetings to help grow revenue.
    • Interviewed 20+ candidates (6 hired) and mentored 5+ engineers.

    TypeScript · Express · Laravel · Postgres · MongoDB · Redis · RabbitMQ · Microservices · Docker · 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.
    • Improved automated test coverage of their open source products to 95-100%.

    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.
    • Built a Datastore driver for Laravel.

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

  5. 2016 to Feb 2021

    Full-Stack Developer, Freelance

    100+ projects for clients around the world

    Laravel · Vue · PHP · WordPress

Education

  • B.Sc. (Engineering) in Computer Science and Engineering

    Pabna University of Science and Technology · 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

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