Arafat Islam

Backend-focused Full-Stack Engineer · AI Fluent

A decade of experience shipping production systems in PHP/Laravel and TypeScript/Node, from multi-vendor marketplaces to scalable cloud infrastructure solutions. Comfortable across the stack in both backend and frontend.

Experience

  1. Nov 2025 to Present

    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. Mar 2015 to Feb 2021

    Full-Stack Developer, Freelance

    100+ projects for clients around the world

    Laravel · Vue · PHP · WordPress

Products

  • Depnix (2026) - Connect GitHub, push code, and let Depnix handle deployments, scaling, and monitoring.
  • Wooless (2026) - Hassle-free, headless WooCommerce storefronts with app-like shopping experiences.
  • XeroWP (2025-26) - Zero-hassle managed WordPress hosting.
  • SiteBot (2025-26) - Free uptime monitoring for the sites you can't afford to lose.
  • AmarDetails (2024) - Build a free portfolio website in minutes.

Open Source

More on GitHub →
  • SocializeMaintainer - A simple social network built with Laravel, Inertia, Vue and Tailwind, coded offline during Bangladesh's 2024 nationwide internet shutdown.
  • Laravel DatastoreMaintainer - A Google Datastore driver for Laravel's query builder & Eloquent.
  • MainteniasMaintainer - A simple, lightweight maintenance mode plugin for WordPress.
  • WRESTMaintainer - A fluent, easy-to-use REST API wrapper for WordPress.
  • express-trim-stringsMaintainer - Express middleware to trim whitespace from string values in request bodies.
  • cashier-stripeContributor - Laravel Cashier, Laravel's expressive Stripe billing integration.
  • express-validatorContributor - Popular Express.js middleware for validating and sanitizing input.
  • validator.jsContributor - Widely used string validation and sanitization library.