Md. Mukhlesur Rahman

Lead Software Engineer

+880-1923-566199

Backend-focused full-stack engineer with 7 years of experience building scalable, production-grade systems. Specialized in backend architecture, DevOps, and system reliability, with a track record of solving complex engineering problems, ownership and improving engineering team efficiency.

Technical Skills

Languages
Node.js (JavaScript, TypeScript), Python
Backend
NestJS, Prisma, Fastify, Express.js, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Prefect
Frontend
Next.js, Tailwind, ShadCN/UI, React, Vite, Redux Toolkit
Data Platforms & Queue
MySQL, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Redis, RabbitMQ, BullMQ, Cube.js
Networking
HAProxy, Nginx
Cloud & DevOps
AWS (EC2, S3, Route53, SES, ECS, ALB, RDS, ElastiCache, CloudFront), Cloudflare, GCP (Compute Engine, Cloud Run), Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, CI/CD

Experience

SaaS Software Solutions LLC · Orem, Utah

June 2024 -- Present

Lead Software Engineer

  • Multi-tenant SaaS Platform - Architected and built a scalable multi-tenant SaaS platform from the ground up, with automated CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliable and fast deployments.
  • Grant Management Platform - Architected a full-stack platform from the ground up with a focus on security and scalability, supporting dynamic form workflows, application processing, evaluation and judging systems, financial disbursement tracking, reporting modules, and mentorship features. Implemented RBAC, communication systems, structured data modeling, and CI/CD automation for production reliability.
  • Team Leadership - Led onshore and offshore engineers, defining architecture and mentoring teammates, increasing delivery efficiency and knowledge sharing.
  • React Native MVP Development - Delivered a React Native MVP, published to App Store and Play Store in 2 months, featuring OCR-based receipt processing with AI-driven analysis and transaction intelligence for financial transaction categorization and insights.
  • Fintech Integrations - Integrated Plaid and Stripe to enable secure invoice and payment workflows for the platform.

Orangetoolz · Dhaka

July 2023 -- June 2024

Lead Software Engineer

  • Business Intelligence & Reporting - Built dynamic dashboards with Cube.js, connecting multiple database sources to power business analytics and reporting.
  • Operational Management System - Owned ongoing development and maintenance of a scalable operations platform consolidating data from multiple sources, providing business intelligence, location-based analytics, structured-data automation, and performance reporting for agency workflows.
  • ETL Pipelines - Designed and implemented pipelines to process millions of records from third-party CRMs, ensuring timely and accurate data synchronization.
  • Scalable UGC - Architected a scalable content submission system and implemented a high-performance UGC pipeline, enabling a seamless, near-instant user experience.
  • Maintaining & Team Leadership - Maintained a core part of the company's monorepo; led a small team, established coding guidelines, supported multiple teams in adopting best practices, and actively resolved critical production issues, enabling uninterrupted team progress.
  • Production Reliability & System Stability - Acted as a primary owner for production issues, diagnosing complex system failures, performing root-cause analysis, and implementing fixes. Introduced architectural improvements that increased system stability and reduced recurring incidents.
  • CI/CD Optimization - Redesigned build and deployment workflows, reducing pipeline execution time from 30 minutes to under 5 minutes, dramatically accelerating development and release cycles.

TiCON System Ltd · Dhaka

April 2022 -- June 2023

Jr. Software Engineer

  • OTT Platform Scaling - Re-architected a nationwide SaaS OTT platform serving millions of users, designing caching strategy and provisioning AWS EC2 infrastructure from scratch, which increased system capacity 10x and reduced operating cost 5x.
  • High-Performance APIs - Engineered and operated production APIs handling 4,500 requests per second with 2-10ms server latency.
  • Zero-Downtime & Self-Healing Deployment - Designed and implemented deployment strategies with semi-automated scaling and self-healing, ensuring zero downtime and high availability in production.
  • Payment Systems & Integrations - Integrated multiple payment vendors and third-party systems, enhancing subscription management and overall platform reliability.
  • Security & Reliability - Enhanced code quality and resolved security vulnerabilities, strengthening the system's overall stability and reliability.

Independent Contractor · Remote

Oct 2018 -- Dec 2021

Full-Stack Developer

  • Diverse Client Systems - Designed and developed systems including a warehouse management system, an education management portal, analytical platforms, and dynamic data visualization tools, building a strong foundation in scalable system design and backend engineering.

Projects

Achievements

Education

University of Information Technology & Sciences (UITS) · Dhaka

Computer Science and Engineering