Farhan Islam
@farhan.islam
Verified expertSoftware · Dhaka, Bangladesh
Backend Engineer. Helping teams ship reliable, scalable software.
Packages
Fixed scope and fixed price. Order an outcome, not hours.
Code & architecture review
$400A focused, fixed-scope engagement delivering a clear outcome. Includes a kickoff call, the work itself, and a walkthrough of results.
MVP build sprint
$4,900A focused, fixed-scope engagement delivering a clear outcome. Includes a kickoff call, the work itself, and a walkthrough of results.
Performance & scaling audit
$1,000A focused, fixed-scope engagement delivering a clear outcome. Includes a kickoff call, the work itself, and a walkthrough of results.
About
Farhan Islam is a Backend Engineer with 10+ years of experience helping teams ship reliable, scalable software. Recent engagements have focused on JavaScript, Kubernetes and Microservices. Based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Farhan works with startups and scale-ups that need senior expertise without a full-time hire.
Problems I solve
• Scaling systems from thousands to millions of requests • Mentoring engineers and raising code quality • Cutting infrastructure cost while improving reliability
Selected work
Real outcomes, not promises.
Re-architected a monolith into services
Cut deploy time 80%Broke a fragile monolith into cleanly-bounded services with CI/CD and automated tests, so the team could ship daily.
Scaled a platform for a traffic spike
5M requests/day, zero downtimeIntroduced caching, queues and horizontal scaling ahead of a major launch.
Skills
Experience
Backend Engineer
2022 to nowArbisoft · Dhaka, Bangladesh
Reduced deploy time from days to minutes
Worked directly with leadership on the problems that mattered most to the business.
Senior Software
2013 to 2016Netsol · Dhaka, Bangladesh
Shipped the rebuild three weeks early
Worked directly with leadership on the problems that mattered most to the business.
Education
Anna University
MBA, Business Administration
2011 to 2015
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