Work with a forward deployed engineer.
I'm Saiful Alam, a Senior Software Engineer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. I work close to the people using the software, find the problem that actually matters, and ship the fix end to end: frontend, APIs, databases and deployment.
Shipped with teams at
Cefalo
ThemeXpert
Digital Healthcare Solutions
Softnio
Latest work
Recent products I've built and shipped.
2026 · Pet Project
School Management
A school management platform for a fictional school in Dhaka: public website and online admissions, attendance, exams and results, fees and payments, and portals for teachers, students and parents.
TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · Shadcn UI · Spatie Permission
2026 · Pet Project
Lumora
An online store for a fictional lifestyle brand in Dhaka: a storefront with variants and digital downloads, checkout with SSLCommerz or cash on delivery, and a role-based staff console.
TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · Shadcn UI · SSLCommerz
2026 · Pet Project
The Aurelle
A booking platform for a fictional five-star hotel and restaurant: room booking with live pricing and payment, table reservations, and a role-based staff console.
TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · Shadcn UI · Stripe
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How I can help
Where I'm most useful to a team.
Embedded product engineering
A product team needs someone who learns the domain fast and ships the fix, not just the ticket.
Good fit: Client teams, early products, features with unclear requirements.
SaaS features and integrations
New capabilities on a live SaaS platform without breaking what customers already rely on.
Good fit: Help desks, knowledge bases, custom domains, third-party APIs.
Moving legacy systems forward
An older codebase slows every change; it needs to move to a modern stack in steps, not a rewrite.
Good fit: Frontend migrations to React, Laravel backends, schema work across teams.
Discovery and technical direction
You know the outcome you want but not yet the shape of the system that gets you there.
Good fit: Requirement analysis, system design, scoping before a build.
- Discovery first
- Talk to the people who use it, read the data, find the real constraint.
- Ship early
- A working version in front of users beats a perfect spec.
- Own it end to end
- Frontend, APIs, databases, deployment, and what happens after launch.
- Leave it better
- Docs, handover and tooling so the team can carry it forward.
Ways to work together
Pick the shape that fits.
Project or contract work
A defined piece of work: a new product, a feature set, an integration or a migration.
Joining your team
A longer-term role inside your product team, working with your people and your codebase.
A first conversation
Not sure what you need yet? A short call to talk through the problem and the options.
Planning a build? Get a rough cost and timeline estimate in about two minutes →
How it starts
What happens after you reach out.
- 1
Tell me about it
Send a message or book a call. A few lines on what you're building and what's in the way.
- 2
We talk it through
We go over the problem, the people it affects, and the constraints: time, budget, stack.
- 3
A clear next step
You get a scoped suggestion for what to build first, or an honest answer if I'm not the right fit.
Hiring for a role?
Everything a hiring team needs, in one place.
Over eight years across product companies, agencies and client work, from Laravel backends to React frontends. My résumé has the short version; the experience page has the details: roles, skills, education and certifications.
Work
- Company
- Cefalo Bangladesh Ltd.
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- Senior Software Engineer
- Date Nov 2022—Present
- Company
- ThemeXpert
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- Software Engineer
- Date Jan 2022—Nov 2022
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- TechCare® Inc.
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- Software Engineer
- Date Aug 2021—Jan 2022
- Company
- Glostars
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- Software Engineer
- Date Dec 2020—Apr 2022
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- Digital Healthcare Solutions
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- Associate Software Engineer
- Date Mar 2020—Jul 2021
- Company
- Softnio
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- Web Application Developer
- Date Oct 2018—Mar 2020
FAQ
Questions people usually ask first.
- Where are you based?
- Dhaka, Bangladesh (GMT+6). I work with remote client teams and we can agree on overlapping hours for calls and reviews.
- Which technologies do you work with?
- Mostly TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, PHP and Laravel, with PostgreSQL and MySQL, hosted on AWS or DigitalOcean.
- Can you work inside an existing codebase?
- Yes, most of my work has been inside live products: client products at Cefalo, ThriveDesk at ThemeXpert, and moving legacy systems to modern frameworks.
- Do you build complete products or only features?
- Both. I've added features to live SaaS platforms and built full products end to end, from data model and APIs to frontend and deployment.
- How do we get started?
- Send a message or book a call. I read every message and reply personally.
Working on something where the engineering has to fit how people actually use it?
A few lines are enough: what you're building, what's getting in the way, and who it affects. I'm based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Want to see how I work first? Browse my open source on GitHub or the small tools I've built.