Md Abdullah Al Arif

Md Abdullah Al Arif

Backend Developer Devops
United Arab Emirates
Bengali, Hindi, English

About Me

Backend Engineer with 3+ years building production-grade APIs, microservices, and cloud infrastructure across POS, CRM, and AI domains. Improved deployment efficiency by 50% through CI/CD pipelines, with hands-on experie…

Experience

Software Engineer

Helmalard Technical Services LLC, Ajman, UAE
Feb 2026 - Present · 5 months

Developing an AI support chatbot using RAG, LangGraph, and self-hosted Ollama for internal knowledge retrieval.
Building an internal inventory management system and product catalog platform for potential customers.
Stack: Python, Django, FastAPI, LangGraph, Ollama, RAG, Neo4j, PostgreSQL, AI/ML

Software Engineer

Helmalard Technical Services LLC, Ajman, UAE
Feb 2026 - Present · 5 months

Developing an AI support chatbot using RAG, LangGraph, and self-hosted Ollama for internal knowledge retrieval., Building an internal inventory management system and product catalog platform for potential customers

Software Developer

One Direction Companies Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Aug 2024 - Oct 2025 · 1 year 2 months

Architected a centralised GraphQL API using Apollo Federation to unify 15+ independent POS microservices, enabling consistent data flow across multiple business outlets.
Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Terraform, Docker, and GitHub Actions, reducing release cycle time by 50% and eliminating manual deployment errors.
Implemented an event-driven architecture with Apache Kafka for reliable asynchronous communication and guaranteed message delivery between services.
Built a custom Kong API Gateway plugin in Lua backed by Redis to enforce sliding-window rate limiting, protecting downstream services from traffic spikes.
Set up production monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana, including real-time dashboards and automated incident alerts.
Defined API contracts with cross-functional teams, conducted code reviews, and maintained technical documentation.
Stack: Python, Django, GraphQL, Kafka, Kong, PostgreSQL, GitHub Actions, Docker, Terraform, Redis, Celery

Software Developer

One Direction Companies Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Aug 2024 - Oct 2025 · 1 year 1 month

Architected a centralised GraphQL API using Apollo Federation to unify 15+ independent POS microservices, enabling consistent data flow across multiple business outlets., Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Terraform, Docker, and GitHub Actions, reducing release cycle time by 50% and eliminating manual deployment errors, Implemented an event-driven architecture with Apache Kafka for reliable asynchronous communication and guaranteed message delivery between services., Built a custom Kong API Gateway plugin in Lua backed by Redis to enforce sliding-window rate limiting, protecting downstream services from traffic spikes., Set up production monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana, including real-time dashboards and automated incident alerts., Defined API contracts with cross-functional teams, conducted code reviews, and maintained technical documentation.

Python Django Developer

TechForing Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Jun 2023 - Jul 2024 · 1 year 1 month

Managed and led a team of 4 developers, overseeing task planning, sprint coordination to ensure on-time delivery.
Delivered an enterprise CRM platform serving 250+ clients, cutting onboarding time from 4-5 days to under 24 hours.
Implemented real-time live chat and push notifications using WebSockets, improving support team response times and client satisfaction.
Built a flexible notification engine using Celery and Django signals for automated email/SMS scheduling with configurable per-client rules.
Developed a service quality rating module for support agents, giving management measurable KPIs for team performance.
Integrated AWS S3 for secure document storage and managed CI/CD deployments across staging and production.
Stack: Django REST Framework, JWT, WebSocket, Celery, AWS (EC2, S3), PyTest, Swagger

Python Django Developer

TechForing Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Jun 2023 - Jul 2024 · 1 year

Managed and led a team of 4 developers, overseeing task planning, sprint coordination to ensure on-time delivery., Delivered an enterprise CRM platform serving 250+ clients, cutting onboarding time from 4-5 days to under 24 hours., Implemented real-time live chat and push notifications using WebSockets, improving support team response times and client satisfaction., Built a flexible notification engine using Celery and Django signals for automated email/SMS scheduling with configurable per-client rules., Developed a service quality rating module for support agents, giving management measurable KPIs for team performance, Integrated AWS S3 for secure document storage and managed CI/CD deployments across staging and production.

Backend Developer (Part-time)

LegoIO LLC, Maryland, USA (Remote)
Aug 2023 - Jun 2024 · 10 months

Built the production backend for Resumenalyzer, an AI-powered resume analysis SaaS platform processing 200+ resumes per month.
Implemented a full-text search engine using Apache Solr for fast, ranked retrieval across resume content.
Integrated an NLP model API built by the in-house ML engineering team, handling preprocessing and request orchestration.
Collaborated asynchronously across time zones with a US-based startup team using Agile/Scrum methodology.
Stack: Python, Django, Solr, Celery, REST API, AI/ML Integration, PayPal Refund

Backend Developer (Part-time)

LegoIO LLC, Maryland, USA (Remote)
Aug 2023 - Jun 2024 · 10 months

Built the production backend for Resumenalyzer, an AI-powered resume analysis SaaS platform processing 200+ resumes per month., Implemented a full-text search engine using Apache Solr for fast, ranked retrieval across resume content., Integrated an NLP model API built by the in-house ML engineering team, handling preprocessing and request orchestration., Collaborated asynchronously across time zones with a US-based startup team using Agile/Scrum methodology.

Junior Developer

Sawari Overseas, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Jul 2022 - May 2023 · 10 months

Integrated Travelport uAPI (SOAP/XML) covering full booking lifecycle: search, pricing, hold, ticketing, and cancellation.
Implemented JWT authentication and RBAC; validated GDS response parsing with PyTest automated test suites.
Stack: Django REST Framework, PostgreSQL, Travelport GDS, JWT, AWS, PyTest

Junior Developer

Sawari Overseas, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Jul 2022 - May 2023 · 10 months

Integrated Travelport uAPI (SOAP/XML) covering full booking lifecycle: search, pricing, hold, ticketing, and cancellation., Implemented JWT authentication and RBAC; validated GDS response parsing with PyTest automated test suites.

Skills

PostgreSQL Python Django GraphQL Redis Docker Kafka Lua Neo4j Terraform Solr Cloud Infra AI Integration CI/CD pipelines RAG-based AI FastAPI LangGraph Ollama AI/ML Apollo Federation GitHub Actions Apache Kafka Prometheus Grafana AWS S3 Celery JWT WebSocket AWS EC2 Swagger REST API PayPal Refund MySQL AWS EC2 S3 RDS Jenkins Consul Linux ELK Stack RAG NLP Kong Gateway SQLAlchemy Alembic PyTest Git Django REST Framework Travelport GDS SOAP/XML RBAC Agile Scrum PayPal
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