Jahir Ahmed illustrated portraitJahir Ahmed

Jahir Ahmed

Backend Engineer

Dhaka, Bangladesh

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About Me

Hey there. I'm Jahir — a backend engineer based in Dhaka, currently building APIs and data pipelines at RIMES, for weather and disaster early-warning systems.

Previously at belivIT and Atsiom, and I run the Kubernetes infrastructure underneath.
Skills
  • Python
  • Django
  • Django REST Framework
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • Celery
  • Apache Airflow
  • ETL Pipelines
  • Node.js
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes (RKE2)
  • Linux
  • CI/CD
  • PostGIS
  • Angular
  • TypeScript
Featured Work
All Projects
Experience
Full Stack Developer, RIMES
Oct 2023 – Present · Dhaka
  • Own the Django/DRF APIs, PostgreSQL schemas and Redis caching for platforms used by 4 partner organizations
  • Maintain Python ETL pipelines pulling about 5 GB daily, now moving from cron to Airflow
  • Co-built three self-hosted Proxmox + RKE2 Kubernetes clusters with HAProxy + Keepalived
  • Designed the Angular architecture for TN-SMART across 38 districts
Programmer, belivIT
Apr 2021 – Sept 2023 · Dhaka
  • Built Node.js/Express backends and Angular admin dashboards for e-commerce platforms
  • Refactored API layers, cutting server response time by about 30%
Full Stack Developer, Atsiom LLC
Mar 2020 – Mar 2021 · Remote
  • Built Django REST APIs for authorizations, result delivery and invoicing on a US health SaaS
  • Cut initial load time by lazy-loading Angular feature modules
Assistant Software Engineer, Millennium
Jun 2019 – Feb 2020 · Dhaka
  • Tested and debugged a Shariah-compliant core banking platform
  • Modernized legacy internal UI modules in Angular
Education
Advanced Certificate for Management Professionals

IBA, University of Dhaka — Dhaka, Bangladesh

B.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering

United International University — Dhaka, Bangladesh

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Cloud Native Computing Foundation