Mahboob Alam

Work Experience

Nov 2024 – Present

Software Engineer

Reduced database query execution time by 17%, handle low-latency analytics, scale multi-vendor platform with 100+ stores.
Improved authentication workflows, leading to a 30% reduction in login errors and enhancing user experience.
Refactored legacy code with design patterns, boosting maintainability by 40% and simplifying future updates.
Strengthened backend and frontend collaboration, shortening development cycle time by 20% and improving integration efficiency.

Sept 2023 – Nov 2023

Internship

Enhanced platform search efficiency, boosting user search success rates by 15%.
Implemented real-time in-app chat with WebSocket, increasing user engagement and retention by 30%.
Optimized 22% of patient dashboard APIs, cutting database queries and reducing response times by 1 second.
Integrated doctor dashboard and analytics, improving data access by 20% and data-driven decisions by 15%.

July 2024 - Aug 2024

Django, DRF, RabbitMQ, Docker, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, AWS, Portainer, Container Security, Microservices

A microservices solution for DSA problem solving platform backend just like Leetcode built from scratch without any 3rd party solution.

Built Algocode, a backend for DSA challenges and coding contests, enabling code submission and testing similar to LeetCode.
Designed and orchestrated a microservices architecture comprising Auth, Code Manager, and a custom RCE Engine (C++ judge).
Developed and optimized Code Manager Service to handle APIs for code submission, problem retrieval, result validation, rate limiting, and communication with the RCE Engine via a message broker.
Conceived and built RCE Engine Service, a custom RCE Engine, executing user code securely in Docker containers, mitigating risks like fork-bombs, and delivering accurate results (e.g., WA, AC, TLE) within 2.5 seconds.

May 2024 - June 2024

Django, AWS S3, EC2, Translate, Gcore CDN, Flower, Elasticsearch, Nginx, Gunicorn, Cloudflare, Celery, FFmpeg, Docker

A scalable microservices solution for video on demand platform with closed caption, DRM and data protection need just like YouTube.

Orchestrated a scalable YouTube-like backend with Django using microservices, supporting 1K+ daily requests.
Optimized video processing with Celery, FFmpeg, and AWS S3, reducing processing time by 30%.
Implemented Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (MPEG-DASH), cutting buffering incidents by 25%.
Secured content with DRM (PlayReady) and boosted delivery speed by 40% using Gcore CDN and containerizing the solution with Docker.

Nov 2023 – Dec 2023

Django, Django Rest Framework, React, PostgreSQL, WebSocket, Route53, AWS

Live streaming solution for low latency video game streaming just like Twitch.

Led development of ProStream using WebRTC for low-latency live streaming, improving streaming responsiveness by 25%.
Developed ProStream backend with Django and DRF, implementing WebSocket chat and reducing database query time by 20%.
Managed AWS deployment with load balancing and auto-scaling, rate limiting, boosting platform scalability.