Azharul Islam

Senior Backend Engineer with 7+ years of experience scaling production systems from solo contributor to leading a 15-person engineering team. Core expertise in distributed microservices, event-driven architecture, multi-gateway payment systems (Stripe, PayPal, Adyen), and high-traffic backend infrastructure. Strong hands-on experience building and scaling POS, Kiosk, KDS, and Payment Terminal infrastructure, from real-time device communication to backend systems powering restaurant and retail hardware ecosystems. Skilled at owning production systems end-to-end, from design and deployment to monitoring and fixing issues quickly when they come up.