Abrar Mahir Esam
Résumé

About

I'm Abrar Mahir Esam, a software engineer based in Dhaka. I like understanding how things work, and making them work a little better.

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The short version

At Bengal Byte I was one of the first engineers on Psycloud, a production clinical platform now serving over 1,000 users, and a principal architect of the product. I also architected a government personnel and duty-management platform running 300 concurrent users.

I work end to end across Spring Boot (Java 21), FastAPI and Node.js behind React and Next.js, over PostgreSQL, MongoDB and Redis, and I publish open-source developer tooling in Rust.

I'm a Codeforces Specialist (peak rating 1425, 496 problems solved) and have mentored three batches of competitive programmers at the MIST Computer Club. I earned my B.Sc. in CSE from MIST with a CGPA of 3.56/4.00, and I'm now pursuing my M.Sc. part-time.

Outside software, I write poems and draw, from quick sketches to Inktober.

Abrar Mahir Esam in a navy suit

Career

  1. Aug 2025 - Aug 2026

    Nikunja 2, Dhaka-1229

    Bengal Byte

    Fullstack Software Engineer

    Next.js (TypeScript), FastAPI (Python), PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker

    One of the first engineers and a principal architect of Psycloud — a production clinical platform now serving over 1,000 users

    • Designed and built core systems from the ground up, setting the structural patterns the team still builds against
    • Built the practitioner dashboard for patient records, case histories, and treatment data, plus the assessment engine that scores questionnaires and tracks patient progress between sessions
    • Designed backend services, data models, and APIs handling patient health data to EU data-protection standards
    • Shipped test-driven, with manual code review layered on multi-agent AI review (Claude Code, Codex) before every merge

  2. May 2024 - May 2026

    Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Prime Minister's Office, Govt. of Bangladesh

    Fullstack Web & Mobile Engineer (Part-time Contract)

    Java 21, Spring Boot, React (TypeScript), Flutter, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker

    Architected a personnel and duty-management platform carrying 300 concurrent users in production

    • Architected the Spring Boot (Java 21) backend on PostgreSQL with Flyway-managed migrations and HATEOAS REST APIs
    • Built server-side PDF generation for duty forms and real-time notifications via Firebase Cloud Messaging
    • Secured it with JWT, OAuth, RBAC, Redis-backed session revocation, rate limiting, audit logging, MFA, and passkeys, and tuned PostgreSQL indexes and queries behind a Redis cache
    • Developed the React + TypeScript web client and Flutter app; ran CI/CD, deployments, and monitoring

  3. Apr 2025 - Aug 2025

    Mirpur DOHS, Dhaka

    Nyntax

    Fullstack Web Developer

    React 18 (TypeScript), Express.js, MongoDB

    Full-stack development on the SoftCar rental platform and an AI-agent data training extension

    • Built backend APIs and frontend features for insurance, booking, and administration modules in SoftCar
    • Developed a web extension for AI-agent data training with user-session management similar to Jam
    • Migrated legacy JavaScript codebases to type-safe TypeScript

  4. Feb 2024 - Mar 2024

    Gulshan, Dhaka

    Nogor Solutions Limited

    Industrial Trainee

    Software development training focused on requirements engineering and testing

    • Authored Software Requirements Specification documents
    • Executed end-to-end testing, uncovering critical defects and optimizing user flows per HCI best practices
    • Collaborated with system analysts on architectural design patterns and SDLC

  5. Jan 2022 - July 2025

    Dhaka, Bangladesh

    MIST Computer Club

    Mentor of Competitive Programming and Skill Development

    Mentoring students in competitive programming and software development

    • Mentored three consecutive batches in competitive programming
    • Conducted Web Development and Database courses
    • Took regular sessions and conducted programming contests

Research

  • Adaptive control of local LLM agents on consumer hardware

    M.Sc. thesis, MIST

    In progress

  • Local LLM fallback stack

    Personal tooling that takes over from cloud AI tools when token quotas run out: llama.cpp, Ollama and quantized Qwen and Gemma models (9B–27B), tuned for quality, speed and memory on consumer hardware

    Ongoing

  • AI-Enhanced Application for Incentivizing Waste Recycling: A Step towards Sustainable Environment

    2025 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Photonics, Artificial Intelligence, and Networking (QPAIN 2025)

    2025

  • Analysing Low-Resource Language Feedback Across Industries

    B.Sc. thesis, MIST. Multi-paradigm ML with a custom Romanized Bengali sentiment dataset

    2025

Contests and awards

ResultEventDate
Finalist (Top 11)WebXtreme Hackathon 2025, NSU, DhakaTeam: 404_BRAIN_NOT_FOUND2025
Specialist RankCodeforcesHandle: Abrar_Mahir_Esam · Max rating 1425 · 496 problems solved2024
FinalistBUET DevSprint 2024, Inter-University Software Dev CompetitionTeam: ElyriaMar 2024
Second Runner UpMIST Independence Day Programming Contest 2023Team: MIST_DECODERSAug 2023
ChampionMIST Independence Day Programming Contest 2022Team: MIST_DECODERSAug 2022
Nabiha Raida Scholarship & Commandant's List of HonourMIST CSE DeptFor excellent academic and extracurricular performance2022
Second Runner UpMIST Campus Hour Programming ContestSecured 3rd position in programming competitionApr 2022
21st PlaceSEC Inter University Junior Programming ContestTeam: MIST_DECODERSJun 2022
85th PlaceAUST Inter University Programming ContestTeam: MIST_DECODERSDec 2022

Education

M.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering
Part-time, Military Institute of Science and Technology
2025 – present
B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering
Military Institute of Science and Technology. CGPA 3.56/4.00
2021 – 2025