The person behind the products

A builder’s mindset.
A team’s
shared ambition.

I lead a 15-person engineering team at StepUp, building SaaS and e-commerce products. My work connects software architecture, hands-on engineering, and the people who bring a product to life.

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Dhaka, Bangladesh SaaS & e-commerce
RAKIB HOSSENENGINEERING / LEADERSHIP
Rakib Hossen
Currently atStepUp

Building the future,
one thoughtful decision at a time.

15 people

One multidisciplinary engineering team

Since 2016

From freelance development to tech leadership

End to end

Architecture, engineering & product delivery

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01 / How I contribute

From the big picture
to the small details.

My work sits at the intersection of architecture, hands-on development, and helping people do their best work.

01

Architecture that scales

Multi-tenant systems, database design, REST APIs, queues, and caching for products serving multiple businesses.

02

People & technical leadership

Leading backend, frontend, mobile, and QA engineers through sprint planning, code review, mentoring, and technical hiring.

03

From code to production

End-to-end product delivery, deployment infrastructure, CI/CD, and performance monitoring on Ubuntu and Nginx.

02 / A product I lead

Built for businesses.
Built to grow.

Boneek is a multi-tenant inventory and e-commerce automation SaaS. As Tech Lead, I’ve guided its development from the first release to V2, including subscription billing.

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PRODUCT AT A GLANCEV2

One platform.
Connected operations.

Multi-tenant architecture

Multiple businesses, one platform

Inventory & e-commerce

Everyday business workflows

Subscription billing

A product built as a service

Laravel · MySQL / PostgreSQL · Redis

03 / Experience

A journey of
building & growing.

From freelance web development to leading a team across backend, frontend, mobile, and QA.

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  1. StepUpCurrent role

    Tech Lead

    Feb 2025 — Present

    Leading a 15-person engineering team and owning architecture, delivery, and technical standards across web products.

    • Led Boneek from its first release to V2 with subscription billing.
    • Built Business Academy, a networking and learning platform for professionals and entrepreneurs.
    • Own system architecture, database schemas, deployment infrastructure, and technical hiring.
  2. StepUp

    Software Engineer

    Nov 2024 — Feb 2025
  3. GotiPath

    Software Engineer

    Jul 2023 — Oct 2024
  4. TheSoftKing

    Laravel Developer

    Sep 2022 — Jun 2023
  5. Wpwork, Inc.

    Full Stack Developer

    May 2021 — Sep 2022

    Self-employed

  6. Packbook

    Senior Web Developer

    2020 — 2021
  7. GotiPath

    Web Developer

    2016 — 2020

    Freelance

04 / Skills & toolkit

The right tools.
The bigger picture.

Technical depth across the stack, with the leadership skills to bring it together. These are the technologies and practices I work with.

01

Backend & APIs

The systems behind the experience.

  • PHP
  • Laravel
  • REST APIs
  • Multi-tenancy
  • Queues
  • WordPress
  • Filament PHP
  • Livewire
  • Go
02

Frontend

Interfaces built around real workflows.

  • JavaScript
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Vue
  • Alpine.js
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Bootstrap
  • jQuery
03

Data & performance

Structured data. Responsive systems.

  • Database design
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQLite
  • TiDB
  • Redis
  • Memcached
  • Caching
04

Infrastructure

Taking products safely into production.

  • Ubuntu
  • Linux
  • Nginx
  • Apache
  • LiteSpeed
  • Docker
  • CI/CD
  • Performance monitoring
05

Engineering leadership

Helping a multidisciplinary team deliver.

  • Software architecture
  • Team leadership
  • Sprint planning
  • Code review
  • Technical mentoring
  • Technical hiring
  • Onboarding
  • Product delivery
06

Everyday tools

A practical, collaborative workflow.

  • Git
  • GitHub
  • VS Code
  • Postman
  • Apidog
  • Figma
  • Slack

My core stack: PHP, Laravel, React / Next.js, MySQL, PostgreSQL & Redis.