Alameen Azad Engineering Lead · Backend & Platform

Open to senior & lead engineering roles

I lead teams that ship dependable web platforms.

Hi — I’m Alameen Azad. I lead engineering teams and build reliable, scalable web applications. I focus on designing clean APIs, improving developer workflows, and helping teams deliver maintainable systems that grow with the product.

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Selected work

Production applications and platforms I’ve built

Fintech platform

Zerly

Real-time gold price tracker and portfolio manager. Empowers users to monitor precious metal markets and calculate asset values instantly.

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Status
Live
Stack
Node.js · TypeScript · PostgreSQL

Family wishlist app

Keptwish

An invite-only family wishlist platform. Build wishlists from a pasted link or by hand, join private Family Circles, and see a feed of what everyone in your circles is wishing for.

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Model
Invite-only family circles, no public discovery
Stack
Next.js · TypeScript · PostgreSQL · Prisma

Café memory wall

Nooks

A multi-tenant memory wall and menu for cafés. Customers share photos and notes from their visits, and the café curates the best into a public, evolving story of the place.

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First venue
The Vintage Café, Sulaymaniyah
Stack
Nuxt · TypeScript · PostgreSQL · Drizzle

Experience

Seven years, from developer to team lead

  1. Aug 2022 – Present

    Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

    K&C · outsourced to Informa, Partnering One

    • Ship backend code for Partnering One, a collaborative business platform: scalable services, REST API integration, database performance and data security.
  2. Feb 2022 – Present

    Team Lead & Full-Stack Developer

    K&C · Förderscouting-Plattform, Nordfriesland

    • Lead a team of 4 while developing hands-on, running Agile Scrum with Vue.js and Node.js.
    • Work with stakeholders to deliver a scalable, REST-API-driven platform that streamlines municipal funding processes.
  3. May 2023 – Aug 2026

    Branch Manager

    K&C · Sulaymaniyah office (since closed)

    • Ran the branch end to end (lease, setup, equipment) alongside engineering work, and built the local team.
    • Led technical and HR recruiting with CleverStaff and LinkedIn.
  4. Jan 2021 – Aug 2022

    Lead Developer, then Software Development Director

    Moonline Travel and Trade · team of 8 engineers

    • Led 8 engineers shipping customer-facing products (Booking Advisors, Visa Advisors) and internal tooling.
    • Built SAP-integrated internal tools with SAP partners: CRM, invoice data entry, project management and an HR system. They replaced paid third-party software.
    • Rebuilt Booking Advisors in Vue 2 + Quasar (PWA) so any team member could maintain it and ship fixes the same day.
  5. Mar 2019 – Jan 2021

    Full-Stack Developer

    Moonline Travel and Trade

    • Maintained the company’s websites (Drupal, WordPress) and built its first SAP-connected web projects in PHP, later rebuilt in Vue.

How I work

What a team gets when I join it

  1. 01

    APIs designed before they're built

    Clear contracts, predictable errors, versioning that doesn't strand clients. Teams move faster when the interface stops changing under them.

  2. 02

    Developer workflow as a product

    Fast local setup, honest CI, and boring deploys. Most delivery problems are workflow problems wearing a technical costume.

  3. 03

    Systems that stay maintainable

    Code that the next engineer can read, and architecture that grows with the product rather than being rewritten alongside it.

Open source

Highlighted contributions to the open-source community

KruscheCompany /

Förderscouting-Plattform

Förderscouting-Plattform is a platform designed to simplify the process of finding and applying for funding opportunities,

Förderscouting-Plattform Quasar · Node.js · JavaScript

A platform that streamlines how organizations discover and apply for funding opportunities. Built with Quasar and Node.js with an emphasis on performance and usability.

 Förderscouting-Plattform-API Node.js · Express · PostgreSQL

REST API powering the Förderscouting platform. Responsible for authentication, data orchestration, and third-party integrations.

 Aion Node.js · TypeScript · CLI

Syncs time entries from Tempo (Jira) to Dyce. Enriches worklogs with issue titles, detects leave and holidays, and skips anything already synced.

Hiring for a platform or backend team?

Send the role and I’ll tell you honestly whether I’m the right fit. Happy to walk through architecture decisions, trade-offs, and what I’d do differently.

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