About Me

Full-stack engineer // Calgary, Alberta

[email protected] | github.com/ZilRahman | linkedin.com/in/zil-rahman

The Short Version

I'm Zil. I've been writing software professionally for about five years, mostly full-stack. React and TypeScript on the front, Node and GraphQL behind it, AWS underneath. Right now I build the in-house POS and billing software AMA's agents use, and I co-founded findnaseeb on the side.

What I actually like is the building. Take something vague, figure out how it should work, get it in front of real people. I'm the one who reads the big PR carefully, chases the weird production bug, and cares whether the thing is still simple to run six months later.

Outside work I'm usually building something too. Right now that's a project car that's eaten more weekends than I'll admit. When I'm not under it I'm hiking, traveling, taking photos, or volunteering. A few of those are under Photos.

System Configuration

Languages:

TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java, C#

Frontend:

React, Next.js, React Native, Flexbox/Grid, CSS Modules

Backend:

Node.js, Express, GraphQL, AWS Lambda/DynamoDB/RDS/S3, Docker

Databases:

PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis

Testing/QA:

Playwright, E2E integration suites, CI/CD pipelines

Employment Chronology

Co-Founder & Software Engineer — Naseeb (findnaseeb.com) Jan 2026 – Present

Co-founded an in-person matchmaking platform for the Muslim community, built around real events instead of swipe-style matching. Built the app on Next.js, TypeScript, and SQLite with a 3-person team.
Built the invite workflow: member profiles and event context help draft guest lists, then a person reviews each list before invites go out.
Added member blocking that surfaces to the team, plus clear community rules.
Grew to 200+ members in Calgary on organic social alone (no paid ads), with waitlists in Toronto, Vancouver, and Chicago.

Software Engineer (Full Stack) — Alberta Motor Association Nov 2022 – Present

Built across AMA's POS and billing platform: React MFEs, serverless workflows, migrations, CI, and infrastructure.
Rebuilt 5 membership servicing flows used by 600+ agents, backed by idempotency, retries, duplicate suppression, and failure recovery.
Improved shared MFE tooling across 5+ surfaces, reducing new-MFE setup from ~1 week to ~1 day.
Cut CI from ~35 minutes to ~12 by parallelizing tests and pipelines.

Software Engineer (Full Stack) — Monss Feb 2020 – Oct 2022

Built web and mobile apps for 10+ businesses across client projects.
Cut hosting costs ~60% by splitting monolithic APIs into containerized cloud services.
Cut maintenance ~70% by moving legacy systems onto React.

Background & Credentials

Self-taught software engineer — building production systems across full-stack web and cloud since 2020.
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (Issued 2024)

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