A Zahiduzzaman is a Director of Software Engineering with 11 years of experience building and scaling cloud-native, AI-driven platforms from the code level to organizational leadership. Currently leading Optimizely’s Opal AI assistant, he has grown and run a 25-engineer org across platform, frontend, retrieval, and agent teams while owning technical strategy for multi-model LLM orchestration, auth, and developer standards. He combines hands-on architecture and coding with strong operational discipline—driving reliability across 10+ microservices and championing AI-assisted development practices. Previously he led engineering for content and marketing platforms, shipping scalable microservices, analytics, and maintainable React UIs using JavaScript, Python and Scala. Based in New Jersey, he balances technical depth with product sensibility and a knack for translating customer needs into pragmatic engineering solutions. Outside work he’s a guitarist and father, reflecting a collaborative, attentive leadership style.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at North South University
Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), Science, Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), Science at Rajuk Uttara Model College
Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Science, Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Science at Ideal School & College, Motijheel
Contributions:5 reviews, 3 PRs, 8 pushes in 8 months
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A Zahiduzzaman - Director Of Software Engineering at Optimizely