Habib Islam
Lead Frontend Developer (Technical Leadership) at Deriv
Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Top SchoolHabib Islam is a Lead Frontend Developer with 11+ years of experience building high-traffic, performance-driven web applications for fintech and consumer platforms. At Deriv he leads frontend architecture for products serving over 3 million users, driving improvements in scalability, Core Web Vitals, and security as Cloudflare system owner. He combines hands-on React/Next/Gatsby/TypeScript development with people leadership—mentoring teams, owning CI/CD practices, and aligning cross-functional roadmaps. Past roles include scaling PWAs for 500K+ users at Shohoz and building real-time collaborative editors and WebRTC messaging, showing a strong background in real-time and progressive web technologies. An active contributor to Deriv’s public repo, his work spans localization, responsive UI fixes, and integrations (e.g., Deriv X), demonstrating attention to global product polish beyond core engineering. Trained originally in physics, he brings analytical rigor to frontend performance and reliability challenges.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Pure Science (B.Sc. in Physics), Physics, Bachelor of Pure Science (B.Sc. in Physics), Physics at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
English
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Github Skills (19)
javascript10
responsive-design10
ui-design10
uid10
localization10
front-end-development10
react10
css9
html9
width9
gatsby8
android6
phonegap-build6
scroll6
jquery6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
binary-com/deriv-com
Mar 2021 - Jun 2022
Deriv.com static content - staging release
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:123 reviews, 28 commits, 48 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Habib primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Deriv.com platform. Their commits focused on implementing and modifying UI components, including localized links, navigation elements, and responsive design adjustments. They addressed localization issues, incorporated new features like Deriv X integration, and fixed bugs related to responsive layouts and text rendering. The user also worked on improving the user interface for career pages.
derivderiv-comstagingstatic-site-generatorstatic-content
technext/humanity
Feb 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:33 commits, 37 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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