Summary
Rafiqul Islam is an architect and seasoned software leader with over a decade of experience designing and delivering cloud-native platforms, backend infrastructure, and scalable web services. He specializes in Python and C#, has led global, round-the-clock teams, and has hands-on expertise deploying NFV and 5G components across OpenStack, Red Hat, VMware, AWS and KVM. Rafiqul has a strong track record of transforming monoliths into microservice architectures, driving large-scale data solutions using NoSQL stores, and instituting CI/test practices that supported rapid growth and high availability. He pairs deep technical craft—container orchestration, logging/monitoring, automation and Linux ops—with a product-minded appreciation for data consumers and operational reliability. Currently based in Hamburg and architecting cloud solutions for healthcare, he blends startup agility with enterprise-grade discipline cultivated at Ericsson and high-growth ad-tech firms. An often overlooked strength is his ability to translate complex distributed systems into pragmatic, testable deployments that teams can operate at scale.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bsc, Computer Science, Bsc, Computer Science at University of Dhaka
MBS, Computer Science, MBS, Computer Science at Monash University