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Backend & full-stack engineer

I build distributed backend systems and modern web apps, specialising in Go, TypeScript, NestJS and Next.js. Right now I’m a technical team lead at OXUS Afghanistan and CTO of FoundrOS.

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Platforms, services and tools I’ve built

From a learning platform and accelerator software to semantic matching services and developer tools.

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  1. 01 / 06Active

    FoundrOS

    Platform behind FoundrOS’s Amal Launch Cohort, a 12-week accelerator for Afghan founders: a participant app for applicants, mentors, jury members and guest investors, a separate admin console, and a NestJS + Prisma API with a queue/cron worker. Trilingual (English, Dari, Pashto) with full RTL.

    Role
    CTO & Technical Co-Founder
    Built with
    • TypeScript
    • Next.js
    • NestJS
    • Prisma
    • PostgreSQL
    • Redis

  2. 02 / 06Active

    Top In Town Technology

    Brand site and storefront for a Kabul IT-training company: course and certification catalog, CMS-driven pages, checkout with bank transfer, cash and gateways in USD and AFN, an agency section, and English, Dari and Pashto with RTL. Deployed with zero-downtime rolling Docker releases behind nginx.

    Role
    Software Developer
    Built with
    • TypeScript
    • Next.js
    • NestJS
    • Prisma
    • PostgreSQL
    • Redis

  3. 03 / 06Active

    TTT LMS

    Udemy-style learning platform: Moodle-style question bank with six question types, timed exams including a PMP-format mock exam with sections and breaks, an exam lock that cancels attempts when the student leaves the window, AES-encrypted HLS video with viewer watermarks, and verifiable certificates.

    Role
    Software Developer
    Built with
    • TypeScript
    • Next.js
    • React
    • NestJS
    • Prisma
    • PostgreSQL

  4. 04 / 06Active

    jobs.af

    Led backend architecture for Afghanistan's leading job platform — listings, search, application tracking, and ATS integration. Designed and built a semantic Applicant–Job Matcher microservice using gRPC, Sentence-Transformers, and scikit-learn.

    Role
    Backend Team Lead
    Built with
    • TypeScript
    • NestJS
    • PostgreSQL
    • Docker
    • Microservices
    • gRPC

  5. 05 / 06Completed

    Project Vectorizer

    CLI tool that vectorizes entire codebases and exposes them via Model Context Protocol (MCP), enabling AI agents to semantically navigate large projects.

    Role
    Solo Developer
    Built with
    • Python
    • MCP
    • Embeddings
    • Semantic search
    • Sentence-Transformers
    • ChromaDB

  6. 06 / 06Completed

    Job Recommendation System

    Vector embedding-based job recommendation engine using cosine similarity for personalized, scalable job matching.

    Role
    Solo Developer
    Built with
    • TypeScript
    • Express.js
    • TypeORM
    • PostgreSQL
    • Embeddings
    • REST APIs

Current chapter

What I’m working on now

  1. 01

    OXUS Afghanistan

    Backend developer and technical team lead at the Afghan microfinance institution of the OXUS network, founded by the French NGO ACTED.

  2. 02

    FoundrOS

    CTO and technical co-founder. I lead the platform behind the Amal Launch Cohort, a 12-week accelerator for Afghan founders: a participant app, an admin console and a NestJS + Prisma API with a queue and cron worker.

  3. 03

    Top In Town Technology

    Software developer and development instructor. I built the TTT platform end to end: a learning platform with timed exams, protected video and certificates, plus the brand site and storefront.

Full experience

Engineering perspective

Where I focus

  1. 01

    Backend architecture

    Microservices, event-driven pipelines and APIs in Go and NestJS, designed with clean architecture principles.

  2. 02

    Applied AI infrastructure

    Embeddings, vector search with pgvector, semantic matching services, and MCP tools that let AI agents work with real codebases.

  3. 03

    Distributed systems

    Kafka and RabbitMQ pipelines, Redis caching and query optimisation for services that run in production.

  4. 04

    Teaching and mentoring

    I teach software development at Top In Town Technology and have mentored developers on modern backend systems and software architecture.

Experience

Where I’ve worked

Full timeline

  1. Sep 2026 – Present

    Backend Developer & Technical Team Lead

    OXUS Afghanistan

    Backend developer and technical team lead at OXUS Afghanistan, the Afghan microfinance institution of the OXUS network founded by the French NGO ACTED.

    • Lead the technical team: planning the work, reviewing code and setting engineering standards.
    • Design and build the backend services and APIs behind the institution's operations.

  2. Jun 2026 – Present

    Software Developer & Development Instructor

    Top In Town Technology

    I teach software development at Top In Town Technology and built the TTT platform end to end: the learning platform, the brand site and CMS, and the API behind them.

    • Built the TTT platform end to end: a Udemy-style LMS with brand site and CMS on Next.js 16 / React 19, and a NestJS 11 + Prisma + PostgreSQL API with Redis/BullMQ, MinIO and ClamAV.
    • Designed a Moodle-style question bank and timed exams, including a PMP-format mock exam (sections, breaks, six question types) and an exam lock that cancels attempts when the student leaves the window.
    • Delivered protected video: ffmpeg HLS transcoding with AES-128 encryption, cookie-gated keys and viewer watermarking.
    • Implemented payments (bank transfer, cash and gateways in USD and AFN, coupons), certificates, and English/Dari/Pashto i18n with RTL.
    • Shipped zero-downtime rolling Docker deploys behind nginx; live at ttt.baktash.dev.
    • TypeScript
    • Next.js
    • React
    • NestJS
    • Prisma
    • PostgreSQL
    • Redis
    • BullMQ
    • S3 / MinIO storage
    • ClamAV
    • ffmpeg
    • Docker
    • nginx
    • i18n & RTL

  3. May 2026 – Present

    CTO & Technical Co-Founder

    FoundrOS

    I lead the technology for FoundrOS, a cohort-management platform for founder programs such as the Amal Launch Cohort, a 12-week accelerator for Afghan founders.

    • Lead the technology for FoundrOS, a cohort-management platform for founder programs: applications, teams, mentors, jury scoring and guest investors.
    • Architected the NestJS 11 + Prisma + PostgreSQL API with a separate RabbitMQ/cron worker, Redis and S3-compatible storage.
    • Built the Next.js + React 19 participant app and a separate admin console, in English, Dari and Pashto with RTL layouts.
    • Secured the platform with TOTP two-factor sign-in and AES encryption of sensitive fields.
    • TypeScript
    • NestJS
    • Prisma
    • PostgreSQL
    • RabbitMQ
    • Redis
    • S3 / MinIO storage
    • Next.js
    • React
    • Tailwind CSS
    • TanStack
    • i18n & RTL
    • Authentication & RBAC
    • Firebase
    • Playwright

  4. Oct 2024 – Mar 2026

    Senior Backend Developer

    Netlinks Inc · On-site

    Senior backend developer on production microservices in Go (Gin) and NestJS, with Kafka event pipelines and third-party and cloud integrations such as AWS S3 and Firebase.

    • Architected microservices using Go (Gin) and NestJS, supporting thousands of concurrent users across production workloads.
    • Built event-driven data pipelines with Kafka, reducing message processing latency by ~40%.
    • Integrated 10+ third-party APIs and cloud services including AWS S3 and Firebase, improving system extensibility.
    • Led microservices migration initiative, improving system observability and significantly accelerating deployment velocity.
    • Go
    • Gin
    • NestJS
    • Microservices
    • Event-driven architecture
    • Kafka
    • AWS
    • Firebase

  5. Jan 2024 – Oct 2024

    Full Stack Developer

    Listoli LLC · Remote

    Full-stack developer on e-commerce and listing platforms built with NestJS and Next.js, from design to deployment.

    • Built e-commerce and listing platforms using NestJS and Next.js, handling full product lifecycle from design to deployment.
    • Implemented JWT authentication and RBAC, securing API access across multiple user roles.
    • Reduced API response times by 25% through query optimization and route-level caching strategies.
    • Designed PostgreSQL and MongoDB schemas; managed containerized deployments via Docker.
    • NestJS
    • Next.js
    • PostgreSQL
    • MongoDB
    • Docker
    • Authentication & RBAC

  6. 2021 – 2023

    Software Engineer

    Top In Town Technology · On-site

    Software engineer building and maintaining full-stack web applications with Node.js, React and RESTful APIs, shipping features with cross-functional teams.

    • Developed and maintained full-stack web applications using Node.js, React, and RESTful APIs.
    • Designed scalable backend services applying clean architecture principles.
    • Optimized application performance and system reliability through refactoring and production monitoring.
    • Worked with cross-functional teams to ship production-ready features on schedule.
    • Node.js
    • React
    • REST APIs
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