Professional Summary

Backend-focused Laravel and Node.js full-stack software engineer with 8+ years of professional experience designing and delivering scalable web platforms, payment systems, inventory workflows, real-time applications, and third-party API integrations.

At Newroz Technologies Limited, contributed to FastPay wallet products for Iraq and independently built the full Kartat card-selling application covering inventory, gateway, reseller, and bank partnership flows.

Strong ownership across requirements, estimation, architecture, mentoring, and delivery. Comfortable leading backend workstreams and accelerating delivery with modern AI-assisted engineering practices while maintaining code quality, security, and maintainability.

Key strengths

  • 8+ years shipping production backend systems across fintech, booking, ISP, and enterprise domains
  • Built the complete Kartat card-selling platform end-to-end (inventory, gateway, reseller, bank flows)
  • Delivered FastPay wallet product modules for Iraq including inventory, corporate, distribution, CRM, and activity logging
  • Experienced mentoring developers, estimating delivery, and owning features from requirements to production
  • Comfortable combining deep Laravel/PHP expertise with Node.js and modern AI-assisted workflows

Capabilities

Deep Laravel/PHP backend ownership with Node.js, Vue.js, and Livewire experience for shipping complete products.

Backend

  • PHP
  • Laravel
  • CodeIgniter
  • CakePHP
  • Node.js
  • Express
  • REST APIs
  • WordPress

Frontend (supporting)

  • JavaScript
  • Vue.js
  • jQuery
  • Livewire
  • HTML5
  • CSS3
  • Bootstrap

Data & Caching

  • MySQL
  • MariaDB
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • Memcached
  • Firebase

Integrations & Domains

  • Payment gateways
  • Wallet systems
  • Inventory & distribution
  • CRM workflows
  • MikroTik / ISP billing
  • SMS & push notifications
  • Third-party API design

DevOps & Tooling

  • Docker / docker-compose
  • Nginx
  • Apache
  • Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS)
  • macOS
  • Jenkins
  • GitHub Actions CI/CD
  • Git
  • AI-assisted development

Experience

Wallet systems, card-selling platforms, API integrations, and mentoring backend teams.

Software Engineer

Building innovative digital products for customers and businesses, with a focus on fintech, wallet, and card-distribution platforms.

  • Owned backend delivery for Kartat card-selling products, including inventory, gateway, reseller panels, FIB Bank of Iraq reseller flows, and activity-log management.
  • Contributed to FastPay wallet initiatives for Iraq across inventory, corporate, distribution, CRM, and operational logging modules.
  • Handled production-critical incidents and high-pressure releases across payment, card-selling, stock, and partner-integration workflows while protecting transaction and inventory integrity.
  • Designed and integrated third-party APIs for payments, stock, and partner systems using Laravel.
  • Led junior developers, supported project estimation and scheduling, and improved readability and scalability of production codebases.

Software Engineer

Online multi-modal booking platform covering launch, bus, train, and air ticketing.

  • Built and maintained Laravel backend services powering merchant operations and booking workflows.
  • Collaborated with product and management stakeholders on requirements, estimation, and delivery planning.
  • Improved scalability and maintainability of booking-related backend features.

Software Engineer

Software, web, and application development company delivering enterprise and government-facing systems.

  • Gathered requirements with clients and translated them into technical delivery plans.
  • Led feature development and coordinated with team members on estimation, cost, and scheduling.
  • Delivered backend systems for operational and domain-specific business applications.

Web Developer

Agile web development for business applications and content-driven platforms.

  • Designed and coded applications in an agile environment with a focus on maintainable PHP backends.
  • Created and maintained technical documentation and acted as liaison between business and engineering.
  • Worked across Laravel, CodeIgniter, CakePHP, WordPress, and related frontend stacks.

Web Developer

Web application development and technical delivery support in an agile team environment.

  • Designed and coded applications using a test-oriented, iterative delivery approach.
  • Maintained project schedules and technical documentation.
  • Coordinated across business, QA, and development stakeholders.

Selected Case Studies

Private or offline client systems are summarized as case studies without dead demo links.

Durpalla Booking Platform Ecosystem

Building an end-to-end booking platform ecosystem that connects a Laravel/PHP API gateway with a Flutter customer application and the services required for complete booking journeys.

  • Developing the platform across backend services, API integration, and customer-facing booking experiences
  • Designing a maintainable API ecosystem to support complete booking workflows
  • Coordinating application and backend delivery as an actively evolving production product
  • Laravel
  • PHP
  • REST APIs
  • Flutter
  • Dart
  • MySQL

Flutter booking application · API gateway

Kartat Card-Selling Platform

End-to-end card-selling application covering inventory management, payment gateway operations, reseller panels, bank partnership flows (including FIB Bank of Iraq), and activity logging.

  • Built the full application architecture and core business modules
  • Integrated third-party APIs for partner and gateway operations
  • Designed reseller and distribution workflows for operational scale
  • Handled time-sensitive production issues and peak operational pressure while preserving card-sale, stock, and transaction consistency
  • Laravel
  • MySQL
  • REST APIs
  • Inventory systems

iFix Service Management Platform

Node.js-based device repair and service-management platform supporting the operational workflows required to receive, track, and manage customer repair services.

  • Developed backend functionality for repair-service operations
  • Translated service-management requirements into maintainable application workflows
  • Supported reliable day-to-day processing across the repair lifecycle
  • Node.js
  • JavaScript
  • Backend services

FastPay Wallet (Iraq)

Wallet and operational panels for FastPay initiatives serving Iraq, including inventory, corporate, distribution, CRM, and activity-log management systems.

  • Delivered multiple interconnected Laravel modules for wallet operations
  • Implemented stock and partner integration workflows
  • Supported high-trust financial domain requirements around auditability
  • Troubleshot urgent production incidents and stabilized payment, inventory, and partner workflows under release and operational pressure
  • Laravel
  • MySQL
  • API integrations
  • CRM

Jolzatra Online Booking System

Multi-modal booking platform for launch, bus, train, and air travel with merchant backend and customer-facing booking experiences.

  • Backend services for merchant and booking operations
  • Requirement gathering and delivery planning with stakeholders
  • Laravel
  • Vue.js
  • MySQL

ISP Bill Manager

ISP billing platform with MikroTik integration and payment gateway support (bKash, SSLCommerz).

  • Router and billing integrations for ISP operations
  • Payment gateway connectivity for customer collections
  • Laravel
  • MikroTik API
  • MySQL
  • Payment gateways

Related package

Crew Management System — Bangladesh Biman

Operational crew management system delivered for Bangladesh Biman through Dream71.

  • Enterprise operational workflows
  • Team-based delivery
  • PHP
  • MySQL

Library Management for BIISS

Library management system for BIISS, later revisited in a revamp effort.

  • Domain-specific operational tooling
  • PHP
  • JavaScript

Related repository

Open Source & Public Work

Selected from github.com/jewel-rana.

  • mikrotik PHP

    Laravel-oriented MikroTik package with billing-system oriented capabilities.

  • laravel-activity-mongodb PHP

    Laravel model activity logging backed by MongoDB.

  • easy-firebase-push PHP

    Straightforward Firebase push notification package for PHP apps.

  • standard-password-policy PHP

    Reusable password-policy package for Laravel applications.

  • sms-gateway PHP

    SMS gateway integration package for PHP projects.

  • apigw.ecom JavaScript

    API gateway oriented work for ecommerce services.

  • nodejs-chat-with-socket.io Node.js

    Real-time chat application built with Node.js, Express, and Socket.IO.

  • livesupport Node.js

    Reusable live-support chat package powered by Node.js, Express, and Socket.IO.

  • chatbot-server Node.js

    Server-side foundation for a real-time chatbot application.

Contact

Available for remote senior backend roles across payment platforms, API-heavy products, and Laravel/Node delivery.