Available immediately · UAE
Arshed Ahmed
Full-stack engineer building SaaS, payments and AI products with Next.js, TypeScript and Node.js.
- Years experience
- 4+
- SaaS products
- 10+
- Billing in production
- Stripe
- Products launched solo
- 2
Selected work
Products I have built and shipped
Featured projects across marketplaces, payments and AI.
Skills
Technologies I work with
Frontend
- Next.js
- React
- Vue.js
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- HTML5/CSS3
Backend and Data
- Node.js
- Express.js
- Laravel
- Prisma
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- Redis
- REST API design
- JWT/RBAC
AI and Integrations
- OpenAI API
- Groq LLM
- Whisper
- DIFY.ai
- Stripe (subscriptions, proration, webhooks, refunds)
- Twilio
DevOps and Testing
- Docker
- GitHub Actions CI/CD
- Jest
- AWS
- Vercel
Experience
Where I have worked
– Present
Full-Stack Developer · SLMarket
- Designed, built and launched two products solo: a multilingual marketplace (slmarket.lk) and SLMarket Flow, a real-time POS/ERP.
- Automated releases with GitHub Actions CI/CD, applied TDD with unit and integration tests, and added role-based authorisation and Redis caching.
– Jul 2026
Software Engineer · Softsora (Pvt) Ltd
- Implemented Stripe billing (subscriptions, one-time payments, automated proration, webhooks and refunds), processing 200+ transactions across 10+ products.
- Built and deployed Node.js, Express.js and MongoDB services for Next.js and TypeScript frontends, with Jest unit and integration tests covering payment and API logic.
– Feb 2025
Associate Software Engineer · Softsora (Pvt) Ltd
- Launched AI chatbot solutions for a leading oven company by integrating DIFY.ai workflows with custom Next.js interfaces.
- Automated customer interactions with a WhatsApp AI chatbot built with Python, LLM APIs and Twilio.
– Aug 2024
Freelance Software Developer · Freelance
- Delivered client web applications end-to-end, from requirements to deployment, using React, Node.js, Express.js and Spring Boot.
- Built a sales counting and analysis tool that replaced a client's manual process.
– Jul 2022
Software Engineer Intern · Elzian Agro (Pvt) Ltd
- Built full-stack features with the MERN stack for enterprise applications.
- Implemented REST APIs and database operations across the SDLC, from requirements to testing.
Teaching
Teaching and mentoring
Course Instructor & Founder
Solitrium Academy
2025 - Present
Teaching full-stack development, OOP, system design, SDLC and Git. Guided 20+ BIT final-year projects through code review.
Junior Lecturer / Demonstrator (Part-time)
Earth University College
Mar 2023 - Jul 2025
Taught Web Development, UX Design, Programming, OOP, system design, SDLC and Mathematics, and led Java and web lab sessions.
About
From idea to live system
I like owning a product from the first sketch to the system people use every day: shaping the data model, designing the API, building the interface, wiring payments and shipping it behind CI/CD.
At Softsora I built SaaS platforms, Stripe billing and LLM-powered features. On my own I designed, built and launched SLMarket and SLMarket Flow. I also teach: I founded Solitrium Academy and have guided 20+ final-year projects through code review.
I use Claude Code, GitHub Copilot and Cursor for speed, and I own the architecture and review every change myself.
- Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) · University of Colombo School of Computing · 2021 - 2024
- BSc in Physical Science · University of Colombo · 2022 - 2025
- Sri Lankan
- Based in UAE
- Available now
Contact
Get in touch
Hiring for a full-stack role, or have a product to build? Send a message or reach me directly.