# Azraf Al Monzim

**Platform Engineer · Distributed Systems & AI Infrastructure**  
Dhaka, Bangladesh · [hello@monzim.com](mailto:hello@monzim.com) · [monzim.com](https://monzim.com) · [github.com/monzim](https://github.com/monzim) · [linkedin.com/in/monzim](https://www.linkedin.com/in/monzim)

Platform engineer building high-traffic distributed systems and AI-native developer infrastructure. I work primarily with Go, TypeScript, AWS and Cloudflare, focusing on transactional correctness, real-time coordination, multi-tenant platforms and reliable production operations.

## Experience

### Platform Engineer — Edusoft Consultants Ltd.
Oct 2024 – Present · Dhaka, Bangladesh

- Engineered and operate **UCAM Cloud**, United International University's course-registration platform, which served **3.6 million requests in the busiest hour** of Spring 2026 section selection and placed **27,760 course seats** in Summer 2026 with no overselling observed.
- Built Go services on AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS FIFO, Redis/Valkey and WebSockets for **transactional seat-capacity checks**, ordered asynchronous processing and live seat updates.
- Designed a [realtime seat board](https://monzim.com/blog/ucam-cloud-realtime-seat-board-websocket-redis) that streams section availability over WebSockets and Redis without blocking selection, plus rate limiting and recovery workflows for registration day.
- Built grant-management and recruitment systems for institutional clients: reviewer assignment, payments, document generation and audit trails.

### Research Assistant — Institute for Advanced Research, United International University
Jan 2026 – Present · Dhaka, Bangladesh

- Developed **HireLens**, an AI-assisted CV assessment research prototype: document parsing, configurable criteria, structured scoring and candidate comparison.

### Software Engineer / Mobile Developer — SoftNursery
Aug 2023 – Jul 2024 · Remote

- Built Go and Node.js backend services and Flutter mobile features for SaaS products, including authentication, cloud integrations and AI-assisted social publishing.
- Developed a Go authentication service with JWT, OAuth and PostgreSQL, packaged for AWS deployment.

## Selected work

### Atlas — AI-native developer environment
Backend lead · agent, infrastructure & web app · [tryatlas.cc](https://www.tryatlas.cc) · [github.com/pacifio/atlas](https://github.com/pacifio/atlas)

- Lead Atlas's proprietary backend: designed its **system architecture** and built the **Atlas agent**, cloud infrastructure and web app.
- Built the **team sync platform** on Cloudflare: organization-scoped real-time state, authentication and device authorization.
- Merged upstream fixes for streaming chat rendering ([#245](https://github.com/pacifio/atlas/pull/245)) and editor syntax highlighting ([#93](https://github.com/pacifio/atlas/pull/93)).
- In review: **Shared Threads**, collaborative agent sessions on isolated Git worktrees ([#355](https://github.com/pacifio/atlas/pull/355)).

### Buyziz — Multi-tenant commerce platform
Founder · platform engineering · [buyziz.com](https://buyziz.com)

- Architected the platform on Cloudflare Workers with **database-per-merchant isolation** in D1, so each store's data, migrations and failures stay contained.
- Built store provisioning on durable, retryable Workflows and Queues, with each customer conversation's state in its own Durable Object.

## Open source

- **[DocPipe](https://github.com/monzim/docpipe)** — Go HTML-to-PDF service with a reusable headless-Chromium pool and API-key controls.
- **[DumpStation](https://github.com/monzim/DumpStation)** — Scheduled PostgreSQL backup and restore with retention and S3-compatible storage.
- **[muxc](https://github.com/monzim/muxc)** — Daemonless Go CLI/TUI for managing Claude Code sessions in tmux.

## Core technologies

- **Languages:** Go, TypeScript, Rust, SQL, Bash
- **Cloud:** AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, EC2, S3, CDK); Cloudflare (Workers, Durable Objects, D1, R2, Queues, Workflows)
- **Systems:** PostgreSQL, Redis/Valkey, WebSockets, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, CI/CD
- **AI:** LLM tool calling, MCP, RAG, AI Gateway, model integrations

## Education & recognition

- **B.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering** — United International University, Dhaka · Oct 2022 – Present
- **[IC6 Champion](https://www.thedailystar.net/campus/noticeboard/news/uiu-launchpad-celebrates-2nd-cycle-2025-finale-4014816)** — UIU Innovation Hub Program · 2025 · Team Lead (Spendo AI)
- **IT Head, UIU Data Science Club** — Technical community lead; taught a Git and GitHub workshop (2026).

## Selected writing & more

- [Advising day: the afternoon a whole semester picks its seats at once](https://monzim.com/blog/advising-day-at-scale-summer26) (Jul 2026)
- [Distributed rate limiting at the edge with Cloudflare Durable Objects](https://monzim.com/blog/distributed-rate-limiting-cloudflare-durable-objects) (Jun 2026)
- [Beyond the chat window: how Claude Code actually persists knowledge between sessions](https://monzim.com/blog/claude-code-memory-system-explained) (Apr 2026)
- [Explore all projects](https://github.com/monzim)