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Shah Ali, Senior / Lead Software Engineer

Senior / Lead Software Engineer

I help startups go from 0 to 1, turning an idea into a production-ready product. 10+ years and 40+ projects across SaaS, POS, inventory, and e-commerce, now used by 100+ businesses.

Resonian Inc.
Full-time
2023 — 2026

Lead Software Engineer

Resonian Inc. · United States
  • Lead engineering for SaaS, POS, inventory, and business-management applications, including multi-store and multi-tenant products.
  • Build with React, TypeScript, Firebase/Firestore, Node.js, and MongoDB, with attention to scalable architecture and performance.

Engineering lead with a builder's mindset

I work as a senior engineer on difficult product and engineering problems. Most of that work is SaaS, point of sale, inventory, and e-commerce: multi-tenant systems, large data sets, offline-first behavior, and the architecture and deployment around them.

If you have a product or team initiative in mind, reach out via the contact section. I respond as soon as I can.

  • Scalable Architecture

    Designing clear boundaries, data models and application structures that remain maintainable as teams, data and traffic grow.

  • Product-Minded Delivery

    Balancing engineering quality with UX, business requirements and practical delivery.

  • Collaborative Leadership

    Code reviews, architecture decisions, standards and hands-on mentoring that help teams ship reliably.

Experience

Engineering work across SaaS, product teams, and commercial freelance—focused on what each role actually involved.

  1. 2023 — 2026
    Resonian Inc.
    Lead Software EngineerFull-time
    Resonian Inc. · United States
    • Lead engineering for SaaS, POS, inventory, and business-management applications, including multi-store and multi-tenant products.
    • Build with React, TypeScript, Firebase/Firestore, Node.js, and MongoDB, with attention to scalable architecture and performance.
    • Implement offline-first behavior and data synchronization for business applications that need to keep working with unreliable connectivity.
    • Lead code reviews and technical direction, and maintain automated deployment across many independent Firebase projects.
  2. 2022 — 2024
    Weddiz
    Senior Software EngineerPart-time
    Weddiz · United States
    • Senior software engineering and full-stack product development on the Weddiz wedding resource platform.
    • Shipped customer-facing product features with React, TypeScript, and Node.js.
    • Worked on product scope, implementation, and the quality of what reached production.
  3. 2021 — 2022
    Re:cruit
    Software EngineerFull-time
    Re:cruit · United States
    • Software engineering for product development, covering frontend and full-stack work.
    • Built production interfaces with React, TypeScript, and Material UI.
    • Implemented features and carried them through to release.
  4. 2019 — 2021
    UI-Lib
    React Frontend DeveloperFull-time
    UI-Lib · Bangladesh
    • React frontend development for reusable admin dashboards, landing pages, and interface components.
    • Built templates with React, Material UI, Bootstrap, and Reactstrap.
    • Contributed to commercial UI-Lib products, including Egret React, Matx Pro, Gull React, and Evelynn.
  5. 2017 — 2023
    Fiverr
    Freelance Full-Stack DeveloperPart-time
    Fiverr · Bangladesh
    • Commercial freelance software development for client products, from scoping through delivery.
    • Built web applications for clients, including React frontends and Firebase-backed functionality.
    • Handled revisions directly with clients and handed off working software.

Skills

Production engineering skills, grouped by discipline. AI is a current area of development.

Frontend

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • MUI
  • Redux
  • TanStack Query

Backend

  • Node.js
  • Express
  • Firebase
  • Cloud Functions
  • REST APIs

Databases

  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • Firestore

Testing & DevOps

  • Cypress
  • Playwright
  • Docker
  • CI/CD
  • GitHub Actions

Architecture

  • SaaS
  • Multi-tenancy
  • Micro-frontends
  • Offline-first
  • API Design
  • Data Modeling

AI & Modern Development

  • LLM Integration
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • AI Agents
  • Tool Calling
  • AI-assisted Development

Currently exploring these alongside production software engineering.

Services

Product engineering for business software, from new platforms to existing applications.

  • SaaS & Business Applications

    Scalable web applications, internal tools, dashboards, workflows, and business platforms designed around real-world operational requirements.

  • POS & Inventory Systems

    Point-of-sale and inventory platforms with sales management, reporting, multi-store workflows, synchronization, and offline-first capabilities where appropriate.

  • E-commerce

    Modern e-commerce applications with product management, customer workflows, orders, payments, and scalable administration.

  • React & Next.js Development

    Production-grade frontend and full-stack applications using React, Next.js, TypeScript, and modern data-management patterns.

  • Application Modernization

    Architecture improvements, performance optimization, refactoring, bug fixing, maintainability improvements, and modernization of existing applications.

  • AI-Powered Applications

    Integrating Large Language Models, AI agents, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, tool calling, and intelligent automation into new and existing products.

Projects

Selected products, with the role, technologies, and capabilities already documented for each.

All
Algolia
Bootstrap
Firebase
GCP
Material UI
Micro-Frontend
MUI
Nx
Payfast
Playwright
React
Reactstrap
Redux
SendGrid
Typescript
MiraKey

MiraKey

Super Shop Full SolutionLead Software Engineer

Supershop Management ERP

React
Redux
Typescript
MUI
Playwright
Nx
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What clients say

Brian JervisFinancial Services Product Owner & Consultant
Shah has been a great asset in the delivery of our solution. His logical reasoning and planning meant that there has been minimal rework of the desired outcome, and his ability to deliver the front end design and back end logic and data has resulted smooth and quick delivery.
Bilal KhalidSr. Software Engineer
Shah Ali is a very talented full stack developer, I was his first client back in 2019 and he delivered exceptional results building the first iteration of our product. I would highly recommend working with Shah Ali!
firemountainGeneral
shahalihridoy completed the gig, it took a bit longer than expected, but he did not give up and was able to tackle the revisions as they were requested and deliver the final outcome as desired. Communication was good throughout the process.
alphesdaDeveloper
Shah Ali is very competent at what he does. I can't recommend him more. He is great at communicating exactly what he's working on and gets the job done the right way. He makes sure his work functions correctly and is always there to support even after delivery.
JustinshawngerbDeveloper
I’m a software engineer, and I wanted some help with some front end work for a project. He worked extremely fast and has an excellent grasp on React and other web technologies. He’s awesome! Definitely consider hiring him!
noah_iosDeveloper
The seller was great as always! Truly recommend this seller for everyone how are looking for a talented react & firebase developer!
collinvargo182Developer
Fantastic person and developer. He will answer any questions you have and complete your work fully!
Guy DahanFounder at Vendup & ZenBuild
We hired Md Shah to develop our web app and database for one of our main products. He was very responsible and collaborative at every moment. Md Shah has much technical knowledge and his advice was very appropriate. His job was of high quality and with all guarantees.
vireyanGeneral
Very Awesome. Definitely will buy his services again. He was able to solve the problems quickly and be able to find the new solutions faster.
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Arisa WetherillResearcher
Great service and communication! I was incredibly impressed with his skill level and knowledge. He helped me from the small idea of the website I had in mind all the way to deployment. Will definitely be working with him again.
EmptycartsDeveloper
I truly appreciate his work, it is high quality and very fast. I will keep going to him for work just very professional.
firingblanksDeveloper
Fantastic. Fixed a problem I had with my autocomplete search. This was the last major bug I had that was keeping me from launching my website. Thanks so much!

Let's build something solid.

Whether you need a senior engineer to join your team, help modernize an existing application, or build a new product from the ground up, I'd be happy to discuss your requirements.

Profiles

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