Shaharia Azam is a senior backend engineer with 13+ years of experience building scalable microservices, DevOps platforms, and AI-first developer tooling across fintech, SaaS, and enterprise environments. At HelloFresh he led org-wide GenAI adoption—creating a unified AI assistant used daily by 65% of the tech org, a central AI agent infrastructure powering 20+ agents, and AI PR automation that cut review cycles 4x. He combines hands-on systems engineering in Golang, Python, TypeScript and Kubernetes with strategic leadership: translating business goals into technical roadmaps, mentoring staff engineers, and driving governance for safe AI code generation. Previously he led backend and DevOps efforts at Paysera and multiple startups, architecting resilient microservices and CI/CD at scale. Based in Berlin, he contributes open-source tools via Shaharia Lab to make AI more accessible to developers and seeks staff engineering roles focused on force-multiplying platforms and measurable organizational impact.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Higher Secondary Certificate Science, Higher Secondary Certificate Science at Satkhira Govt. College
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Information Technology at Newport University CED
Secondary School Certificate Science, Secondary School Certificate Science at Satkhira Govt. High School
Contributions:1 PR, 12 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years
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