Manik Mia | Senior Full-Stack & Forward Deployed Engineer

About

I'm a Senior Full-Stack Engineer and Forward Deployed Engineer with 5+ years of shipping production systems that businesses run on, including SaaS CRMs, marketplaces, EdTech platforms, ad-tech, AI-powered tools and cross-platform desktop apps written in Rust.

I own products end to end: the architecture, backend, frontend, React Native app, Rust desktop client, database, and the Linux server it all runs on. As a forward deployed engineer, I work directly with clients and their teams to turn real business problems into shipped software.

Right now I'm building Compel, advertising for the AI search era, and maintaining two open-source desktop apps, DataQuery and BanglaOkkhor.

5+Years in production

20+Products shipped

3Platforms: web, mobile, desktop

225+LeetCode problems

Selected work

Compel.

Compel ↗Building now

Advertising for the AI search era. Helps brands show up in answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude.

Ad-TechAI Search / GEOSaaSMarketplace

Halal Pages.

Halal Pages ↗Latest launch

A UK-wide platform to discover halal businesses, find mosques and check prayer times, on the web and in a native app.

NestJSPostgreSQLRedisNext.jsReact Native

DataQuery ↗Open source

The database client that stays out of your way. Local-first, free, no account and no telemetry.

RustTauri 2React 19TypeScript

BanglaOkkhor ↗Open source

Type Bangla anywhere, with Bijoy71 or Avro. A free, MIT-licensed system keyboard for every desktop OS.

RustTauri 2ReactInput Methods

Doplac CRM ↗In production

A multi-module SaaS CRM for digital agencies. Designed, built and maintained in live production.

LaravelVue.jsInertia.jsRedisDocker

NOBS Marketplace ↗Current role

A wholesale SEO and digital PR marketplace serving professionals since 2014.

LaravelLivewireMySQLRedisDocker

More projects

AIT — Advanced ITIT institute platform: admissions, courses, notices, plus a student appLaravel · Inertia · Vue · React Native ICT Learn HubTimed MCQ exams for NTRCA ICT candidates, 8,800+ questionsCloudflare Workers · Hono · D1 · Next.js BidyangonMulti-institution school management SaaS with mobile appsLaravel · Vue · React Native AdminHubAI HR platform: RAG candidate scoring, payroll, leaveLaravel · Vue · RAG · OpenAI SoftLaunchingProduct launch community with upvotes, ratings and maker leaderboardLaravel · Inertia · Vue 3 Acceler8Australian training marketplace: search, booking, paymentsNestJS · Nuxt · MySQL · Redis Dubai E-VisaVisa portal with automated passport OCRLaravel · React · Python OCR MaketopSocial media promotion and growth platformLaravel · React · Inertia IQ TesterAdaptive IQ tests with real-time scoring and reportsLaravel · Vue · Inertia HSC ICT ProOffline Android MCQ practice appReact Native · SQLite Steel BazarSteel eCommerce with vendor and order managementLaravel · MySQL EPECCorporate multi-vendor eCommerce with reportingLaravel · MySQL HotovagaSEO-optimised blogging platformLaravel · MySQL

Experience

05/2025 – Present

Software Engineer · NOBS Marketplace

Enhancing and maintaining a wholesale SEO marketplace platform serving thousands of professionals globally.

Building new product features and improving backend architecture using Laravel and MySQL for scalability.

06/2023 – 04/2025

Software Engineer · Doplac CRM

Architected and maintained backend modules using Laravel and MySQL.

Improved email marketing and cold outreach by optimising queue workers and rate limiting with Redis.

01/2023 – 05/2023

Full-Stack Developer · Right Brain Solution

Built a financial management tool and project management app with React, Redux and Laravel.

Developed a secure e-commerce platform (Beekolpo) with OTP authentication using Next.js.

10/2021 – 12/2022

Full-Stack Developer · Bitscol

Developed e-commerce and corporate platforms with secure payments and catalog management.

Enhanced reporting and vendor management for seamless order processing.

For founders

Idea to launched product without a big team

Web, iOS/Android and desktop from a single engineer

Features that drive revenue: subscriptions, payments, onboarding

Lean running costs with right-sized infrastructure

For tech leads

Clean, modular architecture that survives team changes

Async-first design with queues, workers and event-driven pipelines

Performance work: Redis caching, query tuning, N+1 elimination

Ops ownership: Linux, NGINX, Docker, CI/CD, zero-downtime deploys

Open source

DataQuery ↗ Desktop database client for 18 engines, built in Rust and Tauri, with production guardrails and keychain-backed credentials. BanglaOkkhor ↗ Cross-platform Bangla keyboard (Bijoy71 + Avro Phonetic) with a SutonnyMJ ⇄ Unicode converter. MIT-licensed. Neuro ↗ Event-driven communication between Laravel microservices over Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka or HTTP, with one API. Nexus ↗ Structured service integration for large Laravel applications.

Writing

Jan 11, 2025Applying SOLID Principles in a Laravel Project8 min Jan 18, 2025Mastering Design Patterns: A Deep Dive into the Singleton Pattern6 min Feb 14, 2025Understanding Big O Notation, Time & Space Complexity10 min Feb 28, 2025Inertia.js Infinite Scroll: Complete Feature Guide7 min

All articles on Medium ↗

Stack

Backend

LaravelNestJSNode.jsHonoExpressAdonisJSPHPTypeScriptRustGoFastAPIDjango

Frontend

Next.jsNuxtReactVue 3Inertia.jsTailwindCSSSvelteAlpine.js

Mobile

React Native (iOS & Android)

Desktop

RustTauri 2

Data

PostgreSQLMySQLRedisDragonflyDBSQLiteCloudflare D1MongoDBClickHouseDuckDBCassandraElasticsearchNeo4j

Messaging

Redis queuesRabbitMQEvent-driven workersKafka

AI / ML

RAGEmbeddingspgvectorQdrantMilvusOpenAI

Infra & DevOps

Ubuntu/LinuxNGINXDockerCloudflare WorkersCI/CDBashSSHKubernetesFrankenPHPAWS

AI dev tools

Claude CodeGitHub CopilotCodexMCP servers

Solid: production-proven. Dashed: working knowledge.

Contact

Have a product to launch, or a system that needs to scale?

I'm open to senior full-stack, backend and forward deployed engineer roles, and to end-to-end product builds. Full-time, contract or remote.

manikmia.dev@gmail.com →