Open to new roles · Tallinn & remote EU

Backend systems that move money, products that ship.

Hi, I'm Abdul Raheem — a Senior Backend Engineer with 8 years of experience, currently building payment infrastructure at Wallester in Tallinn, Estonia. On the side, I design, build and launch my own products end to end.

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Abdul Raheem
8+years building backend systems
</> .NET · Go · Python

8+

Years of experience

Millions

Transactions / month handled

1

Product live on App Store & web

Solo

Built end to end, idea → launch

What I work with

Skills & toolbox

01

Backend

C# / .NET 8Golang / gRPCPython / FastAPI Java + Spring BootREST & event-driven APIs
02

Data

PostgreSQLpgvectorSQL Server RedisSQL performance
03

AI / LLM

RAG pipelinesEmbeddingsPrompt engineering Claude / open modelsLLM integration
04

Cloud & frontend

AWS · AzureKubernetesDocker React / React NativeExpo
Where I have worked

Companies & roles

Wallester logo

Wallester

Software Engineer · Tallinn, Estonia

Card-issuing & payments platform — cloud-native services (Golang, gRPC, Kubernetes, AWS) handling millions of transactions per month.

Present
Birkle IT logo

Birkle IT

Full Stack Developer · Tallinn, Estonia

Enterprise backend services, REST APIs and workflow automation across .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, Angular and Java microservices for international clients.

2022 – 2025
Finance House logo

Finance House

Backend Software Engineer · Abu Dhabi, UAE

Fintech backend (C#, .NET 5, EF Core, Azure SQL) with serverless financial workflows on Azure Functions & Logic Apps.

2021 – 2022
Xavor logo

Xavor Corporation

Full Stack Cloud Engineer

ASP.NET Core / Angular applications and Azure IoT solutions (IoT Hub, Event Hub, Stream Analytics) on serverless, microservice architecture.

2019 – 2021
Systems Limited logo

Systems Limited

Full Stack Developer

Mortgage-platform features (ASP.NET Core, Angular) and Salesforce–banking integrations on Azure and AWS.

2018 – 2019
Things I build on my own

Side projects

Kidlena

Kidlena

Live · iOS, Android & web

AI-powered parenting companion. Daily activities and a guide chat grounded in a 60+ source knowledge base, with progress told through moments — never scores. Built solo, end to end.

FastAPIPostgreSQL + pgvectorRAGReact Native
kidlena.com ↗
Barakeat

Barakeat

Live · Web

Find halal food near you with confidence — a community-verified halal restaurant guide with reviews and map discovery. Built on a .NET 8 API with a TanStack Start frontend.

.NET 8TanStack StartPostgreSQLDocker
barakaeat.com ↗
MCP Servers

MCP Servers

Open source

Model Context Protocol servers in Go and .NET, wrapping one shared e-commerce service layer with tools, resources and prompts — a reference for building real MCP integrations.

Go.NETMCP
View on GitHub ↗
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Let's build something that ships.

Open to conversations about backend, fintech and product engineering roles.

abdul18raheem@gmail.com →