Md Habibullah Balaly - PMP®

Head of Software Development | AWS Serverless Expert | DevOps Enthusiast | Scalable & Agile Tech Solutions

habibullah.himel@gmail.com +880 1778 610800 linkedin.com/in/md-habibullah-balaly www.himel.work Dubai, UAE

Experience

14+ Years

Languages

English

Visa Status

UAE Residence Visa (Employment)

Professional Summary

A visionary technology leader and PMP®-certified Engineering Manager with 14+ years driving industry innovation through cloud-native engineering and AI-powered platforms. Across 50+ projects and 7 organizations — managing budgets up to $3M+ — I lead high-performing engineering teams and turn bold strategy into measurable business impact.

Core Competencies

Leadership

Strategic decision-making · Innovation leadership · Team empowerment · People & risk management · Crisis management

Technology

Cloud-native engineering · AWS serverless · Microservices · Cloud infrastructure · DevOps · AI agentic workflows

Project Management

PMP-certified delivery · Agile & Scrum · Stakeholder & client management · Scope, budget & risk · Resource & timeline planning

Business

Client relationship management · Technology integration · Analytical thinking · Problem solving · Cross-functional collaboration

Professional Experience

Head of Software Engineering

Right Tracks IT Ltd · Singapore

Jan 2025 — Present

Set the engineering vision and architect cloud-native, AI-powered platforms and live-streaming systems on AWS serverless — real-time RTC, WebSocket signaling, Face SDK effects, and in-stream mini-games engineered for high concurrency and 99.9% availability.
Lead and mentor cross-functional teams across backend, mobile, web, and DevOps; champion AI agentic workflows and emerging technology.
Own project management, delivery roadmaps, and product excellence — aligning every release with business goals, cost efficiency, and scale.
Drove organization-wide adoption of AI agentic workflows — integrating LLM-powered agents into development, code review, and operational pipelines to accelerate delivery and reduce manual effort.
Established prompt-engineering and agent-orchestration standards, embedding AI copilots and autonomous task agents into day-to-day team workflows to boost productivity and engineering velocity.

Technical Consultant

Wozaif Portal LLC · Dubai, UAE

2024 — Present

Provide strategic technical advisory across product and engineering — solution architecture, cloud adoption roadmaps, and platform scalability for a high-growth recruitment marketplace.
Guide technology selection, engineering best practices, and delivery processes; mentor teams and align technical decisions with business goals and cost efficiency.

Technical Project Manager

Doodle Inc. · Dubai, UAE

Apr 2021 — Dec 2024

Owned end-to-end project delivery of AWS serverless applications — planning, scope, timelines, and risk — while managing client and stakeholder communications and leading agile delivery, training, and documentation.
Drove development of a scalable social media platform serving 2M+ users, ensuring high availability and performance under rapid growth.

Software Project Manager

One ICT Ltd · Dhaka

Jun 2020 — Mar 2021

Managed a portfolio of government digitization projects for BRRI, the Department of Livestock Services, and the ICT Ministry, alongside ERP rollouts for pharmaceutical and agri-care clients.
Coordinated requirements, timelines, budgets, and cross-team delivery with public-sector stakeholders.
Drove organization-wide adoption of Agile Scrum, improving delivery predictability and transparency.

Technical Team Lead

OnAir Intl Ltd · Dhaka

Sep 2017 — May 2020

Partnered with government stakeholders, including the ICT Ministry, to deliver public-sector digital solutions.
Evaluated and integrated emerging technologies; designed end-to-end business-process flows.
Introduced a microservices architecture to improve scalability, maintainability, and delivery speed.

Senior Software Engineer

Amber Software Solution Ltd · Dhaka

Mar 2016 — Aug 2017

Built the e-POS and food-delivery backend for ChefOnline.com (UK) and owned the end-to-end ERP lifecycle.
Automated 25+ business units onto a single unified ERP platform, streamlining operations and data flow across the organization.

Software Engineer

Unisoft Systems Limited · Dhaka

Nov 2014 — Feb 2016

Designed and developed core modules and features for the uniERP platform — inventory, accounting, sales, and reporting.
Translated business requirements into reliable, reusable functionality and helped modernize legacy systems.

Junior Software Engineer

XpertLab BD Ltd · Dhaka

Jan 2012 — Oct 2014

Designed and developed software systems; collaborated across teams to ship features.

Key Projects

Live Streaming Platforms (Singapore) — AWS IVS & serverless infrastructure; 500K+ users at 99.9% uptime, 35–45% media-cost reduction; led 25+ cross-platform engineers.

Tribel (USA) — Social-networking platform scaled to 2M+ users; ~40% improvement in sprint predictability; led a 35-member team.

Wozaif (Dubai, UAE) — International recruitment marketplace on AWS serverless; document-verification workflow cut manual processing 40% and infra cost ~35%.

ChefOnline (UK) — Online food-ordering & delivery platform with integrated restaurant ePOS; built the end-to-end order & delivery backend.

Ticket Tomorrow — Event ticketing & QR gate management with secure payments (bKash, Nagad, SSLCOMMERZ) for high-demand concerts and events.

Clarity Check: Deep Search AI — Multi-engine AI search aggregation; ~45% faster responses via query batching & caching.

BRRI Rice Solution — AI image-analysis app diagnosing rice diseases & pests for farmers; nationwide government deployment.

Detect Fake: AI Image Detector — Real vs AI-generated image detection; 25–30% lower compute via optimized inference pipeline.

ImageFx — AI photo editor (background removal, generative transform, restoration); ~30% lower GPU/API cost, near real-time rendering.

Technical Skills

AWS (IVS, Lambda, Serverless) Microservices Cloud Infrastructure DevOps & CI/CD AI Agentic Workflows Real-time & WebRTC Systems Agile / Scrum System Design & Scalability

Education

BSc in Software Engineering

Daffodil International University · 2015

HSC, Science

Cambrian College, Dhaka

SSC, Science

Mafiz Uddin Khan High School, Dhaka

Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP)®

Project Management Institute (PMI)

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