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Arash Salehkhah

@arashsalehkhah

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I build resilient backend systems, secure infrastructure, and real-time production platforms.

Armenia

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What I'm looking for

I'm open to contract and full-time remote roles globally where I can own backend architecture, production infrastructure, security, and reliable distributed systems.

I've led backend architecture for Hypersonic Labs' live real-money gaming platform, building NestJS APIs, an RPC economy microservice for Stripe transactions, and infrastructure that has maintained 100% uptime. I also reduced critical query times from minutes to milliseconds and turned deployments from manual hours into minutes.

Previously, I built open-source anti-censorship infrastructure for Iranian citizens, including distributed VPN systems, encrypted tunnels, traffic obfuscation tools, DDoS mitigation, and Telegram-based account provisioning. My Go-based tools handled thousands of concurrent users on commodity VPS hardware.

I work across Node.js, Go, cloud infrastructure, security, and React/Next.js when a product needs full-stack ownership. I've also built production real-time voice pipelines with Qwen and research tooling for hypergraph community detection.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Lead Backend Engineer

Hypersonic Labs

Jun 2025 - Aug 2026 (1 year 2 months)

Sole owner of backend architecture for a live real-money gaming platform. Eliminated N+1 query patterns, built a connection pool manager, and architected NestJS REST API and economy microservice with Stripe integration.

NestJS REST APIs Microservices RPC Stripe PostgreSQL CI CD Next.js Watchdog Railway Cloudflare

M.Sc. Research (Full-time)

Independent

Mar 2025 - Jun 2025 (3 months)

Dedicated period to full-time M.Sc. research: advanced hypergraph community detection algorithm and open-source research tooling.

Research Python

Backend & Infrastructure Engineer

Anti-Censorship Infrastructure (Independent)

Dec 2023 - Mar 2025 (1 year 3 months)

Built and operated open-source network infrastructure to help Iranian citizens bypass state internet censorship, including custom VPN systems, traffic obfuscation tooling, and Telegram-based access platforms.

Go VPN Traffic Obfuscation Encryption DDoS Mitigation Monitoring Distributed Systems

Core Engineer

Idehweb

Aug 2023 - Sep 2023 (1 month)

Built visual drag-and-drop page builder for a no-code/low-code MERN platform powering 6+ live production sites. Developed CMS and CRM modules integrated into the framework core.

MERN Drag And Drop CMS CRM No Code Low Code

Freelance Full-Stack Developer

Self-Employed

Jan 2020 - Jul 2023 (3 years 6 months)

Delivered 10+ end-to-end production projects: e-commerce platforms, dashboards, automation tools, and landing pages. Managed full project lifecycle from architecture and scoping through production deployment.

Full Stack Dashboarding Automation Project Management

Full-Stack Engineer

Bardsoftware

May 2022 - Sep 2022 (4 months)

Built React web applications and React Native mobile apps for international clients. Contributed to Node.js backend services and REST API integrations.

React React Native Node REST APIs

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

M.Sc. Computer Engineering — AI, ML & Complex Systems

Master of Science, Computer Engineering

2023 -

Pursuing a Master of Science in Computer Engineering with a focus on AI, machine learning, and complex systems. Thesis on novel hypergraph-based community detection using machine learning methods.