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Ravyar Tahir

@ravyartahir

I build reliable distributed backends and AI-powered pipelines in Go, Python, and Java.

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking for remote backend or platform work on high-throughput distributed systems and practical AI infrastructure, with opportunities to improve reliability, set engineering standards, mentor teammates, and relocate with visa sponsorship.

At iQ Group, I lead architecture direction and engineering quality for real-time and AI infrastructure, owning reliability and observability for high-throughput production services.

I've built a vehicle-tracking system supporting 5,000+ concurrent WebSocket connections under 200ms P95 latency with zero data loss, and reduced ML/RAG inference from two seconds to under 400ms using Milvus, custom embeddings, cross-encoder re-ranking, and streaming SSE. I also shipped vendor-agnostic billing middleware that cut reconciliation workload by 70% and reduced vendor onboarding from weeks to hours.

Before iQ Group, I delivered end-to-end backend systems as a freelancer, modernizing legacy PHP applications with Python and Go, building POS and retail systems, and improving API performance. I enjoy mentoring through code review and raising engineering standards through distributed tracing, structured logging, and circuit breakers.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Current

Senior Backend Developer

iQ Group

Jun 2025 - Present (1 year 3 months)

Senior engineer on the platform team, responsible for architecture direction and engineering quality across real-time and AI infrastructure. Introduced distributed tracing, structured logging, and circuit-breaker patterns, reducing peak-traffic incidents.

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Current

Senior Backend Developer | Golang, Python Development & Web Application Optimiza

Jun 2025 - Present (1 year 3 months)

Senior engineer on the platform team, responsible for architecture direction and engineering quality across the company's real-time and AI infrastructure.

Lead architecture reviews and set engineering standards for platform services, guiding technical decisions on distributed systems and AI pipelines.
Mentor engineers through code review and system design, raising the team's baseline for reliabi

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Backend Developer | Golang, Python & Web Application Optimization

Feb 2024 - Jun 2025 (1 year 4 months)

Delivered multiple production systems including:
o​ Nationwide IoT telemetry ingestion pipeline (air quality sensors)
o​ Automated KYC verification backend
o​ Full backend for Kurdim (language learning platform)​

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Freelance Backend Developer | Web Application Optimization, Database Design, Pyt

Jan 2018 - Feb 2024 (6 years 1 month)

Managed end-to-end backend development for various client projects, transitioning
legacy PHP applications to modern Python and Go architectures.​

●​ Migrated the Kurdoc platform (later rebranded as Gloctor) from PHP to Python, then
rewrote core services in Go to resolve performance bottlenecks and improve API
response times.​

●​ Built custom POS and retail systems from the ground up, implementin

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Backend Development Intern | Golang and Python Programming

Jul 2023 - Aug 2023 (1 month)

Built high-throughput backend and AI infrastructure for the company's core product lines.

Built a real-time vehicle tracking system handling 5,000+ concurrent WebSocket connections at under 200ms P95 latency with zero data loss under peak load.
Cut ML/RAG inference from 2s to under 400ms using Milvus, custom embedding models, and cross-encoder re-ranking; shipped streaming SSE responses.
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Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

KT

Komar University of Science and Technology

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science

2019 - 2024

SS

Sulaimani Polytechnic University (SPU)

Associate's degree, Electrical and Power Transmission Installers

2011 - 2013

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Sulaimani Polytechnic University

Associate's degree, Electrical and Power Transmission Installers

2011 - 2013

Earned an Associate's degree in Electrical and Power Transmission Installers.

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