
rhythm shahriar
@rhythmshahriar
Head of DevSecOps & Platform Engineering at Penta Global, architecting a national election app that handled 17,000 requests per second with zero downtime.
What I'm looking for
At Penta Global, I lead the DevSecOps and platform team running 230+ services on Kubernetes. I architected Smart Election Management BD, which handled 17,000 requests per second at peak during the 2026 election with zero downtime.
I designed a law-enforcement data lake ingesting 500 GB of call detail records daily, and a national government data platform spanning streaming, a warehouse, and MLOps. I also embedded security checks across every build pipeline; all 230+ services were scanned, and zero critical vulnerabilities reached production.
Alongside my work at Penta Global, I co-founded Zikbod, Voxcruit, and QAClan, building products for engineering knowledge sharing, AI-driven interviews, and QA automation. Earlier, I worked on payment processing, real-time services, and location-based platforms, and I’m targeting Principal Architect, Head of Platform Engineering, and startup CTO roles.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Co-Founder
Zikbod
Mar 2026 - Present (7 months)
Co-founded a shared knowledge layer for engineering teams using Claude Code and Cursor. Lead engineering including MCP server architecture, RAG retrieval, and AI validation pipeline.
Co-Founder
Voxcruit
Jun 2025 - Present (1 year 4 months)
Co-founded an AI voice-based interview platform. Own product and technical architecture, interview workflow, and AI-driven candidate evaluation.
Co-Founder
QAClan
Jun 2024 - Present (2 years 4 months)
Co-founded a local-first QA automation platform. Built the Playwright local agent, cloud sync, and flaky-test detection reporting.
Head of DevSecOps & Platform Engineering
Penta Global Ltd
Mar 2021 - Present (5 years 7 months)
Lead the DevSecOps and platform team running 230+ services on Kubernetes for law-enforcement and national-scale public systems. Architected the Smart Election Management BD app and a law-enforcement data lake, and built shift-left security into every pipeline.
Independent Architecture & Data Consultant
Independent
Mar 2020 - Feb 2021 (11 months)
Built a TV advertisement analysis framework for an FMCG client, linking ad airings to sales performance and ROI to guide media spend.
Software Architect
Shohoz Ltd
Oct 2018 - Feb 2020 (1 year 4 months)
Redesigned search and matching, migrating from MySQL to Elasticsearch and Redis and cutting query times 60%. Built the real-time communication service for Shohoz Rides on Node.js and Socket.IO.
Senior Software Engineer
shurjoMukhi Ltd
Feb 2015 - May 2017 (2 years 3 months)
Built PCI DSS-compliant payment processing and integrated multiple payment gateways with merchant systems. Led performance optimization and security audits, cutting transaction processing time 25%.
Software Development Manager
Right Brain Solution Ltd
Jan 2014 - Mar 2015 (1 year 2 months)
Led a development team on complex software systems, setting engineering practices and technical direction. Managed project budgets and resources, improving project efficiency 20%.
Senior Software Engineer
somewhere in… net ltd
Jun 2006 - Jun 2014 (8 years)
Migrated somewhereinblog to AWS with PHP-FPM, cutting page load times 30%. Built aawaj.com, Bangladesh's first location-based microblogging platform, scaling to thousands of concurrent users.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Founder Institute
Core Program (Graduate), Startup Development and Venture Building
2025 - 2025
Graduated from the Founder Institute Core Program, focusing on startup development and venture building. One of 12 graduates from an initial cohort of 40 founders.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Bearer
SonarQube
Kubernetes
Jenkins
CircleCI
GitLab CI
PostGIS
Debezium
dbt
Patroni
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Citus
Node.js
Spring Boot
Next.js
Redis
Terraform
Azure DevOps
Python
Java
Go
Loki
MLflow
scikit-learn
Kafka
RabbitMQ
FastAPI
Istio
Grafana
Prometheus
Falco
Vector
Socket.IO
Elasticsearch
Cloudflare WAF
Ansible
Keycloak
Docker
Airflow
ceph
LightGBM
Clickhouse
Apache Iceberg
MinIO
LangChain
LlamaIndex
Cilium
Playwright
Trivy
Kyverno
Cursor
Apache APISIX
External Secrets Operator
PgBouncer
Argo CD
OWASP ZAP
Bash
Checkov
Gitleaks
Wazuh
OpenBao
Claude Code
Cert-manager
KEDA
Strimzi
AWS
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Salary expectations
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