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Migrating from AWS RDS to Neon (Postgres) for a Payload CMS app
Moved a small Payload CMS Postgres database from AWS RDS to Neon to eliminate a recurring ~$20/month bill, with ~5 minutes of downtime.
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ARYAN RAHMAN
Software engineer; worked across backend, frontend, and infra for enterprise SaaS and startups.
Experience
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May 2024 - Aug 2025
Software Engineer
Optimizely
- Shipped multiple product features including custom URLs, user calendar, secure asset sharing, and data reporting.
Projects
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Custom URL Feature: Feature built on AWS CloudFront, Lambda@Edge, and DynamoDB on top of system handling ~1M req/day. [Read More]
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Dec 2022 - Mar 2024
Software Engineer
GoZayaan
- Shipped core frontend features and built in-house SEO web page builder that scaled organic traffic from 33k to 116k/month (~3.5x); contributed to Vue 2 to Nuxt 2 migration.
Projects
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SEO Content Builder: Internal website builder that accelerated SEO page generation and ranking growth. [Read More]
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Feb 2022 - Aug 2022
Software Engineer
Shotero
- Backend development with Node.js and PostgreSQL
Projects
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Lean Model Canvas Generator: Interactive startup-planning generator built as a practical product experiment. [Visit App]
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Sep 2021 - Nov 2021
Web Development Intern
YY Ventures
- Shipped landing pages with YY Design Studio generating $2,000+ in client revenue.
For more details, go to A Summary of My Work till 2025.
Case Studies
January 2026
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Custom URL Feature - Enterprise SaaS at Scale
Infrastructure-level feature work across CloudFront, Lambda@Edge, DynamoDB, that served 1M+ assets/day
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SEO Content Builder - Growing Search Traffic 3.5X
Building an in-house drag-and-drop page builder that helped scale organic search traffic from 33k to 116k monthly visits.
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Building an Offline-First Currency Converter
Built a production currency converter that serves unlimited users with just ~60 API calls/month using multi-tier caching and offline-first architecture
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