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Naimul Kabir

Muslim · Software Engineer · Bibliophile · Philomath

Software engineer focused on Android, iOS, Flutter, and Kotlin Multiplatform. I build cross-platform apps with native-level performance, reliability, and maintainability.

Comfortable working across the stack (full-stack) when a project calls for it.

Currently at Syarah, building internal supply-chain systems and tooling. Open to remote roles and contract work.

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Right Now

Screenshot of Neso Academy's Operating System course playlist on YouTube
Cover of Atish Pare by Saadat Hasan Manto
Cover of Tahafutul Malahida by Dr. Mufti Yasir Nadim

Going back to CS fundamentals. Learning yet another language or framework feels pointless in the age of AI, so now going through the basics of operating systems.

Learning to read Urdu. Still at a very elementary level, slowly making my way through Manto's Atish Pare (آتش پارے).

Currently reading تہافت الملاحدہ.

Outside work, reading is my (almost) only entertainment: lots of mysteries and thrillers, some literary fiction, and non-fiction on philosophy, Islamic theology and history. And far too much time on Hacker News.

Selected works

On-Device Computer Vision, ML Systems & Reliable Image Uploads at Syarah

Conceived, planned, and delivered a lightweight, on-device ML car-photo classification system using a custom-trained 42-class MobileNetV3 LiteRT/TFLite model. Integrated across bulk upload, image validation, and live camera workflows, it significantly reduced photography time and human classification errors.

Built a real-time Android VIN scanner using CameraX, LiteRT, and ML Kit, with a lightweight custom-trained quantized detector and a complex VIN recognition algorithm covering OCR validation, checksum repair, and character-confusion recovery.

Also developed a reliable upload manager that substantially reduced image loss during transfers.

2023 - Present

Helped Rebuild a Leading Islamic App in Bangladesh

Helped modernize the Al-Hadith app, one of Bangladesh's most-downloaded Islamic apps, while maintaining the legacy Android build and supporting its Flutter rewrite for a large user base.

2022 - 2023

Contract work and services

Working with small businesses on web design, digital marketing, and Amazon FBA tooling, alongside contract development for larger products like Marriott Bonvoy, BaseHubs, PatientAccess, and Jobamax. Also integrated the Sunmi Printer SDK into a Cordova hybrid app.

Ongoing

Blogs

Occasional posts on mobile development, Linux, career lessons, and things worth documenting.

Skills & Languages

I write in

  • Kotlin
  • Swift
  • Dart
  • TypeScript
  • PHP
  • Python
  • Go
  • SQL

I build for

  • Android
  • iOS
  • Flutter
  • Kotlin Multiplatform
  • macOS

I build with

  • Jetpack Compose
  • Ktor
  • Laravel
  • WordPress
  • Firebase
  • Git
  • Linux

On-device ML

  • LiteRT / TFLite
  • ML Kit
  • Computer Vision

AI agentic coding

  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Gemini CLI
  • OpenCode

How I work

  • Agile
  • Scrum
  • Kanban

I speak

  • বাংলা
  • English
  • اردوlearning

Recent Favourites

A few recent reads worth keeping, picked from my Goodreads shelf: faith, philosophy, Bangla classics, literary fiction, and one for the day job.

Last read18 Oct 2026We Were LiarsWe Were Liars
21 Sept 2026دانشمنددانشمند
15 Sept 2026The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
5 Aug 2026Black Swan GreenBlack Swan Green
18 Jul 2026শঙ্খনীল কারাগারশঙ্খনীল কারাগার
18 Jun 2026StonerStoner
12 Jun 2026EnchiridionEnchiridion
9 Feb 2026The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to MasterThe Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
1 Jan 2015Pather Panchali (পথের পাঁচালী) (অপুর পাঁচালী #1)Pather Panchali (পথের পাঁচালী) (অপুর পাঁচালী #1)