Dhaka, Bangladesh

Md Saiful Islam

Tech Lead @ Digit Gate IT ยท Founder, msilabs

Lead teams. Build products.
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10+developers I lead
25+web apps I lead
5+mobile apps I lead
2.9K+Packagist installs
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About

At Digit Gate IT, I went from Web Developer to Assistant Software Development Manager in under four years, and today lead the software department as Tech Lead. I lead a team of 10+ across 25+ web and 5+ mobile applications, run requirement analysis with clients, design system architecture for web and mobile projects, and manage our AWS infrastructure. I still write code when it matters. Some of the LMS and e-commerce platforms I lead have been live for more than five years, and our mobile apps are published on Google Play and the App Store.

I'm a Certified Trainer in Software Architecture, through a program supervised by TopSE at the National Institute of Informatics (NII), Japan. Good architecture is what separates software that lasts from software that breaks, and helping developers think that way is the part of my work I enjoy most.

Through msilabs, my open-source brand, I build and maintain bKash payment packages for Laravel and Node.js. They are free and open source (MIT), and the Laravel package has 2.9K+ installs on Packagist. I'm also co-founder of two software companies, Ihsan IT and Orbeetal, each run by its own dedicated team.

How I work with AI

I use AI-assisted tools for coding, debugging and refactoring, and I review and validate everything they produce before it ships.

Currently working on

  • AI-Powered Applications
  • Microservice Architecture
  • Advanced System Design

Core stack

  • Laravel and PHP, with REST APIs
  • Vue.js, React and Next.js
  • Flutter for mobile
  • AWS for cloud
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Experience

Digit Gate IT

Apr 2020 โ€“ Present ยท Dhaka ยท Full-time

Tech Lead (Assistant Software Development Manager)

Feb 2024 โ€“ Present
  • Lead the department's 10+ developers directly: task planning, mentoring and solving technical blockers
  • Run requirement analysis with clients and stakeholders, turning business needs into technical specs
  • Design and evaluate system architecture across web and mobile projects
  • Manage AWS infrastructure: deployment, monitoring, security and cost
  • Lead a portfolio of 25+ web and 5+ mobile apps in production, including LMS and e-commerce platforms live for 5+ years

Tech Lead (Department In-charge)

Nov 2022 โ€“ Feb 2024
  • Took charge of the software department, responsible for technical direction and delivery
  • Designed system architecture and made key technical decisions for new projects
  • Managed deployments and server infrastructure on AWS

Senior Web Developer (Team Lead)

Jan 2021 โ€“ Nov 2022
  • Promoted within 10 months; led one of three development teams
  • Designed database structures and backend architecture; built REST APIs for web and mobile apps
  • Mentored junior developers

Web Developer

Apr 2020 โ€“ Jan 2021
  • Built and maintained web applications with PHP, Laravel, MySQL and JavaScript
Founder

msilabs

Nov 2023 โ€“ Present
  • Free open-source tools and packages for web developers
  • Bangla lessons for developers
Co-Founder

Ihsan IT

Oct 2020 โ€“ Present
  • SaaS products for madrasahs, schools and online businesses
  • Run by its own dedicated team
Co-Founder

Orbeetal

Nov 2024 โ€“ Present
  • Web and mobile apps for clients in Bangladesh and abroad
  • Run by its own dedicated team
Volunteer

Volunteer Web Developer ยท The Message Academy

Nov 2021 โ€“ Nov 2022

Built the initial version of MessageBD.net, an Islamic knowledge platform offering Quran and Hadith resources, articles, videos and lectures in Bangla, with Laravel, Inertia.js, Vue.js and MySQL.

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Open source

Packages for bKash payment gateway

Community packages for bKash Tokenized Checkout v2. Not affiliated with bKash.

3.5K+ installs and downloads MIT

Laravel

PHP 8.2โ€“8.5 ยท Laravel 9โ€“13
composer require msilabs/bkash
since Jul 2024
GitHub โ†’ Packagist โ†’

Node.js

Node.js >= 22
npm install @msilabs/bkash
since Oct 2026
GitHub โ†’ npm โ†’

Frameworks

Static sites and full stack apps, built the msilabs way.

@msilabs/alo

Node.js >= 22

A lightweight static web framework. Plain HTML-like templates, data from JSON, zero config. This site is built with it.

npx @msilabs/alo init my-site
since Nov 2026
Docs โ†’ GitHub โ†’ npm โ†’

@msilabs/adhar

Node.js >= 22

A framework for building APIs, with an optional web front end built on Alo for a full stack setup.

npx @msilabs/adhar init my-api
since Nov 2026
Docs โ†’ GitHub โ†’ npm โ†’

msilabs.alo-vscode

VS Code extension for Alo and Adhar: syntax highlighting, suggestions, errors with quick fixes, and a dev server.

code --install-extension msilabs.alo-vscode
since Nov 2026
Marketplace โ†’ GitHub โ†’

msilabs.msilabs-theme

Four VS Code themes that are easy on the eyes: Dark, Light, Notebook and Warm Night. Navy, mint and an amber cursor.

code --install-extension msilabs.msilabs-theme
since Nov 2026
Preview โ†’ Marketplace โ†’ GitHub โ†’

Tools

Free apps that run in your browser. No login.

CVเฆฌเฆพเฆจเฆพเฆ“

  • ATS-friendly PDF CV, GitHub profile README and portfolio
  • No login, runs in browser
Open โ†’ GitHub โ†’

Git Simulator

  • Fake terminal with a live commit graph and Bangla explanations
  • 11 hands-on missions
Open โ†’ GitHub โ†’

Scaling Simulator

  • Load balancer, cache, replicas and autoscaling, hands on
  • 6 hands-on challenges
Open โ†’ GitHub โ†’

Free and open source (MIT). Bangla lessons and simulators at msilabs.github.io/learn.

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Tech I work with

Leadership
Technical LeadershipSoftware Architecture Design & EvaluationRequirements AnalysisTeam LeadershipMentoringTechnical Training
Backend
LaravelPHPREST APIswith Express, Django and FastAPI when needed
Frontend
Vue.jsReactNext.jsJavaScriptTailwind CSSHTMLCSS
Mobile
FlutterDartapps published on Google Play and the App Store
Cloud
AWSEC2, S3, RDS, Route 53, IAM, CloudFront
Databases
MySQLDatabase Designwith PostgreSQL, MongoDB and Redis when needed
Architecture
Distributed SystemsCloud ComputingObject Oriented DesignUMLAgile
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Certifications

Sep 2026

โ˜… Architecture 2 โ€“ Training of Trainers (ToT)

JICA-BCC-BASIS ยท supervised by TopSE, NII Japan

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Jul 2026

Basic Series โ€“ Architecture 1

JICA-BCC-BASIS

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Jul 2026

Basic Series โ€“ Agile 1

JICA-BCC-BASIS

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Jul 2026

Basic Series โ€“ Cloud

JICA-BCC-BASIS

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Mar 2026

AI Engineering Bootcamp for Programmers

Ostad

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Mar 2025

App Development with Flutter

Ostad

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Nov 2024

Foundational C# with Microsoft

freeCodeCamp

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Jun 2024

Reactive Accelerator

Learn with Sumit

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Apr 2023

AWS Solutions Architect Associate โ€“ Exam Preparation Course

Azzda Technology Solution

Feb 2021

Responsive Web Design & Professional Web Development (1 Year Course)

Creative IT Institute

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Let's connect

Happy to connect with developers, founders and anyone working on interesting software problems.

LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/msisaif Professional network GitHub github.com/msisaif Personal code and projects msilabs msilabs.github.io Open source packages, tools