Hi, I'm Nasif Ishtiaque.
a backend engineer.NET specialistdistributed-systems builderweekend photographer
Software engineer with 4+ years of experience shipping enterprise .NET systems — multi-tenant risk analytics, regulatory reporting, and real-time pipelines for regulated industries.
At a glanceFour years, four platforms, one obsession: reliability.
Brain Station 23 · Oct 2026 – Present
Leading backend development of ClarusRisk Dashboard (MJH Risk Monitor) — an enterprise risk monitoring and portfolio management platform for institutional asset managers.
Remote-friendly · GMT+6
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What I doBackend craft, end to end.
Detailsbackend architecture
Clean Architecture, multi-tenant design, REST API design at scale, and the patterns that keep large .NET codebases maintainable.
cloud & devops
Azure App Services, Functions, and Storage; CI/CD with GitHub Actions (certified) and Azure DevOps; observability with Application Insights.
real-time & data-intensive systems
SignalR WebSockets, Hangfire background jobs, Redis caching, and SQL Server tuning for high-volume financial workloads.
security & compliance
SAML 2.0 SSO, JWT with permission-based RBAC, and automated regulatory reporting (PRIIPS, AIFM, SFDR, UCITS, MiFID II).
Track recordWhere I've shipped.
Full history Oct 2026 – Present Brain Station 23 Senior Software Engineer I
Leading backend development of ClarusRisk Dashboard (MJH Risk Monitor) — an enterprise risk monitoring and portfolio management platform for institutional asset managers.
- Developed risk analytics including VaR modeling, liquidity stress testing, and real-time portfolio monitoring across 243 domain entities
- Implemented automated regulatory reporting for PRIIPS, AIFM, SFDR, UCITS, and MiFID II
- Built real-time bulk processing with SignalR WebSockets and background jobs using Hangfire with Redis
Jul 2024 – Sep 2026 Brain Station 23 Software Engineer II
Built the ClarusRisk Dashboard (MJH Risk Monitor) platform from its early build-out through its first production releases.
- Architected RESTful API with 40+ controllers and 150+ endpoints; custom JWT authentication with permission-based authorization
- Designed multi-tenant architecture with SAML 2.0 SSO and RBAC; Redis caching layer for optimized performance
Selected workThings I've built.
All projectsMJH Risk Monitor (ClarusRisk Dashboard)
Enterprise risk monitoring and portfolio management platform for institutional asset managers.
SAFVIC Systems
Platform for the Sexual Assault Family Violence Investigator Course — investigation tooling for Texas law enforcement.
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Practical implementation of caching strategies using Clean Architecture principles in .NET.
RecentWhat's new.
- Open to backend roles — .NET · Azure · Distributed Systems.
- Promoted to Senior Software Engineer I at Brain Station 23.
- Earned GitHub Certified: GitHub Actions (GH-200).
- blog New post: “The speed data everyone skips: what the studies actually say about AI and developer productivity”
- blog New post: “Caching in .NET, done properly: strategies, pitfalls, and Clean Architecture”
- Completed Kaggle × Google's 5-Day AI Agents intensive, with a capstone project on vibe coding.
Hiring for a backend or platform role? Let's talk.
I'm Dhaka, Bangladesh · Remote-friendly. Happy to talk about your team, your stack, and the problems you're solving. Outside of work, you'll find me behind a camera.