Istiyak Sheyam

Founder

New York, New York, United States6 yrs 1 mo experience

AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Founded Bangladesh's top EdTech platform scaling to 120K+ users.
Built AI solutions for content creators at scale.
Led tech projects up to $500K across multiple industries.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and EdTech expert with strong AI and full-stack development capabilities.

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Skills

Core Skills

Artificial Intelligence (ai)AwsFull-stack DevelopmentAgile Project ManagementLeadershipAnalytical SkillsSoftware DevelopmentAnalyticsEntrepreneurshipProduct ManagementTeaching

Other Skills

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)Open AiStripe (Software)AmplifyLambaAmazon DynamodbAWS LambdaAmazon CognitoNext.jsAmazon S3Amazon SQSTeam ManagementGitPHPProduct Requirements

About

Software Engineer by training, Product Thinker at heart. 5+ years of experience in building scalable products, working with cross-functional teams, and managing tech projects up to $500K across IT, EdTech, and consumer goods. Founded Bangladesh’s top EdTech platform, scaling it to 120K+ users and 30+ employees, overseeing product development, UX strategy, and data analytics. Skilled in full-stack development, API design, and AI automation. Currently building 1nk.ai, AI Twin automation for content creators. BSc in Computer Science (Major) & Tech Entrepreneurship & Management (Minor) at ASU, combining technical expertise with business strategy. A self-driven leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-impact environments, with a passion for building scalable solutions, optimizing processes, and leveraging data-driven insights. Core Skills: Programming: C++, Java, PHP, JavaScript, React, OOP, Data Structures, Algorithms, APIs Tools: Git, GitHub, Postman, AWS, EC2, S3, RDS, Amplify, Lambda, OpenAI, n8n Automation Product: Agile Methodology, Roadmaps & Backlogs, A/B Tests, User Research, JIRA Analytics: MySQL, Postgres, Python, Pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, Google Sheets, Mixpanel Let’s connect!

Experience

6 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

2 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

9 mos

Current Experience

1nk.ai

AI Engineer

Aug 2025 – Present · 9 mos · New York, NY · On-site

Built a persona-preserving AI Twin system that captures creator voice as reusable style vectors, enabling consistent, high-fidelity LLM responses across conversations.
Designed and shipped a scalable RAG plus personalization pipeline using OpenAI, Pinecone, and DynamoDB, improving response relevance while controlling inference cost.
Architected a serverless AWS platform using Amplify, Cognito, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, and Lambda supporting real-time chat, async AI training, and usage-based billing at scale.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)Open AiStripe (Software)AmplifyLamba+7

Koru

Software Engineer

May 2022 – Apr 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos · Arizona, United States · Hybrid

Contributed to a multi-tenant B2B SaaS platform deployed on AWS EC2, supporting application
setup and deployments, resulting in a stable MVP through V2 with minimal downtime.
Built the backend and frontend components in a Laravel–React stack on AWS, supporting
event-driven processing, analytics dashboards, in-app messaging, and push notifications.
Implemented AI-powered reporting and personalization features using OpenAI embeddings and Python data pipelines, increasing user engagement by 60%.
Koru provides solutions for Sustainability Challenges to corporations.

Team ManagementGitAgile Project ManagementPHPProduct RequirementsScrum+17

Ira a. fulton schools of engineering at arizona state university

Shift Lead

Jan 2022 – Mar 2022 · 2 mos · Tempe, Arizona, United States

- Built a custom task management system integrating Notion, Google Sheets, and internal APIs to automate task assignment and training, improving team efficiency.

Analytical SkillsLeadershipProduct RequirementsAnalytic Problem SolvingScrumAnalytics+4

Digiformation

Software Analyst

Nov 2020 – Jun 2021 · 7 mos · Dhaka, Bangladesh · Remote

Coordinated data-flow architecture and API contracts for a high-traffic FMCG e-commerce site (1M+ users), mapping user stories to modular micro-services.
Embedded Looker Studio via BigQuery, building live revenue and inventory dashboards that grew sales 7%.
Developed technical process flows and autoscaling guidelines, resulting in 3x concurrent-user capacity while reducing server costs by 11%.
DigiFormation provides problem validation, solution design, and data-driven transformation consulting.

Analytical SkillsTeam ManagementLeadershipGitEntrepreneurshipPHP+25

Repto - education center

Founder and CEO

Jul 2016 – Jun 2021 · 4 yrs 11 mos · Bangladesh

Led the engineering of an EdTech platform from scratch using Vue.js front-end, Laravel back-end, and AWS CDN, scaling to 120K+ learners and 1TB+ of course content.
Designed collaborative LMS features, a hybrid CF recommendation engine (Matrix Factorization + content-based), and integrated bKash and mobile prepaid balance payments.
Managed a 12-person team through Agile sprints, hitting 96% on-time delivery, generating $200K revenue, and securing $150K seed funding.
REPTO facilitates the job market by connecting knowledge seekers, knowledge providers, and employers. REPTO offers personalized online learning and job matching based on skills.

Analytical SkillsTeam ManagementLeadershipGitEntrepreneurshipPHP+31