Hydar HafizBackend · Cloud · Applied AI

Software Engineer · Backend, Cloud & Applied AI · Malaysia

Hi, I'm Hydar

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Software Engineer — Backend, Cloud & Applied AI

Software engineer with hands-on experience building Python/FastAPI backends, automating Terraform-managed AWS delivery and CI/CD, and developing reliable applied-AI systems with graph retrieval and structured validation. Experienced productionizing early-stage systems for stronger traceability, testability and reliability. AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate.

About me

I’m a software engineer based in Bangi, Selangor, with a backend foundation in Python, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL, hands-on Terraform-managed AWS delivery ownership, and an emerging specialization in reliable applied-AI systems.

At AMIC, I own the backend, database, and AWS delivery scope for SAFAPAC and contribute to AIRIS through AI workload testing, bottleneck analysis, reporting, and optimization recommendations for senior developer/project manager review. Outside work, I’m actively developing AnotherEdenAI around typed graph retrieval, deterministic candidate generation, structured validation, and controlled LLM refinement.

I hold three cloud and AI credentials and am open to Backend Software Engineer, Cloud & DevOps Engineer, and Applied AI Engineer opportunities across Malaysia from November 2026.

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Ownership-minded

Takes early-stage backend, data, and cloud scope beyond boilerplate and follows it through delivery.

02

Traceability-first

Strengthens data models, calculation traceability, validation, testing, and operational documentation.

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Collaborative

Works across domain research, frontend delivery, senior engineering, and stakeholder training.

Featured work

Primary professional case studyDeployed beta / internal validation

Aerospace Malaysia Innovation Centre in collaboration with Airbus · November 2025 – October 2026

SAFAPAC

Rebuilding FastAPI/PostgreSQL backend and calculation workflows while owning Terraform-managed AWS staging/production delivery and containerized CI/CD.

  • Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and SQL
  • Validation, testability, and documentation
  • Terraform, Docker, GitHub Actions, and AWS
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Primary personal case studyActively developed

Personal project · December 2025 – Present

AnotherEdenAI

Building a graph-backed AI system that generates deterministic candidates before constrained LLM refinement, structured validation, correction, and fallback.

  • FastAPI and Python
  • Neo4j retrieval and deterministic candidates
  • Constrained LLM refinement and evaluation
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Supporting contribution

AIRIS

Testing AI workloads under concurrent demand, analyzing bottlenecks, and translating findings into optimization recommendations for senior engineering review.

Aerospace Malaysia Innovation Centre · November 2025 – October 2026 · supporting contribution

AIRIS · Supporting contribution

From workload testing to engineering handoff

Supporting contribution: controlled testing, bottleneck diagnosis, and an accepted engineering handoff. No resulting production improvement is claimed.
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A compact three-stage AIRIS contribution path shows controlled workload testing, bottleneck diagnosis with optimization research, and an engineering handoff with senior-engineer acceptance and stakeholder training as outcomes. No resulting production improvement is claimed.

  1. Hydar performed controlled workload testing.
  2. Observed behavior informed bottleneck diagnosis and optimization research.
  3. The findings became an engineering handoff accepted by the senior engineer and supported stakeholder training; no resulting production improvement is claimed.

Work experience

Backend Software Developer (Contract)

Aerospace Malaysia Innovation Centre

Nov 2025 – Oct 2026

  • Own the backend, database and AWS delivery for SAFAPAC, a deployed-beta sustainable aviation fuel analysis platform developed by AMIC with Airbus; substantially rebuilt and productionized an inherited early-stage implementation.
  • Collaborated with five TEA-SAF researchers and one frontend developer to restructure FastAPI/PostgreSQL schemas and calculation workflows, strengthening formula traceability, validation, testability and documentation for an Airbus internal pilot group.
  • Automated Terraform-managed AWS staging and production delivery with Docker, GHCR and GitHub Actions, using OIDC authentication and SSM execution to keep environments reproducible and reduce configuration drift.
  • For AIRIS, designed AI workload and concurrency tests, analyzed bottlenecks, and authored optimization recommendations for senior developer/project manager review; also supported stakeholder training.

Web & Mobile Development Intern

PETRONAS Digital Sdn Bhd

Jan 2024 – Aug 2024

  • Collaborated in a five-person team on a MEAN/Ionic booking prototype used to introduce new staff and interns to the technology stack.
  • Built Angular data views and paired on Ionic booking, QR check-in, validation, Android deployment and development documentation.

Skills & expertise

Backend

Python
FastAPI
REST APIs
PostgreSQL
SQL
Async Python
Pytest

Cloud & DevOps

AWS
Terraform
Docker
GitHub Actions
OIDC
AWS Systems Manager (SSM)
EC2 / RDS
S3 / CloudFront
Nginx
CI/CD

Applied AI

Neo4j
RAG / GraphRAG
LangGraph
LLM Integration
Retrieval Systems
Structured Validation
AI Evaluation
Token & Cost Controls

Supporting Technologies

TypeScript
Angular
Ionic
Locust
Git

Credentials

Certifications

Education

May 2022 – Aug 2025

Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons)

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

CGPA: 3.51

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