Software engineer with a background in infrastructure, backend systems, and developer tooling. I enjoy building systems that are easy to operate, easy to change, and automate away repetitive work. Strongest areas are Nix/Linux, CI/CD, infrastructure, and Rust/Python.
Most recently I was a Founding Engineer at Alpha Story. I built features across the stack, led an authentication migration from Supabase Auth to an in-house system with no downtime, automated infrastructure with OpenTofu and GitHub Actions, cut CI times by more than half, and stepped in to lead engineering after the CTO left.
Before that I worked in production operations supporting more than 100 AWS-hosted government websites, where I wrote internal tools to automate operational workflows.
I contribute to nixpkgs, Home Manager, Hyprland, NVF, pullomatic, and other open-source projects. Personal projects are mostly around Nix, Linux, Rust, and developer tooling.
I'm looking for backend, platform, infrastructure, or developer tooling roles.
Remote: Doesn't matter
Willing to relocate: Yes (San Francisco, New York, London)
Technologies: Nix/NixOS, Linux, Rust, Python, Bash, Lua, GCP, AWS, GitHub Actions, Terraform/OpenTofu, PostgreSQL
CV: https://rrv.sh/assets/cv.pdf
Website: https://rrv.sh
GitHub: https://github.com/rrvsh
Email: rafiq@rrv.sh
Software engineer with a background in infrastructure, backend systems, and developer tooling. I enjoy building systems that are easy to operate, easy to change, and automate away repetitive work. Strongest areas are Nix/Linux, CI/CD, infrastructure, and Rust/Python.
Most recently I was a Founding Engineer at Alpha Story. I built features across the stack, led an authentication migration from Supabase Auth to an in-house system with no downtime, automated infrastructure with OpenTofu and GitHub Actions, cut CI times by more than half, and stepped in to lead engineering after the CTO left.
Before that I worked in production operations supporting more than 100 AWS-hosted government websites, where I wrote internal tools to automate operational workflows.
I contribute to nixpkgs, Home Manager, Hyprland, NVF, pullomatic, and other open-source projects. Personal projects are mostly around Nix, Linux, Rust, and developer tooling.
I'm looking for backend, platform, infrastructure, or developer tooling roles.