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title: "Experience & Résumé — Head of Software Development"
description: "14+ years leading engineering teams across Bangladesh, Singapore, Sweden and the US. Head of Development at Launch Titans, Toptal engineer, founder of Signal."
url: https://adnanshawkat.me/history/
---

# 14 years,  
one craft.

Head of Software Development with teams across Bangladesh, Singapore, Sweden and the US. I own delivery end to end — scoping, architecting and shipping — and build purpose-fit systems instead of stacking fragile off-the-shelf add-ons.

[Download résumé](https://adnanshawkat.me/adnan-shawkat-resume.pdf) [Get in touch](https://adnanshawkat.me/contact/)

Experience

14+ years

Based in

Sylhet, BD

Languages

English · Bengali · Hindi

![Adnan Shawkat](https://adnanshawkat.me/images/portrait.webp)

## Experience

1.  Sep 2026 – Now
    
    Founder
    
    ### Founder
    
    **Signal**
    
    -   Launched Signal (signalanalytics.app), a SaaS that gives e-commerce agencies one live dashboard for every client’s numbers.
    -   Pulls Shopify, Triple Whale, Klaviyo, PostHog and GA4 into shareable, login-free client reports with product-level P&L and channel breakdowns.
    -   Built and shipped end to end: product, architecture, Stripe billing and a free-to-scale pricing model.
    
2.  May 2023 – Now
    
    Full-time · Sylhet, Bangladesh
    
    ### Head of Development
    
    **Launch Titans**
    
    -   Lead a distributed development team across time zones, owning delivery from scope through launch for e-commerce platforms, web apps and marketing sites.
    -   Architect custom WooCommerce and Shopify solutions — subscription and billing systems, headless account portals, custom checkout flows and reporting dashboards.
    -   Set technical direction: coding standards, review process and a build-custom-first approach replacing fragile plugin stacks.
    -   Brought AI into product and process — LLM-backed features, custom MCP servers and n8n automations for clients.
    -   Selected clients: Tikva Drink · Contours Rx · Howdy Snax · Splendid Sun · CommissionED.
    
3.  2020 – Now
    
    Contract · Remote · 6 years
    
    ### WordPress Engineer
    
    **Toptal**
    
    -   Deliver WordPress and WooCommerce work for international clients through Toptal’s vetted engineering network.
    -   2,437 hours across 10 client engagements — custom plugins, integrations and performance work on live, revenue-generating stores.
    -   Earned Toptal’s 200, 1,000 and 2,000 Hours badges, plus Successful Trial and Profile Champion.
    
4.  Ongoing
    
    Founder
    
    ### CEO & Idea Provider
    
    **Betatech**
    
    -   Studio shipping WordPress plugins, SaaS products and AI integrations.
    
5.  Dec 2021 – Nov 2022
    
    Singapore
    
    ### Senior Software Engineer
    
    **TripleA**
    
    -   Maintained and extended the company’s WordPress plugin for cryptocurrency payment processing.
    -   Built integrations bringing crypto payments to multiple CMS and e-commerce platforms.
    
6.  Nov 2019 – Nov 2021
    
    Dhaka, Bangladesh
    
    ### Lead WordPress Developer
    
    **Strativ AB**
    
    -   Led the WordPress team and owned architecture decisions on the hardest problems.
    -   Built sites from scratch against Figma and XD designs; direct technical contact for clients.
    
7.  Apr 2020 – Feb 2021
    
    Albuquerque, USA
    
    ### Senior WordPress Developer
    
    **LadyBoss**
    
    -   Owned engineering for a high-traffic US fitness e-commerce brand and led a full site rebuild.
    
8.  Jun 2016 – Oct 2019
    
    Dhaka, Bangladesh
    
    ### Senior Software Engineer
    
    **Themeregion**
    
    -   Commercial WordPress themes and plugins for ThemeForest and Mojo Marketplace; several plugins on WordPress.org.
    
9.  Jun 2014 – Aug 2014
    
    Dhaka, Bangladesh
    
    ### Development Engineer
    
    **Sourcevo Innovations**
    
    -   Customer websites and a custom CMS in OOP PHP with AngularJS.
    
10.  Oct 2013 – May 2014
     
     Dhaka, Bangladesh
     
     ### Software Engineer L-1
     
     **CodeBoxr**
     
     -   WordPress plugins, Drupal modules, Magento sites and CloudyNotes for an Australian client.
     

## Education & certification

### B.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering

**State University of Bangladesh, Dhaka**2010 – 2013 · CGPA 3.53

### Zend Certification Course

**IBCS Primax**Dec 2012 – Mar 2013