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Zubaer Ahammed / Senior full-stack developer

Digital products.
Built to matter.

I build clear interfaces, dependable platforms and practical AI integrations. Full-stack craft, with careful code review and security in mind.

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10+ years building for the web.Senior full-stack developer at academy+ since 2018.

New Skills Academy
New Skills Academy interface
Selected work Web platforms
Designed with intention.
Engineered for real life.
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Small details.
Meaningful scale.

1m+Learners across academy+ platforms
900+Courses available on academy+ platforms
10+Years of professional development experience

Learner and course figures reflect academy+ platform scale, from my work as a senior full-stack developer since 2018.

01 / Selected work

Real projects.
Different possibilities.

A selection of client platforms, independent products and experiments. Explore the work behind the interface.

01 / Web platforms New Skills Academy interface View project

academy+

New Skills Academy

New Skills Academy is a high-conversion consumer learning platform — course discovery, unlimited membership, vouchers, and a gamified learner dashboard. I engineer the product…
02 / Web platforms Staff Skills Academy App interface View project

academy+

Staff Skills Academy App

The Staff Skills Academy learner and company portal is the day-to-day home for corporate training, wellbeing, and benefits. I built and continue to evolve…
03 / Web platforms Learning Management System (LMS) with Laravel interface View project

academy+

Learning Management System (LMS) with Laravel

The client needed an approachable interface to manage LMS data — reports, courses, users, and day-to-day operations — without slowing down as the catalogue…
04 / WordPress & plugins Calorie Calculator Pro interface View project

Zubaer

Calorie Calculator Pro

Calorie Calculator Pro is my WordPress plugin for daily calorie estimates, macros, and goals — with email/PDF delivery, lead capture, and a polished one-screen…
05 / Mobile apps View project

Independent project

Calorie Calculator — Android

Calorie Calculator is an Android app I built for daily calorie estimates, BMI, macros and a simple day meal plan. It brings the same…
06 / WordPress & plugins ZubFeat AI Featured Image interface View project

Independent project

ZubFeat AI Featured Image

ZubFeat AI Featured Image is a WordPress plugin I built to bring image generation into the publishing workflow. It turns a post title, or…
07 / Mobile apps FishVerify interface View project

FishVerify

FishVerify

FishVerify is a fish identification and regulation app for anglers — live scan or photo import, local rules, marine weather, and catch logging. I…
08 / Web platforms Urban Excess interface View project

Urban Excess

Urban Excess

Urban Excess is a global menswear and footwear Shopify storefront spanning Carhartt-WIP, Patagonia, Barbour, Karhu, and dozens of other brands. I worked primarily on…
09 / Web platforms SST Backend with React-Laravel interface View project

Dan Morgan / academy+

SST Backend with React-Laravel

Staff Skills Academy needed a modern admin backend to manage learners, courses, and operational data at scale. I built the SST backend as a…
10 / Web platforms BOU SST Academic Portal interface View project

Bangladesh Open University — SST

BOU SST Academic Portal

The School of Science & Technology academic portal is a Django system for routines, attendance, marks, and tabulation across study centres. I co-built the…
11 / Web platforms BOU School of Science & Technology interface View project

Bangladesh Open University — SST

BOU School of Science & Technology

The official School of Science & Technology website is the public face of BOU SST — programmes, notices, resources, faculty, and alumni entry points.…
12 / Web platforms BOU CSE Result Companion interface View project

Personal product

BOU CSE Result Companion

BOU CSE Result Companion is an independent desk for Bangladesh Open University BSc in CSE students. Enter a student ID and the app fetches…
13 / Web · Mobile apps Stock News BD interface View project

StockNewsBD

Stock News BD

Stock News BD is a Bangladesh equity-market news product: a web desk at stocknews.zubaer.com and the Stock News BD Android app for the same…
14 / Web platforms ZubTALK Social Network & Messenger interface View project

Independent project

ZubTALK Social Network & Messenger

ZubTALK is a full social network and messenger product — profiles, feeds, and real-time communication in one experience. I built the platform end to…
15 / Web platforms academy+ interface View project

academy+ (formerly BE-A Education Ltd.)

academy+

academy+ (formerly BE-A Education Ltd.) is the UK learning group behind New Skills academy+, Staff Skills academy+, and related brands. Since 2018 I have…
16 / Web platforms WordPress eCommerce: PINKCHILLI interface View project

Esther Bertram

WordPress eCommerce: PINKCHILLI

PINKCHILLI is a vegan eCommerce storefront. I built the WordPress commerce experience to the client’s specifications so products could be listed, browsed, and purchased…
17 / Web platforms WordPress Coding - Investasian interface View project

Reid Bauer

WordPress Coding - Investasian

Ongoing WordPress engineering for Investasian — new features, defect fixes, security hardening, and general site maintenance. Work spanned both front-end and back-end WordPress concerns…
18 / Web platforms Web Development - Rockingteacher interface View project

Jon Schwartz

Web Development - Rockingteacher

Long-running partnership with Rockingteacher covering websites, servers, and web applications — create, update, and maintain. This engagement combined product delivery with operational reliability.Engagement modelWebsite…

02 / How I can help

From the big picture
to the last pixel.

From thoughtful interfaces to practical AI features, with careful code review and application security woven into delivery.

THE WHOLE PICTURE
From user experience to dependable deliveryExperience connects to the application, with APIs and data, supported by delivery and security.EXPERIENCEAPPLICATIONAPIs + DATADELIVERYSECURITY

One connected experience.
Built with the whole system in mind.

A way of thinking, from day one.
01

Web apps & learning platforms

Custom applications, learning platforms and admin tools. From data models and APIs to the screens people use every day.

Python / Django / Laravel / React / Vue
 02

Interfaces with purpose

Responsive websites and product interfaces that make complex workflows feel clear, considered and easy to use.

Interaction / Responsive UI / Front-end development
 03

WordPress & product development

Custom plugins, integrations and publishing tools, with the care needed to turn a useful idea into a maintainable product.

WordPress / PHP / Integrations
 04

AI integrations & workflow automation

Knowledge-guided assistants, LLM integrations and workflows that connect useful AI features to real products, with a clear path back to a person.

LLM APIs / Knowledge sources / Human handoff
 05

Secure delivery & code review

Reviewing human-written and AI-assisted changes for authentication, authorisation, data handling and injection risks. Practical hardening and deployment support as products evolve.

Application security / Code review / Docker / AWS

03 / Independently built

Curiosity, put to work.

Products and tools I build, ship and maintain. A space to solve real problems and keep exploring.

Applied AI / Built into this portfolio

Meet the assistant.
See the engineering.

Ask ZuBOT connects visitors with my work and services through a knowledge-guided conversation. Behind it: model integration, request limits and an email handoff when a person should take over.

Inside the ZuBOT build
ASK ZuBOTKNOWLEDGE → CONVERSATION
01 / THE QUESTION

What could we build together?

02 / THE CONTEXTCurated knowledge.
Connected to a model.
Work & servicesLLM integration
Helpful answerHuman handoff ↗

Request limits · Conversation context · Email handoff

WordPress · AI images

ZubFeat AI

Generate featured images from post titles or excerpts, using your own OpenAI or OpenRouter key.

Explore the plugin
WordPress · Free + Pro

Calorie Calculator

From daily calorie estimates to macros and guided day plans. A product built for publishers.

Explore the plugin
Android · Free app

Calorie Calculator — Android

Daily calorie targets, macros and day plans on your phone. Offline calculations and on-device history.

Explore the Android app
News · Web + Android

StockNewsBD

A Bangladesh stock-market news crawler, website and Android app, brought together in one product.

Visit StockNewsBD
Developer tools

Compilers

A browser playground for writing and running code, with Monaco and sandboxed execution.

Open the playground
Education · Student tools

BOU CSE Companion

A result checker and CGPA companion for Bangladesh Open University CSE students.

Explore the companion
Security · Intelligence

ZubSignal

An infosec radar for critical vulnerabilities, KEV additions and patches worth acting on.

Open the desk
Writing · WordPress

WP Tuts Hub

Practical tutorials on themes, plugins and the details behind real WordPress builds.

Read the tutorials

Looking for the lighter embed? Calorie Calculator also has a free edition on WordPress.org ↗

THE PERSON BEHIND THE PRODUCTSZubaer Ahammed
Zubaer AhammedDeveloper. Builder. Always learning.

04 / A little about me

I care how it looks.
And how it lasts.

I’m a senior full-stack developer with 10+ years across web applications, learning platforms, mobile experiences and WordPress products.

Since 2018, I’ve been building and looking after learning platforms at academy+, the UK e-learning company behind New Skills Academy and Staff Skills Academy. Their platforms reach more than a million learners.

I work across architecture, interfaces, APIs and deployment, including practical AI integrations such as this site’s ZuBOT assistant. I bring the same care to code review and application security: checking how changes handle access, data and failure, including code written with AI assistance.

More about my experience

A FEW TOOLS OF THE TRADE

PythonDjangoLaravelReactVueNode.jsWordPressDockerAWSREST APIsLLM integrationCode reviewApplication security

ALWAYS LEARNING

IBMFull Stack Software Developer GoogleCybersecurity Professional

05 / In good company

Good work starts with good people.

A few words from the people I’ve worked with.

"Zubaer is a very knowledgeable developer. He has taken care of projects ranging from quick 5 minute fixes through to full redesign of our sites lasting 6 months or more. He has been a valuable member of our team and is always around to help out. Zubaer has excellent communication skills and a perfect grasp of English. All in all I cannot rate him highly enough,"
Dan Morgan Former CEO & Managing Director, BE-A Education (now academy+) Upwork testimonial
I really enjoyed working with Zubaer! He’s one of those developers you can always count on when something goes wrong. He’s incredibly smart, quick to identify the root cause of a problem, and great at finding practical solutions. What I also appreciate is that he isn’t afraid to speak up when he notices an issue or sees something that could be improved. I’d be happy to work with him again and would definitely recommend him!
Iryna Murka Former Product Manager, academy+ LinkedIn recommendation
I worked with Zubaer for 2 years whilst I was interim CTO at academy+ during a rapid growth in development and change in technology. I found him to be an excellent colleague, working to support the internal team. He was always responsive, organised and delivered every time. His coding ability is top notch and he's a pleasure to work with. Highly recommended.
Dan Grant Former interim CTO, academy+ LinkedIn recommendation

More perspectives from clients and colleagues.

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