Sowkot Osman
20 years of experience designing and developing highly scalable enterprise and SaaS applications across healthcare, fintech, retail, and marketing industries.
I bring entrepreneurial, holistic, outcome-focused pragmatic mindset to an organisation to maximise the impact.
About Me
Entrepreneur and engineering leader with a passion for building products that scale
With 20 years of versatile experience across multiple platforms and business domains, I specialize in designing and developing highly scalable enterprise and SaaS applications.
I have a proven track record in healthcare, financial, retail, and marketing industries, consistently delivering robust solutions that drive business success. My expertise includes managing multiple cross-functional teams across regions, overseeing large-scale databases (both relational and NoSQL), and driving product marketing initiatives.
I hold a Master's in IT from the University of Sydney and a B.Sc. in Computer Science from BUET. I've successfully established IT businesses, led diverse global teams, and integrated IT solutions with business strategies.
Technical Excellence
Expert in .NET Core, C#, React, AWS, microservices, and distributed systems.
Team Leadership
Managed cross-functional teams across regions, mentoring engineers to reach their full potential.
Scalable Systems
Designed enterprise and SaaS applications handling hundreds of thousands of users.
Entrepreneurship
Founded and scaled EcoSoftBD, achieving 100% YoY revenue growth for 2 consecutive years.
Throughout my career I have been fortunate to directly work with diverse groups of engineers from 50+ countries.
- Afghanistan
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- Egypt
- England
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jordan
- Lebanon
- Macao
- Malaysia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- New Zealand
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Philippines
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Scotland
- Singapore
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Ukraine
- USA
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
Interests
Areas of passion and continuous learning
Startup funding
Fintech
Engineering Management
Distributed System Design
Technical Leadership
Social impact
Experience & Education
A journey of continuous learning and growth in technology
Work Experience
Senior Software Engineer
Atlassian
Sep 2023 - Present
Sydney, Australia
Working on Jira Software and Jira Service Management (JSM), flagship products powering teamwork for millions of users worldwide.
Lead Software Engineer
EcoSoftBD
Jan 2023 - Aug 2023
Bangladesh
Led the engineering team building real-time Online Stock Trading application (OMS) for the local stock market using FIX, ITCH, FAST protocol with NASDAQ matching engine. Established DevOps practices, CI/CD, and production support strategies.
Engineering Manager
Beforepay
Oct 2020 - Dec 2022
Sydney, Australia
Joined at the early stage of Australia's leading Pay on Demand™ Fintech startup (ASX:B4P). Managed 2 squads with 16 engineers. Participated in the successful IPO process. Designed architecture for partner integration API and workflow engine. Did R&D for Open Banking CDR integration.
Technical Lead → Senior Software Engineer
Campaign Monitor
Aug 2014 - Oct 2020
Sydney, Australia
6+ years building email marketing platform. Progressed from Senior Software Engineer to Technical Lead, working on microservices architecture and scalable systems.
Founder, CEO & CTO
EcoSoftBD
Jun 2007 - Dec 2018
Bangladesh
Built Bangladesh's leading stock market solution provider. Partnered with brokerage houses and Dhaka Stock Exchange. Achieved 100% YoY revenue growth for 2 consecutive years. Smart Trader OMS passed NASDAQ FIX certification with 100% accuracy.
Senior Software Engineer
AFS Technologies, Inc.
Jul 2013 - Aug 2014
Sydney, Australia
Worked on AFS Retail Execution platform.
Senior Software Engineer
Endless Rewards
Mar 2013 - Jul 2013
Sydney, Australia
Worked at Onit Media Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Endless Rewards Group). Project: Shuuga (Geo-Location based advertisement platform).
Senior Software Engineer
Jaxara
Jul 2012 - Jan 2013
Bangladesh
Worked for a US-based company on projects like NQF, OPUS, QPS (National Quality Forum).
Software Engineer → Senior Software Engineer
Therap (BD) Ltd.
May 2007 - Jun 2012
Bangladesh
5+ years building healthcare SaaS platform (TherapServices, Therap for States). Worked on highly scalable SaaS software for Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities care industry used across 40+ US states. Progressed from Software Engineer to Senior Software Engineer with team leading responsibilities.
Software Engineer
Uniqa Software & Systems Ltd.
May 2006 - Apr 2007
Bangladesh
Started professional career developing enterprise applications. Developed health care software for Japanese hospitals and elderly care centres. Worked on NSC and HALC products using test-driven development practices.
Education
Master of IT
University of Sydney
Major: Project Management in IT
2014 - 2016
Key Courses
B.Sc. in CSE
BUET
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
2002 - 2007
HSC
Ispahani Public School & College
Chittagong
2001
SSC
Collegiate School
Chittagong
1999
Volunteer Experience
Giving back to the community and supporting the next generation of tech innovators
Community Involvement
Judge
Young ICT Explorers
2016 - 2017
Australia
Young ICT Explorers is a non-profit competition created by SAP to encourage school students to create their best Information and Communication Technology (ICT) related projects. I volunteered as a judge in 2016 and 2017, evaluating student projects and providing feedback to young innovators.
Publications
Research contributions to the field of technology
Research Papers
Development of a Rule Based Approach for Bangla Text to Speech Conversion System
International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE)
December 2006
This research paper presents a rule-based approach for converting Bangla text to speech, contributing to the advancement of natural language processing for the Bengali language.
Get in Touch
I'm always open to discussing new opportunities, collaborations, or just sharing insights.
Location
Greater Sydney Area, Australia
Let's Connect!
The best way to reach me is through LinkedIn. Whether you want to discuss opportunities, collaborate on projects, or just have a chat about technology and leadership—I'd love to hear from you.
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