Mirza Najafov

Senior Backend Engineer

Baku, Azerbaijan (UTC+4) · Open to remote roles and relocation

I build backends in Node.js, NestJS and TypeScript, and I have done it for 6+ years, remotely for teams in Tel Aviv, Dubai and Amsterdam since 2023. The projects below are the ones I built on my own time to go deeper than a job usually lets me.

Ask about me

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Things I built

Matchium

Dating matches from a model that shows its work

Adaptive questions reach the same accuracy with about half the questions, 12 instead of ~24.

  • Python
  • NestJS
  • Next.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • Prisma
LiveCode

Marauder

Live indoor positioning from noisy radio signals

Position updates reach the map as one batch every 150 ms instead of one event per radio reading.design parameter

  • NestJS
  • MQTT
  • Redis
  • TimescaleDB
  • React
  • ESP32
LiveCode

TM Post

An API client that keeps working when the server doesn't

Cancelling is one abort signal end to end; aborted at 300 ms, a request reports canceled at 306 ms, where the version before the fix was still waiting 230 seconds later.

  • Electron
  • React
  • NestJS
  • PostgreSQL
  • Prisma
LiveSource available on request

Task Manager

A task manager between Todoist and Jira

Saved views are filter trees compiled into database queries, and "assigned to me" resolves per viewer, so one shared view showed its owner three tasks and a teammate two different ones.

  • Next.js
  • NestJS
  • PostgreSQL
  • Prisma
  • Redis
LiveSource available on request

Where I worked

  1. Senior Software Engineer at NeuroTime AI

    Jul 2026 – presentBaku, Azerbaijan

    AI company behind Obsera, a SaaS platform for media monitoring, social media management and AI content generation.

  2. Backend Engineer at MemeDroid

    Sep 2025 – presentAmsterdam, Netherlands (remote)Freelance

    Meme and AI content platform with millions of active users.

  3. Backend Engineer at Thinking IT

    Apr 2025 – Dec 2025Dubai, UAE (remote)Contract

    Technology consultancy building backend systems for enterprise clients.

  4. Backend Engineer at UpSell (ex-ReConvert)

    Feb 2023 – Aug 2025Tel Aviv, Israel (remote)

    E-commerce platform providing real-time upsells for high-volume Shopify and Wix stores.

  5. Freelance Backend Developer

    Jan 2019 – Jan 2023Baku, AzerbaijanFreelance