Nazrin Afzal.

Software Engineer, E2 · Fintech / Payment Gateway

• Develop and maintain high-availability payment gateway services supporting enterprise merchants (Shopee, TikTok, Zus Coffee) — enabling credit/debit, BNPL, recurring billing, and DuitNow QR transactions at scale.
• Designed and developed Golang-based microservices including a DuitNow QR transaction engine integrated into the core payment gateway, handling real-time transaction generation and validation.
• Design and optimize RESTful APIs and transactional workflows using PHP (Laravel), contributing to scalable backend services handling high-volume payment processing.
• Implemented and maintained message queue systems using RabbitMQ and Redis for asynchronous payment event processing, improving system throughput and decoupling service dependencies.
• Implement background workers, cron jobs, and asynchronous processing to improve system scalability and reliability.
• Manage MySQL and CouchDB databases, optimizing queries and ensuring transactional integrity across high-volume production environments.
• Containerize services with Docker and write automated tests (PHPUnit) to maintain deployment consistency and code quality.
• Configured CORS policies, SSL/TLS certificates, and CDN settings for backend APIs to ensure secure, compliant, and performant service delivery across regions.
• Monitor production systems, troubleshoot payment-related incidents, and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure system uptime and transaction reliability.

Software Engineer

• Delivered government tender projects for agencies including the Ministry of Education (KPM) and the Malaysia Office of the Chief Government Security Officer (CGSO), ensuring compliance with strict security, SSL/TLS, and scalability requirements.
• Designed and developed large-scale systems to manage high volumes of sensitive user and organizational data, supporting processes from registration to full company-level data structuring.
• Built applications accessible by both government staff and external stakeholders, improving usability across diverse user groups.
• Developed and integrated RESTful APIs with proper CORS configuration to enable secure data exchange between internal systems and external applications.
• Developed solutions using Laravel (PHP) for backend, with Angular and Next.js for frontend applications.
• Managed data workflows with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Prisma ORM to ensure reliability, integrity, and performance.
• Successfully led a developer team in delivering a major government project, overseeing technical design, task delegation, and code quality.

Software Engineer, L1

• Contributed to Volare, an accounts receivable management solution adopted by 90% of Malaysia's leading debt collection agencies and major banking clients including Hong Leong Bank, Bank Islam, and Bank Syariah Indonesia.
• Developed and maintained core system functionalities using Laravel and MySQL, supporting a fully digitized accounts receivable management suite.
• Built and optimized REST APIs to support secure data communication between Volare and client banking systems.
• Participated in Agile development cycles (Scrum), collaborating with senior engineers to deliver features within tight timelines.
• Contributed to code reviews and documentation, ensuring maintainability and knowledge transfer across teams.

Software Developer

• Developed APPI, a Laravel/MySQL-based examination question bank for the Malaysia Examination Board, managing 100,000+ questions with customizable sets for schools nationwide.

Software Developer

• Built a multi-marketplace e-commerce platform with Laravel, integrating with eBay, Amazon, Lazada, and Shopee for SMEs to manage listings, inventory, and content across platforms.

Web Developer (Intern)

• Contributed to the Student Life Cycle Management (SLiM) system for INTEC and UiTM using Laravel (PHP), HTML, JavaScript, and Bootstrap.