Saikat RoySenior Backend Engineer · YOUR Campus · Mar 2022 – present · core team since day zero
YOUR Campus: the backend behind a smart-campus platform for 135,000+ students
YOUR Campus brings app-controlled services to university halls across Bangladesh. Students reserve and start washing machines from their phones, buy snacks from smart vending machines, and order everyday essentials, all in one app.
I joined the core team at the very beginning and have built the platform's backend from the first line of code.
- App users
- 135,000+
- Universities
- 21
- Washing machines in 135+ locations
- 285+
- Vending machines on 25+ campuses
- 160+
My work
What I built
YOUR Laundry
App-controlled washing machines that students book from their phones.
YOUR Shop
Smart vending machines, including SnacKeeper.
YOUR Mart
Warehouse, inventory and point-of-sale.
YOUR Locker
Smart parcel lockers.
YOUR Planet
Recycling machines with rewards.
YOUR Printer
In developmentSelf-service campus printing.
Payments
bKash, Nagad, SSLCommerz and aamarPay integration.
Architecture
How it's built
A cloud-native microservices platform: each product is an independently deployable service with unified authentication, IoT device integration and asynchronous task processing, running on horizontally scalable, containerised infrastructure with centralised monitoring. New products launch without disturbing existing ones.
Tech stack
- Python
- Django
- Django REST Framework
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Celery
- Docker
- Nginx
- AWS S3
- Firebase
- Sentry
Role
My role
I design and build backend services from scratch, integrate payment gateways and machines, keep production stable as usage grows, and review the team's backend work.
Press
In the news
- The Daily Star · 2024Dorm-life upgrade: App-based washing machines in public university halls ↗
- The Business Standard · 2023YOUR Campus: Transforming dormitory life with vending machines, laundromats ↗
- Somoy TV · 2023YOUR Shop and app-based laundry at Dhaka University (video, Bangla) ↗
- Channel 24 · 2023Smart Bangladesh feature (video, Bangla) ↗
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