Hey, I'm

Shahathir Iskandar 👋

Versatile and motivated individual with a passion for software development. Experienced in creating robust and user-friendly websites and applications.

Batu Caves / Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia

Searching for opportunities as a Software Developer (Web / Frontend / Fullstack)

About me

Get to know me 😀

I'm a software developer recently graduated from the Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Information Technology (UniKL MIIT). I have a strong passion for programming and developing software, from simple landing pages to complex web, mobile and desktop applications. I have also obtained several certificates that prove my commitment to lifelong learning.

I started my journey into the world of programming at 15, taking computer science classes during my high school years. I don't imagine myself doing anything else as seriously. Since then, I've continued to grow and evolve as a developer, always looking for new challenges and opportunities to learn the latest technologies.

I'm someone who plans ahead, always thinking of proper solutions for my projects or assignments. I'm a dedicated team player with a strong work ethic. Also, I'm certainly someone who you can fully trust to get a job done well.

Whenever I am not coding or programming, I like to spend that leisure time by watching new TV shows or movies, reading blogs or social posts, or following new programming tutorials.

Here are some interesting facts about me:

Appreciates the LRT & MRT 🚇
Music lover 🎧

Free & open software advocate 🙌🏻
PC & Gadget enthusiast 🖱️

Projects

Some of the noteworthy projects I have built:

Catalogd

A social cataloging web application for video game enthusiasts. Designed to provide a platform where video game enthusiasts can catalog their gaming experiences, discover new titles, share reviews, and connect with others. A final year project (FYP) to complete my Bachelor.

Next.jsTypescriptReact.jsAppwriteTailwind CSS

AI Game Recommender

A web application that leverages AI through vector embedding to provide personalized video game recommendations through prompts & vector search. Over 20,000 video game titles recognized for vector search recommendations integrated into Catalogd. Integrated Open AI text-embed model with DataStax to calculate vector embedding for each video game title data.

Next.jsTypescriptTailwind CSSDataStaxOpen AI Text-Embed Model

Country Economic Indicator Analytics Dashboard

A full-stack web application that serves to provide access and visualise various economic indicators of a specific country, including: GDP growth rates, population growth rates, education expenditure percentages, inflation rates and labour force statistics.

Spring BootJavaReact.jsTypeScriptMySQLMaterial-UIJWT

Todo List

Built a full-stack to-do list web application for users to keep track of their daily tasks. Demonstrates integration between legacy COBOL systems, a modern Express.js API, and an Angular frontend. Utilized Docker Compose and Dockerfiles to simulate a legacy backend using GnuCOBOL docker image.

COBOLAngularExpress.jsNode.jsDocker Compose

EduCafe Booking

EduCafe Booking is a school cafeteria service web-app that allows students to order their meals remotely, enables staff to manage food bookings, and improves the manager’s workflow. Developed using JSP, Servlets, and Tailwind CSS for the UI, implemented business logic with Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs) from Java EE, and integrated a MySQL database for data storage. This is a university project for the ISB37804 Reuse and Component Based Development class.

JavaJava EEMySQLTailwind CSSJSPServlet

PHP Starter

A full-stack web application to show my past PHP university projects for Internet Programming class. Projects include: vehicle rental management system, my movies, cars database & fun calculators.

Vanilla PHPApache WebMySQLTailwind CSSLinux (Ubuntu VM)DigitalOceanDocker

Shahathir.me

A portfolio website created to showcase information about me, my technical skills, the projects that I have done and my experiences. Used various NextJS UI libraries to make the website beautiful.

Next.jsReactTypescriptTailwind CSS

Technical Skills

Tools & technologies I work with:

TypeScript

JavaScript

Java

Python

PHP

HTML5

CSS3

React

Next.js

Vite

Angular

Redux

React Router

Tailwind CSS

shadcn/ui

Material UI

Sass

Bootstrap

React Native

Node.js

Bun

Django

FastAPI

Spring Boot

Java Servlets

Express

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MS SQL Server

SQLite

Appwrite

Docker

AWS

Cloudflare

Nginx

Vercel

Netlify

DigitalOcean

Git

DBeaver

Postman

Experience

Here is a quick summary of my work experience:

Assistant Software Developer

Contributing to the development and maintenance of Financial Risk Group's Visualization of Risk (VOR) product and other internal tooling.
Developed an internal AI agent web application from scratch to improve the onboarding of financial portfolio data for the business analytics team, using technologies such as React.js, Django, PostgreSQL, Strands Agents SDK, AWS Bedrock, Docker Compose.
Performing root cause analysis and investigation for bug fixes.
Creating detailed pull requests that includes summary, problem statement, solution and reviewer test plans to reduce technical debt and improve code documentation.
Assisting with code reviews and testing to ensure high-quality software delivery.

Jun 2025 - Present

Software Engineer Intern

Contributed significantly to the development and delivery of an internal Support Portal full-stack web application to support Estee Lauder Companies' retail operations.
Gained hands-on experience with retail software architecture and best practices in a production environment.
Assisted in troubleshooting and resolving critical issues to ensure smooth operations for retail clients.
Participated in code reviews and implemented improvements to enhance system performance and reliability.

Oct 2024 - Feb 2025

Logistics Associate

Coordinated with the store manager to restock inventory as needed, performed regular stock checks and reported any issues to the store manager immediately.
Organized the store area for ease of access and optimal space utilization.

Feb 2020 - Jun 2020

Education