💻 Software Development Engineer @ IQVIA | 🏆 IQVIA Impact Silver Award Winner | 🎓 BUET CS Graduate | 🔬 Aspiring Researcher | 🚀 Seeking PhD/MSc 2026
I am a Software Development Engineer at IQVIA (Fortune 500) specializing in healthcare data analytics and aspiring researcher passionate about the intersection of industry practice and academic research. My work focuses on developing enterprise-grade solutions that handle millions of patient records while conducting cutting-edge research in AI/ML Security, Blockchain Technology, and Software Engineering.
I'm actively working on research projects in collaboration with distinguished faculty:
- 🛡️ ML/AI Security: Analyzing vulnerabilities in machine learning model ecosystems (15 major platforms including Hugging Face Hub with 752K+ models)
- 🔗 Blockchain in Healthcare: Advanced framework with sharding, Layer-2 solutions, and DAG ledger implementation
- 🤖 LLM API Contract Analysis: Developing design-by-contract tools for LLM libraries and conducting empirical studies
- 🖼️ Multi-Cover Image Steganography: Extending StegFormer architecture for distributed secret embedding
Research Collaborators:
- Dr. Akond Rahman (Auburn University, PASER group)
- Professor A. B. M. Alim Al Islam (BUET)
- Professor ASM Latiful Hoque (BUET)
- Mohammad Latif Siddique (University of Notre Dame, Meta PhD Intern)
- 🥈 IQVIA Impact Program – Silver Award (May 2025) - For outstanding performance and critical feature development
- 🥈 2nd Place - Bangla Handwritten Digits Recognition Contest (120 students, BUET)
- 🏅 Finalist - Blockchain Olympiad Bangladesh 2021 with "Recursively Enumerable" team
- 📊 60% Query Optimization - Achieved significant performance improvements in healthcare analytics platforms
- 🤖 LLM Integration - Successfully integrated LLM capabilities into clinical data analytics dashboards
Core Technologies:
- Backend: C#, .NET Core/6+, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework Core
- Cloud & DevOps: AWS (Lambda, EC2, S3, DynamoDB), Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD
- Data & ML: Python, PyTorch, NumPy, Pandas, OpenAI API, LangChain
- Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Microsoft SQL Server, Redis
- Blockchain: Ethereum, Solidity, Hyperledger Fabric
Specialized Skills:
- Microservices Architecture & Distributed Systems
- Healthcare Data Analytics & FHIR Standards
- Performance Optimization & Database Tuning
- AI/ML Security & Vulnerability Analysis
- Observability with OpenTelemetry & Jaeger
Comprehensive security analysis of 15 major ML platforms, developing security maturity frameworks and contributing to ML supply chain security standards.
BCOLBD 2021 Finalist project addressing ticket fraud through smart contracts and decentralized authentication.
2nd place winner - Built custom CNN from scratch using only NumPy/OpenCV, achieving 95.9% accuracy on NumtaDB benchmark.
Advanced blockchain framework with sharding, Layer-2 solutions, and privacy-preserving computation for healthcare data.
End-to-end event management system with TypeScript, Express.js, Kubernetes, and MongoDB.
Extended "Show, Attend, and Tell" model with BERT context vectors for improved caption quality and training efficiency.
Software Development Engineer 1 @ IQVIA (June 2023 - Present)
- Developing microservices-based healthcare applications handling millions of patient records
- Architecting cloud-native applications on AWS with Lambda, EC2, S3, DynamoDB
- Integrating LLM capabilities into clinical data analytics dashboards (85% reduction in manual processing)
- Implementing database optimizations achieving 60% reduction in query execution times
- Building Angular-based visualization dashboards improving client engagement by 45%
- Maintaining 99.9% uptime with zero-downtime deployment strategies
Full Stack Engineer @ Mindshare Bangladesh (Apr 2021 - Nov 2021)
- Built high-performance web scraping system collecting data from 20+ e-commerce platforms
- Architected backend system using Express.js and MongoDB for product data aggregation
- Deployed scalable scraper infrastructure on DigitalOcean with real-time API endpoints
B.Sc in Computer Science and Engineering - BUET (2018-2023)
- GPA: 3.53/4.0 (Overall) | 3.86/4.0 (Sessional Courses - labs & collaborative projects)
- Dean's List Award recipient
- Specialized coursework in algorithms, systems, AI/ML, and software engineering
Current Certifications in Progress:
- 🔄 Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
- 🔄 AWS Solution Architect Associate
- 📜 TOEFL iBT: 103/120
🎯 Immediate Goal: Pursuing PhD/MSc positions for Spring/Fall 2026 in Computer Science, focusing on:
- Software Engineering & Distributed Systems
- AI/ML Security & Blockchain Technology
- Applied Research with Industry Impact
🎯 Long-term Vision: Becoming a research leader who bridges the gap between academic research and industry practice, contributing to both scientific knowledge and real-world technological advancement.
Currently Reading:
- 📖 "Designing Data-Intensive Applications" by Martin Kleppmann
- 🤖 "Hands-On Large Language Models" by Jay Alammar
Recently Completed:
- 🏗️ "Clean Architecture" by Robert C. Martin
- 🎯 "Domain-Driven Design" by Eric Evans
Under Review:
- "An Unconventional Tale on Sentiment Analysis over Anonymous Online Reporting" - ACM CSCW (Under Revision)
Research Contributions:
- Bangladesh's first anonymous online reporting system (uReporter) - covered by BBC Bengali, Saudi Gazette
- Security analysis frameworks for ML model ecosystems
- Advanced blockchain architectures for healthcare applications
- 💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/thromel
- 🛠️ GitHub: github.com/thromel
- 🌐 Portfolio: tanzimhromel.com
- 📧 Email: romel.rcs@gmail.com
- 🔬 Research Profile: tanzimhromel.com/research
- 📝 Technical Blog: tanzimhromel.com/blog
"I consider myself a perpetually curious learner — viewing each new technology not just as a tool, but as a lens through which to understand deeper computational principles."