Nidal Siddique Oritro
Senior Engineering Manager · Scalable systems & team leadership
Software engineering leader with ~15 years building highly scalable, maintainable systems that serve millions of customers. Currently leading engineering at Cheq, A Cantaloupe Platform — taking small to medium-size teams from project inception to complete delivery. I thrive on challenges and projects that give me the opportunity to learn new things.
My current focus is AI engineering — LLM-powered products, RAG pipelines, MCP-driven internal tools, and fine-tuning detection and language models for domain-specific use. I also write and speak on practical, spec-driven AI workflows.
Outside the day job, I run a free mentorship program for early-career engineers and founded the Rajshahi Professionals Network.
On a personal level, I love DIY projects—I have a 3D printer and I'm building out my own workshop.
Now
What I'm focused on these days
- Leading engineering at Cheq, A Cantaloupe Platform — building scalable systems that serve millions of customers.
- Running a free mentorship program for early-career engineers — covering judgment, context, and the work around the code.
- Founded the Rajshahi Professionals Network — a community of technology professionals in Rajshahi.
- Building internal AI knowledge systems with RAG and MCP — making organizational knowledge actually retrievable.
- Speaking and writing on practical AI engineering — spec-driven workflows over prompt-fishing.
Industry Experience
Transportation
Fleet management and logistics optimization systems
E-commerce
Scalable online retail and marketplace solutions
Fintech
Payment processing and financial management, Accounting Solutions
Education
Learning management and student tracking
Retail
Point of sale and inventory systems
CRM
Developing cutting edge CRM Solutions
AI Usage
LLM-powered products, RAG pipelines, and MCP-driven internal tools
AI Model Training
Fine-tuning and training detection & language models for domain-specific use
Experience
Senior Engineering Manager
Cheq, A Cantaloupe Platform
Leading some of the best software minds to build highly scalable and extremely resilient software solutions serving millions of customers.
Lead Software Engineer
Montex Marketing LLC
Led a team of engineers to build and maintain CRM and eCommerce logistics solutions for a wide range of eCommerce verticals.
Engineering Solution Consultant
ResponseCRM
Consulted and actively participated in the development of 3D Secure Payment Gateway and PCI Compliance for ResponseCRM's 200K+ customers.
Senior Software Engineer
MonsterAds
Developed a custom CRM for affiliate marketing and lead generation with advanced reporting and analytics features.
Head of Development Operation
United States Transit Funding, Inc
Led the team to develop a neural network based solution for fleet optimization, cost management, market analysis and route optimization.
Senior Software Engineer
United States Transit Funding, Inc
Developed fleet data integration and reporting systems for large scale fleet management.
Junior Software Engineer
United States Transit Funding, Inc
Helped develop a large scale fleet tracking system with fuel management and route optimization.
Tech Stack
Backend
Frontend
Infrastructure & Observability
AI & Data
Learning & Development
AI for enhanced efficiency
Varendra University
A lecture on how to use AI to enhance efficiency in the workplace.
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Cheq, A Cantaloupe Platform
A lecture on how to understand AI better and how it works.
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