HB.

Software Engineer · New Jersey

I build software
that thinks—and
works in the real world.

AI systems, scalable backends, and thoughtful product experiences—from first architecture sketch to production.

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Hiba Iqbal BegumAI Systems · Backend · iOS

Selected work

Products, not just projects.

A selection of systems I’ve taken from a messy problem to a working, thoughtful product.

Featured product

HivRa

AI-powered health & nutrition platform

A full-stack iOS product that turns personal context into useful meal, fitness, and planning experiences—with AI orchestration under the hood and a calm interface up front.

Contextual recommendationsPersonalized planningRealtime data syncEnd-to-end ownership
SwiftUIFastAPIFirebaseClaude API
App Store Product site
HivRa home dashboard showing nutrition, workouts, groceries, recipes, reminders, and streaks
HivRa AI meal suggestions personalized to goals, preferences, and workouts
HivRa weekly meal planner with nutrition and macro overview
01 — Product ecosystemOne connected health experience
Grocery workflows screen in the HivRa iOS application
Grocery workflowsAuto-generated and organized from the meal plan
Guided workouts screen in the HivRa iOS application
Guided workoutsSets, progress, and rest timing in one session
Recipe intelligence screen in the HivRa iOS application
Recipe intelligenceA personal, searchable recipe collection
Habit momentum screen in the HivRa iOS application
Habit momentumProgress made visible over time

Developer intelligence

AI PR Review Agent

A multi-pass review system that finds bugs, security risks, quality issues, and test gaps—then leaves precise, structured feedback on pull requests.

PythonClaudeGroqGitHub Actions
GitHub
Review · payment-service.ts
28 const charge = await stripe.charges.create({29   amount: total,30   currency: user.currency31 });3233 return charge;
SECURITY · HIGH CONFIDENCEValidate currency before use

This value is user-controlled. Restrict it to the supported ISO currency allowlist.

Suggested fix
✓ Bugs✓ Security✓ Tests✓ Quality

AI infrastructure

LLM Gateway

A reliability layer between applications and model providers, with routing, quotas, observability, and automatic fallback built in.

PythonFastAPIClaude API
GitHub
Web appiOSInternal API
AI INFRASTRUCTUREGateway
RouteLimitObserve
Claude primaryGPT fallback
1.2M requests routed99.99%

Zero-config developer tool

Error Explainer CLI

A pip-installable CLI that turns opaque stack traces into concise root-cause explanations and actionable fixes.

PythonTyperClaude API
hiba — zsh

$ explain-error app.log

Analyzing Python traceback…

ROOT CAUSEDatabase connection pool exhausted

Connections are opened but not returned on the exception path in get_user().

SUGGESTED FIX

Wrap the session in a context manager and set a pool timeout.

Grounded retrieval

AI Knowledge Assistant

A document intelligence system for semantic search and contextual Q&A, grounded in the sources users upload.

FastAPILangChainChromaDBEmbeddings
GitHub Live demo
ASK YOUR KNOWLEDGE

What changed in the Q3 rollout plan?

▤Documents→
·Chunk→
·Embed→
·Chroma→
·Retrieve→
✦Answer
Grounded answer ready4 sources · 98% relevance

Experience

Built in production.

Engineering work measured in reliability, speed, and the teams it enables.

Healthcare systems · New Jersey

Berkley Medical Management Solutions

Software Development Engineer

Redesigned backend services and billing workflows across distributed systems, vendor integrations, and production operations.

C#SQLREST APIsRabbitMQDistributed systems
35%fewer manual escalations
28%lower processing latency
6engineers onboarded

Government infrastructure software

Aurigo Software Technologies

Software Engineer II

Built enterprise procurement and reporting systems supporting complex transportation programs and large transactional datasets.

ASP.NETREST APIsSQLDocker
~30%faster reporting & queries

How I build

Across the whole stack.

I enjoy building software end-to-end—from APIs and distributed workflows to AI systems and polished user experiences.

I care about thoughtful architecture, operational reliability, and turning ideas into products people can actually use.

Start with the real problemDesign for the edge casesShip, observe, improve

Languages

PythonC#SQLTypeScriptSwift

Backend & APIs

FastAPIASP.NET CoreNode.jsRESTGraphQLMicroservices

Applied AI

LLM APIsRAGEmbeddingsSemantic SearchLangChainLlamaIndex

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWSAzureDockerKubernetesCI/CDGitHub Actions

Data & Messaging

PostgreSQLSQL ServerFirestoreChromaDBRabbitMQKafka

Recognition

✦Colleague of the Year

Berkley Medical Management Solutions

✦Best Paper Award

RCAAI 2025 · Healthcare Systems

✦Spot Award

Commitment & Ownership · IOWA DOT

✦2nd Place

GSSS National Innovation Competition

Contact

Have an interesting
problem? Let’s talk.

I’m always interested in thoughtful products, ambitious systems, and the people building them.

hibabegum22@gmail.com
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