Habib bin Talib HT

Habib bin Talib

Chief Executive Officer, SyncTexts

Digital Nomad · Community Builder · Agile Coach · Family Man

📍 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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About

Full-stack engineer, cloud architect, and serial founder based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with 8+ years building production software — from microfrontend platforms at iMoney and real-time streaming analytics on Kubernetes at Blacksmith, to founding SyncTexts, a software house delivering government and enterprise systems across the country.

Today I lead SyncTexts as CEO and Battut, a Syariah-compliant social platform scaling across MENA. I founded Tarbyh, serve as a Fellow at HASAN.VC, and consult on cloud and DevOps at PINC Technology. Beyond the keyboard, I'm an active community builder and trainer — teaching Laravel, Figma, and AI tooling to public-sector teams and the wider Malaysian tech community.

Experience

Battut
Full-time · Remote · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Chief Executive Officer

May 2026 — Present
  • Leading a Syariah-compliant social media platform scaling across the MENA region.
  • Driving product, content, and user growth strategy.
FirebaseCloud FirestoreProduct Strategy
SyncTexts
Self-employed · Hybrid · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Chief Executive Officer

Dec 2021 — Present · 4+ yrs
  • Founded and lead a software house delivering web platforms for government and enterprise clients — plus training and Agile coaching.
  • Shipped 15+ production systems including Sistem Pinjaman Negeri Sembilan, Guru Kafa (JAIS), Yayasan Pelajaran Johor, Smart Docket Selangor, FIMM, and The Merdeka Times.
  • Delivered hands-on training: Laravel with Claude Code (SUK Kedah), Introduction to Figma (JPJ), and AI Video Generation with Veo 3 (Persatuan OKU Malaysia).
LaravelAgile CoachingFilamentPHPTraining
Tarbyh
Full-time · Remote · Cyberjaya, Malaysia

Founder

Aug 2025 — Present
  • Building an early-stage startup with a focus on growth and product-market fit.
StartupsGrowth Hacking
HASAN.VC
Full-time · Remote · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Fellow — Cohort 003

Aug 2025 — Present
  • Selected fellow exploring venture capital and the startup ecosystem.
Venture CapitalStartups
PINC Technology Sdn Bhd
Hybrid · Shah Alam, Malaysia · 1 yr 7 mos

Technology Consultant

Aug 2025 — Present · Contract
  • TechOps implementations, cloud architecture, and DevOps operations setup.
AWSCloud ArchitectureDevOpsJira Service Desk

Software Architect

Dec 2024 — Jul 2025 · Part-time
  • Defined software and platform architecture for client systems.
Software ArchitecturePlatform Architecture
Blacksmith
Full-time · Hybrid · Shah Alam, Malaysia

Full Stack Data Engineer

Sep 2021 — Jul 2025 · 3 yrs 11 mos
  • Built a real-time streaming analytics service with Apache Kafka and Apache Flink, using the Kubernetes REST API to spin up pods per tenancy on Google Kubernetes Engine, provisioned via Terraform.
  • Implemented Apache Camel for source/sink integration and Ververica (Apache Flink) for real-time streaming analytics.
Apache KafkaApache FlinkKubernetesTerraformGKE
Nematix
Full-time · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Full Stack Engineer

Jun 2020 — Dec 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos
  • Developed with .NET Core on the ASP.NET Zero framework.
  • Built a big-data pipeline for AIS NMEA data using Apache Spark & Hadoop, Google DataProc & GKE, Databricks, Delta Lake, and Superset.
.NET CoreApache SparkHadoopDatabricksDelta Lake
iMoney Group
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · 2 yrs 4 mos

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2020 — Aug 2020
  • Frontend development across the product suite.
Frontend

Software Engineer

May 2018 — Jan 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos
  • Built microfrontends with Vue.js, Python Django, and Golang — split vertically per product (personal loan, credit card, home loan, insurance, broadband).
  • Heavy use of AWS: Elastic Beanstalk, Amplify, RDS Aurora, S3, API Gateway, and Lambda.
  • Delivered a new Bank UI for the Application Document Centre using serverless AWS SAM and AWS Amplify on Vue.
Vue.jsGolangDjangoAWS LambdaMicrofrontends
JobStreet.com
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · 6 yrs 7 mos

Software Engineer

Nov 2011 — May 2018
  • Built and maintained hirer and job-seeker platforms (SiVA, Talent Search) using PHP, Laravel, ASP.NET, and AngularJS across Agile/Scrum teams.
  • Developed REST APIs (Laravel, Swagger), full-text search with Apache Solr, and async messaging via RabbitMQ — containerised with Docker.
  • Delivered the Re-Engagement notification platform, migrating to AWS cloud and microservices (SNS, SQS, Lambda, Node.js, Databricks) across email, browser, mobile push, and chatbot channels.
PHPLaravelAngularJSApache SolrAWS

Skills

Languages & Frameworks
LaravelPHPFilamentPHPVue.jsNode.jsGolangPythonDjango.NET CoreFlutterAstro
Cloud & DevOps
KubernetesGoogle Kubernetes EngineDockerTerraformAWSGoogle CloudDevOps
Data & Streaming
Apache KafkaApache FlinkApache SparkHadoopDatabricksDelta LakeApache CamelSuperset
Leadership & Strategy
Agile CoachingSoftware ArchitecturePlatform ArchitectureGrowth HackingTechnical Training

Education

Coventry University

BSc Computer Science · 2010

Kolej Poly-Tech MARA

Diploma in Computer Science · 2007

Community

Techtamu — Crew Member

Organising tech community events, networking, and knowledge sharing across the Malaysian developer scene.

Notable Open Source

On GitHub since 2014 with 1,800+ repositories spanning web frameworks, cloud tooling, payment integrations, and mobile development.

Kursus Laravel 4 Hari

Comprehensive Laravel course notes and labs in Bahasa Melayu

Blade

Laravel SecurePay

Laravel package for SecurePay Malaysia payment gateway (FPX, DuitNow, Direct Debit)

PHP

Filament Flowstone

Filament plugin for Laravel Workflow Engine with Symfony Workflow integration

PHP

Filament Multitenant

Multi-tenancy implementation for FilamentPHP applications

Blade

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