Gulzar Ahmed has spent more than a decade in software development, starting out as a freelance full-stack PHP developer in 2012. What began as client work soon became something bigger.
His background is a mix of creativity and engineering, a combination that led him toward product building as a craft. “Software became the perfect medium for me to bring ideas to life, and I genuinely love the challenge of solving complex technical problems,” he says.
In 2020, Gulzar joined Hyperzod as CTO and moved into technical leadership. Rather than writing features in isolation, he began designing entire product ecosystems. He now leads engineering, hiring, technical architecture, and strategy for the company. “It is a massive responsibility, but I genuinely enjoy the challenge.”
Building Hyperzod for the Quick Ecommerce Era with Laravel
Gulzar discovered Laravel in 2015 through a recommendation. He had worked with CakePHP, CodeIgniter, and Yii, but none felt right.
Laravel stood out as modern and expressive. The Artisan CLI looked intimidating at first. Once he learned it, he never left. Today, he builds everything using Laravel and relies heavily on the TALL stack (Tailwind, Alpine.js, Laravel, Livewire), along with first-party ecosystem tools like Octane, Pint, Sail, and Livewire.
Hyperzod is his main work today. The platform powers on-demand delivery businesses that operate at the fast end of ecommerce. Hyperzod provides admin dashboards and apps for customers, merchants, and delivery fleets. It integrates payments, POS systems, marketing tools, operations, and logistics. The team also built Autozod, an AI solution for managing delivery fleets.
Under Gulzar’s direction, Hyperzod runs more than 50 microservices built entirely with Laravel. They process thousands of daily orders and millions of API calls each month. Laravel is the foundation of the entire system.
Alongside Hyperzod, he is also building Spot Salary, an AI-powered salary search engine.
Advocating and Contributing to the Community
Gulzar is active in the Laravel world online, sharing tips on X and LinkedIn. “More significantly, I have invested time in mentoring many developers, helping them successfully navigate their journeys into Laravel development.”
He also contributed directly by fixing an issue in the Laravel Scout Typesense adapter, submitting a successful pull request to the framework repository.
Advice for Developers
Gulzar believes good software is more than clean code. “My advice to any developer is to move beyond just writing code and focus on understanding the business problems. I have met many talented coders, but far fewer true problem-solvers who can architect smart, scalable solutions that drive actual value,” he notes.
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