Available for remote roles
Senior Backend &
Distributed Systems Engineer
I design and build high-performance backend systems, scalable APIs, distributed data pipelines, and production-grade infrastructure using Python, Kafka, Django, FastAPI, AWS, and modern cloud tooling.
Deep Dives
Featured Case Studies
Optimizing a Critical API from 4s to 0.5s
How I investigated Django ORM bottlenecks, refactor query, and cut API latency by 87% at a fintech platform.
Reduced average latency from ~4s to 0.5s
Building a Kafka Data Pipeline: From 8 Hours to 5 Minutes
How I designed a fan-out / fan-in Kafka pipeline to replace a brittle 8-hour DBA process for migrating hierarchical data from Couchbase to MySQL.
Reduced processing time from ~8 hours to ~5 minutes
Skills
Technical Expertise
Backend
Distributed Systems
Databases
Cloud & DevOps
Observability
Testing & Quality
Work
Selected Experience
Working on a payment gateway platform with live products in Costa Rica and Kenya. Responsible for backend reliability, performance engineering, and developer tooling.
Joined as individual contributor on a data platform for epilepsy research; promoted to tech lead managing a 5-person team. Partnered directly with Australian data scientists and clinicians to translate requirements into technical solutions.
Open to remote opportunities
Looking for senior backend or distributed systems engineering roles.