TDLR

I am a cross-functional backend and platform engineer with 7+ years of experience building data-intensive, compute-heavy SaaS products. Over the course of my career, I’ve successfully merged my expertise in software engineering, cloud infrastructure, security, and monitoring & observability to deliver reliable, scalable, and cost-effective solutions.

Key Achievements:

• Cost & Scalability Optimizations:
  Migrated a monolithic application from a single compute VM to a fully cloud-native environment using Kubernetes, resulting in a 40% cost reduction and enabling horizontal scaling with global load balancing—achieved without any service downtime.
• Data-Driven Scalability:
  Implemented metrics-driven infrastructure scaling. Instead of relying solely on raw CPU and memory autoscalers, I identified critical product metrics to proactively scale resources and maintain performance as user load increased.
• Security & Compliance:
  Led ISO 27001 certification efforts, strengthening the security posture and instilling trust for enterprise-level customers.

Technical Focus:

• Cloud Platforms: GCP (primary), AWS
• Backend Frameworks & Languages: Laravel stack, NestJS
• Monitoring & Observability: Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Mimir on Kubernetes
• Personal Projects:
  • Building Blockchain RPC endpoints for public/private use
  • Bitcoin ETL pipelines to ClickHouse for high-performance querying
  • Experimenting with Large Language Models to surface insights from Bitcoin blockchain data

I’m passionate about harnessing cutting-edge cloud technologies, designing robust backends, and applying data-driven metrics to guide decisions. Whether it’s optimizing costs, improving reliability, or achieving compliance.