About Me
Senior Backend Engineer and Tech Lead with 8+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, and scaling production Node.js and TypeScript systems. Proven track record of owning end-to-end backend architecture — REST …
Senior Backend Engineer and Tech Lead with 8+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, and scaling production Node.js and TypeScript systems. Proven track record of owning end-to-end backend architecture — REST & GraphQL APIs, event-driven microservices, and AWS cloud-native platforms — across banking, financial services, media, and multi-tenant SaaS domains. Comfortable driving technical decisions, mentoring engineers, collaborating across teams, and delivering high-availability systems that process thousands of transactions per hour. Recently built and productionized an AI-powered debugging tool using OpenAI, RAG, and pgvector. Strong focus on clean architecture, performance, cost optimization, and reliable delivery.
Experience
Senior Backend Engineer
<p>Owned migration of 16 legacy REST APIs to GraphQL across core banking domains (wire transfers, fund transfers, credit/debit cards, stop check, remote deposit capture, user management).</p><p> Reduced GraphQL over-fetching by 40% and improved API response latency by 25% through query optimization and schema design.</p><p> Drove AWS serverless migration using Lambda, API Gateway, and SQS, contributing to 20% infrastructure cost reduction.</p><p> Built event-driven workflows integrating S3, SNS, Cognito, and WebSocket for real-time banking operations.</p><p> Collaborated with a team of 10+ engineers, resolved critical production incidents, and actively participated in architecture discussions and code reviews.</p>
Senior Backend Engineer
<p>Designed and implemented backend architecture from the ground up using Node.js, REST, and GraphQL.</p><p> Built serverless event-driven workflows with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, and SNS.</p><p> Implemented secure authentication and authorization using AWS Cognito.</p><p> Integrated S3, CloudWatch, and IAM for storage, monitoring, and access control.</p>
Backend Engineer
<p>Built backend APIs for multi-region food ordering and payment platforms (Asia & Europe).</p><p> Integrated Stripe for secure, multi-region transaction processing.</p><p> Developed GraphQL and REST APIs connecting frontend applications to kitchen and inventory systems.</p><p> Implemented SSO authentication and managed PostgreSQL + MongoDB databases.</p>
Backend Developer
<p>Built multi-tenant news publishing platform serving 100+ media organizations with isolated user management and content hierarchies.</p><p> Designed product listing and content management APIs with per-organization configuration and access control.</p><p> Implemented GraphQL APIs, CDN integration, and AWS services (Lambda, SQS, API Gateway, S3) for scalable content delivery.</p><p> Integrated Salesforce and ARC APIs for organization provisioning and content ingestion.</p>
Backend Developer
<p>Developed BSR 3.0 (React/Node.js) platform for survey-to-review conversion and physician directory ratings.</p><p> Built Compass CMS microservices platform with Okta SSO, AWS ElastiCache, and REST APIs.</p>
Backend Developer / Software Engineer
<p>Delivered backend systems and web applications using PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript for various clients.</p>