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Lead Golang & Cloud Engineer
Architected a Golang LLM inference proxy with OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible APIs, integrating Qdrant vector retrieval for retrieval-augmented generation. Designs high-throughput cloud platforms spanning event-driven services, large-scale data engineering, and distributed systems across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Automated refactoring, test generation, and code review with Claude Code
- Applied OpenSpec workflows for spec-driven development
- Built Parquet and PySpark data lake pipelines
- Implemented Kubernetes operators and GitOps deployment patterns
Senior Golang Engineer
Architected distributed systems for large-scale data processing in cloud environments, leveraging Kubernetes for orchestration. Built a high-throughput messaging system with Golang, optimizing for low-latency communication across services.
- Automated deployment pipelines using Terraform and AWS Lambda
- Integrated Redis for efficient session management in web applications
- Optimized PostgreSQL queries to enhance database performance
Lead Platform Engineer
- Led migration of monolithic system to microservices architecture
- Built high-throughput data pipeline processing 1M+ events per second
- Designed and implemented real-time monitoring and alerting platform
Senior Golang Engineer
Architected a scalable microservices platform in Golang for a high-traffic e-commerce application, optimizing for cloud-native environments. Designed and implemented REST and gRPC APIs for a distributed system handling millions of requests per day. Led engineering teams in the migration of legacy monolithic systems to cloud-based microservices architecture.
- Implemented fault-tolerant systems using cloud architecture best practices.
- Optimized data processing pipelines for real-time analytics.
- Developed custom load balancing solutions for distributed systems.
Senior Golang Engineer
Designed and implemented a distributed database system with high availability using Golang, focusing on achieving low-latency data retrieval. Led the development of a scalable microservices architecture deployed with Docker and Helm, optimizing resource utilization and deployment speed. Spearheaded the creation of a comprehensive testing framework for continuous integration, enhancing code reliability across complex systems.
- Architected multi-region data replication solutions for database systems
- Implemented advanced caching mechanisms to improve query performance
- Developed automated deployment pipelines using Helm for Kubernetes
- Optimized database query execution plans for large-scale datasets
Senior Software Engineer
Built core infrastructure, observability pipelines, and automated performance guardrails for a large-scale messaging platform. Works across Rust, Go, C, Python, Redis, PostgreSQL, AWS, and Terraform to improve reliability, throughput, and production latency.
- Tokio-based asynchronous systems development
- KDB-backed financial data processing
- Cross-service incident metrics and mitigation
- Infrastructure automation with Terraform
Software Engineer
Built a data warehousing solution integrating Elasticsearch for real-time analytics, enhancing query performance by 200%. Developed a custom search engine in Golang, processing millions of documents daily with high efficiency.
- Implemented Vue.js components for dynamic data visualization
- Integrated PHP modules for legacy system compatibility
- Enhanced database indexing strategies for faster retrieval
Back-End Developer
Built and maintained Go and Node.js microservices for SaaS content ingestion and media transformation workflows, including integrations with major social-media APIs. Delivered cloud infrastructure and deployment automation across GCP, Firebase, Terraform, and GitLab CI, alongside React-based web application changes.
- Implemented RFID reader functionality in Android Java
- Developed C++/Qt tools for hardware production machines
- Worked on Meteor.js web applications
- Applied unit testing across backend services
Senior Backend Developer (Golang)
Builds Go-based multiplex connectors that unify SIEM, EDR, vulnerability-scanner, ticketing, and ITSM integrations through versioned bidirectional REST APIs. Designs OCSF-normalized ingestion and transformation pipelines using Bloblang, applying clean and hexagonal architecture across security data flows.
- Integrated Tenable, Defender, QRadar, Rapid7, Tanium, and Sumo Logic
- Connected ServiceNow, Jira, Zendesk, PagerDuty, and Freshdesk
- Implemented VCR-based connector regression testing
- Produced security integration API documentation and versioning
Golang Developer
Built an invoice web application with Spring Boot, Spring Security, Hibernate/JPA, and an Angular front end, covering authenticated business workflows and relational persistence. Developed a JavaFX Reversi application backed by PostgreSQL and JDBC, with REST integration and JSON, XML, and properties-based configuration.
- Containerized deployments with Docker and Kubernetes
- Redis-backed caching and data access
- Prometheus and Grafana monitoring configurations
- Cloud platform work across Azure and Google Cloud
Python & Golang Engineer
Built Go and Python services for an AI assistant comprising three core agents, ten subagents, and more than fifteen tools for email, calendar, and real-time information retrieval. Implemented parallel agent workflows, Redis and Qdrant memory layers, and sandboxed file-generation execution.
- Gin-based concurrent REST APIs
- Goroutine, channel, and mutex synchronization
- GCP Compute Engine and Cloud Functions
- PostgreSQL and DynamoDB data services
AI-First Senior Golang Developer
Builds Go-based multi-agent operations platforms spanning 245 cities, with human approval gates and reproducible quality, safety, and cost evaluations that reduced LLM token usage by 26%. Previously optimized fintech APIs serving more than nine million monthly users and real-time voice agents supporting 450 concurrent sessions.
- LLM evaluation and benchmarking systems
- STT, LLM, and TTS fault tolerance
- NATS JetStream and RabbitMQ messaging
- OpenTelemetry, Helm, and Vault operations
Full Stack Engineer and Software Architect
Designed production-grade PCI DSS tokenization services for payment-card primary account numbers within distributed Go architectures. Has worked across event-driven backends, edge and CDN architectures, caching layers, and high-throughput data platforms including ClickHouse.
- Kafka, NATS, and NSQ messaging systems
- ArgoCD deployment automation
- Flutter and Dart application development
- Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana, and Sentry
Platform/Software Engineer
Built high-performance platforms integrating Golang and Rust for system-level programming, with a focus on optimizing SQL database interactions and enhancing developer experience through Nix-based environments.
- Integrated Rust for low-level system optimizations
- Enhanced database performance with advanced SQL tuning
- Developed cross-platform tools leveraging TypeScript and Kotlin
Senior Software Engineer
Expert in building enterprise-level applications using Golang and Java, with a focus on object-oriented design principles. Developed backend systems and APIs for large-scale transactional systems. Integrated modern front-end frameworks like React and Angular for seamless user interfaces.
- Designed fault-tolerant systems with Spring Boot
- Implemented caching strategies for improved application performance
- Developed test-driven development practices for software reliability
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