Backend / Distributed Systems Engineer

Role: Backend / Distributed Systems Engineer
Stack: Go, Node.js, TypeScript, AWS
Location: Remote (Worldwide)
Compensation: $35 - $45 / hr

Professional Summary

I build backend systems that hold under pressure. Currently an undergraduate student (Computer Engineering, expected graduation 2027). Available for remote contracts or full-time remote roles immediately.

Technical Experience: What I’ve Built

Distributed Infrastructure: Built a self-healing engine in Go featuring circuit breakers, partition stabilization, and automated failover with recovery cycles under 150ms across a 5-node cluster.
High-Performance Engines: Developed an event-driven risk engine validated at ~3,200 req/sec; optimized P95 latency from 200ms to under 50ms via profiling and cache layering.
SDK Development: Created multi-platform device fingerprinting SDKs (Android, iOS, JavaScript) that reduced ingestion payload overhead by 30%.
Data Pipelines: Engineered memory-efficient graph traversal pipelines using BFS-based relationship analysis across distributed node networks.
Low-Latency Systems: Built a low-latency limit order book engine in C++ utilizing O(1) insertion, update, and execution via contiguous memory layouts and doubly linked lists.
Replication Protocols: Developed a CRDT replication protocol for wireless mesh networks using Observed-Removed Sets and Hybrid Logical Clocks; achieved 99.6% PDR under active partition scenarios (validated across 45 experimental runs on 20–100 node topologies).

Professional Experience

Backend Engineer / Project Lead: Decomposed legacy monolith into event-driven microservices. Managed SaaS pipelines validated at 10k+ ops/sec, CI/CD with GitHub Actions + Docker, and AWS CloudWatch monitoring.
Cloud Engineering Apprentice: Managed AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, VPC), IAM hardening, and Bash automation.
API Engineering Fellow: Contributed to an open-source testing company (top cohort, distinction badge, 5+ merged contributions to open-source core).

Research & Speaking

Research: Lead author on a research paper regarding CRDT replication variants across infrastructure-less wireless mesh networks (in preparation).
Speaking: International speaker at a World Congress regarding microservice migration, distributed constraints, and infrastructure patterns.

Community Involvement

Technical Lead: Major TEDx chapter.
Technical Associate: Google Developer Group.
Open Source: Active contributor across multiple open-source organizations.

Technical Stack

Core: TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, Distributed Systems, Concurrency
Additional Languages: Go, C++, Python, Next.js, React
Cloud/DevOps: AWS (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch), Docker, Git, Linux/Bash
Messaging: NATS, REST, GraphQL

Interested? DM me and I will send my CV and portfolio links.