Backend Engineer
Back-end Engineer
Available for hire
Years of
experience
3+ years
Experience
level
Mid-level
Available
for
Full-time, Freelance
Available from
13 Apr 2026
I'm a back-end engineer working primarily in Rust and Python. I am also proficient in Go, C#, TypeScript, Java, and Scala, etc. I have 3 years of experience in developing infrastructure for AI/ML and heavy-use APIs. I am also a musician, producer and composer, and game development hobbyist, as well as an avid weightlifter and Kendoka.
Skills
JavaScript
CSS
TypeScript
Scrum
SQL
GraphQL
gRPC
AWS
Azure
GCP
NoSQL
JIRA
Microservices
Supabase
jQuery
JSON
Selenium
JWT
JSX
Sentry
Natural Language Processing
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Firebase
Dynamodb
SQLite
SQS
Git
GitHub
Agile
CI/CD
Stripe
Webhook
Serverless
Infrastructure as a Service
Large Language Models
HTML
Python
Java
C
PHP
Go
Rust
Lua
Dart
Scala
Elixir
Haskell
Erlang
Prolog
Hetzner
WordPress
Flask
Django
FastAPI
Grafana
Cloudwatch
PyTorch
OpenGL
Qt
Unity 3D
Godot
C++
C#
Airflow
Employment History
Lead Backend Engineer at
Guidance Analytics
2024
-
2026
Led and executed essential redesigns of product backend, reducing monthly hosting and compute costs by over 40%, cutting compile times by ~60%, and reducing DevOps workload by ~10 hours per week
Co-developed a natural language processing (NLP) orchestrator in Rust with gRPC for LLMs and other models, streamlining medical scoring over a cloud-based distributed system, processing 10M+ annual reports, serving ~3,000 providers, and supporting 300+ unique industry classifications
Optimized querying in PostgreSQL and Spark for APIs written in Rust serving medical data, achieving speedups over 99% on large queries, and wrote complex data ingestion services in Python
Collaborated with multiple teams to create client-facing front-end and data submission tools using TypeScript
Ensured user security and HIPAA compliance with RBAC authentication systems
Mentored 3 junior and cohort employees on Python and Rust stack, positioning them to collaborate on cloud-based product in Agile development teams
Made key decisions in cross-functional design planning meetings biweekly, contributing to product development goals in a fast-paced startup environment
Wrote unit tests across backend, achieving ~90% coverage, and integrated them into PR checks and CI/CD workflow
Maintained system integrity using tools like autodeployment with AWS, Docker, and GitHub actions, and monitoring issues with Sentry, Datadog, and Cloudwatch
Refactored disjoint codebase into common modular core library and 4 microservices, using Git submodules
Adapted to new tech stack, learned Rust and replaced barebones SQL interfacing with SeaORM within first month
Improved positive surveyed user experiences ~32% by optimizing PostgreSQL schema, GraphQL schema, and core product API platform in co-operation with front-end team
Wrote 70+ substantial migrations to transform the database schema over time
Founding Backend Engineer at
Liftryte
2022
-
2024
Co-developed React Native app to assist weightlifters with AI-driven form correction
Developed user authentication and data storage backend using TypeScript on GCP and Firebase
Created open-source scalable API, orchestrator, and CDN for queueing and running AI/ML or computer vision models on user-submitted videos with Python, Flask, Redis, PyTorch, OpenCV, and ffmpeg
Computer Science Teaching Assistant at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2022
-
2024
Taught 100+ students per session while leading Office Hours and Labs for 4 semesters
Mentored students in Python coursework, good code habits, data structures, and algorithms
Founder at
Alchemicode LLC
Current
2020
-
Now
Planned, developed, populated, deployed, and maintained 2 dynamic websites with PHP and React
Created 5 animations for 3 high-profile corporate clients with Unity, Photoshop, Premiere, and After Effects
Managed open-source software projects, and YouTube channels with thousands of subscribers and daily views
Education
B.S. Computer Science at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2021
-
2024