Backend-focused Full-Stack Engineer with 4 years of experience building scalable backend systems, enterprise integrations and customer-facing technical solutions. Experienced in directly collaborating with clients to solve business problems and troubleshoot production issues. Leveraging AI-assisted development tools like Claude Code, Cursor and OpenAI Codex to accelerate software design, debugging, refactoring and cross-stack development workflows. Proficient in prompt-driven development and rapid prototyping, enabling efficient delivery across unfamiliar tech stacks with minimal ramp-up time. Actively focusing on Agentic AI, LLM workflows and AI engineering patterns. Former Assistant Professor with a strong background in research, technical writing and mentoring.