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BACKEND DEV

S. PATEL

PORTRAIT // SPEC

S. PATEL

BACKEND DEV

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LINKED PROJECT PREVIEWS

01 ASSIGNED SYSTEMS

PHILOSOPHY

"Reliability is non-negotiable. Constructing backend services that operate flawlessly under continuous high load."

The approach to systems engineering relies on radical reduction—removing layers of abstraction to expose the raw mechanics of the platform. We build for resilience, prioritizing stark efficiency over decorative complexity.

TECHNICAL STACK & IMPACT

BACKEND ARCHITECTUREdns

GO & DJANGO

Engineered microservice architectures managing transactional integrity across distributed relational databases.

DATABASE TOPOLOGYstorage

POSTGRESQL & COCKROACHDB

Implemented sharded database schemas ensuring active-active multi-region replication and instant disaster recovery.

SECURITY ENCLAVEshield_lock

VAULT & OIDC

Architected zero-trust authentication protocols and automated secret rotation pipelines.

TRAJECTORY

2023 — PRESENT

SENIOR BACKEND ENGINEER | STACKSMITH LABS

Building scalable backend microservices and secure database topologies.

2020 — 2023

BACKEND ENGINEER | CLOUD SCALE LLC

Maintained core API infrastructure supporting global customer deployments.