Node.js & TypeScript
Typed services, background workers, validation, API contracts and maintainable application boundaries.
Backend Developer / Service Architecture
Make the core
quietly powerful.
I build APIs, data services and event-driven systems that stay understandable under pressure, with observability, resilient failure paths and performance designed in from the start.
Services healthy · queues flowing · logs useful
API GATEWAYEVENT BUSDATA LAYEROBSERVABILITY
AM
route · persist · recover
route · persist · recover
01 / Profile
The visible app is only half the product.
I'm a backend developer focused on the systems beneath polished products. I turn ambiguous requirements into clear service boundaries, predictable data models and production-ready APIs.
Service designVersioned APIs, authentication, rate limits and contracts built for change.
Data flowRelational modeling, caching, queues, migrations and query-aware architecture.
ReliabilityTracing, metrics, graceful degradation, testing and incident-ready runbooks.
02 / Stack
Tools for the
service layer.
Expertise is shown as a compact signal system rather than percentage claims.
PostgreSQL & Redis
Schema design, indexing, transactions, caching strategies and practical performance tuning.
Distributed Systems
Queues, event processing, idempotency, retries and failure-aware workflows for asynchronous products.
Cloud & Observability
Containerized deployments, structured logs, traces, metrics and operational feedback loops.
03 / Selected systems
Proof lives
in the plumbing.
CASE / 001
SignalStream
Designed an event-driven order pipeline with idempotent consumers, retry policies and dead-letter handling, giving the product a safer path through traffic spikes and partial failures.
CASE / 002
Ledger API
Built a versioned transaction service with explicit consistency rules, audit events and a query model tuned for operational reporting.
99.98% service uptime target
42ms p95 API latency
18production services
4years backend craft
04 / Career
Systems get better
through repetition.
Senior Backend Developer · Northstar Labs
Own service architecture for a multi-product platform, improving API reliability, async workflows and observability while partnering closely with product and frontend teams.
Backend Engineer · Brightline Systems
Built customer-facing APIs, background jobs and data services, with a focus on safe migrations, performance and clean operational handoffs.
Software Engineer · Relay Works
Developed internal services and integrations, learning to treat logging, tests, documentation and failure handling as part of the product rather than afterthoughts.
05 / Work rhythm
From request
to reliable route.
Clarify the contract.
Define entities, states, boundaries and failure cases before implementation.
Make the path boring.
Prefer explicit service behavior, useful abstractions and testable business logic.
Give failure a signal.
Add logs, metrics and traces that explain what happened without guesswork.
Change without drama.
Use migrations, compatibility windows and documentation to keep systems adaptable.
06 / Contact
Build something
underneath it all.
For backend roles, platform collaborations, API architecture work or engineering partnerships, send a concise note.
✉ alex.backend@example.com
☎ +44 161 555 0177
◈ Manchester, UK