Backend Developer / Systems & APIs

Build the engine behind the experience.

I design reliable backend systems that turn complex product requirements into fast APIs, resilient services, clean data flows and infrastructure teams can trust.

01 / About

Precision at the service layer.

My backend practice is built around a simple idea: infrastructure should make product teams faster, not more cautious. I focus on explicit contracts, thoughtful data models, failure-aware services and observability that explains what the system is doing when the happy path disappears.

API designDistributed systemsData modelingPerformanceReliability
8Years building
42Production services
99.98%Target uptime
18Launches supported
02 / Expertise

The backend toolkit, without the noise.

I choose technology around the system's constraints: throughput, consistency, latency, operational cost and team ownership. The result is a practical stack rather than a fashionable one.

Node.jsTypeScriptPythonPostgreSQLRedisKafkaDockerCloud platformsCI/CDOpenTelemetry
03 / Method

Forge, test, observe.

Every service gets a deliberate path from contract to production.

01
ModelClarify boundaries, data and failure modes.
02
ShipKeep interfaces small and deployments repeatable.
03
ObserveMeasure latency, errors and business impact.
04 / Selected systems

Systems that earned their place in production.

02 - DATA

Analytics ingestion

Built a resilient ingestion path with validation, replay handling and partition-aware processing for high-volume product telemetry.

03 - RELIABILITY

API observability layer

Introduced tracing, structured logs and service-level indicators that cut incident investigation time from hours to minutes.

05 / Contact

Have a hard backend problem?

Tell me what you're building, where the system is struggling, or what needs to become reliable at scale. I am open to backend engineering, platform work and technical product collaborations.

Direct channels
✉ samir@example.com
◈ Ahmedabad, India
in GH