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Senior Backend Engineer

.NET · Distributed Systems · Cloud Engineering

A different perspective on building reliable backend platforms and solving complex engineering challenges.

9+ years of engineering experience
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Backend Systems

Designing APIs and services for distributed, business-critical systems.

Backend engineering connects clear service boundaries with dependable data and asynchronous work. The portfolio highlights C# and .NET APIs, microservices, event-driven patterns, and data technologies used across SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB and Kusto.

  • C# · .NET
  • REST APIs
  • Microservices
  • AWS SQS
  • Azure Service Bus
  • SQL Server · PostgreSQL · Cosmos DB
  1. API
  2. Backend services
  3. Messaging
  4. Data stores

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Cloud Engineering

Cloud-connected services, diagnostics, observability and reliable operations.

Professional work described in the portfolio spans Azure and AWS. The Azure diagnostics case study covers backend APIs, telemetry, Kusto and Cosmos DB; other documented work includes cloud processing and Azure Blob Storage.

  • Azure · AWS
  • Telemetry
  • Kusto
  • Cosmos DB
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Observability
  1. Services
  2. Cloud platform
  3. Telemetry
  4. Diagnostics

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Problem Solving

A methodical path from system signals to useful diagnostics and trade-offs.

The documented diagnostics work connects services, telemetry, a diagnostics API and data stores such as Kusto to operational insights. This chapter presents that flow as a conceptual illustration, not a claim about a confidential system design.

  • Observe
  • Trace the request path
  • Check data
  • Validate a hypothesis
  • Reliability trade-offs
  1. Signals
  2. Diagnostics API
  3. Kusto / data store
  4. Insights

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Automation Lab

Self-initiated tools and integrations connected through a .NET backend.

The Personal Engineering Lab describes a personal automation ecosystem with a .NET orchestration backend, APIs, device agents and integrations. Its existing visualization includes connections to Google Sheets, Google Home, ESP32 sensors and Gmail API.

  • .NET orchestration
  • APIs & integrations
  • Device agents
  • Google Sheets
  • Google Home · ESP32
  • Gmail API
  1. Devices & tools
  2. Integrations
  3. .NET backend
  4. Automations
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