Backend-focused engineer leading a team of 5 developers migrating a production API from Django to NestJS (Node.js), including greenfield database schema and endpoint design, with emphasis on high-scale performance and reliability.
Key accomplishments:
•Led a full rewrite of a legacy Django API to NestJS, including database schema redesign, endpoint redesign, and zero-downtime data migration, enabling long-planned product features
•Led a successful MVP launch with minimal post-release defects
•Designed and implemented a high-throughput, fault-tolerant data import system
•Designed and shipped multiple Kafka-driven asynchronous features to improve decoupling and efficiency
•Added extensive observability making troubleshooting easy