Backend engineering

What I would bring

Work to look at first

Structera

Full-stack engineer, architect and deployment

Construction management software for contractors: projects, crews and estimates in one platform, with AI-powered insights. I did the full stack, the architecture and the deployment.

Software architectureBackend engineeringFull-stack web

NestJS, React, PostgreSQL, Prisma, AWS, Stripe

Read the case studyVisit structera.org (opens in a new tab)

GiftAGoal

Backend engineer

A crowdfunding platform. I built the backend.

Backend engineering

NestJS, PostgreSQL, Prisma

Read the case studyVisit giftagoal.com (opens in a new tab)

9jaTrip

Backend engineer

A transport management web app. I built the backend.

Backend engineering

NestJS, PostgreSQL, Prisma

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Lone Star Civil website

Full-stack engineer

The official website of Lone Star Civil. I built the whole system, front end and back end.

Backend engineeringFull-stack web

PHP, Laravel, Next.js, MySQL

Read the case studyVisit lonestarcivil.org (opens in a new tab)

Where I have worked

1. Neli Arabi GmbH

   Lead Backend Engineer and pod lead

   Apr 2026 to Oct 2026, Berlin, Germany (remote)

   I led a backend pod building a B2B ERP platform for complex multi-entity operations.

   • Led the pod from April to October 2026.
   • Helped build the platform's structured workflows, data control, integrations and reporting.
   • Built private enterprise review into the platform.

2. Lone Star Civil

   IT Manager and Lead Software Engineer

   Mar 2025 to now, San Antonio, Texas (remote)

   I lead the design, build and deployment of a contractor-management platform with AI features, and I own the company's software and cloud infrastructure.

   • Run the backend on AWS ECS Fargate with Aurora Serverless v2 PostgreSQL, S3 and CodeBuild pipelines, deploying without downtime.
   • Built a NestJS and TypeScript REST API with more than 50 endpoints, JWT authentication, role-based access and per-company data isolation.
   • Added features on the Claude API: streamed answers, tool use and document processing for PDF, DOCX, XLSX and images, leading to automated bids, cost estimates and price comparison.
   • Model the data in Prisma on PostgreSQL, including schema design, query tuning and migrations for construction-domain data.

3. TheSlimPrep

   Part-time Software Engineer

   May 2024 to Mar 2026, Canada (remote)

   I built web applications and REST APIs for several platforms on a multi-tenant architecture, alongside my full-time work.

   • Built web apps and REST APIs in Node.js and React for multiple platforms on a multi-tenant architecture.
   • Designed SQL schemas and indexes, improving data retrieval performance by 40%.
   • Set up Docker development environments and deployment workflows, which sped up onboarding and made CI/CD reproducible.
   • Added JWT authentication and role-based access to multi-tenant SaaS features.
   • Worked in a cross-functional Agile team.

4. Independent

   Full-stack developer and consultant

   Feb 2019 to Mar 2023, Remote

   Delivered web applications for clients in education, e-commerce and logistics, from architecture to deployment.

   • Wrote custom backends in PHP with Laravel and in Node.js: authentication, admin dashboards, reporting and API integrations.
   • Deployed on AWS with DNS, SSL, Nginx and automated backups.
   • Advised small businesses on technical architecture as they moved online.

Looking for something else? Software architecture, Full-stack web, Mobile apps.