Architecting intelligent, scalable backend systems

Architecting intelligent, scalable backend systems

I'm a backend-focused architect with 10+ years of experience designing and building real-world systems—distributed, event-driven, and built to scale.

I've worked across multiple generations of software, from old framework to modern .NET, cloud-native architectures, messaging systems, and microservices. Along the way, I've led teams, shipped production systems, and learned where theory breaks down in practice.

Today, my focus is on architecting backend systems where AI becomes a first-class citizen—integrated into real workflows, real infrastructure, and real constraints such as reliability, performance, and money.

I care about pragmatic architecture, clear boundaries, and systems that evolve over time without collapsing under their own complexity.

Currently working at the intersection of backend architecture, AI agents, and financial infrastructure.

adjust Core Competencies

Backend & Distributed Systems

Building resilient, event-driven architectures that handle scale, failures, and complexity. Microservices decomposition, message-driven workflows, data consistency patterns.

Architecture & System Design

Domain modeling, bounded contexts, CQRS/ES, vertical slice architecture. Designing systems that align with business logic and evolve without rewrites.

AI-Integrated Systems

Embedding AI capabilities (LLMs, agents, RAG) into production backends. Infrastructure for model inference, prompt orchestration, context management, and cost control at scale.

Engineering Leadership

System architecture decisions, technical roadmaps, team mentorship. Balancing trade-offs between velocity, maintainability, and operational cost.

verified_user Credentials

done_all Relevant Experience

settings Lead Backend Engineer

person_pin_circle First Digital Trust

access_time 2024 - Present

Architecting event-driven microservices on AWS (ECS, EventBridge, SQS). Applying DDD/CQRS patterns to financial services domain. PostgreSQL and SQL Server data strategies. Containerized deployments with observability instrumentation.

settings Senior Software Engineer & System Architect

person_pin_circle DirectIQ LLC

access_time 2021 - 2023

Designed and deployed serverless and containerized microservices on AWS (Lambda, ECS, SQS). Event-driven architecture with DDD/CQRS implementation. Multi-tenant SaaS platform with PostgreSQL and SQL Server. High-availability service design patterns.

settings Fullstack Senior Engineer & Lead Engineer

person_pin_circle DirectIQ LLC

access_time 2019 - 2021

Led migration from monolithic .NET Framework to microservices on AWS. Decomposed legacy Windows Services into containerized workloads. Transitioned SOAP to REST APIs with proper domain boundaries. Maintained existing system (C#, VB.NET, SQL Server) during parallel rewrite.

settings Senior .NET Developer

person_pin_circle Fastcode

access_time Jan 2016 - Jun 2019

Application architecture and database design for enterprise solutions. Requirements analysis and solution evaluation. .NET Framework, SQL Server, layered architecture patterns. API development and system integration.

settings .NET Developer

person_pin_circle MCNetworking

access_time Jan 2014 - Jan 2016

Windows desktop application development (.NET Framework, WinForms). SQL Server stored procedures, functions, triggers. Database-driven business logic implementation.