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Experience & Projects

A timeline of my professional roles and key engineering projects, focusing on scalable backend architectures, robust data pipelines, and performant user interfaces.

2025 (Self-Directed)

ML Engineer

CIFAR-10 Image Classifier

Built and trained a convolutional neural network from scratch in PyTorch. Executed structured model evaluation on Kaggle P100 and Colab T4 GPU environments.

[PyTorch][CNNs][Deep Learning]
2026 – Present

Full-Stack Architect

ResumePro Platform

Integrated the Google Gemini API to deliver AI-driven CV scoring and formatting suggestions within a job-tracking pipeline. Designed a robust data layer leveraging PostgreSQL and Prisma.

[Next.js 15][Gemini API][BullMQ]
Aug 2025 – Present

Full-Stack Developer

Praix Development LTD

Spearheaded development of scalable, data-intensive web applications using modern routing and server-side rendering. Engineered resilient RESTful APIs and managed complex relational and document data schemas.

[Next.js 15 / Node.js][PostgreSQL / MongoDB][Docker / CI/CD]
2023 – 2024

Backend Systems Engineer

NovaPay Fintech Wallet

Designed a distributed microservices fintech wallet featuring a strict double-entry ledger architecture. Orchestrated complex distributed transactions using sagas over high-throughput event streams.

[Kafka / RabbitMQ][Microservices][Node.js / PostgreSQL]
Feb 2025 – Aug 2025

Full-Stack Developer

Connectivo AB

Architected high-performance web applications with a focus on seamless frontend-to-backend data flow. Led targeted UI/UX redesigns across core product surfaces to significantly enhance user retention.

[React / Vue.js][28% Perf. Boost][UI/UX Redesign]
2020 – 2021

Full-Stack Developer

Haven & Hearth Real Estate

Developed a comprehensive real estate platform with advanced property filtering and interactive map integrations. Built reliable backend services for managing saved search alerts and real-time data updates.

[React.js][Node.js][MongoDB]
2021

Undergraduate ML Researcher

LSTM Stock Price Prediction

Built and evaluated a Long Short-Term Memory network for time-series stock price forecasting as part of a final-year project. Focused on rigorous model evaluation and data preprocessing.

[LSTMs][Machine Learning][Time-Series]
Dec 2022 – Feb 2025

Full-Stack Developer

Sky Enterprise

Built robust web applications that drastically reduced manual business workloads and optimized efficiency. Deployed highly-available containerised microservices to streamline the deployment lifecycle.

[MERN Stack][Docker][40% Faster Queries]
Jan 2021 – Dec 2022

Node.js Developer

Manaknight Inc.

Built scalable backend systems in Node.js and PostgreSQL for mobile applications serving thousands of active users. Designed highly normalized database schemas that optimized data retrieval throughput.

[Node.js][PostgreSQL][API Integration]