Building systems that scale, ship, and save money
10+ years turning complex infrastructure challenges into elegant, production-grade solutions. Specializing in FastAPI, Python, PostgreSQL, and distributed systems — remotely from Seattle, WA.
I'm a passionate Senior Backend Engineer with over 10 years of experience transforming complex technical challenges into elegant, scalable solutions. My philosophy is simple: build systems that work flawlessly and save companies significant time and money.
Throughout my career I've specialized in high-performance API development, database optimization, and cost-effective infrastructure design. I thrive on taking legacy systems and breathing new life into them — migrating from expensive third-party services to custom in-house solutions and modernizing Python codebases for better performance and security.
Currently based in Seattle, WA, I work remotely with teams across the country. When I'm not architecting backend systems or mentoring engineers, I'm building open-source tools for the FastAPI ecosystem.
Beyond professional work I actively build and maintain open-source Python packages for the FastAPI ecosystem — published on PyPI and free for anyone to use.
Structured health and readiness check system for FastAPI. Mounts /health/live, /health/ready, /health/status, Prometheus metrics, SSE streaming, and a live dashboard with a single registry call. Supports PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ, MongoDB, Celery, and more.
Keyset (cursor) pagination for SQLAlchemy 2.x Select statements, designed for FastAPI. Uses HMAC-signed opaque cursor tokens, a LIMIT n+1 trick for next-page detection, and pluggable cursor stores (in-memory or Redis).
I specialize in transforming legacy systems into high-performance, cost-effective solutions. Let's discuss how I can help optimize your infrastructure and save your company significant operational costs.