🚀 Senior Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience building scalable, distributed, cloud-native systems.
I specialize in backend architecture, microservices, and system design, combining hands-on delivery with a leadership mindset.

I’ve contributed to architecture decisions, platform migrations, and high-impact product delivery across startups and scale-ups, while mentoring developers and raising engineering standards.

• 🏗️ Design and build microservice architectures & high-performance APIs
• 🔁 Develop distributed & event-driven systems
• 🔄 Migrate monoliths → cloud-native platforms
• ☁️ Deploy and operate systems on AWS with Kubernetes
• 👥 Improve team effectiveness through code reviews, mentorship & technical leadership

I care deeply about clarity in design, long-term maintainability, and pragmatic engineering choices that scale with both users and teams.

• 🧩 System Design & Architecture
• 🌐 Distributed Systems & Microservices
• ⚡ API Design, Documentation & Optimization
• 📬 Event-Driven Architectures (Message Brokers)
• ☁️ Cloud Infrastructure & CI/CD
• 🎓 Technical Mentorship & Code Reviews

• 🐍 Python · 🐘 PHP · 🟢 Node.js
• 🐇 RabbitMQ · 🔌 WebSockets
• 🔗 REST APIs · 🧱 Microservices

• ⚛️ React · ➡️ Next.js
• 📜 JavaScript · 🟦 TypeScript

• 🐳 Docker · ☸️ Kubernetes
• ☁️ AWS
• 🤖 GitHub Actions · 🛠 Jenkins · 🦊 GitLab CI/CD

• 🗄 PostgreSQL · 🐬 MySQL
• 🧪 Postman · 📐 UML

• 🧠 Involved in architecture & stack decisions
• 🔍 Conduct code reviews & technical interviews
• 🧑‍🏫 Mentor junior developers via structured onboarding & 1:1s
• 🤝 Collaborate closely with product managers & stakeholders

• 🧑‍💼 Senior / Staff Software Engineer roles
• 🧠 Backend, Platform & Distributed Systems teams
• 🌎 Remote-first or international environments
• 🚀 Products with real-world impact & technical depth

📫 Let’s connect

• 🔗 LinkedIn: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-k-4041a5130/)