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System Design & Architecture
Decomposing monoliths into micro‑services, designing event‑driven architectures and defining clear service boundaries, data models and APIs.
Full‑Stack Development
End‑to‑end delivery with Ruby on Rails, TypeScript, Node.js, Astro and Svelte; from server‑side APIs to responsive front‑ends.
APIs & Distributed Systems
Designing REST and GraphQL APIs, background processing with Sidekiq, event‑based communication and cross‑service data exchange.
Databases & Data Processing
Schema design, migrations and performance tuning with PostgreSQL, MySQL and DynamoDB; data synchronisation across platforms and third‑party APIs.
Testing & CI/CD
Unit, integration and E2E tests with RSpec, Minitest, Vitest and Jest; CI/CD pipelines via GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI and Jenkins.
Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps
AWS (Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, Aurora, DynamoDB), Cloudflare, Docker and infrastructure as code with AWS CDK; self‑hosted deployments with Coolify.