Python Backend Engineer | Async Performance & Architecture
Backend Development
- Core: Python (Asyncio), Pydantic v2, Type-safe development (Mypy strict).
- Frameworks: FastAPI.
- Data Access: SQLAlchemy v2.0 & Advanced Alchemy (Repository & Service patterns), Alembic.
- Data Layer: PostgreSQL (Query Optimization), Valkey (Redis fork), PgBouncer.
Infrastructure & Quality
- Environment: Linux (Debian 12), Angie (Nginx fork).
- DevOps & Automation: Docker & Docker Compose, GitHub Actions, Bash scripts, Dependabot.
- Quality Control: Pytest, Static Analysis (Ruff, Mypy), Conventional Commits, ADR.
IronTrack — an open-source research platform for testing production-oriented patterns under infrastructure constraints.
- Performance: 6.5x reduction in P99 latency via hybrid DTO (Pydantic + msgspec).
- Concurrency: Resolved Event-Loop blocking by offloading Argon2id hashing to thread pools.
- Security: Migrated to Ed25519, increasing auth throughput by 48%.
- DB Tuning: Optimized PostgreSQL for HDD (
random_page_cost) and PgBouncer pooling. - Deep Dive: Technical analysis and benchmarks available in ADR-001.