Shipped DevOps Engineer · Backend · 2024 — 2026
Ride-Hailing & Taxi-Booking Platform
Owned DevOps and backend for a production ride-hailing app — AWS + GCP infrastructure, CI/CD, and Spring Boot services — through to a public launch, while cutting cloud costs by up to 95%.
- AWS ECS
- RDS
- CloudFront
- GCP
- Java Spring Boot
- CI/CD
- Route 53
- Docker
A production ride-hailing / taxi-booking platform where I led infrastructure and backend through to a public launch — owning everything from cloud architecture to cost, reliability, and the engineering team.
Launch & impact
- Successfully launched the company’s flagship application — delivering scalable architecture, reliable performance, and an optimized user experience across production.
- Cut Google Maps API costs on GCP by 95% through smarter API usage patterns, caching strategies, and request-handling improvements.
- Reduced AWS infrastructure costs by 40% by optimizing resource allocation, deployment architecture, and operational workflows.
Infrastructure & operations
- Led end-to-end technical operations — production deployment, infrastructure monitoring, performance optimization, reliability, and cloud cost management.
- Built secure, scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS — ECS, RDS, S3, SES, Route 53, Certificate Manager, Load Balancers, and CloudFront.
- Built and automated CI/CD pipelines for frontend and backend deployments, including CDN configuration, SSL validation, domain mapping, and deployment automation.
- Managed company domain infrastructure and ensured stable, secure production operations.
Backend & tooling
- Developed and maintained scalable backend services and APIs in Java Spring Boot for production-grade functionality and integrations.
- Integrated WhatsApp into the internal dashboard to improve operational communication.
- Used AI-enhanced workflows (ChatGPT) to accelerate architecture planning, debugging, and backend development.
Team & quality
- Conducted code reviews, debugging, and cross-platform support across Swift, Kotlin, Java, and backend systems to maintain quality standards.
- Managed and mentored a technical team — collaboration, engineering best practices, and timely delivery.
The company and product name are proprietary and intentionally omitted.