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Shivansh Shukla — Backend Engineer
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3+ years building Python-based production systems.
API design → database architecture → containers → observability.
I ship things, then make sure I can debug them at 3am without crying.
Software Engineer — Backend / Full Stack · The Ascent Group · Apr 2025 – Present
- migrate: local setup → centralised Linux infra (multi-user access)
- refactor: SQLite → PostgreSQL across prod/dev/test
- feat: monolithic Django → full-stack w/ React frontend
- perf: Redis buffering layer for high-throughput ingestion
- ops: Docker everywhere + structured logging/monitoring/alerting (MTTR ↓)
SDET Engineer · Ushur Technologies · Jul 2024 – Feb 2025
- test: automated suites (Java, Selenium) across release pipeline
- ci: wired into Jenkins CI/CD, regression risk ↓
Backend Developer (Freelance) · Sep 2023 – Apr 2024
- build: Django backends for e-commerce (catalogue, inventory, orders)
- perf: API latency → sub-100ms via Redis caching
AI-Powered Resume Builder — FastAPI React Docker LLM APIs
LLM-driven resume generator, full-stack, containerised, with structured logging + monitoring baked in.
{
"backend": ["Python", "FastAPI", "Django", "REST APIs", "Microservices", "Event-driven"],
"data": ["PostgreSQL", "MongoDB", "Redis", "DynamoDB", "MySQL"],
"infra": ["AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, CloudWatch)", "Docker", "Kubernetes", "Jenkins", "GitLab CI"],
"observability": ["Structured Logging", "CloudWatch", "Alerting"],
"frontend": ["React", "TypeScript", "TailwindCSS"],
"testing": ["Pytest", "Playwright", "Selenium", "TDD"]
}Open to open-source collabs — backend/Python/infra work especially. Building things, breaking things, occasionally fixing them before anyone notices. Hit me up on Discord if you want to build something together.
