Vetted Apache Kafka Professionals

“Backend engineer focused on Python/FastAPI microservices running on Kubernetes (AWS EKS) with strong GitOps/CI/CD ownership (GitHub Actions + ArgoCD). Demonstrated measurable performance wins (p95 latency cut from >1s to <200ms) and production reliability work across Kafka/Redis streaming and cloud-to-on-prem migrations (RDS/S3 to Postgres/MinIO) using parallel validation and checksum-based consistency checks.”

“Full-stack engineer with end-to-end ownership across React/TypeScript frontends, Spring Boot/Node microservices, and production ops on Docker/Kubernetes and AWS (ECS/CloudWatch). Built real-time healthcare eligibility and analytics systems at Cigna and an early-stage seller onboarding platform at Flipkart, driving measurable performance gains (35–40% latency/throughput improvements) through event-driven Kafka pipelines, Redis caching, and strong reliability/observability practices.”

“Full-stack engineer (SAP Labs experience) who built an end-to-end, real-time fraud detection system on Java 11/Spring Boot microservices with Kafka event streaming and a React/Redux analytics dashboard with WebSocket updates. Demonstrated strong production ownership by diagnosing a critical memory leak with Prometheus/CloudWatch + heap dumps and improving performance with Redis caching (40% faster queries), while also modernizing deployments via Kubernetes, Jenkins CI/CD, and Terraform.”

“Backend/data engineer with hands-on production experience building FastAPI services on AWS and implementing strong reliability/observability (CloudWatch, ELK, correlation IDs, alarms). Has delivered serverless + container solutions with IaC (CloudFormation/Terraform) and Jenkins CI/CD, and built AWS Glue/PySpark pipelines into S3/Redshift with schema-evolution and data-quality safeguards; demonstrated large-scale SQL tuning (45 min to 3 min on a 500M-row workload).”

“Backend/data engineer from Oliver Wyman who built and ran production Python (FastAPI) services on AWS (ECS/Lambda/API Gateway) supporting risk modeling and regulatory reporting. Strong in reliability/observability, Glue-based ETL with data quality controls, and legacy SAS-to-Python modernization with rigorous parity validation; also demonstrated measurable SQL performance wins and cost-control improvements in serverless scaling. Based in Raleigh, NC and can travel onsite for important Bethesda-area meetings.”

“Built and deployed a production LLM-powered multi-agent compliance copilot (life sciences/finance) using LangChain/LangGraph + RAG over vector databases, delivered via async FastAPI on Kubernetes. Emphasizes audit-ready, deterministic outputs with schema constraints and citations, plus rigorous evaluation/monitoring; reports 60%+ reduction in manual research time and successful production adoption.”

“LLM/agentic-systems engineer with PayPal experience hardening an LLM-powered fraud support assistant from prototype to production, focusing on low-latency distributed architecture, rigorous evaluation/testing, and security/compliance. Comfortable in customer-facing and GTM contexts—runs technical demos/workshops, builds tailored pilots, and aligns sales/CS with engineering to close deals and drive adoption.”

“Built and owned an end-to-end AV operations automation and dashboarding platform for USC event operations, used daily to coordinate hundreds of live events. Delivered a React/TypeScript full-stack system integrating Smartsheet APIs with strong reliability practices (typed contracts, validation/fallbacks, safe rollouts) and experience with queue-based microservice patterns (idempotency, retries, DLQs, monitoring).”

“Built an LLM-powered learning assistant (EduQuizPro/EduCrest Pro) that uses RAG over URLs and PDFs to generate quizzes, notes, and explanations for students/professors. Emphasizes production robustness—implemented dependency fallbacks (FAISS/Sentence Transformers/Gradio), CLI-safe mode, and NumPy-based indexing—along with a custom orchestration layer to keep multi-step AI workflows reliable.”