Vetted Backend Development Professionals

Tara Munjuluri

Screened

Junior Software Engineer specializing in full-stack and AI systems

Ames, IA3y exp

“Backend-focused engineer with end-to-end ownership experience on internal platforms at John Deere, including a workforce and skills system that cut manual review time by 40%. Brings a strong reliability and compliance mindset across Java/Python microservices, AWS infrastructure, and production operations, and has also built an LLM-powered RAG system over 1M+ records with emphasis on grounded outputs and observability.”

“Backend-leaning full-stack engineer with experience at Liberty Mutual and Airbnb, building high-scale insurance claims systems (1M+ monthly transactions) and consumer booking/pricing services (120K–180K daily requests). Strong in transactional data integrity, PostgreSQL performance tuning, and production operations (Docker/Jenkins/AWS), with measurable UX/performance wins including ~2.3s page loads and significant runtime failure reduction.”

“Backend/data engineer with hands-on production experience across Python/FastAPI services and AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, ECS) delivered via Terraform and GitHub Actions. Built Glue-to-Redshift ETL pipelines with Step Functions retry/catch patterns, schema evolution safeguards, and data quality checks; also modernized a legacy SAS monthly reporting system into Python microservices with rigorous side-by-side parity validation. Demonstrated strong SQL tuning skills with a reported improvement from 5 minutes to 15 seconds.”

“AI-native software engineer who uses agentic development as a core workflow, including a three-agent setup for planning, validation, and implementation. In their most recent role, they acted as the lead orchestrator for AI agents, with a strong emphasis on production safety, architectural control, and rigorous validation.”

“Product-minded software engineer with experience shipping AI-powered financial insights (spend forecasting, cashflow, credit optimization) and building real-time analytics systems using React/TypeScript and FastAPI. Has designed microservices with RabbitMQ/gRPC and strong observability (Prometheus/Grafana/OpenTelemetry), and also built an internal Figma plugin adopted by designers that reduced export time by 50%.”

“Backend-focused engineer who uses AI pragmatically as a force multiplier rather than a substitute for engineering judgment. They stand out for applying structured, agent-style workflows to code generation, debugging, and production log analysis while maintaining strong emphasis on correctness, performance, and reliability in backend and microservices environments.”

“Software engineer at Paradigm who is deeply hands-on with agentic development workflows and AI-assisted coding. He built an in-house OAuth layer to replace a third-party service and reduce projected integration costs, and also created an "ambient agent" that proactively responds to user behavior on the website. He stands out for combining full-stack architecture thinking with a disciplined, model-aware workflow for designing, implementing, and reviewing AI-generated code.”

“IBM engineer who shipped an LLM-powered knowledge transfer platform (Transition Engine) for federal contract handoffs, deployed on a production OpenShift cluster in AWS GovCloud with FedRAMP-aligned compliance and strict data-boundary constraints. Led retrieval strategy, prompt engineering, and production deployment (PostgreSQL/Milvus/Keycloak), driving a reported 50% reduction in contract transition ramp-up time and positioning the tool for revenue-critical federal deals.”

Rucha Joshi

Screened

Junior Software Engineer specializing in full-stack and backend development

Austin, TX2y exp

“Builder of multiple zero-to-one consumer applications, including an anonymous writing feedback tool with a Gemini-powered chatbot, a dietary-profile recipe product using LLM-based substitutions, and a live-updates Sports Hub. Stands out for hands-on full-stack execution, iterative AI experimentation, and a quantified 80% reduction in time users spent finding recipe-compatible ingredients and options.”