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Arman Arutiunian

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Senior Backend Engineer, 5 years in Node.js/TypeScript and Go. Microservices, auth/IAM and data-layer work across fintech, payments and logistics.

Georgia
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What I'm looking for

A senior backend role where engineers own services end-to-end, on a product with real load and real data. Strongest on Node.js, TypeScript and Golang (Go) with PostgreSQL and Kafka, and on identity, migrations and data-layer performance. Fintech, payments and logistics are the domains I know best. Based in Tbilisi, open to remote work or relocation to Canada, Netherlands, Germany, UK or US.

Backend engineer with 5 years in Node.js/TypeScript and Go, working on production systems in fintech, payments, logistics and agritech. Most of my work sits in three areas: microservices and event-driven workflows, authentication and identity, and the data layer.

Most recently I spent a year and a half on an FMCSA-regulated electronic logging platform serving 2,000-3,000 US carriers and around 20,000 drivers, as one of 3 backend engineers owning 10-14 services end-to-end. I migrated 20-25 data domains from Couchbase to CockroachDB on a live platform with no downtime, cutting read/write latency from ~160-250ms to 5-17ms, and replaced Supabase Auth with self-hosted Keycloak in 6-8 weeks, moving ~10,000 accounts into a 4-5 realm multi-tenant identity model and extending Keycloak with custom SPI providers in Java.

Before that I worked on Payme, Uzbekistan's national payment ecosystem, where I extracted 8 services from the monolith into NestJS microservices over JSON-RPC and Kafka under peak platform load of ~8-10k requests/sec, and on Yara's global agritech platform, building a shared identity and multi-region messaging layer reaching 160 countries.

I work in Node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, Golang (Go), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, CockroachDB, Kafka, Redis, AWS and Docker, usually in small backend teams where one engineer owns a service from schema to production support.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

ZenaWell logoZE
Current

Backend Engineer

ZenaWell

Sep 2026 - Present (1 month)

ZenaWell is an early-stage Medical AI & Health Data Platform focused on bringing fragmented health information — including medical records, laboratory results, medications, and health history — into one connected and structured context.

Hora Services SRL logoHS

Backend Engineer

Hora Services SRL

Nov 2024 - Jun 2026 (1 year 7 months)

FMCSA-regulated electronic logging platform serving 2,000-3,000 US carriers and ~20,000 drivers. One of 3 backend engineers owning 10-14 services end-to-end. Migrated 20-25 data domains from Couchbase to CockroachDB, cutting read/write latency from ~160-250ms to 5-17ms. Replaced Supabase Auth with self-hosted Keycloak in 6-8 weeks with zero downtime across a 4-5 realm identity model.

Freelance logoFR

Backend Engineer

Aug 2024 - Oct 2024 (2 months)

Fiat-to-stablecoin (USDT/USDC) exchange platform; 1 of 2 backend engineers taking an inherited codebase live. Cut query latency on payment and exchange-rate endpoints by ~87-90% by redesigning the AWS RDS PostgreSQL schema and indexing strategy. Built IAM on Cognito with async processing through Lambda and SQS, and refactored the exchange and card-acquiring flows to live transactions.

Making Science logoMS

Node.js Developer

Making Science

Jun 2023 - Jul 2024 (1 year 1 month)

Payme, Uzbekistan's national payment ecosystem (Humo, Uzcard, Visa, Mastercard, UnionPay), ~1M to ~2M active users. One of 2 backend engineers in a 25-person product team. Extracted 8 services from the monolith into NestJS microservices over JSON-RPC and Kafka under peak platform load of ~8-10k req/sec. Cut latency ~46% on financial monitoring via MongoDB aggregation rewrites and Redis caching.

Andersen Lab logoAL

Node.js Developer

May 2022 - Jun 2023 (1 year 1 month)

Shared identity and multi-region messaging layer for Yara's global agritech platform (~2-3M user accounts). One of 2 backend engineers on a 20-person team. Built SMS/email delivery reaching 160 countries, routing between Twilio, Textlocal and Africa's Talking by market. Migrated 5 authorization services from Express.js to NestJS and cut notification processing time 20% via anti-spam filtering.

GXB Development logoGD

Full-stack Developer

GXB Development

Feb 2022 - Apr 2022 (2 months)

Team collaboration and project-management platform built on a 35-service architecture; one of 5 developers on a 10-person team. Cut API response times 30-40% with PostgreSQL indexing, table partitioning, materialized views and Redis caching. Built inter-service communication over gRPC and RabbitMQ, and integrated Stripe payment flows and AWS S3 storage.

SIGMA LLC logoSL

Full-stack Developer

SIGMA LLC

Sep 2021 - Jan 2022 (4 months)

Configurable CRM platform for energy-sector companies. Backend-leaning full-stack role, one of 5 engineers on a 15-person team, in a polyglot codebase where NestJS services integrated with Java components over Kafka. Built NestJS services for financial-reporting workflows backed by Oracle SQL, worked across a React/ExtJS frontend and expanded unit test coverage.

Freelance logoFR

Full-stack Developer

Mar 2021 - Sep 2021 (6 months)

Two client projects — a MedTech web application and a CRM system — covering backend APIs, database design and frontend work. Designed PostgreSQL and MongoDB schemas from scratch and built authentication and authorization with Node.js, Express.js, Auth0 and JWT. Built business logic alongside React/Redux components, wiring data through REST and GraphQL/Apollo.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Tyumen Industrial University logoTU

Tyumen Industrial University

Master of Engineering, Civil Engineering

2015 - 2017

Tyumen State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering logoTE

Tyumen State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering, Civil Engineering

2011 - 2015

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