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Alen Kent

@alenkent

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Senior Python engineer delivering scalable, cloud-native APIs and data-driven systems.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek backend/cloud roles where I can build scalable APIs, lead microservice migrations, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive measurable impact.

I am a Senior Python engineer with seven years of experience building scalable, secure, and data-driven applications. I design high-performance APIs and cloud-native architectures, lead migrations from monoliths to microservices, and build automated CI/CD pipelines to accelerate releases while maintaining high uptime.

My work spans backend services with FastAPI, Django, and Flask, data engineering with Snowflake and ETL pipelines, and production integrations with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes. I collaborate closely with product, DevOps, and data science teams to deliver measurable business impact, improve reliability, and reduce technical debt.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Python Developer

Current

Futech

Jul 2023 - Present (2 years 2 months)

Engineered and scaled FastAPI backend services and React integrations, reducing API response times by 40% and supporting millions of daily requests; led migration from a Django monolith to containerized microservices, cutting deployment cycles from two weeks to one day.

Python fastAPI Django PostgreSQL AWS ECS Lambda Docker Terraform GitHub Actions Snowflake

Python Engineer - II

Covenant

May 2020 - Jul 2023 (3 years 2 months)

Built and optimized Django/Flask RESTful APIs for SaaS products serving 50K+ active users, reduced technical debt by 25%, and collaborated on AWS integrations that lowered costs by 20%.

Python Django Flask REST APIs Docker Kubernetes AWS RDS S3 Lambda CI CD PostgreSQL

Software Engineer

Mastech

Aug 2018 - May 2020 (1 year 9 months)

Developed full-stack features with Python/Flask and React for a B2B SaaS platform, designed ETL pipelines for large-scale time-series data, and implemented CI/CD and automated testing to accelerate release cycles.