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Alex Conti

@alexconti

Staff backend engineer building reliable API platforms and high-throughput integrations in Java, Kotlin, and Python on AWS.

Germany

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead backend architecture and reliability end-to-end—shipping scalable APIs and integrations on cloud infrastructure—while coaching engineers through code reviews and technical design, with real ownership of deployment, on-call, and incident root-cause.

I’m a Staff backend engineer with 10+ years building server-side API platforms for third-party integrations and high-throughput data processing in Java, Kotlin, and Python on AWS. I own systems end-to-end—from PostgreSQL schema design and scalable API architecture through deployment, on-call, and production root-cause analysis.

I combine hands-on backend engineering with technical leadership, coaching engineers through code review and technical design documentation. At Enmacc, I lead backend architecture sessions and reliability improvements, run CI/CD release management and triage, and help deliver an LLM-agent trading platform that integrates real-time exchange data and order routing via FIX; previously, at apinity I led an API Gateway integration platform across Kubernetes microservices on Azure.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Staff Backend Engineer

Current

Enmacc GmbH

Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 6 months)

Led backend architecture and raised reliability across the engineering organization through ongoing architecture sessions, technical design documentation, and engineering coaching. Served as Release Manager and Triage Lead, owning CI/CD deployment pipelines and production incident response with root-cause analysis, including work on an LLM-agent trading platform integrating real-time exchange data

Java Kotlin Python AWS PostgreSQL Spring Boot gRPC API Architecture Third Party Integrations CI CD Release Management Triage Root Cause Analysis Code Review Technical Design Node Claude Code

Delivery Lead Backend Engineer

Apinity GmbH

Jan 2021 - Jan 2024 (3 years)

Led backend delivery for an API gateway integration platform processing requests across multi-tenant Kubernetes microservices on Azure. Designed and implemented scalable APIs and third-party client integrations using Kong API Gateway and Azure APIM, while owning reliability/performance practices and roadmap decisions.

Kafka gRPC Python PostgreSQL Azure Kubernetes Kong API Gateway Azure PIM API Gateway Multi Tenant Services Reliability Performance Engineering Roadmapping

Backend Software Engineer

Enmacc GmbH

Jan 2019 - Jan 2021 (2 years)

Performed feature development and architectural improvements for backend applications on an energy trading platform. Built Python tooling for data-processing pipelines and internal automation using Java, Hibernate, Liquibase, MySQL, and AWS.

Java 8 Hibernate Liquibase MySQL AWS Python Data Pipelines Internal Automation backend architecture

FullStack Software Engineer

Cloudeo AG

Jan 2018 - Jan 2019 (1 year)

Built a Geo Intelligence B2B trading marketplace, creating the frontend from scratch and developing backend services. Worked with Java 8, Hibernate, PostgreSQL, and Docker for the backend stack.

Java 8 Hibernate PostgreSQL Docker Frontend Development

FullStack Software Developer

GFT Italy

Jan 2016 - Jan 2018 (2 years)

Enhanced and supported home-banking platforms and backoffice applications. Led architecture for an Apple Watch home-banking application using C#, Java, Hibernate, and MySQL.

C#Java Hibernate MySQL Home Banking Platforms Back Office Apple Watch Application Architecture