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Charles Quarles

@charlesquarles

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Senior Python developer specializing in scalable backends and AI/ML integration.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior backend or AI/ML-integrated roles where I can lead engineering efforts, improve system reliability, mentor teams, and drive scalable, automated deployments in collaborative, growth-focused environments.

I am a Senior Python Developer with nine years of experience designing and deploying scalable backend systems and integrating AI/ML models into production. I focus on delivering resilient, high-performance services that improve feature delivery speed and system uptime.

At AdvSoft LLC I led the design and implementation of a FastAPI microservices architecture that reduced response times by 45% and maintained 99.9% uptime for RESTful APIs, while mentoring a team of four engineers and establishing Git best practices.

Previously, I built and maintained Django REST APIs for high-throughput logistics analytics, refactored legacy systems into event-driven architectures, and developed AI-driven data cleaning and classification pipelines that improved data quality significantly.

I champion infrastructure-as-code, containerization, and observability using Terraform, CloudFormation, Docker, Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Grafana, and I bring a pragmatic, results-oriented approach to deployment automation, security, and cross-functional collaboration.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Python Developer

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AdvSoft LLC

Jun 2021 - Present (5 years)

Led design and implementation of a FastAPI microservices architecture, reducing response times by 45% and delivering 99.9% API uptime while mentoring a team of 4 engineers and increasing deployment frequency by 25%.

Python fastAPI AWS Docker Kubernetes Terraform PyTorch PostgreSQL Celery

Senior Python Developer

Code Power

Jun 2018 - May 2021 (2 years 11 months)

Built and maintained Django REST APIs for high-volume logistics analytics, migrated to event-driven architecture increasing throughput by 15,000 data points/sec and improved data quality by 70% with AI-driven pipelines.

Python Django RabbitMQ AWS ECS Pandas scikit learn MySQL Docker REST APIs

Software Developer

StartupSoft

Aug 2017 - Apr 2018 (8 months)

Migrated legacy APIs to Django REST Framework, reducing response times by 20% and implemented AWS/Docker deployments and CI monitoring to improve performance and issue detection.

Python Django REST Framework AWS Docker Pytest Jenkins Monitoring API Integration

Python Developer

CodingCops

Aug 2016 - Jul 2017 (11 months)

Developed automated Python test scripts to raise test coverage by 15% and managed Linux, SQL, and Git workflows to resolve data pipeline incidents efficiently.

Python Linux SQL Git Automated Testing BASH ETL Pytest