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Drake Gudian

@drakegudian

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Senior software engineer building scalable backend microservices and event-driven systems.

Armenia

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I build reliable, maintainable, observable, and scalable backend services—especially microservices and event-driven distributed systems—on cloud platforms, working with cross-functional teams to solve data-intensive challenges.

I’m a Senior Software Engineer focused on building reliable backend services, microservices architectures, and high-performance APIs for complex workflows and large-scale data platforms. At IronFX, I designed and implemented backend systems for financial transaction workflows, built a centralized configuration service for dynamic configuration management, and implemented event-driven communication to ensure reliable propagation of updates.

I also led engineering teams evaluating and improving AI-generated code at Turing / Google Gemini Code LLM, coordinating review pipelines and contributing to training datasets. Across industries like financial platforms, healthcare data systems, real estate platforms, and AI model evaluation systems, I enjoy solving complex engineering problems around scalable infrastructure, maintainability, observability, and scalability.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Engineer

Current

IronFX

Nov 2024 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Designed and implemented backend services for financial transaction workflows and distributed system integrations. Built a centralized configuration service and event-driven communication between services to improve reliability and observability, including automated configuration migration to reduce operational overhead.

Distributed Systems Microservices Event Driven Systems APIs Messaging Systems Configuration Management Observability AWS Azure Docker

POD Lead (Gemini Code LLM)

Turing

Jan 2025 - Aug 2025 (7 months)

Led engineering teams evaluating and improving AI-generated software code. Coordinated review pipelines for correctness and performance, contributed to training datasets for LLM reasoning improvements, and ensured quality standards across distributed teams.

LLM Correctness Performance Testing Datasets Engineering Best Practices Distributed Systems

Software Engineer

Purlin Co

Mar 2023 - Oct 2024 (1 year 7 months)

Built backend systems for real estate platforms supporting transaction workflows and collaboration tools. Developed APIs and integrations for marketing and automation workflows, implemented document data extraction services, and contributed to real-time notification systems and backend infrastructure improvements.

ASP.NET Core APIs Microservices Distributed Systems Event Driven Systems Document Processing Cloud Architecture Databases Docker

Software Engineer

Codeex

Dec 2021 - Mar 2023 (1 year 3 months)

Developed backend microservices for large-scale data integration pipelines, focusing on performance and data integrity. Participated in data migration and system integration efforts and collaborated with QA engineers, frontend developers, and data teams.

Microservices Distributed Systems APIs Data Integration Relational Databases Data Migration Performance Optimization System Integration Observability Docker

WebMD Software Engineer

WebMD

Dec 2021 - Mar 2023 (1 year 3 months)

Developed backend microservices supporting large-scale data integration pipelines with a focus on performance and data integrity. Supported data migration and system integration work while collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams including QA, frontend, and data.

Distributed Systems APIs Data Integration Relational Databases Data Migration System Integration Performance Optimization Docker