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Muhammad Ansab Afzal

@muhammadansabafzal

Senior Backend Engineer with 6+ years of experience designing and building cloud-native backend systems using Java and Spring Boot

Pakistan

Message

What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead backend architecture for cloud-native systems—Java/Spring microservices on Kubernetes—with strong CI/CD, security (including SSO), and deep observability. I want to own distributed-systems reliability and mentor teams while building production impact.

I’m a Senior Backend Engineer with 6+ years of experience. I build scalable microservices and event-driven systems using Java, Spring Boot, and Apache Kafka. I design and own REST APIs, work with MySQL and Redis for data and caching, and deploy on GCP using Kubernetes and Docker. I follow CI/CD practices and monitor systems using New Relic and Grafana.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Lead Backend Engineer

Current

Moniepoint Microfinance Bank

Mar 2025 - Present (1 year 3 months)

Owned backend architecture for cloud-native Java services on GCP, designing Spring Boot microservices deployed to Kubernetes. Led scalability, fault tolerance, CI/CD deployments, and production observability, while providing hands-on technical leadership via design and code reviews.

Java Spring Boot Kubernetes Google Cloud Platform (GCP)Microservices Distributed Systems CI CD Apache Kafka REST APIs Observability Grafana

Senior Backend Engineer

Moniepoint Microfinance Bank

Oct 2023 - Feb 2025 (1 year 4 months)

Built production-grade Spring Boot microservices on Kubernetes and implemented Kafka-based event-driven pipelines for asynchronous processing. Optimized database queries and indexes to reduce response times by ~25%, and delivered secure REST APIs with authentication and authorization.

Java Spring Boot Kubernetes Apache Kafka REST APIs Spring Security MySQL Redis New Relic System Design

Team Lead Backend Engineer

I2c Inc.

Mar 2020 - Sep 2023 (3 years 6 months)

Developed and maintained enterprise backend Java systems focused on stability and improved performance through optimized database access patterns. Built and integrated SAML-based single sign-on (SSO) for enterprise web applications and provided technical leadership through code reviews and design discussions.