Parastoo M
@parastoom
Backend software engineer at Moonfare who integrated third-party APIs and webhooks and added AI-powered bank statement parsing.
United KingdomWhat I'm looking for
At Moonfare, I worked on legacy backend code, fixing bugs, adding features, and contributing to my team's microservices. I also worked on third-party API and webhook integrations, set up Grafana monitoring and alerting, and integrated an AWS Bedrock model to parse bank statements.
Before moving into backend development, I worked across software development and test automation at Moonfare, i2x, audibene, Best Buy Canada, Tasktop Technologies, ISO Travel Solutions, Nexonia, and Ericsson. My work included API and end-to-end testing, improving QA processes, and contributing to Java and Go services; I’m interested in learning new tools and approaches and bringing AI into my technical work.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Software Development Engineer
Moonfare
Feb 2023 - Jun 2026 (3 years 4 months)
Self-learned JS, TS and NestJS to transition to a software development role. Worked on legacy backend code, fixing bugs, adding features, and contributing to microservices.
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test
Moonfare
Feb 2022 - Feb 2023 (1 year)
Contributed to a large set of end-to-end automated tests covering web app and API tests. Mentored junior QAs and managed the E2E test framework across teams.
Senior Test Automation Engineer
i2x
Aug 2021 - Feb 2022 (6 months)
Self-learned Go-lang and scripted automated API tests for microservices with complex APIs. Led test automation tasks to integrate them into the release process.
Senior Software Quality Engineer
Audibene
Mar 2020 - Jul 2021 (1 year 4 months)
Led and implemented QA activities and processes for a new payment application. Set up backend and frontend automated test frameworks.
Led and defined QA processes for four teams responsible for e-commerce web applications. Mentored junior QAs and scripted backend API and UI tests.
QA Automation Engineer II
Tasktop Technologies
Jul 2017 - Sep 2018 (1 year 2 months)
Contributed to unit, integration, and UI tests, fixed defects, and addressed technical debt. Analyzed pipeline issues and automated manual sign-off verification.
Software Developer for QA
ISO Travel Solutions
Feb 2017 - Jun 2017 (4 months)
Scripted automated tests for a set of chained RESTful API requests as a user journey for a travel booking web app.
Contributed to development and maintenance of IPTV and telecom network nodes web applications. Implemented simulators and drove system test activities.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
NestJS
NestJS Fundamentals, NestJS
Completed NestJS Fundamentals course in 2023.
Coursera
Golang, Golang
Completed Golang course on Coursera with self-learning in 2021.
Udacity
Nanodegree, Front-end Development
2017 - 2018
Completed Front-end Development Nanodegree Online Course from 2017 to 2018.
Ericsson
JBoss Hibernate, JBoss Hibernate
Completed JBoss Hibernate training offered by Ericsson Department Learning Program in October 2014.
Scrum Alliance
Certified Scrum Master, Scrum
Certified Scrum Master training offered by Scrum Alliance in November 2011.
Concordia University
M.Sc. (incomplete), Software Engineering
2007 - 2008
Passed 20 credits towards M.Sc. in Software Engineering (a 45-credit course-based program) from 2007 to 2008.
Concordia University
B.Sc., Computer Science
B.Sc. in Computer Science with a minor in General Linguistics from Concordia University, Montréal, in 2006.
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Location
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