Pavan Illa
@pavanilla
Senior backend engineer focused on scalable cloud-native SaaS platforms.
What I'm looking for
I am a Senior Backend Engineer with 4+ years building and maintaining distributed, cloud-native SaaS platforms using Go, Python, and Java. I design scalable microservices, optimize system performance, and deliver reliable infrastructure with strong expertise in Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, observability, and CI/CD automation.
My work includes improving latency and throughput by 40%, migrating services to asynchronous architectures to double throughput and reduce P99 by 30%, and creating billing/reconciliation systems that eliminated extensive manual effort. I prioritize developer efficiency, service resilience, and measurable production reliability improvements.
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Senior Backend Engineer
TerryBerry
Nov 2024 - Present (1 year 7 months)
Developed and optimized Go microservices for a health & wellness SaaS with 200K+ users, improving latency and throughput by 40% and reducing recurring production incidents by 25% through observability and reliability work.
Backend Engineer
Radius Agent
Mar 2022 - Oct 2024 (2 years 7 months)
Migrated core services to FastAPI and Go with Kafka event streaming to double throughput and cut P99 latency by 30%, and built a multi-tenant billing/subscription module that eliminated 240+ manual hours per month.
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