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SAMUEL OWAD

@samuelowad

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Senior backend/API engineer building scalable, high-performance systems and developer-facing APIs.

Hungary

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What I'm looking for

I seek a role owning backend systems and APIs at scale, with strong engineering culture, mentorship opportunities, and scope to improve reliability and developer velocity.

I am a Senior Backend/API Engineer with 5+ years of experience owning production-grade backend systems, APIs, and CI/CD pipelines. I specialize in TypeScript and distributed, high-performance backend architectures and am passionate about making systems resilient and easy to operate.

I have led teams to decompose monoliths, redesign core backend architectures for fault isolation and scale, and optimize APIs and databases to reduce latency and improve throughput. My work has delivered measurable improvements in engineering output, API performance, and deployment speed.

I take end-to-end ownership of systems from design through deployment and incident response, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with product and leadership to align technical execution with business goals.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Software Developer

Current

Clubspot

Nov 2024 - Present (1 year 2 months)

Led a backend team of 5 to decompose a legacy monolith into a modular monolith, increasing engineering output by 54% and improving system scalability by 40%. Owned API and performance optimizations that reduced endpoint latency by 30% and improved GraphQL performance by 68%.

TypeScript Go PostgreSQL Redis AWS Docker GraphQL CI CD Performance Tuning

Backend Developer

Nasc Technologies

Aug 2022 - Oct 2024 (2 years 2 months)

Designed and built scalable backend services and APIs, improving request processing efficiency by 50% and data ingestion efficiency by 47%; led development of a custom CLI for safe database migrations. Enhanced logging and observability to improve activity tracking accuracy by 47%.

TypeScript Go PostgreSQL Redis Kubernetes Helm AWS Docker Observability

Backend Developer

Hive.id

Dec 2021 - May 2022 (5 months)

Built production-grade backend services and gRPC microservices using TypeScript and NestJS, optimized PostgreSQL for high-load querying, and introduced CI/CD automation to improve deployment reliability.

TypeScript NestJS gRPC PostgreSQL Redis CI CD API Design Performance Optimization

Software Team Lead

PayNyce

Aug 2020 - Mar 2022 (1 year 7 months)

Led backend development for a high-availability financial platform, focusing on performance, security, and reliability while acting as the primary technical liaison with stakeholders.

JavaScript Backend Monitoring Incident Response Security Team Leadership