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Tyler Mills

@tylermills

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Senior backend engineer specializing in Go, microservices, event-driven systems, and cloud-native platforms.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a senior backend or platform role in a collaborative, engineering-driven company where I can build scalable, observable cloud-native systems, mentor teams, and drive performance improvements.

I am a senior backend engineer with over 10 years of experience building scalable microservices and data platforms focused on reliability, performance, and real-time data distribution.

I have designed Go-based services, integrated event-streaming systems like Apache Pulsar and Kafka, and led migrations to Kubernetes, delivering measurable improvements in latency, throughput, and cost.

I collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, establish observability and CI/CD standards, and mentor engineers to raise code quality and operational excellence.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Backend Engineer

Accenture

Mar 2022 - Oct 2025 (3 years 7 months)

Developed and optimized Go-based microservices and event-driven data platforms, reducing data processing latency by 30% and improving throughput by 22%; led monolith-to-Kubernetes migrations that cut infrastructure costs by 15%.

Go Kubernetes Apache Pulsar Prometheus Gitlab CI Microservices Docker AWS

Backend Engineer

IBM Consulting

Jan 2020 - Feb 2022 (2 years 1 month)

Built Go and Python backend services for fintech and e-commerce clients, integrating Kafka for event-driven messaging and deploying on AWS/Kubernetes to reduce infrastructure costs by 18% and improve reliability.

Go Python Kafka AWS Kubernetes Redis Microservices CI CD

Backend Developer

Capgemini

Aug 2017 - Dec 2019 (2 years 4 months)

Developed RESTful APIs and deployment pipelines, migrated services to AWS, and optimized database queries to improve API performance and availability, achieving up to 15% performance gains.

Python Java RESTful APIs Jenkins AWS Database Optimization CI CD Docker

Junior Backend Developer

Shopify

Aug 2014 - Jul 2017 (2 years 11 months)

Contributed to backend services and RESTful APIs in Ruby on Rails, improved database indexing and API latency by ~10–15%, and supported early microservices and containerization efforts.