API Design
API Design
- REST & GraphQL
- Versioning strategies
- Validation & error contracts
- Rate limiting & throttling
I define resource models, error contracts, and versioning so clients and services can evolve independently.
Architecture
System Design & Architecture
How I design systems, APIs, and cloud infrastructure for production constraints.
Core principles
System Design Approach
I keep tradeoffs explicit so teams can make faster calls under production pressure.
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Scalability First
I design systems to scale with traffic and data growth without major rewrites.
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Resilience & Reliability
I design failure handling with redundancy, circuit breakers, and graceful degradation.
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Performance-Oriented
I tune query paths, cache behavior, payload size, and infrastructure for predictable load performance.
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Maintainability
I enforce module boundaries and service contracts so teams can evolve systems without design debt.
Domains
Architecture Domains
Domains where architecture choices create long-term cost or speed.
System Architecture
System Architecture
- Monolith vs microservices
- Event-driven systems
- Service communication
- Saga & outbox patterns
I start monolith-first, then split services when scale or team ownership justifies operational cost.
Data & Persistence
Data & Persistence
- Schema & data modeling
- Indexing strategies
- Read replicas & sharding
- Eventual vs strong consistency
I design schemas around access patterns, tune queries early, and pick consistency models from product requirements.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Cloud & Infrastructure
- AWS-native services
- IaC with CDK / Terraform
- CI/CD pipelines
- High availability design
I automate infrastructure from day one with declarative config, environment parity, and repeatable deployment pipelines.
Performance & Optimization
Performance & Optimization
- Multi-layer caching
- Load balancing strategies
- Profiling & bottleneck analysis
- Observability & alerting
I instrument systems early with tracing, metrics, and structured logs so bottlenecks get measured, not guessed.
System design
Production Request Path
A reference architecture showing a production-grade request path — from client to data layer — covering auth, routing, caching, and async messaging.
Applied work
Production Examples
I used these patterns in shipped products and validated them under production load, changing architecture when product requirements changed.
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3+ Years building production systems
5 Architecture domains covered
100% Cloud-native deployments
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