Took ownership of an existing social media platform and enhanced it with new features, performance improvements, and backend stability.

Key Contributions:

✅ Took over an existing codebase and successfully built on top of it without disrupting current users

✅ Resolved numerous pre-existing issues across backend APIs and infrastructure

✅ Designed and implemented new features and API endpoints using FastAPI

✅ Contributed to database design to support new features and optimize existing queries

✅ Managed end-to-end deployments and ensured smooth production releases

Resolved critical performance bottlenecks in a live Django application (receiving ~1,000 requests per day) by redesigning the database schema.
 

Key Contributions:

✅ Identified performance issues caused by inefficient table relationships and excessive joins in the existing schema.

✅ Designed and implemented a cleaner, more efficient database schema tailored to the app’s usage patterns.

✅ Wrote and executed a data migration script to transfer data seamlessly from the old schema to the new one.

✅ Deployed changes with only 10 minutes of downtime, ensuring minimal disruption to live users.

✅ Achieved a 41.2% improvement in overall application response time.

Collaborated with a team of two engineers to build a centralized platform where users can easily discover and filter tenders from multiple sources.

Key Contributions:

✅ Built a scalable platform to aggregate tenders from various public sector websites

✅ Implemented advanced filtering options to improve searchability and user experience

✅ Developed a web scraping system to fetch and update tenders in real time

✅ Introduced a recommendation engine to suggest tenders based on users’ past interactions

✅ Ensured smooth collaboration through clear communication and agile practices