# destiny (@whodes.bsky.social)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/whodes.bsky.social
Headline: Senior Backend Engineer

## About

Backend engineer with 10+ years building distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and high-availability APIs across fintech, security, and e-commerce.

## Experience

- **Member of Technical Staff at Trase** (2025 – present)
- **Senior Software Engineer at SwarmInt LLC** (2024 – 2025)
- **Senior Software Engineer at Pixee** (2023 – 2024)
  \-Built GitHub synchronization service using AWS Lambda and SQS, eliminating API rate-limiting issues and ensuring real-time data consistency. -Developed Quarkus (Java) RESTful APIs and integrated with GitHub CI/CD to provide real-time visibility into security remediation processes. -Leveraged OpenAI APIs and LLMs to analyze complex code patterns, enhancing context and actionable insights in user-facing reports. -Architected configuration module enabling repository- and organization-level policy customization, adopted across 500+ repositories. -Integrated third-party code scanners and monitored system performance using Sentry and CloudWatch, maintaining >99.9% uptime.
- **Senior Software Engineer at Smile Identity** (2022 – 2023)
  Migrated search functionality to OpenSearch, improving query performance by 40% and enabling complex, near-real-time searches.
  • Led infrastructure modernization using AWS CDK, enabling secure multi-region deployments and improving disaster recovery readiness.
  • Built Node.js Lambda functions to process identity data across multiple African national databases, handling PII with compliance.
  • Maintained high-traffic Ruby on Rails APIs serving the core application, supporting millions of monthly verification requests.
- **Software Engineer at GOAT Group** (2022 – 2022)
- **Software Engineer at Glossier, Inc.** (2021 – 2022)
  • Designed event-driven AWS workflows using Lambda, Kinesis, and Step Functions to optimize data throughput to 3PL partners, reducing latency by 70%.
  • Extended Ruby on Rails eCommerce framework to automate shipping calculations and real-time inventory updates.
  • Developed background jobs for customer data synchronization and integrated with third- party platforms (Narvar, Kustomer, EasyPost).
- **Software Engineer at Black Cape** (2019 – 2021)
  \- Built geospatial web application enabling intelligence analysts to discover and correlate multi-format data across disparate sources.
  \-  Created custom Java data ingestion processors and ETL pipelines using StreamSets to parse, validate, and route sensitve data.
- **Full Stack Developer at Ridgeline International** (2018 – 2018)
  \- Built an in house database for personal tracking using Django + Angular
  \- Deployed and managed  Docker containers on AWS
  \- Configured and managed AWS EC2 instances
  \- Configured and managed servers/ services running in a secure network
  \- Configured a secure network ( iptables, fortigate)
- **Technologist at HumanGeo** (2015 – 2018)
  \- Stayed loose, been ready
  \- Built a Python Microservice that returns location coordinates found within a document (Sanic)
  \- Built a Java/Scala Microservice that performs auditing on user activity for all users across the program. (Java, Scala, Maven, Thrift, Kafka, Mongo)
  \- Dockerized micro services to give our developers a test environment
  \- Created a Django app for internal analyst to do comparisons of the tools they use (Python, Sqlite, Angular)
  \- Created a mock "Active Directory" SOAP service used by both internal and external teams (Flask, Angular)
  \- Migrated all Microservices across the program to use the latest version of Kafka
  \- Deploy services to AWS using Salt
  \- Maintenance work on Microservices
- **Information Security Enginer at Aplura, LLC** (2015 – 2015)
  \- IT and IT Security Administration
  \- IT and IT Security Internal Projects
  \- Work towards performing IT Security-Focused client consulting
  \- Interacting with the client's staff and Aplura's other on-contract staff to resolve problems and improve/expand visibility of the enterprise network architecture.
- **SCS Support Desk Associate at Student Computing Services** (2012 – 2014)
  Troubleshooting, diagnosing, and repairing students laptop issues Assist students with various account issues, both in person and over the phone Troubleshooting and repairing campus wide pay for print printers Installation of Cisco VoIP phones
- **Junior Java Developer at Datanova Scientific LLC** (2014 – 2014)
  \- Contributed to Datasong, a projet based on making data sharing in different databases more efficient (Java, Maven, Apache Jena)
  \- Converted SPARQL/SPARUL queries to work on underlying database API’s (Accumulo, PostgreSQL)
- **Tutor at Towson TUTORS** (2013 – 2013)
  Tutored students K-5 with math and reading skills Assisted teachers with class instruction Gave private tutor sessions during recess and gym time period

## Education

- **Towson University** — Bachelor of Science (BS) (2010 – 2014)

## Skills

- Windows
- Node.js
- Django
- Docker
- Apache Kafka
- Python
- PostgreSQL
- Java
- Ruby
- Microservices
- Spring Boot
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- AngularJS
- Datadog
- StreamSets
- Amazon SQS
- AWS Lambda
- cdk
- Amazon Kinesis
- AWS Step Functions
- Quarkus
- Computer Security
- Linux
- Windows Server
- MySQL
- C
- OS X
- DNS Server
- Active Directory
- Firewalls
- Big Data
- Data Science
- SPARQL
- Splunk
- Reverse Engineering
- Assembly Language
- Debugging
- BIND Servers
- IIS
- Apache 2
- VMware
- malware
- Snort
- Wireshark
- Apache
- Troubleshooting
- Information Security
- Networking
- Go
- Python (Programming Language)
- C (Programming Language)
- Semantic Web

## Certifications

- Security+ — CompTIA
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) — Scrum Alliance
- Inside LVMH - Operations & Supply Chains, Retail & Customer Experience — LVMH