Tech Lead / Senior Backend Developer specializing in modernizing mission-critical systems.
🚀 Versatile developer (10+ years) with expertise in transforming legacy monolithic systems into scalable, robust, and maintainable microservices. I build the software foundation that ensures your company’s future growth.
My role goes beyond just writing code: I ensure that every line adheres to the principles of Clean Code and SOLID, and that it supports a sustainable architecture (Hexagonal/Bounded Contexts). I combine academic rigor (TDD, XP) with the pragmatism of DevOps delivery.
Backend: Node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, Microservices, Kafka, REST APIs, Java (Legacy Support), Python (Scripting). Cloud/Platform: AWS (Lambda, S3, RDS), Docker, Kubernetes (K8s), CI/CD (GitLab). Architecture: Hexagonal Architecture, CQRS, Clean Architecture, Monorepos.
(👉 Include links to your best repositories here. Use this format for each repo to tell a story :)
- [Repo Name]: Business Objective: Modernization of a critical payment system. Technical Challenge: Maintaining 99.99% availability during the transition to an asynchronous architecture (Kafka). Tech Stack: NestJS, Kafka Client, AWS Lambda.
- [Repo Name]: Business Objective: Monitoring platform for a major bank. Technical Challenge: Refactoring a monolithic system into decoupled microservices. Tech Stack: TypeScript, Docker, Kubernetes Manifests.
- Platform Engineering: Master advanced deployment tools (IaC—Terraform/Pulumi) and observability to automate the management of critical infrastructure on Kubernetes.
- Low-Level Focus: Actively exploring the Go language for developing high-performance, resource-efficient services.

Or contact me directly: birame.sene@gmail.com / +32 606...

