Backend Engineer - Distributed Systems & APIs

NUDRAT HANNA AHONA

New York ***********@*****.*** +1-917-***-**** linkedin.com/in/nudratahona CORE COMPETENCIES

Languages: Java, Python, SQL

Backend: REST APIs, Microservices, Distributed Systems, Data Pipelines Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Cloud & Infra: AWS (S3, Lambda, CloudWatch), MongoDB Tools: Git, Jira, Datadog, Logz.io, Browser DevTools Core Areas: Backend Engineering, API Development, Distributed Systems, System Design EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada GPA: 3.51 Dean's List 2020 - 2022 Entrance Scholarship Recipient Graduated May 2023 CERTIFICATIONS

● Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate, Coursera (May 2025)

● AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (December 2024)

● AWS Certified Developer- Associate (July 2025)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Software Engineer (Support Engineering – Backend Systems) Bright Data, New York, US Aug 2025 - Current

● Work on backend systems powering large-scale proxy and data infrastructure handling real-time workloads

● Designed and implemented internal tooling to monitor and analyze distributed system performance, improving observability and reducing incident response time

● Build internal tools and scripts (Java, Python, SQL, JavaScript) to improve API reliability and automate system diagnostics, reducing recurring failures by 25%+

● Collaborate with engineering teams to design and implement system improvements based on production issues and performance bottlenecks

● Optimize distributed backend systems by identifying and resolving latency bottlenecks across high-throughput data pipelines

● Drive end-to-end resolution of production issues, contributing to system design improvements and long-term fixes

Software Engineer

Smile Digital Health, Toronto, ON, Canada Jan 2023 - June 2024

● Built backend tools and services that improved engineering onboarding efficiency by 30%

● Developed monitoring and alerting systems in Python to detect failures in microservices and data pipelines in real time

● Designed and tested API integrations, improving reliability of partner-facing services

● Partnered with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable backend solutions Software Developer Intern

Giga Tech Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh Sept 2020 - May 2021

● Developed backend workflows and automation tools, reducing processing time by 20%

● Performed performance profiling and debugging to improve system throughput and response time

● Optimized database queries and backend services to improve efficiency VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Project Coordinator

BHALO Inc., NY July 2024 - Aug 2025

● Built internal monitoring tools for distributed systems, improving log visibility and system reliability

● Developed dashboards to track system performance and identify latency bottlenecks, reducing runtime by 15%

● Analyzed backend workflows and implemented optimizations to improve efficiency of data processing systems

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