Freelancer

Raj Patel

Backend Engineer

Bangalore, IN · Remote4.7 (58)79 jobs done$75/hr

About

Backend specialist with 10 years building high-throughput APIs across fintech and healthtech. I care about clean architecture, observability, and systems that stay reliable under load.

Skills

Node.jsPythonPostgreSQLRedisDockerKubernetesREST APIs

Work history

Senior Backend Engineer

2021 – Present

Cove Health

Designed and maintain the REST API serving 400k+ monthly active users. Led migration from monolith to microservices, reducing p99 latency by 60%.

Backend Engineer

2018 – 2021

Finbridge

Built payment processing pipelines handling $2M+ daily transactions. Implemented Redis-based rate limiting and fraud detection hooks.

Junior Developer

2015 – 2018

TechStack Solutions

Developed internal tooling and REST integrations for enterprise clients across logistics and retail.

Freelancer

Raj Patel

Backend Engineer

Bangalore, IN · Remote4.7 (58)79 jobs done$75/hr

About

Backend specialist with 10 years building high-throughput APIs across fintech and healthtech. I care about clean architecture, observability, and systems that stay reliable under load.

Skills

Node.jsPythonPostgreSQLRedisDockerKubernetesREST APIs

Work history

Senior Backend Engineer

2021 – Present

Cove Health

Designed and maintain the REST API serving 400k+ monthly active users. Led migration from monolith to microservices, reducing p99 latency by 60%.

Backend Engineer

2018 – 2021

Finbridge

Built payment processing pipelines handling $2M+ daily transactions. Implemented Redis-based rate limiting and fraud detection hooks.

Junior Developer

2015 – 2018

TechStack Solutions

Developed internal tooling and REST integrations for enterprise clients across logistics and retail.