Beschreibung

I am a Berlin-based Senior Backend Engineer with over 15 years of professional experience specializing in scaling mission-critical systems and high-availability architectures. I have a proven track record of transitioning legacy monoliths into DDD-based microservices and designing secure multi-tenant SaaS solutions.As a co-founder of AI platforms like Hellogram.ai, I led the development of scalable digital replicas using LLMs (ChatGPT), voice cloning, and AWS/Kubernetes. I am an AI-first developer, leveraging modern automation to reduce system latency and improve scalability—consistently achieving performance gains of up to 80%.Why Hire Me?Backend Mastery: Expert in PHP 8 (Laravel, Symfony) and Python (FastAPI, Flask, Scrapy).Infrastructure & DevOps: Deep expertise in Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and Azure for secure, high-performance environments.Data Engineering: Specialist in large-scale web crawling (Scrapy) and advanced MySQL/PostgreSQL tuning.Secure Architecture: Implementation of RBAC, OAuth2/SSO, and separate database-per-tenant isolation.Berlin-Based: Currently residing in Berlin (Mitte) and available for local or remote projects.Core Technical StackLanguages: Python, PHP, Go, JavaScript.Frameworks: Laravel, Symfony, FastAPI, Flask, Django, Scrapy.Cloud & Tools: AWS (EKS, SQS), Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD (GitLab/GitHub), Redis.Specialties: Microservices, AI/LLM Integration, ETL Pipelines, System Provisioning.

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Marengo Knoll
Software Engineer
DIGITALAGENTUREN & IT-CONSULTING
März 2023 - September 2025 (2 Jahre und 6 Monate)
■ Built and scaled AWS/Kubernetes infrastructure for Hellogram.ai, an AI platform for lifelike conversational replicas. Integrated LLMs and voice pipelines, defined system architecture, and led backend engineering. Optimized performance, reducing response latency by 80% while improving scalability.
Laravel PHP
Self-Employed
Independent Consultant
August 2021 - Heute (4 Jahre und 10 Monate)
Pakistan
■ Designed scalable, cost-efficient system architectures and optimized cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and DigitalOcean. Implemented CI/CD pipelines, improved operational workflows, and built full-stack apps and APIs. Led engineering hiring, enforced code quality through reviews, and ensured secure, high-performance environments. Skilled in Python, data engineering, ETL, web crawling, DevOps, and reverse engineering.
Zyte Data Ltd.
Python Developer
Juli 2021 - September 2022 (1 Jahr und 2 Monate)
■ Engineered high-performance web crawlers at Zyte for major retailers, building and maintaining reliable Scrapy spiders and large-scale data pipelines. Improved Scrapy's performance and stability, delivered high-quality data solutions, and resolved complex anti-bot and site-change challenges. Drove innovation in scraping infrastructure while collaborating across teams. Skilled in Python, Scrapy, data extraction, and data engineering.