Skip to content
View iamserda's full-sized avatar
๐ŸŽฏ
Life is Good!
๐ŸŽฏ
Life is Good!
  • Backend Software Engineer (Independent)
  • New York City
  • 22:01 (UTC -05:00)

Highlights

  • Pro

Block or report iamserda

Block user

Prevent this user from interacting with your repositories and sending you notifications. Learn more about blocking users.

You must be logged in to block users.

Maximum 250 characters. Please don't include any personal information such as legal names or email addresses. Markdown supported. This note will be visible to only you.
Report abuse

Contact GitHub support about this userโ€™s behavior. Learn more about reporting abuse.

Report abuse
iamserda/README.md

Serda Simus โ€” Backend Engineer (Python/FastAPI) | NYC

I build backend services that are tested, containerized, and observable โ€” not just โ€œworks on my machineโ€ APIs.

  • Focus: FastAPI + PostgreSQL + Redis (reliable, production-style services)
  • Interests: data-heavy systems, platform tooling, distributed patterns
  • Status: open to backend roles + collaborations

What I'm Doing Now

  • Shipping a small set of end-to-end services (auth, background jobs, docs, CI/CD, monitoring)
  • Tightening execution: Commit โ†’ Ship โ†’ Iterate
  • Practicing fundamentals consistently (Speedrunning Algo.Monster, DS&A, DDIA, System Design Interview Vol1 and Vol2, and boot.dev for Go Backend[moving for better concurrency, perf])

What I Build

  • REST APIs with clean boundaries, validation, and sane error handling
  • Data services (Postgres-first, cache where it matters, migrations done right)
  • Background work (queues/jobs, retries, idempotency)
  • Production hygiene: tests, structured logging, metrics/tracing, CI pipelines

Stack (Current + Relevant)

  • Languages: Python, SQL, JavaScript (plus Go in progress)
  • Backend: FastAPI, REST, async patterns
  • Data: PostgreSQL, Redis
  • Infra/Dev: Docker, GitHub Actions, Linux
  • Observability: structured logs, metrics/tracing (Prometheus/Grafana-style workflows)

Principles (How I Work)

  • โ€œSeniorโ€ is standards, not years: testing + deployability + monitoring
  • Small scope, fast feedback, tight loops
  • Prefer boring tech that ships โ€” optimize only when itโ€™s earned

Connect

Ship complete systems. Then ship the next one.

Pinned Loading

  1. agent-one agent-one Public

    Python 1

  2. asteroids-game asteroids-game Public

    Python 2