Backend-Focused Full Stack Engineer

Suraj Goswami

2.5+ years building scalable backend systems, AI-powered applications, and real-time platforms using Node.js, TypeScript, React.js, Redis, PostgreSQL, and AWS.

20K+

Monthly Active Users

4s → <100ms

Latency improvement

40%

Latency reduction

<15 min

Issue detection time

Portrait of Suraj Goswami

Work Experience

I build production-grade backend systems, distributed architectures, and real-time platforms. From system design through deployment, monitoring, and support.

September 2024 – Present

Backend-Focused Full Stack Engineer

WisewayTec · Remote

  • Architected a Telegram Mini App gaming platform supporting over 20K monthly active users, built on distributed Socket.IO rooms for live games and event-driven rewards.
  • Reduced backend request latency from ~4 seconds to under 100 milliseconds (97% reduction) using BullMQ and Redis-based asynchronous processing.
  • Designed a Redis-backed Socket.IO architecture delivering low-latency real-time communication.
  • Built scalable crypto payment infrastructure, including staking workflows, webhook processing, and transaction lifecycle management.
  • Implemented secure KYC workflows and third-party integrations.
  • Deployed Prometheus and Grafana monitoring, reducing production issue detection time from hours to under 15 minutes.
  • Designed distributed backend services focused on scalability and fault tolerance.
  • Added unit and integration testing for critical backend services.
  • Node.js
  • TypeScript
  • Redis
  • BullMQ
  • Socket.IO
  • MongoDB
  • MySQL
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • AWS

March 2024 – August 2024

Full Stack Developer

Wiselogics Digital Solutions · Remote

  • Built scalable backend systems for logistics, banking, CRM, and EV delivery platforms.
  • Designed REST APIs serving 10K+ monthly users.
  • Reduced ride-booking response latency by 40% through backend optimization with Socket.IO live tracking and location-based matching.
  • Built server-side rendered applications using Next.js.
  • Automated USDOT motor carrier data extraction using Python pipelines, saving ops teams 20+ hours/week.
  • Integrated Razorpay, Stripe, Magento, and banking payment systems.
  • Implemented JWT authentication and role-based authorization.
  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • Next.js
  • React.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • Python
  • Socket.IO
  • JWT
  • Stripe
  • Magento

October 2023 – January 2024

Backend Developer Intern

Livinart Technologies · Remote

  • Built backend services using Node.js and Express.js.
  • Developed REST APIs and authentication systems.
  • Worked on ride-booking and loan management platforms.
  • Implemented real-time communication using Socket.IO.
  • Optimized backend performance and API response time.
  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • Socket.IO
  • REST APIs

Work

Examples of production systems I have built and supported as part of company teams. Details are intentionally general because the work and source code are private.

AI Repository Knowledge Platform

GraphMind

An AI-powered repository knowledge platform that parses repositories using Tree-sitter, constructs Neo4j knowledge graphs, and enables GraphRAG-powered repository understanding.

  • Built a deterministic repository parsing pipeline using Tree-sitter ahead of LLM integration to reduce risk of unreliable early output.
  • Constructed Neo4j knowledge graphs for hybrid vector and graph retrieval across codebases.
  • Implemented BYOK architecture supporting OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and Ollama.
  • Enabled symbol search and repository understanding through GraphRAG-powered queries.
  • Node.js
  • React.js
  • FastAPI
  • Neo4j
  • Tree-sitter
  • GraphRAG

AI Application

AI Calorie Tracker

AI-powered nutrition tracking application that analyzes natural language meal descriptions using OpenAI APIs, reducing manual logging by 90%.

  • Built AI-powered meal recognition from natural language descriptions using OpenAI APIs.
  • Reduced manual nutrition logging by 90% through automated estimation and calorie tracking.
  • Implemented Redis caching for performance optimization and authentication for secure access.
  • Designed responsive dashboard with real-time nutrition insights.
  • Next.js
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • OpenAI API

Decentralized Escrow Platform

Custodia

Decentralized escrow platform on Binance Smart Chain supporting milestone-based payments with smart contracts and dispute workflows.

  • Built smart contract-based escrow system with milestone-based payment release on BSC.
  • Implemented WalletConnect for wallet integration and hybrid authentication flows.
  • Designed dispute workflows for secure and transparent transaction resolution.
  • Solidity
  • Node.js
  • React.js
  • WalletConnect
  • BSC

Skills

Languages

  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • SQL

Backend

  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • NestJS
  • REST APIs
  • Socket.IO
  • WebSockets
  • BullMQ
  • JWT
  • Microservices

Frontend

  • React.js
  • Next.js
  • Tailwind CSS
  • HTML
  • CSS

Databases

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis

Cloud & DevOps

  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Git
  • GitHub Actions
  • CI/CD
  • Linux
  • Nginx

AI

  • OpenAI API
  • GraphRAG
  • Neo4j
  • Tree-sitter
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Ollama
  • Anthropic
  • Gemini

Monitoring

  • Prometheus
  • Grafana

Certifications

Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms using Python

NPTEL, IIT Madras

CertificationMarch 2023Score: 78%

Full Stack Development Bootcamp

John Smilga, Udemy

Bootcamp2023Completed

Education

2020 – 2024

B.Tech in Electrical Engineering

Samrat Ashok Technological Institute · Madhya Pradesh, India

  • CGPA: 8.26