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Taj Baba

Backend Developer

Crafting resilient backend systems and blazing-fast APIs. I obsess over clean architecture, type safety, and making things scale. Currently exploring Web3 × AI. Writer, researcher, speaker, and fitness enthusiast.

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Tech Stack

Languages

JavaJavaScriptTypeScriptRustGoKotlinPythonCHTML/CSSSQL

Tools

DockerGitHub ActionsJenkinsAndroid StudioPostmanLinuxIntelliJ IDEAGitHub

Technologies & Frameworks

Node.jsExpressFastAPIReact.jsNext.jsReact NativePostgreSQLPrismaGit

GitHub Activity

GitHub Contribution Graph

@tajbaba999 on GitHub

Experience

Backend Developer

@OpenText
Jul 2025 – Present•Full-time•Bangalore, India
  • •Led migration from monolithic architecture to scalable microservices, improving fault isolation and system reliability while supporting 2M+ daily requests with secure authentication and authorization across multiple services
  • •Designed and provisioned cloud infrastructure using Terraform for ECS, SQS, and S3, enabling reproducible deployments, scalable workloads, and long-term auditability, while optimizing performance with DynamoDB and Redis under high concurrency
  • •Improved backend reliability and release stability by implementing comprehensive unit and integration testing, significantly reducing regression risks, latency issues, and production failures across critical services
MicroservicesTerraformECSSQSS3DynamoDBRedis

Engineering Intern

@OpenText
Mar 2025 – Jun 2025•Internship•Bangalore, India
  • •Designed and developed an internal automation platform using React and Django REST Framework, eliminating manual patch tracking and streamlining operational workflows
  • •Deployed Dockerized services in CFCR environments, enabling zero-downtime releases and consistent multi-environment deployments
  • •Adopted by 10+ engineering teams, transforming patch management workflows
ReactDjango REST FrameworkDockerCFCR

React Native Developer Intern

@HighCircle
Previous•Internship•Remote
  • •Designed and developed 10+ React Native screens including search and community features using Native Base, improving UI consistency and driving a 20% increase in user engagement
  • •Built and deployed scalable RESTful APIs using Node.js and Cloudflare Workers, optimizing data flow and reducing latency, resulting in a 30% improvement in application performance
React NativeNative BaseNode.jsCloudflare WorkersRESTful APIs

Projects

PulsePing

BackendWeb

A full-stack uptime monitoring SaaS with HTTP health checks, real-time dashboards, email alerts via Resend, project organization, and incident management.

Next.jsPrismaNeon

Redis-Rust

Backend

A Redis-like key-value store implemented in Rust using Tokio for asynchronous operations.

RustTokio

AI Chat Assistant

AIWeb

An intelligent chatbot built with OpenAI's GPT API, featuring context-aware conversations and memory persistence.

PythonFastAPIOpenAI

Blog

Building a Redis Clone in Rust

A deep dive into implementing a key-value store from scratch using Tokio for async operations and exploring systems programming concepts.

Understanding Backend Systems

Notes on how modern backend architectures work, from monoliths to microservices, and the lessons learned along the way.

My Journey into Web3

Exploring blockchain technology as a backend developer and understanding the paradigm shift from centralized to decentralized systems.