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Hi, I'm Rick πŸ‘‹

πŸš€ Senior Backend Engineer (Java 17, Spring Boot) β€’ Secure APIs β€’ OAuth2/JWT β€’ Scalable Systems β€’ Cloud-Native Solutions β€’ Postgres β€’ CI/CD β€’ System Design

I help organizations achieve their software goals by designing scalable, resilient, and secure systems.
With 20+ years in Java and 10+ years in enterprise architecture, I bring proven expertise in building APIs, microservices, and cloud-native platforms that reduce costs, improve performance, and accelerate delivery.


πŸ† What I Bring to Teams & Employers

  • Cloud Modernization β†’ Migrated legacy systems to AWS ECS/EKS, cutting infrastructure costs by 40% and boosting performance by 25%.
  • Microservices & APIs β†’ Architected event-driven and microservices-based platforms with Spring Boot, RabbitMQ, and Kafka, enabling scalable, loosely coupled systems.
  • Database Performance β†’ Optimized PostgreSQL data access patterns for a 33% throughput increase and 85% cost savings.
  • Secure Systems β†’ Delivered production-grade security with OAuth2, JWT, RBAC, TLS, and centralized authentication.
  • Observability & Reliability β†’ Enhanced monitoring with ELK, Prometheus, and Grafana, improving system health visibility and uptime.
  • Team Leadership β†’ Directed architecture strategies, mentored developers, and established coding best practices for long-term product success.

πŸ› οΈ Core Skills & Tools

  • Languages: Java (23+ years), C#/.NET, Python
  • Frameworks: Spring Boot, J2EE, Axis2, gRPC
  • Cloud & Containers: AWS (ECS, EKS, S3, RDS, DynamoDB), Docker, Kubernetes
  • Data & Storage: PostgreSQL, Oracle, Redis, Liquibase
  • Architecture Patterns: Microservices, event-driven systems, caching strategies, circuit breakers, async messaging
  • Security: OAuth2.0, JWT, LDAP, TLS
  • Testing: JUnit 5, Mockito, Testcontainers
  • DevOps & CI/CD: Git, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Terraform

πŸ“Œ Featured Project

πŸ”Ή FleetOps-Api

A modern fleet management API that demonstrates how I approach backend engineering, testing, and deployment:

  • πŸš› Vehicle, driver, and inspection management
  • πŸ”’ Secure endpoints with OAuth2/JWT
  • πŸ§ͺ Unit, slice, and integration tests with JUnit5 & Mockito
  • 🐳 Dockerized for local and cloud deployment
  • ☁️ Designed for AWS ECS/EKS scalability

πŸ“Š My Philosophy

I believe great systems are:

  • Secure by default β€” protecting data, users, and trust.
  • Observable β€” measurable with clear insights into performance.
  • Resilient & scalable β€” designed for growth and fault tolerance.
  • Maintainable β€” clean, testable code that teams can build on.

My goal is to help companies accelerate delivery while reducing technical risk.


πŸ“« Let’s Connect


✨ Check out FleetOps-Api to see my engineering approach in action.

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