Backend & AI Engineer with 6+ years of experience building scalable, event-driven systems. Expert in Python, Django, DRF, FastAPI, Celery, RabbitMQ, and Postgres. Proven track record of integrating LLMs (LangChain, Gemini, OpenAI) into production workflows, designing async pipelines, and taking systems from MVP to scale. Strong advocate of TDD, CI/CD best practices, and seamless cloud deployments (AWS, Kubernetes).