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I am a software engineer with over 4 years of professional experience facilitating engineering solutions with a wide range of technical skills. My expertise lies in designing and developing back-end software, striving for performance and maintainability. I am adaptable to new technologies and eager to continuously expand my knowledge and skills. Throughout my career, I have worked on cloud infrastructure migrations, automated deployment pipelines, integration solutions, and anti-money laundering systems. I value collaboration, mentoring, and ensuring high product quality through testing and monitoring practices, all while contributing to operational excellence and technical documentation.…I am a software engineer with over 4 years of professional experience facilitating engineering solutions with a wide range of technical skills. My expertise lies in designing and developing back-end software, striving for performance and maintainability. I am adaptable to new technologies and eager to continuously expand my knowledge and skills. Throughout my career, I have worked on cloud infrastructure migrations, automated deployment pipelines, integration solutions, and anti-money laundering systems. I value collaboration, mentoring, and ensuring high product quality through testing and monitoring practices, all while contributing to operational excellence and technical documentation.

James Balashi

Developer, Programmer, Back-End Developer, +2

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I am a software engineer with over 4 years of professional experience facilitating engineering solutions with a wide range of technical skills. My expertise lies in designing and developing back-end software, striving for performance and maintainability. I am adaptable to new technologies and eager to continuously expand my knowledge and skills. Throughout my career, I have worked on cloud infrastructure migrations, automated deployment pipelines, integration solutions, and anti-money laundering systems. I value collaboration, mentoring, and ensuring high product quality through testing and monitoring practices, all while contributing to operational excellence and technical documentation.…I am a software engineer with over 4 years of professional experience facilitating engineering solutions with a wide range of technical skills. My expertise lies in designing and developing back-end software, striving for performance and maintainability. I am adaptable to new technologies and eager to continuously expand my knowledge and skills. Throughout my career, I have worked on cloud infrastructure migrations, automated deployment pipelines, integration solutions, and anti-money laundering systems. I value collaboration, mentoring, and ensuring high product quality through testing and monitoring practices, all while contributing to operational excellence and technical documentation.

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I am a software engineer with over 4 years of professional experience facilitating engineering solutions with a wide range of technical skills. My expertise lies in designing and developing back-end software, striving for performance and maintainability. I am adaptable to new technologies and eager to continuously expand my knowledge and skills.

Throughout my career, I have worked on cloud infrastructure migrations, automated deployment pipelines, integration solutions, and anti-money laundering systems. I value collaboration, mentoring, and ensuring high product quality through testing and monitoring practices, all while contributing to operational excellence and technical documentation.

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Work Experience

Backend Software Engineer (Typescript) at Sportswear

June 1, 2025 - September 4, 2025

Designed, developed, and maintained integration solutions between Google BigQuery, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and third-party platforms such as HighRadius and Kyriba. Led cloud infrastructure migration from Azure to AWS, utilizing Amazon EKS for container orchestration. Built and maintained GitHub workflows to automate deployments, semantic versioning, and CI/CD pipelines with unit and end-to-end testing. Implemented Dependabot for automated dependency updates improving security and reducing manual overhead. Provisioned infrastructure using Terraform including AWS Cognito, AWS Secret Manager, New Relic, RabbitMQ, S3, Azure Service Bus, and Azure Identity. Set up and maintained New Relic dashboards and Slack-integrated alerting systems to monitor production and reduce incident response times. Authored detailed technical documentation and runbooks to support knowledge sharing and operational excellence. Led adoption of a backend monorepo architecture using NestJS enhancing code reuse and te

Backend Software Engineer (Typescript) Freelancer at On Freelance

June 1, 2025 - September 4, 2025

Designed, developed, and maintained integration solutions between Google BigQuery, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and third-party platforms like HighRadius and Kyriba. Led cloud infrastructure migration from Azure to AWS using Amazon EKS for container orchestration. Built and maintained GitHub workflows for automated deployments, semantic versioning, and CI/CD pipelines including unit and end-to-end testing. Implemented Dependabot for automated dependency updates enhancing security and reducing manual maintenance. Provisioned and managed infrastructure with Terraform, including AWS Cognito, Secret Manager, New Relic, RabbitMQ, S3, Azure Service Bus, and Azure Identity. Maintained New Relic dashboards and Slack-integrated alerting systems to monitor production systems, reduce incident response times, and uphold service reliability. Authored technical documentation and run books supporting knowledge sharing and operational excellence. Led adoption of a backend mono repo architecture using NestJ

Backend Software Engineer (Typescript) at Kevin

May 1, 2024 - September 4, 2025

Constantly developing and maintaining 6 Spring Boot microservices and a legacy Spring application for EUIPO’s TMDS View application with millions of searches monthly. Deployed dockerized microservices through Jenkins and ArgoCD to Kubernetes cluster. Wrote API documentation and worked in an agile scrum environment. Communicated with clients for requirements clarification and solution provision. Optimized software quality.

Backend Software Engineer (Typescript) at Kevin. / Remote

May 1, 2024 - September 4, 2025

Developed and maintained 6 Spring Boot microservices and a legacy Spring application for the EU IPO’s TMDS View application handling millions of monthly searches. Deployed dockerized microservices via Jenkins and ArgoCD to Kubernetes cluster. Authored API documentation and worked in an Agile Scrum environment. Communicated with clients to clarify requirements and provide solutions. Optimized software quality.

Software Engineer (Java) at Netcompany-Intrasoft / Thessaloniki, Greece

September 1, 2022 - September 4, 2025

Developed Spring Framework applications using Oracle SQL, Redis, Spring Boot, Jenkins, Apache Solr, MongoDB, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Docker, Apache Tomcat, and Open API 3. Developed custom NodeJs Express-based framework facilitating microservices development and provided training and mentorship to newcomers, aiding company transition from legacy PHP back-end to modern microservices. Designed and developed 5 microservices integrating e-commerce web applications with ERPs and databases. Authored software and API documentation. Communicated with clients to clarify requirements and provide solutions.

Software Engineer (Java) at Netcompany-Intrasoft / Thessaloniki, Greece

September 1, 2022 - September 4, 2025

Developed custom NodeJS Express-based framework streamlining microservice development and provided training and mentorship to newcomers enabling migration from legacy PHP backend to modern microservices. Designed and developed 5 microservices integrating e-commerce web applications with ERPs and databases. Wrote software and API documentation and communicated with clients to clarify requirements and provide solutions.

Back-End Developer (JavaScript) at Soft Web Adaptive I.T. Solutions / Thessaloniki, Greece

August 1, 2021 - September 4, 2025

E-commerce service provider. Worked with MongoDB, Magento 2, MySQL, NodeJs (Express), ApiDoc, PHP.

Back-End Developer (JavaScript) at Soft Web Adaptive I.T. Solutions / Thessaloniki, Greece

August 1, 2021 - September 4, 2025

E-commerce service provider developing web and backend solutions. Worked with MongoDB, Magento 2, MySQL, NodeJS (Express), API documentation, and PHP.