I am a Senior Full Stack Engineer with 8 years of experience in building high-performance, scalable web applications. I specialize in backend technologies such as Python (Django, Flask, FastAPI), Golang, and Node.js, and frontend work with React and Angular. I thrive on designing cloud-native architectures, implementing DevOps practices, and delivering API-driven solutions that align with business goals. I’m passionate about AI integration, exploring blockchain exposure, and continuously learning new technologies to stay ahead of industry trends. I value collaboration with product and UX teams to ship features that improve customer outcomes and performance.

Brandon Kotowski

I am a Senior Full Stack Engineer with 8 years of experience in building high-performance, scalable web applications. I specialize in backend technologies such as Python (Django, Flask, FastAPI), Golang, and Node.js, and frontend work with React and Angular. I thrive on designing cloud-native architectures, implementing DevOps practices, and delivering API-driven solutions that align with business goals. I’m passionate about AI integration, exploring blockchain exposure, and continuously learning new technologies to stay ahead of industry trends. I value collaboration with product and UX teams to ship features that improve customer outcomes and performance.

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I am a Senior Full Stack Engineer with 8 years of experience in building high-performance, scalable web applications. I specialize in backend technologies such as Python (Django, Flask, FastAPI), Golang, and Node.js, and frontend work with React and Angular. I thrive on designing cloud-native architectures, implementing DevOps practices, and delivering API-driven solutions that align with business goals.

I’m passionate about AI integration, exploring blockchain exposure, and continuously learning new technologies to stay ahead of industry trends. I value collaboration with product and UX teams to ship features that improve customer outcomes and performance.

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Work Experience

Full Stack Engineer at CGS
February 1, 2022 - Present
Led the design and rollout of a microservices-based backend for BlueCherry SCM with FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and Docker, reducing time-to-market by 45%. Built real-time event-driven ingestions with Golang, Apache Kafka, and Redis Streams (10k+ events/min) to improve data availability for global manufacturing clients by 30%. Migrated legacy Django modules to containerized microservices on AWS ECS/Kubernetes, cutting deployment rollback incidents by 50% and downtime by 35%. Implemented a GraphQL layer (Apollo Server) to optimize frontend data requests, boosting frontend load times by 25%. Integrated a machine-learning sentiment analysis feature into customer feedback to automate 80% of issue classification and shorten response times by 40%. Established CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, Terraform, and Jenkins, accelerating releases. Mentored 4 engineers, improving test coverage to 90%.
Software Engineer at Nielsen
September 1, 2018 - December 1, 2021
Contributed to Nielsen ONE by building backend services in Python (Flask) and Golang to ingest, deduplicate and normalize data from linear TV, streaming and digital sources; developed Node.js microservices handling 10M+ events/day with 35% throughput improvements. Implemented Kafka-powered real-time streaming for panel and census data resulting in latency under 5 minutes. Created React + D3 dashboards for unified campaign analytics, driving 20% higher usage. Deployed TensorFlow models to forecast audience behavior, delivering a 12% ROI uplift on tests. Managed AWS infra with autoscaling and containerization (Docker + ECS), reducing costs ~18%. Automated testing (Jest, Cypress) achieving 80% coverage and fewer regressions. Led monolith-to-microservices transition and Kubernetes adoption for a hybrid environment, reducing deployment time and improving reliability.

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science at University of Florida
September 1, 2014 - June 1, 2018

Qualifications

AWS Certified Developer – Associate
January 1, 2023 - January 19, 2026
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
January 1, 2022 - January 19, 2026
Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC)
January 1, 2021 - January 19, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Manufacturing, Retail, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services