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I'm a senior software engineer with 8+ years of experience building scalable backend systems using Python, FastAPI, Django, AsyncIO, Celery, Redis, PostgreSQL, and AWS. I design robust architectures and ship reliable features on fast-paced SaaS platforms. My domain experience spans ecommerce, insure-tech underwriting, and enterprise compliance, including document-intensive workflows. I enjoy mentoring engineers, improving production reliability, and collaborating across frontend and product teams.…I'm a senior software engineer with 8+ years of experience building scalable backend systems using Python, FastAPI, Django, AsyncIO, Celery, Redis, PostgreSQL, and AWS. I design robust architectures and ship reliable features on fast-paced SaaS platforms. My domain experience spans ecommerce, insure-tech underwriting, and enterprise compliance, including document-intensive workflows. I enjoy mentoring engineers, improving production reliability, and collaborating across frontend and product teams.

Derick Parker

Full Stack Developer, Back-End Developer, AI Engineer, +2

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I'm a senior software engineer with 8+ years of experience building scalable backend systems using Python, FastAPI, Django, AsyncIO, Celery, Redis, PostgreSQL, and AWS. I design robust architectures and ship reliable features on fast-paced SaaS platforms. My domain experience spans ecommerce, insure-tech underwriting, and enterprise compliance, including document-intensive workflows. I enjoy mentoring engineers, improving production reliability, and collaborating across frontend and product teams.…I'm a senior software engineer with 8+ years of experience building scalable backend systems using Python, FastAPI, Django, AsyncIO, Celery, Redis, PostgreSQL, and AWS. I design robust architectures and ship reliable features on fast-paced SaaS platforms. My domain experience spans ecommerce, insure-tech underwriting, and enterprise compliance, including document-intensive workflows. I enjoy mentoring engineers, improving production reliability, and collaborating across frontend and product teams.

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I’m a senior software engineer with 8+ years of experience building scalable backend systems using Python, FastAPI, Django, AsyncIO, Celery, Redis, PostgreSQL, and AWS. I design robust architectures and ship reliable features on fast-paced SaaS platforms.

My domain experience spans ecommerce, insure-tech underwriting, and enterprise compliance, including document-intensive workflows. I enjoy mentoring engineers, improving production reliability, and collaborating across frontend and product teams.

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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer at Mitratech

January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2026

Led backend refactoring of a latency-sensitive compliance module, converting tightly coupled synchronous endpoints into isolated Python FastAPI asynchronous endpoints. Implemented exponential backoff and improved error tracing, debugging, and monitoring across services. Replaced blocking I/O with asynchronous patterns, redesigned background processing, and improved production reliability under load. Mentored mid-level engineers on sync/async architecture patterns and contributed to automated documentation and metadata coverage for compliance records.

Senior Full Stack Engineer at Bestow

July 1, 2020 - December 1, 2023

Designed and maintained underwriting APIs in Python (Django, FastAPI) supporting policy eligibility and risk evaluation workflows. Migrated asynchronous workflows to a backend processing model using Celery/Redis, reduced latency, and improved resilience during doc ingestion. Implemented structured logging, enhanced retry handling, and contributed to end-to-end production SRE practices.

Full Stack Engineer at Wayfair

April 1, 2019 - July 1, 2020

Built REST APIs and backend services for large-scale product catalogs and pricing systems. Optimized data access and introduced Redis caching to improve read-heavy paths. Worked with Python (Flask/Django) and frontend integrations to deliver reliable catalog and pricing features for e-commerce platforms.

Full Stack Developer at Infosys

January 1, 2017 - March 1, 2019

Delivered backend systems for financial and operational clients. Built REST APIs using Python/Django/Flask, migrated legacy monolithic apps toward service-oriented components, automated reconciliation and reporting workflows, and containerized services using Docker for consistent deployments across environments.