My name is Elias, and I am a software engineer with strong experience in backend development, data-driven architectures, and high-performance systems. Over the past year, I have worked at Ionik building an advertising delivery platform in Go, focusing on efficient request handling, scalability, and integration with external data sources. I also bring prior experience across the JavaScript ecosystem and .NET, where I contributed to modernizing enterprise systems and delivering production-ready features end to end.

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My name is Elias, and I am a software engineer with strong experience in backend development, data-driven architectures, and high-performance systems. Over the past year, I have worked at Ionik building an advertising delivery platform in Go, focusing on efficient request handling, scalability, and integration with external data sources. I also bring prior experience across the JavaScript ecosystem and .NET, where I contributed to modernizing enterprise systems and delivering production-ready features end to end.

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My name is Elias, and I am a software engineer with strong experience in backend development, data-driven architectures, and high-performance systems. Over the past year, I have worked at Ionik building an advertising delivery platform in Go, focusing on efficient request handling, scalability, and integration with external data sources. I also bring prior experience across the JavaScript ecosystem and .NET, where I contributed to modernizing enterprise systems and delivering production-ready features end to end.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Software Engineer at Contobox
January 1, 2025 - Present
Reduced RDS read workload by 10% through implementing a new caching layer. Designed and architected a new OpenSearch pipeline to improve product availability and display client advertisement content in a timely fashion.
Software Engineer at Contobox Team
January 1, 2025 - Present
Reduced RDS read-workload by 10% by implementing a new Valley caching layer. Designed and architected a new OpenSearch pipeline to improve product availability and display clients' advertisement product in a more timely fashion.
Software Engineer at Accenture
June 1, 2023 - December 1, 2024
Delivered digital transformation objectives for clients and maintained 5 SaaS portals and admin applications using modern JavaScript frameworks and a suite of GraphQL APIs; integrated services with Salesforce, payments with Stripe, logging, and analytics; leveraged AWS microservices (EC2, Step Functions) to process ~5,000 insurance claims per day; reduced on-call expenses by 30%.
Software Engineer, Custom Software Engineering Team at Accenture
June 1, 2023 - December 1, 2024
Delivered digital transformation objectives for clients and maintained 5 SaaS portals and admin applications using modern JavaScript frameworks and a suite of GraphQL APIs. Integrated services with Salesforce, payment services with Stripe, and distributed logs and data analytics tools such as Elasticsearch and Sumo Logic. Leveraged AWS microservices (EC2, Step Functions) to process approximately 5,000 insurance claim requests per day, reducing on-call costs by 30%. Set up and improved CI/CD pipelines to reduce deployment time by 15%.
Software Engineer at Spec Mojo
June 1, 2022 - June 1, 2023
Built a React/JavaScript stack with RESTful C#/.NET backend and PostgreSQL; used Azure to host microservices; completed a PoC within one week showing tangible results for new features; maintained 80% code coverage with Jest; built UI component libraries and integrated 3rd-party APIs like Stripe and Auth0; improved development and deployment workflows with CI/CD.
Software Engineer, Founding Engineer at Spec Mojo
June 1, 2022 - June 1, 2023
Built an application using modern React framework and JavaScript libraries with REST API written in C# .NET to interact with relational PostgreSQL databases, and leveraging Azure microservices with 3rd party APIs. Completed a PoC within one week demonstrating measurable results. Maintained 80% code coverage with Jest, built UI component libraries, and improved development time by 60%. Implemented Stripe and Auth0 integrations.
Software Engineer, Founding Engineer at SpecMojo
June 1, 2022 - June 1, 2023
Built a SaaS application using modern React with RESTful APIs in C#.NET to interact with relational PostgreSQL databases, and leveraged Azure microservices with 3rd party APIs. Delivered a PoC within 1 week based on customer feedback; maintained 80% code coverage with Jest; built UI component libraries and improved development time by 60%; integrated Stripe and Auth0 to upgrade authentication and enable feature flags.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (Minor: Creative Technology) at Auckland University of Technology
March 1, 2018 - September 1, 2021
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at Auckland University of Technology
March 1, 2018 - September 1, 2021
Bachelor of Computer Science with Minor in Creative Technology at Auckland University of Technology
March 1, 2018 - September 1, 2021

Qualifications

AWS Certified Developer - Associate
January 11, 2030 - December 12, 2025
AWS Certified Developer - Associate
January 11, 2030 - December 12, 2025
AWS Certified Developer – Associate
January 11, 2030 - December 12, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment

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