Yusuf Al-Rashid
Jobs (1)
Strong match on every required skill — Go/Python, AWS, PostgreSQL at scale, distributed systems — with direct on-call ownership. Same Kubernetes gap as the current top candidate.
- +9 years backend experience, rebuilt a checkout service in Go with major latency wins
- +Owns a PostgreSQL fleet including replication and failover drills
- +Runs the on-call rotation and postmortem process — matches the JD's preferred qualification directly
- −No Kubernetes listed — ECS/RDS/SQS experience instead
Resume
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Summary
Senior backend engineer with 9 years building high-throughput services in Go and Python, deep AWS and PostgreSQL background, comfortable owning an on-call rotation end to end.
Experience
Staff Engineer, Cobalt Retail (2020–2026): Rebuilt the checkout service in Go, cutting p99 latency by 70%; owns the PostgreSQL fleet including replication and failover drills. Runs the platform's on-call rotation and postmortem process. Senior Engineer, AdReach (2016–2020): Real-time bidding infrastructure, high-QPS Go services, early AWS adopter (EC2, RDS, SQS).
Skills
Go, Python, AWS (EC2, RDS, SQS, S3), PostgreSQL, distributed systems, on-call leadership, Kafka.
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