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📈 Scaling Achievement
First engineer on the team. Built and scaled a social network platform to 110,000 users in its first year
Technology Stack
Platform Architecture
- First engineer; built full microservice social network stack from scratch
- Node.js backend with microservices architecture
- AngularJS frontend for web application
- Recommender system for content discovery
- Real-time features using WebSocket connections
Backend Development
- Developed complete backend API and data models
- Database design and optimization (MongoDB + PostgreSQL)
- RESTful API architecture for mobile developers
- Authentication and authorization systems
- Content delivery and caching strategies
Infrastructure Ownership
- Full ownership (root access) of infrastructure & servers
- Server scripting and automation
- Monitoring systems implementation
- IPv6 support and SSL/TLS configuration
- Backup systems and disaster recovery
- Apache web server configuration and optimization
Growth & Scale
- Scaled platform to 110K users in first year
- Performance optimization for growing user base
- Database query optimization and indexing
- Load balancing and horizontal scaling
- Provided access points for mobile development teams