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I am a Platform Engineer with 5+ years of experience spanning full-stack development and cloud infrastructure. I started as a full-stack developer in 2019, building web applications with React, Django, and Flask. Over time, I moved deeper into the stack and now I also own the infrastructure that runs those applications: Kubernetes clusters, Terraform modules, CI/CD pipelines, and observability stacks.

I work with US and UK startups and small to mid-sized businesses. I take ownership end-to-end. I document everything. I automate the repetitive parts. I make systems that are reliable, observable, and cost-efficient.

Currently: Platform Engineer for a UK logistics company. Building a SaaS product (moversync.co.uk) for the UK removals industry. Available for remote contract work.

• Full-stack web applications with React, Next.js, Node.js, Python, Django, Flask
• REST API design and development
• Database design, optimization, and migrations
• Custom CRM and ERP solutions
• Internal tools, dashboards, and admin panels
• Third-party API integrations (payments, CRM, logistics, accounting)

• Kubernetes cluster setup, management, and scaling
• Helm chart authoring and production deployment patterns
• Terraform infrastructure-as-code for AWS, GCP, and Azure
• CI/CD pipeline design with GitHub Actions and GitLab CI
• GitOps workflows with ArgoCD and FluxCD
• AWS architecture: EC2, EKS, RDS, VPC, IAM, S3, Route 53, CloudWatch
• Cloud cost optimization and FinOps practices
• Container orchestration with Docker and Docker Compose

• Prometheus metrics collection and PromQL queries
• Grafana dashboard design and alerting
• Loki log aggregation and querying
• OpenTelemetry and Jaeger distributed tracing
• SLO, SLI, and error budget definition and tracking
• Incident response, root cause analysis, blameless post-mortems
• AlertManager configuration and on-call rotations
• Canary deployments, blue-green rollouts, and automated rollbacks

• Internal systems design and process automation
• Workflow automation with n8n, Zapier, and custom scripts
• Lead management, CRM administration, and sales operations
• SOPs, runbooks, and internal documentation
• Cross-functional coordination between engineering, sales, and leadership

Languages

Frontend

Backend

Databases

Containers & Orchestration

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud Providers

CI/CD & GitOps

Observability

Systems & Tooling

Deen Removals and Storage · London, UK · Remote Aug 2024 – Present

Sole owner of internal systems and cloud infrastructure for a fully remote UK logistics company.

• Designed, built, and shipped a custom CRM covering lead capture, sales pipeline, and customer communication
• Rebuilt inbound lead handling and follow-up workflows, lifting monthly conversions from 3 to 25
• Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines, containerized services, and AWS deployments
• Introduced monitoring and alerting, cutting time to detect production issues to under a minute
• Reduced monthly cloud spend by approximately 22% through infrastructure optimization
• Wrote SOPs and documentation so operations continue without daily involvement

Works · Singapore · Remote Aug 2023 – Aug 2024

• Owned delivery of internal product features end to end across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Led implementation of operational workflows for recruitment and contract management
• Reduced manual handling by redesigning internal UI flows and backend coordination
• Supported scalability through backend coordination, database structuring, and deployment workflows

Spec Digital · London, UK · Remote Nov 2022 – Dec 2023

• Delivered client projects end to end, translating business needs into shipped features
• Containerized a monolith into services with Docker, cutting image size from 1.2GB to 350MB
• Deployed to AWS EC2 and ECS with automated rollback on failed health checks
• Improved API response times from approximately 420ms to 180ms through query optimization and connection pooling
• Transitioned into infrastructure ownership in the final months, taking on Kubernetes and Terraform

Spec Digital · London, UK · Remote Feb 2021 – Nov 2022

• Built backend services with Django, Flask, and REST APIs, plus React frontends
• Designed database models in PostgreSQL and MongoDB
• Worked with microservices, Docker, Git, and AWS services including EC2, ECS, CodeBuild, and CodePipeline
• Reduced app loading time by 14% after cloud redeployment

Psilocybin Alpha · New York, USA · Remote · Contract Sep 2019 – Jan 2021

• Built full-stack features with Django, Flask, REST APIs, jQuery, and React
• Worked extensively with SQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB on data modeling
• First production exposure to Docker, Git, AWS, and Azure

• 🔭 Building: MoverSync — CRM SaaS for UK logistics
• 🌱 Learning: MLOps, LLM deployment, and AI infrastructure patterns
• 👯 Open to: Platform engineering, SRE, and infrastructure contract roles
• 💬 Ask me about: Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS cost optimization, observability
• 📫 Reach me at: azizsardarabbas@gmail.com

I document every major project with architecture diagrams, code samples, and outcomes.

📁 View my full Notion portfolio →

Inside you will find:

• Infrastructure Case Study: Migrating a production workload from EC2 to EKS with zero downtime
• Helm Charts Showcase: Production-grade charts with RBAC, autoscaling, and secret management
• Terraform Modules: Reusable modules for VPC, EKS, and RDS with proper variable validation
• CI/CD Pipeline Architecture: GitHub Actions to ArgoCD with canary deployments and auto-rollback
• Observability Dashboards: Grafana dashboards for pod health, SLO tracking, and error budgets
• Post-Mortem Templates: Blameless incident review templates used in production

Status: ✅ Available for remote contract work

Best fit companies: Seed to Series B startups, 10 to 200 people, remote-first, with production infrastructure that needs an owner.