Backend Engineer · NestJS Specialist

Priyanshu Sharma

Platform · Backend · Cloud

Building high-throughput distributed systems, event-driven pipelines, and production-grade cloud infrastructure. Consistently delivered 45–50% performance improvements through architecture optimization and smart design decisions.

10k+

PEAK RPS

~12ms

P99 LATENCY

Top 1.5%

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const engineer = {

name: 'Priyanshu Sharma',

role: 'Backend Engineer',

specializesIn: [

'Distributed Systems',

'Event-Driven Architecture',

'Cloud Infrastructure',

'Backend Security'

stack: {

backend: ['NestJS', 'Node.js', 'TypeScript'],

cloud: ['AWS', 'Docker'],

database: ['PostgreSQL', 'MongoDB', 'Redis'],

messaging: ['SQS', 'EventBridge'],

ai: ['Vertex AI']

currentlyBuilding: 'AI-powered Document Processing Platform',

openTo: [

'Backend Engineer',

'Platform Engineer'

]

};

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psychology

Engineering Philosophy

architecture

Clean Architecture

Separation of concerns, dependency inversion, and modular design to build maintainable, decoupled NestJS systems with clear domain boundaries.

labs

Test-Driven Development

Rigorous TDD with Jest & Supertest ensuring 85%+ code coverage, behavioral verification, and reliable CI/CD deployment pipelines.

security

Security-by-Design

Implementing zero-trust RBAC models, JWT authentication, and proactive security hardening throughout every layer of the stack.

work

Work Experience

Software Engineer

CURRENT

The Software Machine

location_onToronto, Canada · Remote

July 2025 – Present

▸Architected and built an AI-powered brokerage automation platform, processing financial documents through scalable event-driven workflows.
▸Designed a serverless pipeline using AWS Lambda, SQS, EventBridge, API Gateway, and S3 for asynchronous document processing with retry mechanisms, DLQs, and fault tolerance.
▸Developed AI-assisted document extraction and review workflows, supporting document classification, structured data extraction, confidence scoring, and human-in-the-loop validation.
▸Built secure backend services with NestJS, implementing RBAC, JWT authentication, audit logging, and reusable authorization libraries across multiple services.
▸Engineered modular backend architecture using PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and WebSockets, powering brokerage operations, enterprise training modules, and real-time notifications.
▸Improved backend performance by 45–50% through Redis caching, database optimization, asynchronous processing, and scalable API design.
▸Deployed and maintained production infrastructure using AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions, and Nginx, ensuring reliable CI/CD and cloud-native deployments.

NestJSPostgreSQLSupabaseAWSVertex AIRedisSQSEventBridge

Software Engineer

Innovators Investifyy (Dhanivesh)

location_onGurugram, India

June 2024 – July 2025

▸Implemented RBAC and JWT authentication with MongoDB schema optimization and Redis caching, improving API performance by ~75%.
▸Deployed microservices architecture with Docker on AWS behind Nginx with full REST API design and WebSocket real-time notifications.
▸Achieved 85%+ test coverage using Jest and Supertest, operating within Agile workflow for iterative, production-grade delivery.

NestJSMongoDBRedisDockerAWSJWTNginxWebSockets

deployed_code

Internal Tooling · NPM Package