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Mahek
Fatima

— Backend Engineer

I build scalable APIs, real-time systems, and secure authentication with Python, FastAPI and PostgreSQL.

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01About

Building backends
that scale.

I'm a backend engineer based in Jaipur, India — specializing in Python, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL. Since 2025 I've been shipping production-oriented systems: real-time messaging backends, authentication services, multi-tenant APIs, and scheduling systems.

My approach: security-first, performance-obsessed, documentation-aware. Every project applies OWASP standards, optimized schemas, and Docker CI/CD from day one.

Currently deepening Node.js, contributing to open source in the FastAPI ecosystem, and building in public. Open to remote backend opportunities globally.

Certifications

  • Machine Learning Specialization — Andrew Ng, Coursera
  • Python for AI & Machine Learning — DeepLearning.AI
  • MongoDB Semantic Search — MongoDB University
4+
Projects shipped
3
Certifications
100%
Remote ready
24h
Response time

Education

Bachelor of Computer Applications

Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur

2025 – 2028

Available now

Actively seeking remote backend engineering opportunities. Open to full-time remote roles globally.

02Stack

Tools I build with.

Backend-focused with growing depth in DevOps, AI integration, and open source.

Backend
Python90
FastAPI88
REST APIs90
WebSockets78
JWT / RBAC85
Frontend
TypeScript78
Next.js75
React76
Tailwind CSS78
Databases
PostgreSQL85
SQLAlchemy78
Redis65
MongoDB72
AI / LLM
OpenAI API78
Anthropic API72
RAG / Embeddings72
LLM Tool Calling74
DevOps
Docker80
GitHub Actions75
pytest / Vitest80
Git / Linux85
PythonFastAPIPostgreSQLDockerWebSocketsJWTMongoDBSQLAlchemyGitHub ActionspytestLinuxNode.jsExpressOWASPRBACSystem DesignREST APIsPostmanAsync ProgrammingAPI Security
03Work

Things I've shipped.

Atlas — Visual Product Map for Codebases

Turns a GitHub repo into an interactive product graph — features, pages, APIs, services, data, and external dependencies — with flow tracing and a client-side PDF export. No backend, fully in-browser.

React·Vite·TypeScript·Tailwind·+2

Voice Agent Platform — Multi-Tenant SaaS

Twilio/Vapi webhook handlers with signature verification and an idempotency ledger, org-scoped LLM function calling, and 100 Vitest tests against in-memory Postgres covering auth, lifecycle, and tenant isolation.

Next.js·TypeScript·PostgreSQL·Drizzle·+2

AI-Powered Document API (RAG)

PDF ingestion, chunking, embedding-based retrieval, and OpenAI answers grounded in retrieved chunks behind JWT auth. Deployed on Render after replacing a local FAISS index with PostgreSQL-stored embeddings.

Python·FastAPI·PostgreSQL·OpenAI API·+1

TaskOps — Multi-Tenant API

Multi-tenant REST API with isolated org data, RBAC, JWT auth, and full task workflow endpoints. PostgreSQL with Alembic migrations, CI running pytest on every push.

Python·FastAPI·PostgreSQL·Docker·+2

Real-Time Chat Backend

Async WebSocket messaging backend with multi-room concurrent connections, JWT-authenticated handshakes, and indexed foreign keys removing sequential scans on message retrieval.

FastAPI·WebSockets·PostgreSQL·Docker·+1

Auth & Authorization Service

JWT access tokens with refresh-token rotation and revocation, HttpOnly-cookie refresh tokens, RBAC, and a database-backed token audit trail.

Python·FastAPI·JWT·bcrypt·+2

Open Source Contributions

Merged PRs in YATL (custom exception handling) and DeepAlpha (pytest-asyncio test infrastructure) — every contribution documented with technical learnings.

Python·pytest·Open Source·
04Journey

How I got here.

Backend Engineer

Cloud Nova (early-stage startup)

Apr 2026 – May 2026
  • ›Designed the database schema and SQLAlchemy ORM models for the platform's data layer, and built Celery ingestion tasks with typed schemas
  • ›Implemented the core FastAPI REST API with WebSocket support, and added a change-detection gate to the pipeline
  • ›Integrated Clerk authentication (JWT validation) on protected routes, and hardened the API with rate limiting, request logging, and API versioning
  • ›Built an email notification pipeline on the Resend SDK, with integration tests and demo scripts for the modules delivered
PythonFastAPIPostgreSQLCeleryClerk

Independent Backend Engineer

Self-Directed

2025 – Present
  • ›Shipped production-oriented backend and full-stack systems in Python and TypeScript — RAG APIs, multi-tenant SaaS, real-time messaging, auth
  • ›Applied OWASP security standards across all projects — input validation, bcrypt hashing, JWT lifecycle management
  • ›Docker + GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines across multiple projects, enabling automated test execution
PythonFastAPIPostgreSQLDockerTypeScript

Open Source Contributor

YATL / DeepAlpha

2025 – Present
  • ›Merged PRs adding error-handling and test infrastructure to community Python projects
  • ›Documenting learnings publicly — every PR includes technical rationale

Bachelor of Computer Applications

Vivekananda Global University

2025 – 2028
  • ›Specializing in backend systems and applied computer science
  • ›Parallel self-study in ML, system design, and distributed systems
05Contact

Let's build
something great.

Open to remote backend engineering opportunities and junior roles globally. Response guaranteed within 24 hours.

Location

Jaipur, India · Remote-first

Available now

Actively seeking remote backend engineering opportunities. Open to full-time remote roles globally.

Or email directly: mahekimtiyaz7@gmail.com