SENIOR CLOUD & BACKEND ARCHITECT

Architecting scalable, reliable, and high-performance systems with modern engineering practices.

10+ years architecting enterprise platforms, modernizing legacy systems, and implementing CI/CD pipelines using Node.js, TypeScript, AWS, and the modern ecosystem.

Cristian Fernandes

About me

I'm Cristian, specialized in building reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient systems. My work is driven by a strong focus on architecture, performance, observability, and improving developer experience. I enjoy turning ambiguous requirements into clean, stable, and well-documented solutions that move the business forward.

  • Fast, high-quality delivery supported by testing and engineering best practices
  • Clean, scalable architectures: modular monoliths and microservices
  • Cloud optimization: cost reduction, performance tuning, and reliability improvements
Stack
Node / TS AWS Terraform Kubernetes Docker GitHub Actions PostgreSQL Redis Next.js

Featured Projects

All on GitHub

Conveyor

Flagship · Full-Stack

Full-stack event-driven platform with a live ops console: a NestJS API and resilient worker over SQS/SNS (DLQ, circuit breaker), observable end to end in a real-time Next.js dashboard.

  • NestJS • Next.js • TypeScript
  • SQS/SNS • DLQ • real-time console

Resilient Node Microservice

Backend · Reliability & IaC

Reliability and infrastructure-as-code: Circuit Breaker (Opossum), fail-fast config (Zod) and structured logs (Pino), provisioned with Terraform and shipped as multi-stage Docker. Load-tested with k6.

  • Opossum • Zod • Pino
  • Terraform • Docker • k6

Event-Driven Order Processor

Backend · Messaging

A focused deep-dive into messaging: at-least-once order processing over AWS SQS/SNS with Dead Letter Queues, retries with backoff and idempotent handlers.

  • Node.js • TypeScript • AWS SQS/SNS
  • at-least-once • idempotency • DLQ

Services

Architecture & Scalability

Resilient APIs, messaging systems, caching strategies, observability, and Cloud-Native architectures optimized for high scale and reliability.

Legacy Modernization

Incremental refactoring, test coverage, CI/CD pipeline implementation, and safe database migrations with Zero Downtime.

Performance & Front-end

High-performance UX for SPAs and SSR: Core Web Vitals optimization, lazy loading strategies, code splitting, asset management, and accessibility (A11y).

Let's talk

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