Personal Portfolio Website
Personal Portfolio Website
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Shaeel Afsar
Backend-focused engineer with 6+ years building distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native APIs at Fortune 500 companies. I design and ship the services behind the product — scalable, reliable, and built to last.
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Current focus
Distributed backend systems, cloud-native APIs, and enterprise architecture.
Location
Chicago, IL · Remote-friendly
Java · Spring Boot · AWS · Python · Kubernetes · TypeScript
Featured projects that balance product clarity and frontend craft.
A quick look at systems-minded work across design systems, product surfaces, and modern web architecture.
Enterprise Flight Systems Architecture
Enterprise Flight Systems Architecture
Led architecture design and backend service development for enterprise-scale flight operations systems at a major airline.
Cloud Security & Compliance Platform
Cloud Security & Compliance Platform
Designed and delivered secure, scalable services improving compliance visibility across enterprise cloud accounts at AWS.
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I build the backend systems that power enterprise products — scalable, reliable, and cloud-native.
With experience across Fortune 500 companies like Amazon, United Airlines, and UnitedHealth Group, I specialize in Java/Spring Boot microservices, AWS cloud infrastructure, and designing APIs that serve millions of requests.
AWSAPIsArchitecture
Quick intro
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Discovery workshops, architecture proposals, and proof-of-concepts that drive adoption.
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High-throughput backend services, clean API contracts, and cloud architectures built for reliability at scale.
Notes on systems, product detail, and frontend craftsmanship.
Short essays from the build process — the decisions, patterns, and tradeoffs behind thoughtful digital products.
May 2, 20251 min read
Welcome to my corner of the internet
A brief introduction to who I am, what I do, and what you'll find on this site.
If you need a backend engineer who can architect distributed systems and ship reliable cloud-native services, let's connect.
I enjoy collaborating on high-throughput backend systems, API platform design, cloud infrastructure, and building engineering teams that ship with confidence.