Maz Ponov

Senior Python Developer with 5+ years of experience building scalable backend systems, RESTful APIs, and data-intensive applications.

Key responsibilities and achievements:

• Architected and developed microservices using Python (FastAPI, Django, Flask) handling 10k+ RPS with <50ms latency

• Designed database schemas for PostgreSQL (15+ tables with complex relationships) and optimized queries, reducing response time by 40%

• Integrated Redis for caching and Celery for async task processing (email notifications, reports generation)

• Built ETL pipelines processing 500k+ records daily using Pandas, SQLAlchemy, and Apache Airflow

• Implemented JWT-based authentication, role-based access control (RBAC), and OAuth2 (Google, GitHub)

• Containerized applications using Docker, orchestrated with Kubernetes (minikube, GKE)

• Set up CI/CD pipelines on GitHub Actions (tests, linting, build, deploy to AWS/GCP)

• Wrote unit tests (pytest, unittest) with 85%+ code coverage

• Managed code reviews, mentored 2 junior developers, conducted technical interviews

Tech stack: Python 3.10+, FastAPI, Django, Flask, PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS (EC2, RDS, S3), Git, pytest, SQLAlchemy, Pandas, FastAPI Users, JWT, OAuth2, GitHub Actions