Available for opportunities · UAE

Muhammad Umair Virk

Backend Engineer

I design and ship production APIs and microservices — from Python and AWS Lambda backends to Go platform services and .NET cloud-native systems. Comfortable owning features end-to-end across backend, integrations, and deployment.

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4+Years Backend
Dec 2022Entertainer
PythonPrimary Stack
~/services 
$ curl /health
{
  "status": "healthy",
  "services": ["api", "search", "payments"],
  "runtime": "production"
}

$ deploy --env prod
✓ microservices updated
✓ pipelines passed
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About

Backend engineer with 4+ years building production systems in the UAE. I started at Terafort on a healthcare platform, then joined The Entertainer in late 2022, where I've grown from Python serverless APIs into Go microservices, platform libraries, and .NET cloud-native backends.

At The Entertainer I work on a large B2C loyalty platform — merchant and delivery APIs, personalization, search, user accounts, payments, and an ongoing microservices modernization effort. I care about reliable integrations, secure configuration, and code that teams can maintain.

I also maintain personal learning projects in DevOps Career Lab to deepen Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD skills outside production work.

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Python Backend

Flask APIs, microservices, SQLAlchemy, AWS Lambda

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Go & .NET

High-performance services, shared libraries, Native AOT

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Cloud & Security

AWS Lambda, Secrets Manager, Azure Pipelines, Docker

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Integrations

Payments, search, third-party APIs, event-driven flows

Skills

Languages

Python Go C# / .NET SQL Bash

Backend & APIs

Flask REST APIs Microservices AWS Lambda FastAPI

Cloud & DevOps

AWS Lambda Docker Azure Pipelines GitHub Actions Secrets Manager Terraform

Data & Platforms

MySQL DynamoDB Redis Search & Indexing Recommendations Payments

Experience

Dec 2022 – Present

Backend Engineer

The Entertainer · UAE

  • Build and maintain backend services for a B2C loyalty platform — merchants, delivery, search, user accounts, and payments
  • Developed Flask REST APIs and AWS Lambda services for production workloads at scale
  • Built a personalization and recommendations feature integrated into live user flows
  • Delivered Go microservices and shared platform libraries for product and order workflows
  • Contributed to serverless user-account services with secure credential handling via AWS Secrets Manager
  • Participating in a .NET cloud-native migration across user, auth, wallet, and notification services
  • Recent focus on payment integrations — checkout flows, guest payments, and wallet support
Sep 2021 – Dec 2022

AWS Developer (Python Backend)

Terafort · Full-time · UAE

  • Backend developer on eShaafi, a healthcare platform focused on patient care and accessibility
  • Architected a serverless microservices backend on AWS — Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and S3
  • Designed database access patterns and data models for performance and data integrity
  • Built REST APIs and integrated payment gateways and Agora.io for real-time video calling
  • Facilitated Agile delivery as Scrum Master — sprint planning, standups, and retrospectives
  • Supported QA, product, and customer success teams through demos and ongoing technical alignment

Featured Work

Selected areas where I delivered meaningful backend impact

Healthcare · Serverless

eShaafi — Healthcare Platform

Serverless backend for a telehealth platform at Terafort — REST APIs, real-time video via Agora.io, payment integrations, and AWS-native infrastructure built for scale.

Python AWS Lambda DynamoDB Serverless
Product · ML

Personalization & Recommendations

Built a recommendation API that serves personalized content to app users — including membership-aware filtering, ranking logic, and integration with existing backend services.

Python Flask Recommendations
Microservice

Merchant & Delivery Platform

Core backend work on merchant-facing and delivery services — offer management, order flows, third-party logistics integrations, and multi-language support.

Python REST APIs Integrations
Search · Data

Search & Discovery

Improved outlet search with indexing pipelines, bulk data processing, and modern search capabilities to help users discover merchants faster.

Python Search Data Pipelines
Platform · Go

Go Microservices & Shared Libraries

Contributed to shared Go platform code and delivery-related APIs — product models, session handling, and operational services for order and branch workflows.

Go Microservices Redis
Serverless

User Account Services

Serverless backend for user profiles, product history, referrals, and support integrations — built on a shared layer with secure auth and database access patterns.

AWS Lambda Python MySQL
Modernization

Cloud-Native .NET Migration

Helping migrate legacy services to .NET Native AOT microservices — user profiles, authentication, wallets, subscriptions, and notification flows.

C# .NET Azure Pipelines
Payments

Payment & Checkout Services

Backend work on checkout and payment flows — card payments, guest checkout, wallet support, and aligning new services with existing production behavior.

Payments Integrations C#
Open Source ↗

DevOps Career Lab

Personal project — a containerized task platform used to practice Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions, and modern platform engineering workflows.

Docker FastAPI CI/CD

More on github.com/umairrafi

What I Bring

Capabilities a hiring manager or tech lead can expect

End-to-end feature delivery

From API design and business logic through testing, deployment, and production fixes.

Polyglot backend development

Production experience across Python, Go, and .NET — not limited to a single stack.

Microservices at scale

Comfortable working in large service ecosystems with shared libraries and CI/CD pipelines.

Security-aware engineering

Experience standardizing secrets management and reducing credential risk across services.

Integration-heavy systems

Payments, search, third-party logistics, chat support, and cross-service data flows.

Platform modernization

Actively contributing to migrating legacy backends to modern cloud-native architectures.

Writing

Medium

From Lambda to Containers: A Backend Engineer's DevOps Journey

How serverless experience translates into Docker, Terraform, and modern platform engineering.

 Dev.to

AWS Secrets Manager Patterns for Python Microservices

Practical patterns for secret retrieval, caching, rotation, and least-privilege IAM.

 GitHub

DevOps Career Lab — Week-by-Week Learning Path

Structured Docker, Terraform, and GitHub Actions courses with capstone projects.

Let's Connect

Open to backend and platform engineering roles in UAE and remote.

Email Me LinkedIn GitHub

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