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Adam Carter
Austin, Texas adam.carter@example.com +1 (512) 555-0147 in/adam-carter github.com/adamcarter
Summary
Backend engineer with 5 years of experience building payment and logistics systems in Node.js and Go. I like turning slow, fragile flows into simple services with clear numbers behind them.
Skills
Languages: TypeScript, Go, Python, SQL
Back-end: Node.js, NestJS, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, gRPC
Cloud: AWS (ECS, RDS, SQS), Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions
Experience
Backend Engineer II
Rebuilt shipment tracking on Kafka and PostgreSQL, cutting status delay from 4 min to 9 s for 1.2M parcels a day.
Moved carrier rate lookups behind a Redis cache with a 15-minute TTL, reducing p95 checkout latency from 820 ms to 140 ms.
Led on-call for the order platform and wrote the runbooks that cut repeat incidents by half in two quarters.
Software Engineer
Built the claims API in NestJS used by 40 partner clinics, with idempotent retries and audit logs.
Wrote the billing reconciliation job that matched 98% of payments automatically, saving the finance team 3 days each month.
Projects
Open-source rate limiter
Go, Redis · github.com/adamcarter/bucket
Token-bucket limiter with a Lua script for atomic updates; 600 stars on GitHub.
Education
B.S., Computer Science
Certifications
Classic
Centered name, ruled section titles. Safe for every ATS.
Adam Carter
Austin, Texas adam.carter@example.com +1 (512) 555-0147 in/adam-carter github.com/adamcarter
Summary
Backend engineer with 5 years of experience building payment and logistics systems in Node.js and Go. I like turning slow, fragile flows into simple services with clear numbers behind them.
Skills
Languages: TypeScript, Go, Python, SQL
Back-end: Node.js, NestJS, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, gRPC
Cloud: AWS (ECS, RDS, SQS), Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions
Experience
Backend Engineer II
Rebuilt shipment tracking on Kafka and PostgreSQL, cutting status delay from 4 min to 9 s for 1.2M parcels a day.
Moved carrier rate lookups behind a Redis cache with a 15-minute TTL, reducing p95 checkout latency from 820 ms to 140 ms.
Led on-call for the order platform and wrote the runbooks that cut repeat incidents by half in two quarters.
Software Engineer
Built the claims API in NestJS used by 40 partner clinics, with idempotent retries and audit logs.
Wrote the billing reconciliation job that matched 98% of payments automatically, saving the finance team 3 days each month.
Projects
Open-source rate limiter
Go, Redis · github.com/adamcarter/bucket
Token-bucket limiter with a Lua script for atomic updates; 600 stars on GitHub.
Education
B.S., Computer Science
Certifications
Modern
Left-aligned, clean sans-serif with a colour accent.
Adam Carter
Austin, Texas adam.carter@example.com +1 (512) 555-0147 in/adam-carter github.com/adamcarter
Summary
Backend engineer with 5 years of experience building payment and logistics systems in Node.js and Go. I like turning slow, fragile flows into simple services with clear numbers behind them.
Skills
Languages: TypeScript, Go, Python, SQL
Back-end: Node.js, NestJS, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, gRPC
Cloud: AWS (ECS, RDS, SQS), Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions
Experience
Backend Engineer II
Rebuilt shipment tracking on Kafka and PostgreSQL, cutting status delay from 4 min to 9 s for 1.2M parcels a day.
Moved carrier rate lookups behind a Redis cache with a 15-minute TTL, reducing p95 checkout latency from 820 ms to 140 ms.
Led on-call for the order platform and wrote the runbooks that cut repeat incidents by half in two quarters.
Software Engineer
Built the claims API in NestJS used by 40 partner clinics, with idempotent retries and audit logs.
Wrote the billing reconciliation job that matched 98% of payments automatically, saving the finance team 3 days each month.
Projects
Open-source rate limiter
Go, Redis · github.com/adamcarter/bucket
Token-bucket limiter with a Lua script for atomic updates; 600 stars on GitHub.
Education
B.S., Computer Science
Certifications
Compact
Tighter spacing to fit more on one page.
Adam Carter
Austin, Texas adam.carter@example.com +1 (512) 555-0147 in/adam-carter github.com/adamcarter
Summary
Backend engineer with 5 years of experience building payment and logistics systems in Node.js and Go. I like turning slow, fragile flows into simple services with clear numbers behind them.
Skills
Languages: TypeScript, Go, Python, SQL
Back-end: Node.js, NestJS, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, gRPC
Cloud: AWS (ECS, RDS, SQS), Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions
Experience
Backend Engineer II
Rebuilt shipment tracking on Kafka and PostgreSQL, cutting status delay from 4 min to 9 s for 1.2M parcels a day.
Moved carrier rate lookups behind a Redis cache with a 15-minute TTL, reducing p95 checkout latency from 820 ms to 140 ms.
Led on-call for the order platform and wrote the runbooks that cut repeat incidents by half in two quarters.
Software Engineer
Built the claims API in NestJS used by 40 partner clinics, with idempotent retries and audit logs.
Wrote the billing reconciliation job that matched 98% of payments automatically, saving the finance team 3 days each month.
Projects
Open-source rate limiter
Go, Redis · github.com/adamcarter/bucket
Token-bucket limiter with a Lua script for atomic updates; 600 stars on GitHub.
Education
B.S., Computer Science
Certifications
Executive
Large serif name, small-caps titles, roomy margins.
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