Backend/Platform Engineer
Feb 2021 - Mar 2026
TrendSpider LLC
Backend/platform engineer on the engineering team building TrendSpider's trading analytics platform across Node.js microservices, AWS Lambda data pipelines, queues, databases, Docker runtimes, and CI/CD. Reported directly to the CTO and led technical decisions for major backend/platform capabilities, including authentication, non-market-data integrations, serverless architecture, and scanner/custom scripting.
- Built TrendSpider's authentication and user-hydration microservice, preserving billing compatibility while enabling independent scaling for millions of users and thousands of concurrent users.
- Owned non-market-data and third-party integrations, building pipelines for FED data, FINRA, 13F filings, Relative Strength, Market Breadth, and WallStreetBets/Reddit content.
- Built serverless Relative Strength and Market Breadth pipelines from scratch, processing 6K+ tickers plus crypto, watchlists, indexes, sectors, and market-cap groups across years pricing and fundamental data.
- Built scanner/custom-scripting backend functionality for JavaScript indicators, custom indicators, data comparison, and backtesting, using scalable compute to scan thousands of tickers.
- Led Node.js runtime modernization across almost all microservices from v10 through v24, managing native C++ module compatibility, security review, and JavaScript breaking-change risks.
- Built AI Workflow that allow users to create Custom TradeBot Agents within a Secure environment, allowing users to create their own trading strategies using AI human language and backtest them against historical data.
- Remote
- Node.js
- Serverless
- AWS Lambda
- Data Pipelines
- Data Integrations
- AI Workflows
- AI Agents
- AI Automation