Ahmad Pouladzadeh

About Senior Software Engineer & Architect | Scalable Systems | Blockchain & Backend Specialist I’m a seasoned engineer with 15+ years of experience designing and building high-performance systems across blockchain, fintech, and distributed applications. My expertise spans system architecture, developer experience, and clean, maintainable code — from low-level optimizations in Rust/C++ to full-stack TypeScript and smart contract development. What I Bring Technical Leadership: Led teams at startups (Bionic, Coinhaven) and enterprises, shipping microservices, event-driven architectures, and blockchain integrations (Ethereum, Solidity, Hardhat). Full-Stack Mastery: Backend: TypeScript (NestJS), Rust (high-throughput systems), Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL. Blockchain: Smart contracts (Solidity), Web3.js, NFT tooling, and consensus engines (Golang). Frontend: React/Next.js with SSR and performance optimizations. DevOps & Scalability: Designed CI/CD pipelines (Docker, AWS), monitoring (Grafana, Datadog), and caching strategies (60% faster API responses). Engineering Philosophy Architecture-first: Scalable, well-documented systems over quick fixes. Collaboration: Bridge gaps between teams with clear communication and shared tooling. 🧩 Clean Code & Collaboration Write self-documenting code — meaningful names, typed contracts, minimal comments. Enforce peer reviews and automated checks (linting, SonarQube). Document decision records (ADRs) for non-obvious trade-offs. ⚡ Performance as a Feature Cache aggressively but thoughtfully (Redis, CDN, request coalescing). Instrument observability first (Datadog, Prometheus, distributed tracing). Benchmark early — latency budgets, load testing, and profiler-guided optimizations. 🚫 Interview Policy I don’t do live coding tests, but I’m happy to: ✅ Walk through past projects or real code. ✅ Solve take-home challenges. ✅ Pair-program collaboratively. ✅ Deep-dive into system design.