Ken Blair

Backend Software & UX

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Elevating User Experiences Through Design Excellence

What I Do

I have more than 10 years’ experience building software for clients all over the world. Here’s a quick overview of my main technical skill sets and technologies I use every day.

Node.js
Node.js

Building scalable, high-performance backend services and APIs.

React
React

Crafting dynamic and responsive user interfaces for the web.

AWS
AWS

Deploying and managing apps on a scalable cloud platform.

Docker
Docker

Containerizing applications for consistent development and deployment.

Kubernetes
Kubernetes

Orchestrating containerized apps for high availability and resilience.

PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL

Designing and managing robust, reliable, and efficient databases.

Terraform
Terraform

Managing infrastructure as code for automated, reproducible setups.

AI/ML
AI / ML

Integrating AI and prompt engineering for intelligent, future-proof apps.

Backend Software UX

  • Refactored legacy JavaScript codebase to TypeScript, resulting in a 27% reduction in runtime errors and improved developer onboarding time from two weeks to three days.
  • Contributed to open-source dependencies by submitting 5 pull requests that addressed performance bottlenecks, earning recognition from project maintainers during Q3.
  • Improved backend monitoring with custom metrics dashboards, reducing mean time to recovery (MTTR) by 20%.
  • Designed an internal developer portal to streamline onboarding, documentation, and workflow across the team.
Distributed Systems Architecture Full-Stack Application Development API Design and Integration Performance Optimization DevOps & CI/CD System Design Data Architecture Security Risk Assessment Kubernetes AWS Cloud Platform Docker Terraform AI/ML Integration

CodeTech Project

  • Engineered a scalable API gateway using GraphQL and Node.js, enabling seamless integration of 10+ microservices and reducing API call latency by 40%.
  • Led database schema redesign in PostgreSQL, improving query speeds by 30% for critical business workflows.
  • Established robust unit/integration testing practices and a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions, ensuring reliable deployments.
  • Mentored a team of 5 junior developers, organizing code reviews and weekly workshops on modern best practices.
Full-Stack Application Development API Design and Integration Test-Driven Development Database Schema Design Code Review & Refactoring System Architecture React Node.js Docker AWS Cloud Services PostgreSQL AI-Assisted Code Generation