Edgars Berzins

Senior Backend Engineer with 10+ years of experience building scalable distributed systems and high-traffic APIs. Specialized in Python, Go, and microservices architecture, with proven impact in reducing latency (30%) and enabling 70%+ faster deployments. Strong background in system design, performance optimization, and mentoring engineers.

Senior Backend Engineer at FYUL (2024-11 – Present)

Senior Backend Engineer at FYUL

• Architected and launched a greenfield backend platform within 3 months. Defined service boundaries, data models, and API contracts to enable scalable growth.
• Designed modular microservices architecture, enabling independent deployments and improving development velocity.
• Built and standardized CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment time by 15% and increasing release reliability.
• Established engineering best practices (code reviews, branching strategies, documentation), improving team productivity and onboarding efficiency.
• Partnered with cross-functional teams, resulting in X% faster feature delivery or reduction of integration issues by 10%.

Senior Backend Engineer at Printful (2017-08 – 2024-11)

Senior Backend Engineer at Printful

• Owned and scaled 3 high-traffic backend services handling millions of transactions annually, maintaining sub-200ms response times under peak load.
• Led migration from monolith to microservices, enabling daily deployments and reducing release cycles by 70%+.
• Designed versioned REST APIs with contract testing, reducing breaking changes and improving integration stability.
• Resolved performance bottlenecks (N+1 queries, missing indexes), reducing latency by up to 30% without additional infrastructure.
• Improved monitoring and alerting, reducing incident response time and increasing system reliability.
• Mentored 3–4 engineers through code reviews and pair programming, supporting 2 promotions to Senior Engineer.
• Created runbooks and incident documentation, reducing MTTR and improving on-call efficiency.

Frontend Developer at Helifors AS (2010-10 – 2014-09)

Frontend Developer at Helifors AS

• Delivered full-stack features across multiple client projects, including backend integrations and frontend development.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, client-specific solutions.
• Integrated third-party APIs, improving system interoperability and reducing manual workflows.
• Adapted to multiple tech stacks in a consultancy environment, consistently meeting project deadlines.

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science – University of Latvia (2014-09 – 2018-06)