Aaron Bigno

Designing a backend system in structured phases to close identified skill gaps in FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, and REST API conventions

Independent Backend Developer at Independent (2026-01 – Present)

Designing a backend system in structured phases to close identified skill gaps in FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, and REST API conventions

• Modeling relational data (Customer → Order → OrderItem → Product) with SQLAlchemy and Alembic migrations
• Building CRUD REST endpoints, followed by authentication, background task processing, and Docker containerization

Backend Developer, Team Project at Independent (2025-09 – 2026-02)

Researched, configured, and exposed a Chronos-Bolt time-series forecasting model as a FastAPI microservice for a flower and coffee shop sales application

• Iterated from an earlier Facebook Prophet-based forecasting approach incorporating Philippine holiday modeling
• Built the API communication layer integrating the Python forecasting service with a C# ASP.NET backend

Independent Systems Administrator, Self-Directed Preparation at Independent (2026-01 – 2026-12)

Simulated the 14th WorldSkills ASEAN 2025 Module A test project on VMware ESXi across a nine-VM Debian 12 environment

• Configured OpenLDAP, a three-tier PKI, Samba, BIND9 DNS, ISC DHCP, nftables firewall, WireGuard VPN, and Ansible automation

Independent Network Administrator, Self-Directed Preparation at Independent (2026-01 – 2026-12)

Completed a Cisco Packet Tracer simulation of WSA2025 Module C (Tasks 1–5), covering IPv4/IPv6 addressing, multilayer switch routing, and device hardening

B.S. in Computer Science – University of Cebu (Main) (2027-05)