Backend, data systems, and reliability became the through-line.
45.50° N · 73.57° W · Montréal, QC
I build reliable backend, database, and cloud systems.
I'm studying Software Engineering at McGill, drawn to the parts of software where reliability, data integrity, and clear system boundaries really matter. The map so far runs through AWS Redshift observability in Berlin, Kubernetes production defects at UKG, cloud-backed internal tools at Pomerleau, and full-stack insurance platform work at Intact.
- Most of my work happens at the backend layer. At AWS I wrote SQL diagnostics to detect Redshift planner health signals; at UKG I tracked down production defects and data-integrity issues in Java on Kubernetes.
- My resume numbers come from real deliverables. 25% faster API response at Pomerleau, 4 critical defects resolved at UKG, and a scheduling platform used by 2,500 organizations.
- Five internships before graduating in December 2026. AWS in Berlin, plus UKG, Intact Insurance, and Pomerleau in Montréal. I'm looking for a backend, data, or database role next.
Planner health signals, SQL diagnostics, and regression detection.
Kubernetes defects, cloud tools, insurance platform features.
Landing alone abroad and shipping repos alone: the same instinct.
Chapter 02 · The long-haul
Where I've learned the most so far
Five internships, four companies, two continents. I've made landing somewhere unfamiliar my default starting condition.
Education
McGill University · B.Eng, Software Engineering
Montréal · Aug 2022 – Dec 2026 · exchange semester at Charles University, Prague
3.71GPA / 4.0
Alma Mater
Scholarship
Scholarship
The transatlantic leg
At AWS, I worked on Redshift observability.
I defined 12 planner health signals and built SQL diagnostics serving 10,000+ production clusters worldwide, catching performance regressions before they reach customers and replacing manual log analysis with signals an engineer can actually act on.
Redshift
SQL
Observability
Diagnostics
45.50° N · 73.57° W Home base · Montréal
Full-stack Java and Angular on Personal Lines Requests, fixing production defects across interdependent services via root-cause analysis.
35,000+ agents & brokersJava on Kubernetes: resolved critical defects including data-integrity failures in the scheduling engine, validated with automated tests and API checks.
2,500+ orgs · 4 defects resolvedC#, Azure, SQL, EF Core, and CI/CD, improving API response speed and data-fetching performance and shipping an admin platform for 200+ active projects.
25% faster API · 2× data retrievalField kit
- Languages
- Java Python C# JavaScript TypeScript SQL C
- Cloud & DevOps
- AWS Azure Kubernetes Docker Kafka Jenkins CI/CD Git
- Backend & Data
- Spring Boot ASP.NET Node/Express FastAPI PostgreSQL Redshift SQL Server EF Core
- Frontend & AI
- React Angular Vue RAG pgvector OpenAI Anthropic TensorFlow Keras
Hover any tool to see where I've used it.
Chapter 03 · The Prague semester
What I build exploring on my own
In fall 2024 I moved to Prague alone for an exchange semester at Charles University. The trips I take alone teach me a lot, and so do the things I build alone.
Chapter 04 · Next destination
Open to 2027 new-grad roles
Cleared to work
Canadian & European citizen · TN-visa eligible
I'm looking for a team where backend depth, data systems, and product sense all matter.
I'm graduating from McGill in December 2026, after five internships and an exchange semester at Charles University in Prague, and available from January 2027. I'm after backend, data, or database engineering work wherever the interesting problem is. The fastest way to reach me is email.
Email: krasimirkirov31@gmail.com