Lakshitha E.
Backend & DevOps Expert | AI SaaS Architecture | Python | AWS
𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 | 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆 | 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 You have a visionary SaaS or AI product idea. You don't want to manage a scattered team of backend developers, DevOps engineers, and ML specialists, and you definitely don't want to micromanage tasks. You need a single, accountable technical partner to architect the system, solve the hard problems, and turn your idea into a scalable reality. I’m a Computer Science grad (first-class), but I don't just live in the theory. I combine a heavy academic background in math, stats, and ML with fast, practical execution. I don't just write code. I take ownership of the whole project: the design, the architecture, and the infrastructure. 🧠 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗜 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺: When you hand me a prototype, an MVP, or even just a wireframe, my first step is mapping the architecture. I am a natural problem solver, so I look at the big picture first. I treat your product like a business asset and focus on the hard realities: 🔹 Can we launch the MVP faster to validate the market? 🔹 Does it do exactly what your users need? 🔹 Is the AWS bill optimized, or are we burning money? 🔹 Will it crash if traffic spikes tomorrow? 🔹 Is your proprietary data actually secure? 🔹 If a server dies, is the database instantly recoverable? 📈 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘀 & 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿: 🔹 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Recently, completely re-architected a system to handle 𝟰𝟬𝘅 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 while achieving a 𝟳𝟬% 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 on cloud spending. 🔹 𝗔𝗜-𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗮𝗦 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: I use my deep learning research experience to build secure, private LLM and RAG pipelines tailored to your business data. 🔹 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 (𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗢𝗽𝘀): I architect zero-downtime CI/CD pipelines and configure AWS/GCP environments so you can ship features fast. 🔹 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀: I engineer high-performance backends (Django, Node) that won't crash when your user base scales. 🤝𝗠𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲: I work best with founders and small teams who need a leader. You bring the business problem and the priorities: what matters next and why. I own the rest: the architecture, how the work gets broken down, and the delivery. I run it in focused sprints against agreed goals, with async updates and a call when a real decision needs one, so you get momentum without daily standups eating your week. When you hire me, you are not buying hours of typing or a developer to assign tickets to. You are buying the judgment, speed, and technical leadership required to win, and a clean, production-ready product handed back to you. Let's look at your system and get it running right.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $4.5k
Billed in all: $11,601$12k
$1.5k in the last 6 months
Across 13 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 14% in Django
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