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Serhii M.

FastAPI Backend Engineer | Payments & Fintech APIs

Backend engineer building production fintech systems live payments, multi-tenant SaaS, API integrations that run 24/7. Currently leading backend on a BNPL platform: FastAPI + PostgreSQL + Redis, processing MTN MoMo payments, Angaza device sync, credit scoring webhooks, React admin dashboard. 2000+ tests, Docker/CI/CD, deployed on AWS. What I build: - FastAPI backends with async architecture - Payment integrations (MTN MoMo, PayFast, Stripe) - Multi-tenant SaaS with RBAC and audit logging - Background processing pipelines with retry logic - Docker, AWS deployments, CI/CD infrastructure - React + TypeScript dashboards Stack: Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, Redis, Docker, AWS, React, TypeScript I own problems end-to-end - from architecture to deployment. Code that doesn't break at 3 AM. Keywords: FastAPI developer, payment gateway integration, Stripe integration, MTN MoMo integration, webhook handler, idempotent API design, REST API developer, PostgreSQL backend, multi-tenant SaaS, RBAC, background job processing, Docker deployment, AWS EC2, CI/CD, fintech backend engineer, credit scoring API integration, KYC integration, audit logging

🇺🇦Dnipro, Ukraine$25/hr100% JSS5.00 (1)Since Dec 2024

Earnings and projects

MRR
$939

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#50,989 / 412k
🇺🇦Country#2,208 / 14.3k
Revenue, last 30 days
$1.7k

Last 6 months: $5.6k

World#26,328 / 412k
🇺🇦Country#1,276 / 14.3k
Total earnings
$13k

Billed in all: $14k

World#173,087 / 412k
🇺🇦Country#8,004 / 14.3k
Per project
$4.4k

$2.8k in the last 6 months

World#39,136 / 412k
🇺🇦Country#2,312 / 14.3k
Projects, last 6 months
2
50% fixed50% hourly
World#88,918 / 412k
🇺🇦Country#3,419 / 14.3k
Projects in all
3

Across 5 contracts

80% fixed20% hourly
World#304,140 / 412k
🇺🇦Country#11,447 / 14.3k

Earnings, last 30 days

$13.9k+$1.7k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$12k$13k$14kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 10% in SQLAlchemy

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #7Asynchronous I/O38 freelancers · 🇺🇦 #1Top 18%
  2. #14SQLAlchemy143 freelancers · 🇺🇦 #6Top 10%
  3. #201Redis1,774 freelancers · 🇺🇦 #35Top 11%
  4. #257AWS Development1,478 freelancers · 🇺🇦 #20Top 17%
  5. #298Microservice2,217 freelancers · 🇺🇦 #24Top 13%
  6. #499CI/CD3,691 freelancers · 🇺🇦 #43Top 14%
  7. #634Git5,766 freelancers · 🇺🇦 #113Top 11%
  8. #648Stripe3,151 freelancers · 🇺🇦 #35Top 21%